Arizona and West Virginia are both making a late push at 2010 shooting guard Doron Lamb.
The 6-foot-4 Lamb, a Queens, N.Y., native playing at Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, will likely visit Arizona in early January, either Jan. 7-9 or 8-10.
“Probably, I don’t know the date yet,” Lamb said by phone from Paducah, Ky. where Oak Hill (7-0) is at the Marshall County Hoopfest for Saturday’s game with Jackson (Miss.) Calloway.
Lamb, the No. 3 shooting guard in the Class of 2010, said he had watched Arizona play recently in the Maui Invitational.
“I watched Arizona play in Hawaii but I don’t know,” he said.
Oak Hill coach Steve Smith said West Virginia was also making a late push for Lamb.
“West Virginia is trying to get a visit also,” Smith said.
Lamb said West Virginia assistant Larry Harrison came to Oak Hill last week to meet with him and that Mounties head coach Bob Huggins would come next week.
“West Virginia, they need a combo guard,” Lamb said. “[Harrison said] a lot of people are leaving for that spot. He said I could come in and fit in the system and play right away.”
Lamb said he had watched West Virginia recently on TV. The Mountaineers won the 76 Classic in Anaheim, Calif., over the holiday weekend.
“I watched them,” Lamb said. “They’re good. I like their system, the motion offense.”
Lamb has already visited Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma and UConn and opted not to sign last month during the early signing period.
He and 6-9 teammate Roscoe Smith will both sign in the spring. Smith is considering Duke, Georgetown and UConn.
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Meantime, Arizona assistant Book Richardson is in Baltimore this weekend to watch Lake Baltimore (Md.) guard Josh Selby in his season opener.
He will take a visit to Arizona Jan. 9-10.
Selby initially committed to Tennessee and then de-committed. He recently cut his list to Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana and Syracuse.
“Josh has everything you look for in an elite talent,” Jerry Meyer of Rivals.com, who ranks Selby fourth in the country overall and the No. 2 point guard, told the Baltimore Sun. “It’s really a combination of three things: athleticism, high skills and competitiveness. He has all those characteristics. There’s no telling how good he can be. He has a chance to be a one-and-done college player, an All-American type who can be a longtime pro that goes on to play in [ NBA] All-Star games.”
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JessieWildcat / December 6, 2009
Good stuff AZ.
D-Lamb visit to Arizona will be a good one.
Will D-Lamb be the third straight guard from Oak to Arizona?
D-Lamb will surely be a good addition.
Lets see when Josh S. takes a visit to Arizona as well.
Sometime in January?
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JessieWildcat / December 6, 2009
Woody and Hawk,
Hearing about the visit of D-Lamb to Arizona is a concern for Kansas “Gangster U”.
These news will add to the poor recruiting effort from KU.
We have to give Lew partial blame for KU Fall Recruiting Grade of: D .
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wonedad23 / December 6, 2009
lmao, none of the blue bloods are scared of arizona’s recruiting. you guys have one championship in your whole history and it was a complete fluke with a hall of fame coach. don’t count on the planets aligning like that again in your lifetime.
all you have for next year is Bejarano so gloating about your superior recruiting doesn’t make sense at this point. you are on the outside looking in for both selby and lamb but it’s pretty cute that you think arizona actually has a chance.
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RockChalkWoody / December 6, 2009
“I watched Arizona play in Hawaii but I don’t know,” Wow, that’s a real ringing endorsement for the Mildcats.
Jessie, we’re really sweating it here in the Midwest. Geez, a Fall recruiting grade of D? Tell me what our needs are? When Aldrich leaves after this season we have another big man in Withey. Remember, the guy who wanted to be in Tucson even less than the 5 coaches who told UA no before Miller said yes? Also, we’re pretty deep at guard so it’s not like we have a whole lot of needs.
Even KU isn’t going to have a Top-3 recruiting class every year. Woolridge is going to be a nice addition next year & my guess is we get either Selby or Knight and possibly Lamb.
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pastaboy / December 6, 2009
Is North Carolina in CUSA ? ( snickers)
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JessieWildcat / December 7, 2009
Woody,
You are correct.
The expectation is not to have a top 5 recruiting class every year. (KU)
But, KU has been in a number of recruiting battles and have fallen short.
(Barnes is the latest example.)
The only difference between KU and UK is that UK has a top50 commit.
Both have lost a number of recruiting battles. (UK– C- )
These are just Fall recruiting grades.
Also hearing that Josh S. will be visiting Arizona?
D-Lamb and Josh S. visits would be exciting and great opportunities.
If BOOK does his thing, I can see UK and Arizona in the mix for Josh S.
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RockChalkWoody / December 7, 2009
Don’t get me wrong, I would’ve loved getting Barnes. The bottom line is, however, that we even red-shirted Mario Little & Travis Releford because we were just too loaded with “smalls.”
UK and Zona will be in the mix for Selby (as will KU). He’s already said he wants to make a return trip to Allen (probably for the KU-MU game). After watching your team play a couple of times it’s obvious that you need him a lot more than we do.
Considering that KU & UK go after the top talent out there and usually have limited scholarships how would you not lose a lot of battles? Guess what, we lost battles last year and we have two 5 star freshmen and TRob (who was a borderline 4/5 star guy).
FYI Woolridge may not be a Top-50 guy, but he can play.
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