Rakeem Christmas Cuts List to Eight

by Hire Esherick on Aug 10, 2009 5:33 PM EDT in Recruiting Comment 5 comments

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Big man standout Rakeem Christmas has trimmed his list to include only Baylor, Florida, Georgetown, Indiana, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas and Villanova.

When asked about the choices, Amira Hamid, Christmas' aunt and legal guardian, stated:

"It's been a process, one that we wanted to make sure that the best choices were made for Rakeem. He has been receiving scholarship offers since the 8th grade. With such an overwhelming number of schools interested in him, it was important that we did our due diligence with finalizing this list."

With regards to his recruitment, Rakeem stated:

"I appreciate the interest that many coaches have in me but these are the schools that my family and I think would be a good fit for me. My family and I are thankful to everyone that has offered me a scholarship and participated in my recruiting. I'm looking forward to my season at ANC and playing for Coach Givens. I've played with some of the players during the summer and I had a good time. After summer is over I want to make sure that I do well and improve in class and on the court."

Rakeem is a top prosect from the Class of 2011 and Scout ranks him as the #1 center in the country. ESPN labeled him the standout player from Day 3 of the LeBron James Skills Academy.

Good talk.

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Boom Boom Pow!

Christmas time at Big Man U.

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Aug 10, 2009 9:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

How long until...

…Calipari squeezes in the picture?

Good talk.

by Hire Esherick on Aug 10, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions

Christmas in Washington

Every year on TNT, they do that show with the president. The producers should guarantee him a co-hosting slot if he comes to the Hilltop.

by boumtje on Aug 10, 2009 11:52 PM EDT reply actions

it would be like if I started my own Skills Academy. Probably it would be for under 6’ players with mediocre skills; all instruction would be based on the drills we did in high school baseball (when I needed an oxygen tank for anything more than a double).

by 40-Year Old Man on Aug 11, 2009 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

Speaking of a skills academy..

I would really enjoy the scrimmages at a Skills Academy run by itsallthatmatters: dudes over 6’10" with bad knees learning how to take dunks from a special robot power forward that, by using lasers, is able to exactly place it’s robot nuts right on each players face. The parents get a video tape of it in the mail a week later.

by lordnick on Aug 11, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions