Interview with Stephan Van Treese (Lawrence North, IN) Louisville

Stephan Van Treese

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lawrence North High School’s powerhouse, Stephan Van Treese. Weighing in at 200lbs, Treese is a 6-foot-9 power forward headed to Louisville University next year. Van Treese has outstanding athleticism, which will help him tremendously in Pitino’s up-tempo system.

We wanted to see what goes on in his head from day to day, being ranked one of the best/if not the best recruit in Indiana for the 2009 class. Besides basketball, what’s this kid do for fun? Find out after the BUMP!

Indiana HS Hoops: Van Treese (VT), what’s up? Anything new going on with you lately? Introduce yourself.

VT: Hi, my name is Stephan Van Treese. My nickname is VT. I’m usually down for whatever.

Stephan Van Treese (Lawrence North, IN) Picks Louisville

Stephan Van Treese

Van Treese, a 6-9 post player, has been a two-year starter for the Wildcats.

He averaged 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds as a junior.

“I’ve always like Louisville, the school and the coaching staff, obviously, with coach (Rick) Pitino,” Van Treese said this afternoon.

Van Treese had made several unofficial visits to various schools, including to Indiana University’s Midnight Madness.

He said he was considering “Notre Dame, Michigan State, IU, UCLA and Kansas the hardest toward the end.”

Van Treese said Pitino sold him on how he would fit into the Louisville system.

“I think it’s a good fit,” Lawrence North coach Jack Keefer said. “Stephan is an outstanding athlete to be 6-9. He can run the floor probably better than anybody we’ve ever had.

“He’s a quick jumper, very athletic, and he plays very hard. Anywhere Pitino has been, his players play hard. That’s something he puts on his players, whether it’s the little guys or the big guys.”

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Reggie Bullock (Kinston, NC) 2010 Picks UNC

 

Reggie Bullock (Kinston, NC) Says Yes to UNC

On Tuesday Reggie Bullock accepted a scholarship to play for instate powerhouse UNC. He picked UNC over Wake Forest, Indiana and others.

Reggie Bullock is a 6’6 wing player with a ton of athletic ability to his game. He is one of the best shooters in the class of 2010. He is also ranked in the top 30 players in the class of 2010. He has the ability to finish strong when filling the lanes on the break.

This now gives UNC four commitments in the last week to continue the tradition of excellence. Reggie Bullock joins John Henson, David Wear and Travis Wear as the other recent commits. It didn’t take long for Reggie to realize that UNC was the place for him. Roy Williams offered him the scholarship on January 2, 2008.

DeShuan Thomas (2010) Bishop Luers, (IN)

DeShawn Thomas Highlight Reel: FRESHMAN YEAR

DeShawn Thomas is a top 5 player in the class of 2010.

Tyler Zeller (Washington,IN) UNC signee leads to victory

Tyler Zeller had a big game against Bosse, IN in a 72 to 61 victory. Tyler who is headed to UNC next year finished with a game high 47 points and 8 rebounds.

St. Edward, OH defeats Campbell Hall, CA in overtime 78 to 73 on Espn 2

In a game that matched up two of the elite prospects in the class of 2008 it lived up to the hype. The game went back and fourth at the beginning then Campbell Hall opened up a small lead ending the quarter 23 to 20. Jrue Holiday was outstanding in the first quarter finishing with 14 points. Delvon Roe and Tom Pritchard each put in 6 points for St. Edward in the quarter. In the second quarter Campebell Hall improved on there lead to go into halftime with a 37 to 29 lead. The third quarter saw Tom Pritchard start to insert himself on both ends of the floor he finished with 9 points in the quarter and gave St. Edward a 53 to 50 lead going into the fourth quarter. The teams fought back and fourth the whole quarter with freshmen Austin McBroom hitting a huge 3 pointer to tie the game up and send it into OT.  In overtime St. Edward was able to take over and get a hard fought victory. This is a list of top performers for Campbell Hall and St. Edward. Jrue Holiday for (CH) finished with 31 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers, James Johnson (CH) totaled 9 points and about 9 or 10 rebounds played strong around the basket, Austin McBroom (CH) finished with 9 points and played a solid game. The standouts for St. Edward were Delvon Roe 18 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Tom Pritchard was a beast on the inside finishing with 23 points and 11 rebounds, also Frankie Dobbs finished with 14 points and played a very solid game showing a good feel for the game.

Super Sophomore DeShaun Thomas (Bishop Luers, IN) has huge game

DeShaun Thomas the # 1 prospect in the class of 2010 led his team to a 90 to 41 victory over Mishawaka Marian, IN. He had 29 points in the win. DeShaun is hearing from Duke, UNC, Ohio State, Florida, Purdue and Indiana.

Impact Freshmen in College

Eric Gordon had a record night for Indiana basketball scoring the most points for a debut with 33 points.

Johnny Flynn helped lead Syracuse to a opening night win, with a huge night finishing with 28 points.