Any chance that we begin landing one or two of the bluest of the blues from Texas beginning in 2006?

Anybody got info on the following top Texas players? I understnd that these players might have at least a small interest in A&M.

Chris Roquemore, 6-9, 220, PF, Jersey Village
Josh Lomers, 7-0, 250, C, Boerne
Damion James, 6-8, 225, SF, Nacodoches
Harison Smith, 6-3, 185, SG, Houston Jones
Dale VanWright, 6-6, 200, SF, Houston Bellaire
George Odufuwa, 6-8, 215, PF, Cedar Hill Kimball
Bryan Beasley, 5-11, 170, PG, Pflugerville

[This message has been edited by JJxvi (edited 1/19/2005 11:22a).]

Judging from the responce, basketball recruiting is still a mystery in Texas...

i think we're going after lomers

I guess its hard to get into players who will be freshman 2 years from now...

They think Lomars will grow to 7'2" to 7'3". I haven't seen him play, but he's big and I've heard that he's athletic. His Mom is an A&M grad and apparently a proud Aggie (in other words she would love to see him at A&M). I think this is a huge building block for BCG in more than one way!!

Number1Ag

JJ

Billy mentioned that he would start to talk more about BBall recruiting in the near future. To be honest, I couldn't tell you one thing about it right now. But it is nice that that worm has started to turn and maybe for the first time since I was in school, BBall will strart to matter.

"Forgive your enemies, but remember their names" - JFK

Our November signing class was good but nothing to get too excited about since this class didn't have a big body inside but i have no doubt that Billy will have these guys ready to play...

David Devezin (Preseason Houston Player of the year)
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=21531

Josh Carter
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=31813

Jamar Finley
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=33327

2006 Commit
Jerrod Johnson
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=33327

Prospects:
Martellus Bennett (if he commits to the Ags on the 31st)

Bryan Beasley
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=30739

Josh Lomers
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=27780

Brandon Webster (I am not sure if he wants to come here but he is in our backyard)
http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=34260


There are more on the Aggie Rivals prospect list but these are the ones that I think are showing interest...We need size inside and Lomers and Webster could possible fill that bill and help move Joseph to PF and we would be a bigger team to contend with...So needless to say...that our future looks bright and I am looking forward to seeing Billy take us to the next level...

Josh Carter is having a great year at Lake Highlands.

"Sometimes a guy will go down, and I'll let him scream a bit to destroy the morale of his buddies," said the Marine corporal. "Then I'll use a second shot."
-Sniper in Iraq

So far we have committed:

-The PreSeason Houston Player of the Year
-Vince Carter's cousin
-Michael Finley's cousin
-& Magic Johnson's cousin

That is some good lineage comin in!

ROQUEMORE. you want a guy that it interested there he is. 6'9 top 40 player in the country. wants to play with a current commit. and lomers. those two are the ones that are truly interested in us right now

I can handle a class of Johnson, Roquemore, and Lomers...

As it stands right now, Roquemore is interested in A&M but not the other way around.

Interesting.

I think I heard at one point that Roquemore had academic issues so that might explain our lack of interest. Take that with a grain of salt though since I'm not sure where I head it.

I think he has had other problems as well including problems with the law.

Bellaire High School huh - I seem to remember they had a pretty good kid graduate and play at UConn a few years back. Wonder what he is up to now

Go Cardinals!

Just thought I'd drop ya'll some info.

Josh Lomers is going to come down to deciding between A&M and Baylor. Baylor is said to have the lead right now 70-30, but his mom is an Aggie and your coach is a good recruiter, so we'll see. It'll probably go down to the wire.

Roq is a very sad story. Baylor was recruiting him for about 8 months, but after moving to Montana and then back to Texas he's had some serious problems that he's had to deal with and though he tried to commit to Baylor, we wouldn't accept the commitment. I seriously doubt that A&M would either. He's an incredible athlete, probably would be rated one of the most (Top 5) athletic big men in the country for his class if he could keep things together. He has the potential to go straight to the NBA but he has to get some maturity quick.

Your team is looking good this year, and I am looking forward to seeing A&M and Baylor storming the Big XII South and taking UT, OU and OSU down a few notches.

