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The latest on Will Yeguete and Moses Abraham

by in Recruiting | March 9th, 2010

The recruiting buzz lately, as most of you know, has orbited around adding a big man to the 2010 recruiting class.

The two most-prominent names being mentioned thus far are Will Yeguete (pictured), a forward from Florida with an impressive offer sheet, and Moses Abraham, a D.C. product that IU entered late for but seems to have made up ground on in a short time.

Yeguete was on campus this weekend for the Northwestern game, and I got the chance to catch up with his coach, Aubin Goporo, who said the visit made a good impression on Yeguete.

“He said the visit went very well,” Goporo told Inside the Hall on Monday night. “He enjoyed his time.”

Yeguete, a native of Meaux, France, who has lived in Florida for the last two years, will take all of his visits before making a final decision on where to sign. Goporo said Yeguete hasn’t set a firm date to announce his commitment yet and has taken three visits thus far. Yeguete has offers from Boston College, Georgia Tech and Indiana, among others.

With effective post play still at a premium in IU’s rotation, Goporo said he believes Yeguete will “make an impact in his freshman year, no question about it.” He described Yeguete as a well-rounded player who can play facing the basket or with his back to it, and sees the court and moves the ball well.

“The kid is a hard worker, and the kid enjoys a challenge,” Goporo said. “(He) understands the game really well.”

Goporo did say he wasn’t sure how much IU’s tradition, a strong Tom Crean selling point, would matter to Yeguete.

“He’s looking for somewhere that he’s going to fit in well,” he said.

On Moses Abraham: I’ve been e-mailing back and forth with his adviser, Joe Boncore. Abraham was unable to make a scheduled visit to IU for the Northwestern game due to illness, and it’s unclear whether he’ll be able to get to Bloomington before he makes his decision, which Boncore said will come Sunday. Boncore added that Roshown McLeod’s departure will have no effect on Abraham’s decision.

Update: Our good friend Dustin Dopirak of the Herald-Times reports that Abraham won’t visit IU, but that the Hoosiers are still in consideration. So there you go.

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  • T Whizzy Y

    Bottom line: one of these 2 guys need to pick the Hoosiers. They both seem to be solid players. Indiana needs some athleticism down low. I could be wrong, but they both seem like they could make an impact in their first year.

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    I'll be absolutely floored if Moses picks anywhere besides G'Town. IU really needs to get back to locking up Indiana. Not saying CTC shouldn't have gone after Moses or that IU shouldn't recruit out of state, but I also think the best way to get this thing back to where it was, is too create an atmosphere where people are absolutely floored if guys like Teague, DeShawn Thomas, Zeller, DSR etc. don't commit to IU.

  • IUonetwo

    You need to let us, the students, know that a recruit is going to be on campus. I understand that you don't always know, but believe it or not a lot of students read this blog.

  • beckrw

    Decision on Sunday + “sick day” last weekend = Hoosiers not even on the radar anymore with Abraham. Wonder if this has anything to do with McLeod…

  • Kelin Blab

    BGleas, that is a good point. First Moses is done, he is NOT coming to IU without visiting, so it is time to move on. Second…many of Indiana's better players play together on the AAU circuit on the elite, syf, and speice teams, if they begin to see Indiana kids are going to Indiana U it puts pressure on their buddies to follow.

    Yeguette, I would still love to have, as again he is another athletic player coming in who is also physical. I mentioned before OSU runs a lineup of 6'5 kids to 6'8 kids and it can work.

    My other thoughts, I don't think Indiana can be sold anymore on “It's Indiana” unless it is an Indiana kid. Kids these days are really not into that “tradition” thing……hate to say it but it is the hardcore truth

  • jcarr

    I think it's important to add a post player, and/or upgrade our athleticsim. I think Yeguete would do both, more or less. Maybe he's a touch undersized to be considered a true post player. Teams like PU and IL beat us this year in close games because athletically, they were superior. The teams that beat us by a lot were also way more athletic. We couldn't really compete.

    One of the guys on our radar right now -Yeguete, Moses, or Wilkins – to IU would be a good thing, in my opinion.

  • Bedo

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  • JerryCT

    To me ” its Indiana” means more than the NCAA banners and some of the other components are important to a kid:

    1) 80k sq ft practice facility
    2) top 15 in home attendance
    3) academic success of our players
    4) TV and tough schedule

    5) ability to treat sports injuries ( eg Creek )

    Clearly a mere mention of ” its Indiana” will not work really anywhere , seeing how many players leave the state.

  • Bedo

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=3006…
    You Hooiser fans remember ben Allen from Australia, now playing for the St. Mary's Gaels – he lit it up for 20 against the Zags.

