Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez and assistant Derm Player had an in-home visit Wednesday night with James Padgett and his parents.
“It was alright,” the 6-foot-7, 210-pound Padgett said tonight by phone. “It was informative.”
Gonzalez and Player visited Padgett during the afternoon at Brooklyn Lincoln, also the home of star senior guard Lance Stephenson, who is expected to attend St. John’s Thursday for the 2008 Red Storm Tip-Off.
Asked if he planned to take an official visit to Seton Hall, Padgett said: “I don’t know. (Coach Gonzalez) talked about me doing it.”
And what does Seton Hall like about Padgett?
“I’m different than the bigs that they have right now,” Padgett said.
Padgett has taken only one official visit, to Maryland, which he described as “fair.”
Padgett said he was uncertain what schools he is certainly considering, but said Maryland, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Providence were in the mix.
“I’m not even sure, really,” he said. “(There are) a lot all coming at one time.”
Asked if Pittsburgh was still in the mix in the wake of its recent recruitment of a power forward J.J Richardson, he said, “Not so much.”
Seton Hall has a big weekend ahead, with 6-11 center Jarrid Famous of Westchester Community College and his father coming info for an official visit to campus.
buddhano2 / September 25, 2008
Adam,
Is it me or is Bobby Gonzalez starting to recruit more big guys than in the past couple of seasons? I know that one of the knocks on Bobby G. was that he liked to play small ball, but that probably would not work out in a big time conference like the Big East. I know that Bobby G. is still trying to get Dominic Cheek in Blue & Grey, but there are names of big men floating around alot : Karron Johnson, Jarrid Famous, Rod Odom, David Bruce and now James Padgett. Is it the Hall is pretty stocked up on perimeter players (with Cheek being the big exception) or has Bobby G. come to realize that you have to have some size in the Big East to compete?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Mike
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Adam Zagoria / September 25, 2008
Yes, Coach Gonzalez is on record saying his team needs an impact power forward to compete with the Earl Clarks of the world in the Big East. He hopes Herb Pope will be that guy this year, or at least next. The Hall really has no imposing frontcourt players. Bobby had hoped Mike Glover would be that guy, but he appears out of the mix. Now it’s Pope, and maybe the addition of a Padgett or Johnson or Famous helps fill that void as well.
Thanks
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