'14 Abdul-Malik Abu (NC State signee)

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'14 Abdul-Malik Abu (NC State signee)

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Abdul-Malik Abu
6-8, 220 | Class of 2014

Hometown:Boston, Mass
School:Kimball Union Academy
Position:Power Forward


Offers:
Boston College
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Florida
Iowa State
Maryland
Massachusetts
Miami (FL)
Michigan State
Providence
Rhode Island
Rutgers
Seton Hall
St. Bonaventure
St. John's
Temple
West Virginia

Just checking out ESPN.com and hadn't seen this kid up on the board. Don't know how accurate any of this is or how much consideration we have. All of these schools had checks next to offer. I'm sorry if this isn't the typical format, I tried my best.
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Re: '14 Adbul-Malik Abu

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Ed Cooley is all over this guy.
He's gone from mid major to high major this year.
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Re: '14 Adbul-Malik Abu

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But pc has gone from mid-major in a blended BCS conference to a mid-major in a mid-major conference.
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He's a beast. Are we still involved with him?
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I think Bonzie Jr. is a more realistic target at this piont.
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Ramulous wrote:But pc has gone from mid-major in a blended BCS conference to a mid-major in a mid-major conference.
Here is my prediction for next year with this year's record in ( ):
1. Marquette (20-6) with #26, #49 and #55 ESPN recruits coming in
2. Georgetown (25-7) with #63 ESPN recruit - then will lose to a 15th seed in the NCAA Tournament
3. Villanova (20-14) with #59 and # 91 ESPN recruits
4. St Johns (17-16) No ESPN recruits
5. Butler (27-9) No ESPN recruits
6. Xavier (17-14) with #89 ESPN recruit
7. Creighton (28-8) No ESPN recruits
8. PC (19-15) with #56 ESPN recruit
9. Depaul (11-21) with #90 ESPN recruit
10. Seton Hall (15-18) No ESPN recruits

Looks mid major to me
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Re: '14 Adbul-Malik Abu

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If Ledo and Batts are playing there is zero chance PC finishes 8th in that league. I would put them top 4 easy. Without both of them then yes they are back to the bottom. And oddly enough Batts might be more crucial to them having a succesful season next year than one and done Ricky.
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Losing Batts would be a major blow.
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Abu will go to UCONN or PC
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Re: '14 Adbul-Malik Abu

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Cooley is practically stalking this kid. He's put the work in on getting him, for sure.
He'd be a great piece for whoever gets him.
We're recruiting him, too, but I was told we have a better chance
for his teammate Terrell.
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rodfromcranston wrote:Cooley is practically stalking this kid. He's put the work in on getting him, for sure.
He'd be a great piece for whoever gets him.
We're recruiting him, too, but I was told we have a better chance
for his teammate Terrell.
Terrell is a beast too. Both of them are. The old "men playing against boys" cliche. They both are already built like college football players.
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Are they still talkig about going to school together? I know last year that seemed to come up a lot
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I'm told, nice if they can, but not a prerequisit, as before.
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If the staff all moves up maybe Dan should look at filling the last postion with a coach with New England AAU and/or Prep school ties. They are among the top recruiting areas in the US. It would be nice to have an in man with Adu and Terell.
Wonder if Ledo's choice would have an effect on these two recruits. Same AAU team.
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BBAC has always been a top notch AAU program.
Doubt it we can get Abu, but maybe Terrell.
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BABC
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Keno Davis filled his 3rd assistants position with a BABC guy back in 2010 and it almost got PC hit with NCAA sanctions. Be careful what you wish for wth those guys, a lot of them are shady characters.
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Having played and coached AAU, I don't love the idea of bringing an AAU guy into the program, although it depends on who the guy is. Chris Driscoll had a reputation as being shady even among other AAU types. There probably are some that could make the move.
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Typo. Shoot me!
Is Gary Charles avaibable? LOL!
BABC with Papile even had an affiliation with the Celtics.
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I hate the fact that all of AAU is seen as "bad". Did you know Mike Brown coached a high level AAU a few years back? Eddie Jordan coached one last year. There are many quality guys coaching AAU teams. You just have to do your homework and you make sure you hire the right one. For every Chris Driscoll and Doug Martin there are a ton of Dalonte Hill's, David Cox and Kenny Johnson's. Look at any major college coaching roster, and you will typically see at least one with AAU ties. For Xavier, Mike Pegues has connections to one of the top AAU teams in the country in DC Assault and Travis Steele coached with Indiana Elite. Umass has Marlon Williamson, who was with one of the top AAU teams in Michigan, The Family, before coming over. He replaced Antwon Jackson, who was with DC Assault, which is why there are so many DC and Maryland kids at Umass. And it goes beyond the conference too. Wyking Jones, an assistant at Louisville, worked for the EYBL and Nike.

