'14 SG Elijah Stewart
 

He was a 4 star SG who committed to Loyola Martmount out of high school and recently got his release. We have not offered yet.

So why make a thread on him?

That was my thought at first, but I guess he has some interest in UC:

http://247sports.com/Player/Elijah-Stewart-41487

Because I make threads about players UC is after.

Didn't you create a thread on someone you wished we were recruiting?

Sounds like UNC is going after him. They will visit him this week. No timetable for a decision though since he just decommitted from Loyola last week. I hope we can land one of these guys for 2014...but suddenly not looking so good.

Yea I learned my lesson hahaha.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/...art-161588

http://247sports.com/Player/Elijah-Stewart-41487

Tar Heel Basketball ‏@UNC_Tweets 14h
Just found out UNC will no longer be pursuing Elijah Stewart. On to 2015 we go!

Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels: 2014 SG Elijah Stewart is in Sacramento watching old AAU team. Andy Enfield & Mick Cronin just watched him sit on the bench for a full game.

I take it Mick really wants him. If we could get him and Shreiner that would be great IMO.

Elijah Stewart jumps to #64 in rivals latest top 150 rankings.

Sounds like his final 6 according to ScoutHoops...Boston College, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, Oklahoma State, Pitt, and USC. It also said he set a visit but I don't have the subscription to see that.

Based on his 247 profile it looks like he's visiting this weekend.

http://247sports.com/Player/Elijah-Stewart-41487

Would this kid be good enough to start right away?

Probably not from day one, but it looks like he's got the potential to start come January or so. I didn't know we were this close with this kid. I'm pumped.

I have no idea if he'd start, but he's a consensus 4-star, top 100 player that can really shoot the ball. He's exactly what we are looking for.

Here's a take from ESPN's Paul Biancardi

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncbr...pursue-stewart

Scout lists his strengths as 3-point shooting, athleticism, and mid-range game, while he needs to improve his strength.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75...=1&nid=7267849

Beautiful

Sounds like he could play the 2 or 3 for us. Could benefit him his soph year when Sanders is gone.

He has good size for a shooting guard (obviously needs strength) and a very high release up around his head. I don't see him having a difficulty getting his shot up at the college level. He's got loads of potential, I see him as a very good college player as an upperclassmen wherever he goes to college.

Well if Haywood and Stewart are visiting this weekend you might as well invite Shreiner too and hope you get two out of the three to commit.

Huge news if the visit is really happening. If I'm Mick, I have a lot of film of SK to show Stewart. To me, it sounds like they have some similarities. Great scorers, limited ball handling, good size, and both were relatively under recruited.

USC will be a big threat not only because of location but they have two assistants on their staff who played high school ball where Stewart played.

Chad Brendel ‏@ChadBrendel

2014 4 star wing Elijah Stewart is scheduled to take an official visit to Cincinnati this weekend sources confirm. #Bearcats

That's major news! Hopefully he doesn't leave without committing.

Landing him could be huge as far as getting another highly rated recruit goes. Going by their highest rankings(because why would you do it any other way ha) here is what they were coming out of high school.

4/5 star in lawrence
4 star in Clark
4 star in moore
4 star in Shaq
4 star in surprise surprise Sanders

and then 4 star in Stewart
and then either schreiner or haywood and you are looking at what would be 2 years in a row of great classes

That would be 3 **** and as far as JUCO goes, a proven big man

Now I know not to care about stars and rankings, ha but when you are getting guys ranked a little higher its just that much more exciting. Now they just need to put it all together as a team. but I think the last class with that many 4 stars would be this.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75...mn=RatingValue

Stewart and Haywood visiting this weekend. In a perfect world we land both this weekend!!!!

Morman and Kj better get in that gym. Here is my starting 5 dream line up

TC
Stewart
Shaq
Clark
Lawrence

Lawrence can not and will not play the 5.

Ok, don't call him a 5 just a 4. I still guarantee you he plays minutes when he's going to be tallest player on court from our team. He might be skinny but he's going to be our best rebounder and rim protector on team

We have Deberry, Moore and Strickland this year and one of them will always be on the floor at the 5 spot so at no point and time will Lawrence be the tallest player.

Some highlights of Elijah Stewart. I don't think you can rule him out to compete for a starting position depending on his development in preseason. Looks like he has a lot of offensive skill obviously not sure how his D stacks up to what we have. Looks like a solid player though!

http://youtu.be/-uFTA24KTY8

http://youtu.be/_-6MxySjyj4

http://youtu.be/CytkGZmU0Hs

Stewart is down to 3

UC
Oklahoma State
USC

When's the last time we've landed two top 100 players? This would be huge.

Several time. In the 2007 class they landed 5 top 150 recruits per rivals.

If we land Stewart we will have best backcourt since Satterfield, Logan and Stokes.

Paul Biancardi ‏@PaulBiancardi

From @JoelFranESPN about Elijah Stewart 5 schools..Cincinnati (visiting this weekend), Pitt , USC, OK State, BC. Plans to take all visits .

I was hoping he wasn't going to visit all the schools. Hopefully he's impressed this weekend!

No way he ends up taking 5 visits.

That year was skewed bad, but thats the way rankings go. We all know how Biggie turned out and Wilks was definitely overrated. While Jason Henry never bounced a ball on our floor if any. Micks definitely landing some ranked talent but for the most part they arent living up to their ranking. Cant wait till they do though. Clark and Quadri are going to be alright and Caupain will be a diamond in the rough. They land a shooter and Lawrence comes around CATS will be tough.

Why Lawrence it seems like because you told he was good out of high school that he is good?? Have you seen him play? I hope he's not in the starting 5.. yeah he's a freshman but I didn't see anything that's makes me think he's close.