Uber-recruit Dominic Cheek was supposed to be at Pitt this weekend. Unfortunately he didn’t make it.
“Dominic didn’t go,†said St. Anthony associate head coach Ben Gamble. “He had a root canal Thursday so we kept him home. He had it Thursday afternoon, so we cancelled the trip.
“He would’ve been sick and it wouldn’t have been fair to Pittsburgh.â€
Gamble said Cheek will also skip Monday’s unofficial trip to Rutgers for an exhibition game with Division 2 Caldwell College, but would make two more officials this fall.
“The schedule remains the same,†he said. “He’s going to go to Memphis [Nov. 14] and then he’s going to Rutgers [Nov. 21] and he has not counted out Pittsburgh. It will probably be the last trip that he makes and that will probably be in the spring.â€
There was no way he was going to be signing in the November 12-19 early signing period. So, if he waits to take a visit during the regular basketball season. Not to mention stopping by the Prudential Center during Pitt’s play for the Legend’s Classic. There will be plenty of time for Pitt to keep on him.
That is, if someone else doesn’t sign with Pitt in the next week.
The 6-foot-4 Scott, the No. 9 shooting guard in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, is expected to choose from among Miami, UConn and Pittsburgh, the three schools to which he has taken officials.
“There’s no more visits scheduled. This is pretty much it,†Dwayne Mitchell, Scott’s coach with the New York Gauchos, said recently. “It’s pretty much the three that he visited. We’ll try and make a decision that makes sense.â€
Pitt associate head coach Tom Herrion attended a practice at Rice High School on Friday, but Scott was on crutches after badly spraining his ankle in the Metro Classic last month. Scott is expected to be in a walking boot for another couple of weeks.
In other recruiting notes, Chris Dokish reports that Pitt and Sewickley Academy’s Tom Droney now appears to be an unlikely pairing.
For ’10, the Panthers are looking for a point guard or combo guard with good point guard skills. That appears to eliminate 6’5″ Tom Droney of Sewickley Academy, just outside of Pittsburgh. Droney does not project as a PG in Pitt’s system. Droney appeared to be leaning to Pitt for a long time, but his parents seem to think he is a better fit socially at Notre Dame, and they may be right.
He notes that Pitt may be focusing more on Isiah Epps for 2010 at the guard spot. Also, DeAndre Kane remains a fallback position if Scott and Cheek sign elsewhere.
This was the first time that I’d heard Jason Douglas’s name mentioned in terms of recruiting, but it appears that he goes to the same high school in Florida as both Shane Gordon (MLB) and Austin Gamble (SLB) two linebackers who hold Pitt offers.
Obviously Dan Mason remains our priority at MLB, but linebacker seems to remain a position of need.
It’s crazy to think that we are 3 wins away from a Big East Championship and a BCS bowl. I am very happy to know that it is attainable even though those 3 teams are probably the toughest opponents we will face this season. I won’t be upset if we don’t win the conference but we’re very close right now.
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Anyway, this kid looks pretty good and we should be excited about getting him. The only knock that I can see is his size. I actually read somewhere and I can’t remember where, but the publication described him as a “diamond in the rough” or a “steal” for whatever school he ended up at.