I'm not saying that we should hire a guy with AAU connections, but you are on the road all summer watching these guys interacting with their kids and getting to know them by recruiting there guys. There are AAU teams that do things the right way, and their are AAU teams that exploit kids. You should be able to tell who can coach and who can't and you do your homework to make sure you are correct. If Hurley feels comfortable hiring an AAU guy, I'm fine with that. If he wants to hire an assistant high school coach, I'm fine with that. If he wants to hire as assistant from another team, I'm fine with that too. I trust Hurley's judgement, and if he feels comfortable with someone on his staff, I am comfortable with it!
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Re: '14 Adbul-Malik Abu

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Adu and Terrell plus many other 2014 recruits play for the Expressions not BABC. The expression team I believe is considered the top team in NE and one of the top in the country.
C Driscoll was considered a clown way before his PC days. He is not your typical AAU coach.
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Stan Wright coached an AAU team for quite a while & we all know he's a class act. there are some shady ones out there so you just have to know who you are dealing with. None classier than Stanley.
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Tagging along with Jared?




His reported top 10: NC State, Florida, Kansas State, Miami, Kentucky, Iowa State, UConn, Providence, UCLA, and St Johns.
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Probably, but we can take both as a package deal, where some schools can't.
Just a pipe dream, but ...........
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Read rods comment directly above this one; Just a pipe dream.
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Scrimmaged at URI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loVG8Rd9wzE

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I like pizza
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wow...
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rodfromcranston wrote:The part that doesn't ring true is the first semester thing.
You're right. That makes zero sense. And a high level player sitting out for a year is a rare occurrence.
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I like pizza
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Okay, I'll play along, but

I LIKE ICE CREAM!!!

Pizza's good too...
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Jaw dropped...
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At what? WHAT TOMMY SPAGNOLA SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'd be shocked if anything came of this. That said, I'd be positively giddy if something were to happen. Agree that it takes a lot more than scrimmaging at a place to indicate that there are any new developments.
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HEY, KEANEY BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE URI, REMEMBER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH -- ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SlyWilliamsCaddy wrote: Can you imagine Big Eds reaction once he finds out that Abu is scrimmaging here.
Honestly don't think he cares until the day Abu says he's leaving NC St. Players scrimmage elsewhere all the time.
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Bressler sounds like KG.
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I would think if something were going to happen it would happen quickly. I believe Dan said our freshman would be starting second summer session on 6-19. If Abu were to come here he would most like have to not show up to NC ST and enroll here by the 19th.
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I watched some guys scrimmaging at Temple the other day. I'm not trying to get out of my URI fan LOI, at least not for a few more years.
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Area guys usually get involved in pick up. For example Alex Murphy would stop by when he was home to play pick up. I think I remember hearing guys like Terrance Mack and Dawan would play pick up at Temple and St. Joe's during the off season.
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exactly Bos8, Abu probably doesn't need to be at nc state for a few more weeks and he can go play pick with his friend and uri easily. Don't be surprised to see Mann playing pick up and maybe even Tomas Murphy
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