There Will Be No Skip Prosser Criticism Today
As he often does, my newly-engaged buddy Scott has tipped me off to another Skip Prosser-recruiting coup: Al-Farouq Aminu and Tony Woods, ranked #3 and #18, respectively, in the
ir high school class by Rivals.com, committed to Wake Forest yesterday. The long-time friends and teammates chose Wake over North Carolina and Georgia Tech, among others.
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:"I like the small-school atmosphere; it's like a family there," said Aminu, who committed to the Demon Deacons late Wednesday night. "All the schools were kind of equal. [Wake Forest] is a small school with great people; that's what it came down to."
Aminu is the #1 power forward in the Rivals rankings while Woods is tabbed as the #3 center. They join Wilmington's Ty Walker (#2 center, #10 overall) in Wake's 2008 recruiting class.
Aminu, whose older brother, Alade, is a rising junior forward/center at Georgia Tech, found it hard to explain what put Wake Forest over the top.
"I just went with my heart," he said. "And that was telling me Wake was the best place for me."
Scott, never accused of being a pessimist, entitled his email: "Final 4 '09". Frankly, I'm more excited about the prospect of yelling "Al-FAROUQ" when Aminu inevitably throwns down on Brian Zoubek.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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2 comments:
Great job Skip! Because everyone knows that the college game is dominated by big men and not guards. I mean look at Wake's best team of the post-Duncan era. That was all Eric Williams, with some minimal contributions from Justin Gray and Chris Paul.
With these 3 underdeveloped trees in the middle (because all big men are underdeveloped in college) Wake's a shoe-in to make the Final 4. I just hope there are still some minutes left over for Chas McFarland
A shoe-in to make the final four? Dude, lay off the sauce.
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