  • Uncle Joey

    Abraham seems to have wiped Indiana off his radar, and Yeguete doesn't quite seem like the answer to IU's big man problems. With that being said, am I the only one who thinks that it would be better to save the scholly on a big man on the 2011 class (or even 2012 class)?

  • it's Indiana

    I have to throw my two cents on the “It's Indiana” debate obviously. The saying also represents a school (and state) where basketball is ABSOLUTELY the main event. Tradition may not be as important as attention for some recruits. We have always been a basketball crazy school and we always will be.

  • it's Indiana

    Monsieur Yeguete –

    Veuillez joindre l'équipe de l'Indiana, vous sera l'homme! Avec vous sur notre équipe nous serons une force encore! Venez en Indiana!

  • http://matthewjenks.blogspot.com/ Matt_J

    $10 million a year isn't a blockbuster drug…

  • plane1972

    I think CTC is doing just fine with Indiana prospects. Like many others have said on this site before, I believe 2012 is the point at which Crean is on a level playing field with every other coach prowling around Hoosier high school hard courts. He appears to have made the appropriate in-roads with the AAU circuit, as well. The elite Indiana talent we are missing out on right now has been pilfered by the likes of Matta, Pitino, Painter before Crean even arrived on the scene in BTown. Coach K could have come to Bloomington and been in the fight of his life for in-state talent. That's the nature of the beast anymore. If Crean makes a splash in 2012, then we are off and running.

  • chitowniufan

    DeShawn Thomas has already committed to Ohio state.

  • chitowniufan

    It feels like the Mike Davis era all over again. CTC running across the country trying to grab 5 star kids and coming up empty. We have a better chance recruiting 3, 4, and 5 star kids from Indiana than going after kids from the east coast.

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    I know he's committed to OSU. Was just hammering my point that nobody was surprised when he didn't commit to Indiana. This kid has a chance to be the all-time leading scorer in Indiana high school history and he's going to OSU.

    I'm excited that CTC is working hard it, but we need to get back to the point where the rest of the country is floored when a DeShawn Thomas doesn't commit to IU.

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    Hey Kelin, something to add to your “It's Indiana” point. I was listening to Mike and Mike this morning on ESPN and they were talking about all the traditional powers that might not be in the tourney this year. Wanna know their list? UConn, UNC, Arizona and UCLA!!!!

    See a traditional power that won't be in the tournament missing from that list? They didn't even gloss over IU, never even mentioned the Hoosiers.

    That was kind of my “stomach punch” moment of realizing just how far IU has fallen. And, I don't think it's all the Sampson thing, it's really the last 15 years of being extremely inconsistent.

    I think IU can get back to prominence and am comfortable with CTC being the guy right now, but we really have a ways to go. The upside is that due to the IU history, it shouldn't be as hard to stay there once we get back.

  • Hoosiers1111

    Care to enlighten us on which big man from Indiana in the class of 2010 Crean should be recruiting? I'd love to hear it considering there are none.

  • IUDan

    I can understand this comment relative to the class of 2010 – but early on Crean said this was the class he was most behind on. If he wasn't targeting local talent in 2011/2012 I'd be concerned, but I really don't think that's an issue.

    My feeling is that Crean would love to get the top in-state / regional players and then take the cream of the crop from across the country. It's not really an either/or proposition (in the Davis regime it sure felt like it, though . . .).

  • Andrew

    BGleas, I wouldn't get all worked up over anything Mike and Mike say or think about college basketball. Like most of the talking heads at ESPN, they are interested in the NFL, fantasy football, Tiger Woods, and steroids. They talk about college basketball for a couple weeks a year, this being one of them, and if it weren't for an easy to fill out bracket, they might not talk about it ever.

    Also, the four teams you say they mentioned all made the tournament last year. Three were in the Sweet 16, two were in the Final Four, and UNC won the whole thing…do you think that might play a little bit into why it's a big deal those teams won't be dancing just one season later? Brand name or not, IU was coming off a 25-loss season, and wasn't expected to be in the tournament, unlike those other teams. In other words, I don't think a lot of time or historical analysis was put into compiling a four-team list their producers probably handed them.

    Not trying to call you out, just saying relax a little bit. You and most of the people on here I'm sure not only follow college hoops way closer than those two guys, but you know more about it as well. M&M just happen to be on the radio.

