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By Roy & Harv Schmidt
April 19,2010
8:30 P.M. CST
Those who have been critical of Northern Illinois University head coach Ricardo Patton's recruiting philosophy as it pertains to Chicago area prospects are either out of touch with reality or are simply ignorant of the situation. That is because Patton and the Huskies remain as aggressive as ever when it comes to their recruitment of the 2011 class in Illinois.
As a result, Northern Illinois has extended scholarship offers to three top 2011 prospects who play for the Illinois Wolves traveling team program. They are 6'9 center Frank Kaminsky from Benet Academy in Lisle, IL; 6'5 shooting guard Jacob Williams from St. Patrick High School in Chicago and 6'2 shooting guard Will Sullivan from York Township High School in Elmhurst, IL. All three offers were confirmed by Mike Mullins, the head coach and CEO of the Wolves.
Contrary to what has been suggested by various high school coaches, other recruiting analysts and members of the media, the Huskie coaching staff has been extremely visible on the recruiting trail throughout the Windy City. Assistant coaches Todd Townsend and Sundance Wicks are both extremely hard workers and have NIU involved with several top in-state prospects in both the 2011 and 2012 classes.
Additional Notes
... 6'1 class of 2011 point guard David Sobolewski from Benet Academy in Lisle, IL continues to rake in scholarship offers at a rapid pace. Sobolewski's latest offer which he received today is courtesy of Bucknell University and head coach Dave Paulsen.
... Mullins also informed us that yet three more class of 2011 prospects--6'9 center Nnanna Egwu from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago; 6'1 point guard Tracy Abrams from Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago and 6'2 combo guard Chasson Randle from Rock Island High School in Rock Island, IL have all been invited to the NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville, VA. Egwu and Abrams are both University Of Illinois commits.
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