'10 IN SF Dominique Ferguson (FIU Verbal)

[osugrad21]

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Top-10 prospect chooses UK
Dominique Ferguson, a top-10 national prospect in the high school class of 2010, committed to Kentucky on Tuesday, the recruiting Web site Scout.com reported.
Ferguson attends Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. He is an athletic 6-8 forward generally regarded among the nation's top prospects.
"This is an elite-level player," recruiting analyst Dave Telep of Scout.com said. "There are commitments and elite-level commitments. ... One of the things you're going to get with him is a solid mix of post and perimeter skills."
Going into this past season, the Prep Stars recruiting service rated Ferguson at No. 10 in his class. Prep Stars analyst Brick Oettinger noted Ferguson's play in an all-star event this spring in Arkansas. "He was awfully impressive," Oettinger said.
Ferguson joins forward Dakotah Euton and guard K.C. Ross-Miller as players from the class of 2010 committed to Kentucky.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

wow....suprising he made such an early decision.....Kentucky got a good one......

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie

wow....suprising he made such an early decision.....Kentucky got a good one......

Agreed, I kinda wanted to see us get involved here, but we can only take so many...

[itownbuckeye]

With the news of Gillispie being out at UK, there's a possibility Ferguson may reopen his recruitment. I have no idea what OSU may be looking to do with any additional 'ships that may open up for 2010. I've heard they're looking at some PG's but I believe they are also still recruiting Adreian Payne. Ferguson could be an option if they want another big and Payne decides to go elsewhere.

($)Scout.com: Ferguson Will Reconsider Commitment

[scott91575]

Originally Posted by itownbuckeye

With the news of Gillispie being out at UK, there's a possibility Ferguson may reopen his recruitment. I have no idea what OSU may be looking to do with any additional 'ships that may open up for 2010. I've heard they're looking at some PG's but I believe they are also still recruiting Adreian Payne. Ferguson could be an option if they want another big and Payne decides to go elsewhere.

($)Scout.com: Ferguson Will Reconsider Commitment

With Lighty's redshirt there are no open scholarships for 2010.

[itownbuckeye]

Originally Posted by scott91575

With Lighty's redshirt there are no open scholarships for 2010.

That's why I said "with any additional 'ships that may open up for 2010". I'd say the odds that Turner and/or Buford leave after next year are pretty high.

[scott91575]

Originally Posted by itownbuckeye

That's why I said "with any additional 'ships that may open up for 2010". I'd say the odds that Turner and/or Buford leave after next year are pretty high.

So they should recruit him with the line "well, by April of 2010 we may know if we have a scholarship for you or not. Mind holding out until then?"

[Wingate1217]

Originally Posted by scott91575

With Lighty's redshirt there are no open scholarships for 2010.

Since Mullens is leaving don't we have one now????

[buckeydoptimist]

Technically NO. With 5 commitments in the 2010 class, 2 open and 3 SRs using up their eligibility next season ( Hill, Simmons, Madsen ) that means zero left.

BUT, we got lucky Turner is coming back for a JR year, so his will open up. Thus they are looking at 2010 PGs and could switch that ship to Furgeson or a Center instead if they wanted.

Originally Posted by Wingate1217

Since Mullens is leaving don't we have one now????

[gracelhink]

Originally Posted by buckeydoptimist

Technically NO. With 5 commitments in the 2010 class, 2 open and 3 SRs using up their eligibility next season ( Hill, Simmons, Madsen ) that means zero left.

BUT, we got lucky Turner is coming back for a JR year, so his will open up. Thus they are looking at 2010 PGs and could switch that ship to Furgeson or a Center instead if they wanted.

what ever happened to the scholie opened up when Anthony Crater left?

[buckeydoptimist]

Originally Posted by gracelhink

what ever happened to the scholie opened up when Anthony Crater left?

You could look at it as having been taken by Lighty's redshirt this year. Two unexpected events that offset each other.

We would have had 5 open for 2010 with BJM going pro AND 4 SRS on next year's team in Lighty, Hill, Simmons, Madsen. But Lighty now will be a JR instead so that is one less opening.

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by buckeydoptimist

You could look at it as having been taken by Lighty's redshirt this year. Two unexpected events that offset each other.

We would have had 5 open for 2010 with BJM going pro AND 4 SRS on next year's team in Lighty, Hill, Simmons, Madsen. But Lighty now will be a JR instead so that is one less opening.

this type of chatter belongs in the Genera Recruiting Discussion thread or the Projected Scholarship thread under Basketball Recruiting forum.

[Buckskin86]

Ferguson still trying to sort it all out
Lawrence North star is 1 of top basketball recruits for 2010
By Kyle Neddenriep
Posted: May 18, 2009

Bloomington, Ind. -- On the basketball court, Dominique Ferguson is a freak. At 6-9, he's long and rangy yet sinewy strong. He's as capable of floating home an outside jump shot as he is bulling through the lane for a two-hand jam.

All of that makes Ferguson, a Lawrence North senior-to-be, one of the mostly highly-sought players nationally in the 2010 class. He'll have his choice of schools to pick from after running down a list that makes up a who's who of college basketball over the weekend at the Adidas May Classic. He acknowledged admitted there could have been one or two he left out.

That has gotten him in trouble before. Recruiting services call him several times a week to ask for his favorites. He'll run down the list -- Arizona, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and others -- and absent-mindedly forget a couple.

"Sometimes it's hard to remember them all," he said.

Not that it matters much. Since withdrawing his commitment to Kentucky when coach Billy Gillispie was fired, Ferguson has restarted his recruitment. He hopes to whittle his favorites by the end of the summer and possibly make a decision.

"I don't want to be like John Wall," Ferguson said of the top prospect in the 2009 class who still has has not decided on a school.

Ferguson still trying to sort it all out | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

[LitlBuck]

Rivals

No longer a Kentucky verbal. Has reopened his recruitment.

[Buckskin86]

Top hoops recruit Ferguson leaving LN
By Kyle Neddenriep
Posted: July 15, 2009.

One of the Indiana?s top high school basketball players in the incoming senior class is transferring out of state.
Dominique Ferguson, a 6-9 forward from Lawrence North, will attend Hargrave Military Academy, a college prep boarding school in Chatham, Va., for the upcoming school year, this father said this morning.

?I think he?s ready for the next step,? Deon Ferguson said of Dominique, who is ranked No. 23 in the country in the 2010 class by rivals.com. ?The public schools aren?t great right now. Instead of classes of 32, he?ll be in classes of seven or eight.?

Top hoops recruit Ferguson leaving LN | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star