  • tyguyhunt

    Obviously Moses isn't thinking IU and this “update” doesn't make Yeguete sound too crazy about IU either. Call me pessimistic, but I'm worried about 2010 recruiting

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    I'll be absolutely floored if Moses picks anywhere besides G'Town. IU really needs to get back to locking up Indiana. Not saying CTC shouldn't have gone after Moses or that IU shouldn't recruit out of state, but I also think the best way to get this thing back to where it was, is too create an atmosphere where people are absolutely floored if guys like Teague, DeShawn Thomas, Zeller, DSR etc. don't commit to IU.

  • IUonetwo

    You need to let us, the students, know that a recruit is going to be on campus. I understand that you don't always know, but believe it or not a lot of students read this blog.

  • beckrw

    Decision on Sunday + “sick day” last weekend = Hoosiers not even on the radar anymore with Abraham. Wonder if this has anything to do with McLeod…

  • Kelin Blab

    BGleas, that is a good point. First Moses is done, he is NOT coming to IU without visiting, so it is time to move on. Second…many of Indiana's better players play together on the AAU circuit on the elite, syf, and speice teams, if they begin to see Indiana kids are going to Indiana U it puts pressure on their buddies to follow.

    Yeguette, I would still love to have, as again he is another athletic player coming in who is also physical. I mentioned before OSU runs a lineup of 6'5 kids to 6'8 kids and it can work.

    My other thoughts, I don't think Indiana can be sold anymore on “It's Indiana” unless it is an Indiana kid. Kids these days are really not into that “tradition” thing……hate to say it but it is the hardcore truth

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1790604551 facebook-1790604551

    I'm a student and I hung out with Yeguete some on sunday for his visit and he was liking Indiana ot! He liked the campus, assembly, crean and the players now! So don't say he isn't interested much!

  • BaseballBuc

    What is this I am hearing about a possible JUCO John Wilkins? According to peegs IU is back on his radar.

  • JerryCT

    To me ” its Indiana” means more than the NCAA banners and some of the other components are important to a kid:

    1) 80k sq ft practice facility
    2) top 15 in home attendance
    3) academic success of our players
    4) TV and tough schedule

    5) ability to treat sports injuries ( eg Creek )

    Clearly a mere mention of ” its Indiana” will not work really anywhere , seeing how many players leave the state.

  • Uncle Joey

    Abraham seems to have wiped Indiana off his radar, and Yeguete doesn't quite seem like the answer to IU's big man problems. With that being said, am I the only one who thinks that it would be better to save the scholly on a big man on the 2011 class (or even 2012 class)?

  • it's Indiana

    I have to throw my two cents on the “It's Indiana” debate obviously. The saying also represents a school (and state) where basketball is ABSOLUTELY the main event. Tradition may not be as important as attention for some recruits. We have always been a basketball crazy school and we always will be.

  • HoosierChan77

    If you have the inside scoop on WY dont be shy come with it. We all just need to relax and let CTC do his thing for atleast 2 more years. If hes not producing then we are in trouble!

  • Kelin Blab

    Quick rundown….
    + Played one year in juco.
    + Crean recruited him at Marquette along with Kansas, PU, and some other big schools.
    + Orignally from France, dad lives in Gary, Indiana
    + Long, athletic, 6'9, probaly could help immediately

  • Hardwood83

    Ok, I'm sold-sign him up!

  • it's Indiana

    Monsieur Yeguete –

    Veuillez joindre l'équipe de l'Indiana, vous sera l'homme! Avec vous sur notre équipe nous serons une force encore! Venez en Indiana!

  • http://matthewjenks.blogspot.com/ Matt_J

    $10 million a year isn't a blockbuster drug…

  • BaseballBuc

    Thanks. The more I read about him, the more I like him. I hear he needs to add some beef but he is a really good shooter (which we need). Rated as a high mid-major prospect and low high-major prospect. But right now we need anybody over 6'7'' that can rebound and dunk. Also, he says in an interview that Iowa State has recruited him the hardest, so he may be leaning toward them.

  • plane1972

    I think CTC is doing just fine with Indiana prospects. Like many others have said on this site before, I believe 2012 is the point at which Crean is on a level playing field with every other coach prowling around Hoosier high school hard courts. He appears to have made the appropriate in-roads with the AAU circuit, as well. The elite Indiana talent we are missing out on right now has been pilfered by the likes of Matta, Pitino, Painter before Crean even arrived on the scene in BTown. Coach K could have come to Bloomington and been in the fight of his life for in-state talent. That's the nature of the beast anymore. If Crean makes a splash in 2012, then we are off and running.

  • marsh21

    I say save it as well unless they could get a big time player which doesn't look possible.

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    Hey Andrew, I totally agree that the bigger reason IU wasn't mentioned is probably more due to the fact that the others were more expected to be there and missed, while nobody expected IU to make the tourney. That's a legit point and probably the real reason.

