Jordan Morgan’s development is the beauty of college basketball recruiting– so many of these youngsters are wrks in progress, that almost slip thru the cracks or are under-recruited.

If you saw the highlight reel of Morgan at U-M elite camp you can see this fellow can do some quality things. Yet if Scout or Rivals doesn’t list a particular recruit in the top-100 everyone thinks that player must be a dog.

Its crazy

Thanks to UMhoops link, I was able to catch Jordan’s game tonight vs. California Supreme. Jordan’s approximate stats were 7 points on 3-6 shooting, 1-2 from the line, 7 rebounds, and 1 blocked shot. Again, those stats are approximate as I missed the first few minutes and had some other distractions. King James won the game although I didn’t catch the final score. The guards for King James played much better in this game than the last game I saw where they got blown out.

As far as Jordan’s overall game, he put up some decent numbers but he was going up against an absolute monster. If I didn’t know better, I would have sworn that Amare Stoudamire had walked into the gym and suited up for the Cali team. The kid even wore #1. The dunks that he was throwing down beside, over, and around the entire King James team was dizzying. I’ve never seen a high school kid with the kind of power dunks that this kid had. That said, Morgan was still playing him tough and had a few nice deflections. The problem that I saw was that Jordan likes to go for tips and deflections so every time he went for one and missed, the Cali kid caught the ball, spun around, and threw down an uncontested dunk.

I thought Solomon Hill played for Cali Supreme but I didn’t know what number to look for and nobody besides #1 really stood out for either team.

As a reminder, I believe Belmont Shores game tomorrow will be broadcast at 5:30PM EST. That should be a good one.

That was my mistake I believe. I thought I read he played with them at Peach Jam but he isn’t playing with them in Vegas.

Here is a link on Vogrich from the end of his junior year.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsreport/2007/10/with_first_offer_on_table_vogr.html

Here is a write-up on Jake Cohen from ESPN.com,

Jake Cohen, 6-10, C
Senior, Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga
Cohen has decent footwork and post moves when he gets the ball on the block. He will have to improve his strength and add muscle to his frame in order to better hold his position on the block for scoring and rebounding. Added strength will help him develop into a better finisher in the paint. He really excels as a face-up, pick-and-pop player, and he has range on his jumper that extends out to 3-point land. While he isn’t an explosive athlete, Cohen plays hard and will run the floor hard.