Good luck this year, except against BU.

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Baylor is said to have the lead right now 70-30

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Link?

Thanks for the info, Judge. But doesn't it seem a bit silly to be assigning percentages to a kid who hasn't even finished his junior year of HS? This one has a long way to go.

PS: I hear it's more like 62/38. That's just what I hear.

ya i have the feeling it probably wont come down to a&m and baylor. there will be a lot of schools in on him by the end.

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Baylor was recruiting him for about 8 months, but after moving to Montana and then back to Texas he's had some serious problems that he's had to deal with and though he tried to commit to Baylor, we wouldn't accept the commitment.

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He did commit to Baylor and was a committment for a while. He then decommitted and Baylor is no longer interested.

Since Lomers says A&M and Baylor are his two favorites right now and he doesn't have a leader, then I think the 70-30 thing is not accurate.

He really likes both staffs. Drew is a great recruiter but Gillispie most likely has his mom and his coach on his side and that will help. This one is far from over.

[This message has been edited by AgEfan (edited 1/20/2005 12:44p).]

Good info. Keep it coming.

The guy I want is Bryan Davis, a PF in the class of 2006. Monster. Was said to be favoring Texas, Arizona, and Kansas, but now is adamant that he is WIDE OPEN.

What's interesting is that his Uncle/HS Head Coach is an A&M graduate, Barry Davis. Come on, Coach Davis...

TexasHoops has Davis as #2 in Texas, ahead of Damion James (Nacogdoches/undecided) and Nic Wise (Kingwood/Arizona). #2 in Texas = Top-10 natioanlly.

http://tamu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=28353&Sport=2

[This message has been edited by ATM Football (edited 1/20/2005 2:06p).]

Stuck at work, i totally forgot about okafor being from bellaire. That reminded my of jake vascal from strake jesuit heading to uconn as well. Those were 2 centers, both at uconn, who both went to school in houston not very far apart. Thats kind of weird.

Lomers' coach is helping the Ags cause too.

Why is it stupid AgEfan to say that Baylor has a better chance of getting Lomers? Lomers lists that he has a MEDIUM interest in Baylor and a LOW interest in A&M. So common sense would say that he favors Baylor over A&M.

Lomers was actually interviewed and said....I have a LOW interest in A&M and a Medium interest in Baylor????? I think you're taking the word of a recruiting source, no?

If not, then simply provide a source/link showing a quote of somekind from Lomers.

If it's well known that a recruit leans one way...so be it. But to say that a Jr. is a 70-30 lean towards Baylor, with nothing to back it up, sounds a bit fishy.

See what we're saying bufan?

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Why is it stupid AgEfan to say that Baylor has a better chance of getting Lomers? Lomers lists that he has a MEDIUM interest in Baylor and a LOW interest in A&M. So common sense would say that he favors Baylor over A&M.

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So you are taking what the Rivals database says over what Lomers himself says? The Rivals database also says A&M hasn't offered which isn't the case.

I never said it was stupid, I just said since Lomers himself says he likes both programs and he doesn't have a leader then I think that statement that was made by the first Baylor fan is incorrect.

I saw a kid on the local Corpus Christi news last night that is in the seventh grade and is 6'7" tall and weighs 300 lbs.!!

They showed clips of him playing middle school basketball and he was actually very athletic.

Unbelievable.

I think the recruiting battles between Drew and BG are going to get very interesting, very soon.

Baylor had the #14 recuiting class this year and we are looking at finishing top 10 in the country with our upcoming class (Jerrells, Dugat, Rogers, and a top European player).

I know Drew has really pursued Lomers and he seems to have really sold Baylor and our program...we'll see.

As was said earlier, Roq is as talented as they come but a loose cannon. He won't ever wear green and gold.

The 70/30 is an estimation from a recruiting source that lives in Boerne and is a friend of the family.

A&M has been coming on strong the last few weeks and is definitely making up ground, but Baylor has the edge right now.

Lomers probably won't say he has a favorite until he's close to committing, and might never name a favorite, but there is such as a thing has having a heavy lean without wanting to name a favorite.

Take it for what you want. I just thought I'd drop you some info about some guys we were/are both recruiting.