From: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu (R.CLOUGH)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: ACC Recruiting Update
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:38:16 GMT
Reply-To: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Organization: Duke U. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC


 Here's a list of players that ACC schools are still looking at.  What follows
is a listing of those players who have already signed, and a few notes. I'll
post this again next Wednesday if there are any changes.

KEITH BOOTH, 6-6.5 SF:	Maryland (#1), Ohio State, Virginia, Wake 
 School: Baltimore Dunbar
BROOKE BRIGHT, 6-11 C: Maryland
 School: Meadville, MD
RICKY DANIEL, 6-6 SF (JuCo):  NC State
 School: Anderson (SC) Junior College
TIM DUNCAN, 6-9, PF: Wake
 School: (Virgin Islands)
ED ELISMA, 6-9 F: Georgia Tech
 School: LaSalle Academy, NY
DENNIS KEENAN, 6-7 F: NC State
 School: ? NY
JASON LAWSON, 6-10 C:	Georgia Tech (#1), Maryland, Virginia
 School: Philadelphia (Pa) Olney
MONTE MARCACCINI, 6-5 SF: Virginia
 School: Sherman Oaks (Ca) Notre Dame
DESI MCQUEEN, 6-8.5 PF:	Clemson
 School: Chipola (FL) JC
BEN MELMETH, 6-9 PF:	Virginia
 School: Australia
VINCENT RAINEY, 6-4 G: Maryland
 School: Fairley HS, Memphis
RASHEED WALLACE, 6-11 C: Temple, Georgetown, Kentucky, Ohio State, Villanova,
			 UNC, Howard, Syracuse, UMASS!!!
 School: Philadelphia Simon Gratz
DONNELL WILLIAMS, 6-7.5 SF: Miami (Fl), Wake Forest, Seton Hall (#1)
 School: Bayonne (NJ) Marist
ERIC WILLIAMS, 6-8 PF (JuCo): Alabama, St. John's, Seton Hall, Providence, UNC
 School: Vincennes (In) JC

Recruiting, by school: (Current Verbal Commitments in Parenthesis)

CLEMSON: Who has signed:  6-2 G Merl "Zip" Code--Fork Union Military Academy, SC
   Who they want: Desi McQueen, JuCos to be named later 
  Note: Clemson cannot recruit off-campus this year. McQueen is a former Clemson
 recruit that left the team that they're trying to get back, so they're 
 recruiting him over the phone.  Cliff Ellis will probably be going after 
 a bunch of JuCo recruits in the spring.  James Inman will definitely be 
 playing for the team this spring, as he finally qualified.  
DUKE: Who has signed: 6-5.5 SF Carmen Wallace--Tower High, Wilmington DE;
 6-3.5 G Jeff Capel--South View HS, Hope Mills, NC; 6-10 F Joey Beard--South 
 Lakes HS, Reston VA; 6-10.5 PF Greg Newton--AN Myers, Niagara Falls, Ontario 
  Who they want: No one.  They're done.  Beard is expected to announce his
  signing today.  The Duke Chronicle says that Newton's signed, but the Durham
  Little-Paper says he'll do it later this week. 
FLORIDA STATE: Who has signed: 6-5 OG James Collins--Jackson HS,Jacksonville FL;
 6-9 C Kirk Luchman--Shawnee HS,Medford NJ;6-8 F David Grabuloff--Middletown HS,
 Middletown PA)
  Who they want: 6-8 Gentry Sparks, Rickards HS, Tallahassee FL
  Note: FSU stole away 6-9 center from UVa, which salvages what was a mediocre
 class and makes it a respectable one.  With Luchman signing, Grabuloff will
 be lucky to see any playing time.  Luchman adds a low-post presence that FSU
 has lacked recently.  Collins is Florida's best player, but is reported to
 be a non-qualifier.  Sparks committed early, but FSU is waiting on his SAT
 scores before they tie up a spot.
GEORGIA TECH: Who has signed: none.
   Who they want: Jason Lawson, Ed Elisma
  Note: Bobby C the selective has his sights set on just two players, and 
  he's favored to get both of them.  But he'll have to wait til the spring.
  Lawson is top 30 caliber and Elisma is a top 150 player. They would be the
  perfect selections to replace Malcolm Mackey and Ivano Newbill.
MARYLAND: Who has signed: 6-7 Nick Bosnic--Uniontown PA; 6-8 Joe Smith--Maury
 HS, Norfolk VA
   Who they want: Keith Booth, Jason Lawson, Brooke Bright, Vince Rainey
  Note: UM's got the lead  Booth.  Booth is a top-20 player from the Baltimore
  area. Lawson looks like a longshot at this point  UM has the potential to 
  have one of the best ACC recruiting classes.  Maryland and Wake have now
  lost out on Roshown McLeod, who will go to Arizona.  Bright would be the
   post player the Terps have craved since Brian Williams left.
NORTH CAROLINA: Who has signed: 6-4 Jeff McInnis--Oak Hill Acad,Mouth of Wilson
 VA; 6-6 Jerry Stackhouse--Oak Hill Acad, Mouth of Wilson VA
  Who they want: Rasheed Wallace, Eric Williams 
 Note: Wallace will not commit until next April, so look for the nine schools
 on his list to either move on to other targets or nervously await his decision.
 Dean Smith is crossing his fingers waiting for McInnis' SAT score.  He's doing
 well in school, so it bodes well.  UNC has taken an unusual interest in the
 JuCo Williams.
NC STATE: Who has signed: 6-2 G Jason Sutton, Sanford HS, Fayetteville; 
 Who they want: Ricky Daniel, Dennis Keenan, Alex Fraser?
   Note: Les Robinson went after some prime recruits, and lost out big.  He lost
  out on Stackhouse, Chris Kingsbury, and now McInnis. The latter two
  players are names to watch in the spring.  Miami's Alex Fraser might be back
  in the picture as well, after initially crossing NC State off his list.
VIRGINIA: 6-1 PG Harold Deane--Fork Union Acad, SC; 6-6 SF Jamal Robinson--Mons.
 McClancy, E. Elmhurst NY; 6-3 OG Mike Powell--Washington DC
  Who they want: Keith Booth, Jason Lawson, Monte Marcaccini, Ben Melmeth 
  Note: If it moves, and holds a basketball, Jeff Jones will recruit it.  Or so
 it seems.  He's already lost out on Beard, Stackhouse & Smith, and I doubt
 this scattered recruiting style will help matters any.  Still, there will be
 only nine players returning next year, so he'll have four or five scholarships
 to give out.  They got two guards in Deane & Powell, and a nice wing in
 Robinson.  They'll probably get Marcaccini as well.  They desperately need
 another post player.  I would forget about Lawson and Booth immediately.  
WAKE FOREST: Who has signed: 6-9.5 PF Makhtar Ndiaye--Oak Hill Acad, Mouth of 
  Wilson VA; 
   Who they want: Keith Booth, Donnell Williams, Tim Duncan
  Note: Wake recommended Senegalian Ndiaye to Oak Hill, and his SAT's are still 
 pending.  English is only his fourth language, apparently. There is a rumor
 that Wake will grab Duncan this fall. Wake was thought to be in the lead for
 Ray Allen, but he  eliminated Wake and NCSU from contention.

Sources: The Poop Sheet, Street & Smith, The Durham Little-Paper
	Robert Clough, DUMC (though still not speaking for them)
"Next to Keith Richards, Sacramento looks great."--Pete Vecsey, on the Kings'
  chances this year.
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