Post by idhoya on Oct 16, 2006 21:15:43 GMT -5
Michael Moore, who runs the Team Next club team program and helps Ron Naclerio cover the New York City area for the HOOP SCOOP, was the first person to call and tell us that 6'0 Chris Wright from Washington (St. John's) DC has made it official for Georgetown. And this is huge for the Hoyas for a number of reasons. First, Wright is the great point guard, as is evident by the fact that he is ranked #21 nationally in the senior class by the HOOP SCOOP, that the Hoyas need to complement all of other good young players that Georgetown has landed during the last year. If you will recall, their recruiting class, which included 6'9 Vernon Macklin from Chatham (Hargrave Military) VA, 6'9 DaJuan Summers from Owings Mills (McDonough School) MD, and 6'4 Jeremiah Rivers from Winter Park (H.S.) FL, was ranked #37 in our Final Ranking of the Top Recruiting Classes for the Class of 2006 and they already have 6'5 Austin Freeman from Hyattsville (DeMatha) MD, who is ranked #16 nationally in the senior class by the HOOP SCOOP, in this year's recruiting class. Second, the addition of Wright means that Georgetown not only has landed the top two-ranked seniors this year in the Washington, DC area, but they also should be the driver's seat to get the pick of the litter among the top players in their backyard in the future. And right at the top of their list is 6'8 Jr Chris Braswell from Hyattsville (DeMatha) MD, who currently is ranked #19 nationally in the junior class by the HOOP SCOOP and whose older brother, Kevin Braswell, played for Georgetown from 1998 until 2002. Third, the addition of Wright also potentially should give the Hoyas the best backcourt in the tough Big East Conference for years to come with Wright and Freeman in the starting line-up and a plethora of other good guards, like Rivers, 6'3 Soph Jessie Sapp, and 6'2 Soph Josh Thornton, battling for playing time. Fourth, the addition of Wright means that Georgetown's recruiting class moves into a tie at #16, along with Duke, on our list of the Top Recruiting Classes To-Date for the Class of 2007. However, even more important, Georgetown is also tied with Duke with the Highest Talent Rating Average Per Recruit among schools that have signed more than one player. And all of this didn't just happen, as John Thompson III has been one of the hardest working and Most Visible Head Coaches on the recruiting trail the last two summers. They also obviously have done a great job of taking advantage of Georgetown assistant coach Kevin Broadus' strong DC area ties and the legendary status of the first John Thompson, who guided the Hoyas to the NCAA Final Four three times during the Patrick Ewing days in the early 80's.
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