Quiet and without much fanfare, the Washington Husky Lorenzo Romar coach collected 1 of the top 15 classes in the selection of Division 1A basketball programs, according to Scout.com.
The names of the young recruits — Isaiah Thomas, Scott Suggs, Elston Turner, Jr. and Tyrese Brezerov — will become more familiar in the next two years, but now the pundits have noticed an unexpected talent.
The rating of Top 15 was significant in that there is a 341 college basketball program 1A, which puts Washington in the top 4.4% of the national talent pool.
The biggest adverse catch was the smallest guard guard at 5 feet 8 Isaiah Thomas, who spent the last two years at the South Kent School, a preparatory school in Connecticut, after averaging 32 points per game as a junior for Curtis High School in Tacoma.
Thomas, scoring the car, averaged 26+ ppg as a sophomore. He brings insult and reminds fans of yet another little Husky guard, Nate Robinson, who now plays for the New York Knicks.
Good things may appear in small packages. Robinson, nicknamed Neith the Great, has a 43.5-inch vertical jump and 5 feet 9 plunged into a 7-foot 5 Yao Ming in an NBA match.
Nate was fearless. Thomas goes even further abusively. His size, Isaiah Thomas is a great time. He is ranked number 9 among post-graduate candidates.
Two shooters also signed letters of intent: Scott Suggs from Washington High School in Missouri and Elston Turner, Jr. from Roseville High School in California.
Sugs is 6 feet 6 and ranks 10th among the guards' shooters at national and 45th among the top 100 players, and Turner is 6ft 4 and ranks 12th among the guards and 71th place among the top 100.
Sugs is perimeter oriented and brings the size of its position. He also had offers from Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and Clemson.
Turner shoots well up to 22 feet and has the ability to create a trick. Because of his strength, he can play a little ahead. Turner also had offers from USC, Georgetown, Tennessee, Marquette and Arizona.
Tyreese Breshers is a 6-foot, 6-foot and 230-pound force directed forward from Price High School in Los Angeles. It is small for power ahead, but a good re-round and very competitive. Boxers have great jumping ability and very long arms. He was one of the top scorers in the West.
He is ranked 26th among the leaders at the national level and 83rd among the top 100 high school students. Breshers also had offers from Miami (Florida), Iowa and Washington State.
Scout.com ranked the first 25 schools in this order: 1 UCLA, 2 Ohio, 3 Georgetown, 4 Wake Forest, 5 Louisville, 6 North Carolina, 7 Arizona, 8 Florida, 9 Kansas, 10 Mississippi, 11 Oregon, 12 Alabama , Florida State 13, 14 Kentucky, 15 Washington, 16 Michigan State, 17 West Virginia, 18 Duke, 19 Maryland, 20 Louisiana States, 21 Syracuse, 22 Connecticut, 23 Nevada, 24 South Cal and tie for 25 with Clemson, Virginia and Indiana.
Copyright © 2007 Ed Bagley
