Recruiting News

Below, some recruiting news from around the Ivy League.

The Louisiana Basketball Report references Dominic Scelfo's commitment to Cornell. The 6'3" 180 lb. guard from Jesuit High School in New Orleans had scholarship offers from Tulane, Saint Louis, New Orleans, UT-San Antonio, Army and Louisiana Lafayette before he focused on Cornell during the summer.

Scelfo is a point guard in the Steve Nash mold. Although not the best athlete on the floor when facing other college prospects, his motor is always running, he makes his teammates around him better, but is also able to find his own shots by either penetrating into the lane or getting a shot off from the outside.

Rivals.com reports that Harvard could dip back into the talent pool at Montverde (Fla.) Academy. Haukur Palsson, who has traveled from Iceland to play at Montverde is a 6'6" 215 lb. small forward in the class of 2010 who is getting interest from Harvard, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt and VCU. Harvard recently received a commitment from developing post player, Ugo Okam from Montverde.

The Duluth News Tribune references Duluth East guard Dyami Starks' commitment to Columbia and that Steve Tecker committed to South Dakota. Tecker attends Northwestern HS in Maple, Wisconsin. he had interest from Yale, Bucknell, Drake, Saint Louis, Indiana State, Northern Iowa, and Green Bay.

Wisconsin freshman Mike Bruesewitz told Wisconsin Athletics, "None of the Ivy League schools really recruited me that hard. They talked to me a couple times. My brother talked to the Princeton basketball coach about me coming there maybe, but I was getting recruited by some other schools as well, like Davidson and Bucknell. I did like Princeton’s campus, but I’m glad I ended up here."

Scout.com reports that Joey Gripper, a member of the class of 2011 at the Abington Friends School in Pennsylvania has offers from Penn, Harvard, St. Bonaventure, and Drexel. Meanwhile, Charlotte, Davidson, La Salle, Maine, Northeastern, Stanford, and Seton Hall have expressed interest.