Carlino moving to Bloomington, will enroll at South

by Alex Bozich in Recruiting | May 27th, 2009

The speculation is over. 2011 commitment Matt Carlino is moving to Bloomington and will enroll at South high school. Talk of this possibility had been circulating for months, but Carlino’s father Mark confirmed the news to Richard Obert of AZCentral.com today:

Mark Carlino submitted his resignation as head boys basketball coach at Gilbert Highland today and will move to Bloomington, Ind., with his all-state son, Matt.

Matt Carlino, a 6-foot-3 point guard who was the Fiesta Region Player of the Year, will leave this week for Bloomington, where he will enroll at South High for his final two prep seasons. South is one of Indiana’s premier programs. He committed to Indiana before his sophomore season, one in which he led Highland to the Class 5A Division I final.

“A lot of people will say a lot of things but Matt and myself have a lot of great feelings not only about Arizona and Arizona basketball but a lot of the people involved in it, as well,” said Mark Carlino, who will make the move himself in early June.

A couple of things: First, the addition of Carlino cements South as the favorite to win the state title again. Second, it will give Carlino the chance to get acclimated to living in Bloomington. He’ll get to attend games regularly, play pickup games and be around the program. Which is a good thing.

But on the other side of things, am I the only one who wonders if officials at competing programs (and perhaps the IHSAA) might have a problem with this? I’m no expert on transfer rules, but the IHSAA rule states you are ineligible if you “transfer from one school to another school primarily for athletic reasons.” And with the move being high profile, I’m sure this issue will be discussed.

Related:

IHSAA commissioner says it will investigate Carlino transfer (H-T Quick Hits)

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CutterInChicago

Wow. As a BHSS Panther alum, this is great news. As an IU alum and bball fan, this is possibly even better news since it gets Carlino closer to the program and players.

Kelin Blab

I have heard somewhere his family is from the area...I may be wrong on this. What he has in his favor is his dad is relocating which should trump some of the issues....but knowing souths program I am sure they have their ducks in order on this one...

Having said ALL of that.......I am so looking forward to see this kid next year and hoping he helps recruit D.Davis.....

CraiginOR

Cool. Carlino is now an in-state recruiting success story!

Disco_Briscoe

I don't think there should be any problems since its not like he is moving from town to town to play...there is too large a distance between the two.

Phillip

read the link from the IHSAA - this will be "investigated" like any other move. Whether or not that is the right way to look at it, who knows but I would think the Carlino family has already spent time conducting due diligence on this issue.

Tsell

AFAIK, IHSAA transfer rules exist to prevent member schools from poaching each others players, not players from other state associations. Theoretically, IHSAA Basketball becomes better if Carlino joins the IHSAA. My guess is that someday soon, interscholastic high school sports associations will be signing deals between each other to prevent this type of transfer. As of now though, I believe this transfer is completely above board even as a pure athletic decision. If things got hairy legally though, Matt and family could claim that he was seeking an opportunity to dually enroll at South and at IU while still a high schooler (Academic Reason).

Kelin Blab

Kids as I recall a certain #1 pick in the NBA draft recently was not an Indiana native and ended up at 7footer high school......Those out of state transfers do happen....

Here is something interesting and twisted....what if #52 had gone to IU, we may never have had KS but still may have Mike Davis.....

IUHoosierK

Oden wasn't born in Indiana but moved to Terre Haute when he was 9. That's young enough, in my opinion, to be considered at least a Hoosier (in the sense that he is from the state.)

dale11

Tsell I think you are dead on with the academic reason. Basically the family can say they are moving here to be with him while he goes to school.

Big D

I don't under stand the problem. What do you call it when the Christian Schools get a player from another school. How is it fair for those schools to get someone from another school and draw from a larger area yet still be legal to play in 2A or 3A group? But the IHSAA still allows that! That's when I stopped watching High School sports.

Sallad

Off topic, but any chance that the recent alleged violations at Memphis will affect Cal's recruiting at Kentucky?

Alan

Does his father have a job in the Bloomington area? I would feel a lot better about this if the move occurred because his father was transferred here for work-related reasons. That does not sound like what has happened.

GFDave

Somebody please explain to me what all the hand wringing is about. I don't get it. Are they worried that somebody at BHSS induced a family to move so their son can play on a better basketball team? Do some folks think IU wanted the kid closer to campus?

What kind of incentive could possibly be offered to motivate an entire family to bear the hassle and expense of moving 2000 miles?

CutterInChicago

Totally agree GFDave. Alan, his father is reported to be an attorney and like many attorneys these days, home is where the office is (or your car, the airport, wherever...).
If the kid wants to move to the best darned place in the world to place his high school and college ball, I say huzzah!

Chris Grosvenor

With the new "no boundary" rule I thought all he had to do was "declare" BSHS his school.

Iu madness

I smell a Rat.....This same thing happened at north when a high profile player from out of state wanted to tranfer to bloomington north. Your beloved J.R Holms protested and the transfer never happened. This was the year after north won state and had alot of there good players left.(98) So hopfully the Ihsaa looks at this situation real hard.

Sidebottom Paul

I would like to know how the Bloomington South Players fill about this? I know Carlino plays with Turner on Elite One, but I have not heard anything from Davis or Fromm.They took a back seat for Hulls and let him shine last year.To me this takes some deserving attention away from the other Panthers.

bball lover

I totally agree with IU madness and sidebottom paul...there is no way he is "moving" here while his mother and siblings stay in arizona...also his dad is an attorney and they own two houses in arizona....so now they are moving to bloomington to stay in an apartment away from their family...ihsaa should definately look into this!!!!!! Also the poor kids that worked so hard to get on the varsity team are going to have to be benched because of this kid moving here.

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