In an interesting recruiting story appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle, a one-armed 6'11" prospect recently accepted a scholarship to Manhattan of the MAAC Conference after the Ivy League schools reportedly passed on taking him.In other news, according to CarolinaBlue.com, former Cornell assistant coach, Steve Robinson, now an assistant coach on Roy Williams' staff at North Carolina, is courting Middlesex School's Rod Odom, an athletic 6'8" forward from Massachusetts. Odom is the top recruiting priority for Harvard, Princeton and Columbia, but don't expect the class of 2010 product to land in the Ivy League, especially with Stanford already offering him a scholarship.
Speaking of Harvard, there has to be some pressure building on Tommy Amaker, now in his third season in Cambridge. He has now head coached for 12 seasons at the Division I level with three different programs (Seton Hall, Michigan and now Harvard), yet he has taken just one team to the NCAA Tournament and that was back in 2000 with Seton Hall. If Harvard does somehow win an Ivy League title, (which it never has) you can bet the farm that Amaker immediately bolts for a higher profile job in the Big East or ACC. In fact, if Harvard just makes it to the postseason such as in the NIT, Amaker is getting out of Cambridge faster than you can say, "Krzyzewski."
But back to the Big Red's recruiting, believe it or not, The Cornell Basketball Blog already projected the Big Red's starting five for the 2010-2011 season. And it is clear to us at least that Cornell should have enough young talent to win more Ivy League titles over the next two years, even after the graduation of this year's remarkable senior class, which includes Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale and Jeff Foote. Nevertheless, make no mistake about it, the high school class of 2010 is a critical recruiting period for Cornell.
While the Big Red should have a solid nucleus in two years with Mark Coury (Kentucky transfer), Max Groebe (UMass transfer), Chris Wroblewski, Errick Peck and Adam Wire, depth could be an issue if not addressed through a significant recruiting haul this summer and fall.
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