    I also agree on Mike and Mike's knowledge of college basketball and how much they pay attention to it. I disagree though in what their commentary means. They speak for the casual fan, and IMO the casual fan is more the pulse of what the nation feels. The die-hards will always be there and always know IU is a major program, but the casual fans don't care much about IU right now, and the casual fan is the far larger group and the group that really counts, since as I mentioned the die-hards will always be there.

    No worries, didn't think you were calling me out, you definitely made interesting points.

  • chitowniufan

    DeShawn Thomas has already committed to Ohio state.

  • chitowniufan

    It feels like the Mike Davis era all over again. CTC running across the country trying to grab 5 star kids and coming up empty. We have a better chance recruiting 3, 4, and 5 star kids from Indiana than going after kids from the east coast.

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    I know he's committed to OSU. Was just hammering my point that nobody was surprised when he didn't commit to Indiana. This kid has a chance to be the all-time leading scorer in Indiana high school history and he's going to OSU.

    I'm excited that CTC is working hard it, but we need to get back to the point where the rest of the country is floored when a DeShawn Thomas doesn't commit to IU.

  • http://www.prinsportsblog.com BGleas

    Hey Kelin, something to add to your “It's Indiana” point. I was listening to Mike and Mike this morning on ESPN and they were talking about all the traditional powers that might not be in the tourney this year. Wanna know their list? UConn, UNC, Arizona and UCLA!!!!

    See a traditional power that won't be in the tournament missing from that list? They didn't even gloss over IU, never even mentioned the Hoosiers.

    That was kind of my “stomach punch” moment of realizing just how far IU has fallen. And, I don't think it's all the Sampson thing, it's really the last 15 years of being extremely inconsistent.

    I think IU can get back to prominence and am comfortable with CTC being the guy right now, but we really have a ways to go. The upside is that due to the IU history, it shouldn't be as hard to stay there once we get back.

  • Hoosiers1111

    Care to enlighten us on which big man from Indiana in the class of 2010 Crean should be recruiting? I'd love to hear it considering there are none.

  • IUDan

    I can understand this comment relative to the class of 2010 – but early on Crean said this was the class he was most behind on. If he wasn't targeting local talent in 2011/2012 I'd be concerned, but I really don't think that's an issue.

    My feeling is that Crean would love to get the top in-state / regional players and then take the cream of the crop from across the country. It's not really an either/or proposition (in the Davis regime it sure felt like it, though . . .).

  • Andrew

    BGleas, I wouldn't get all worked up over anything Mike and Mike say or think about college basketball. Like most of the talking heads at ESPN, they are interested in the NFL, fantasy football, Tiger Woods, and steroids. They talk about college basketball for a couple weeks a year, this being one of them, and if it weren't for an easy to fill out bracket, they might not talk about it ever.

    Also, the four teams you say they mentioned all made the tournament last year. Three were in the Sweet 16, two were in the Final Four, and UNC won the whole thing…do you think that might play a little bit into why it's a big deal those teams won't be dancing just one season later? Brand name or not, IU was coming off a 25-loss season, and wasn't expected to be in the tournament, unlike those other teams. In other words, I don't think a lot of time or historical analysis was put into compiling a four-team list their producers probably handed them.

    Not trying to call you out, just saying relax a little bit. You and most of the people on here I'm sure not only follow college hoops way closer than those two guys, but you know more about it as well. M&M just happen to be on the radio.

  • tyguyhunt

    Obviously Moses isn't thinking IU and this “update” doesn't make Yeguete sound too crazy about IU either. Call me pessimistic, but I'm worried about 2010 recruiting

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1790604551 facebook-1790604551

    I'm a student and I hung out with Yeguete some on sunday for his visit and he was liking Indiana ot! He liked the campus, assembly, crean and the players now! So don't say he isn't interested much!

  • Mike K

    With all due respect, Kelin, I don't think all those facts are correct—he hasn't played any JUCO even though he is on the Southeastern CC roster and practices with them. Because he had played a whopping 13 unpaid minutes for the pro component of his Belgian team he was not allowed to play for Southeastern CC. That decision was made by the NJCAA just before their season was to begin. There is a great deal of controversy surrounding that decision. In fact, it was, and maybe still is, in the Iowa courts. I kept wondering why I couldn't find any stats for him this year.

    He was actually on IUs radar in 2008, went to Bradley and was deemed ineligible by the NCAA over transcript issues—which is then why he went to Southeastern CC.

    There is a lot of information here: http://bubravesblogger.blogspot.com/2009/12/cou… but I can't vouch for its accuracy.

    There is a story here…

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