BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — The July evaluation period is the time for Coach Archie Miller and his staff to refill the Flyer recruiting sales funnel…and boy have they been busy doing just that:

2013

Dayshon “Scoochie” Smith:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=425&f=1323&t=9117487

Now with video goodness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZdQkK1c1s

AJ Riley:

http://sportsxpress.xanga.com/765289979/sports-xpress-recruiting-xclusiveaj-riley/

Jared Brownridge:

You have to scroll down to find him, but this IL prospect has interest from Archie & Co. :

http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsreport/2012/07/july_eval_weekend_one_encore.html

Kendall Pollard:

He gets mentioned in the above link, but this piece is all about him and his offer from UD. It’s interesting to note that Pollard hails from Chicago Simeon, which also produced former Flyer Brandon Spearman, now a U of Hawaii Rainbow:

http://chicagohoops.hoops247.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2098:kendall-pollard-talks-dayton-offer-recruiting&catid=34:recruiting

Coaches Miller, Ostrum and Kuwik get some love from Illinois Prep Bulls-eye in an item about Kendall’s recruitment at the bottom of this piece:

http://ilprepbullseye.com/Peters_Offers.html

Wes Clark:

A review of his (and many other top prospects) performance at the Nike Global Challenge:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/nike-global-challenge-recap-james-young-earns-mvp/

Clark and his Romulus HS running mate EC Matthews are prime UD targets.

2014

AJ Turner:

http://www.umhoops.com/recruits/aj-turner/

Kyle Kuzma:

http://future150.com/hs/basketball-profiles/kyle-kuzma-sf-2013

Miles Reynolds:

http://www.milesontheball.com/recruiting-trail/

2012

The reality is that it is still not too late to add a player for this year’s Flyer squad…but it ain’t looking likely.

Melvin Johnson:

The Bronx native ended up signing with former UD Assistant Shaka Smart and the newest member of the A-10, VCU:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/citing_best_fit_bronx_native_johnson_FfI70T70VVKmJdBwrsalgI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Basketball

Mislav Brzoja:

A Google search of the former Northwestern commit (whose backup plan was supposedly UD) shows him to basically have fallen off the face of virtual Earth.

Josiah Turner:

UD was never mentioned as being involved with this kid, but as a former Arizona player you know Archie was aware of his talents. Turner decided to go pro instead of transferring.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/19555385/report-josiah-turner-balks-on-smu-will-immediately-pursue-pro-career

— Even more fun than tracking the names of possible future Flyers is following the NBA Summer Camp exploits of past Flyers who hope to be pros:

Brian Roberts:

All indications are that based on his performance with the Hornets, BR should be playing somewhere in the NBA this year:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/recap-orleans-hornets-2012-summer-league-fans-perspective-033400064–nba.html

Chris Wright:

CW left the Warriors for what he hopes is a better shot with the Toronto Raptors:

http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-14/sports/32675519_1_summer-league-head-coach-nik-vucevic-sixers-notes

Devin Searcy:

“Searcy finished the week strong and could have earned an invitation to an NBA team’s training camp with his showing on Friday (10 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks).”

http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-14/sports/32675519_1_summer-league-head-coach-nik-vucevic-sixers-notes

— Can’t forget the current UD players, either! Senior PG Kevin Dillard gets some dap from NBADraft.net after his work at the LeBron James Skills Academy:

http://nbadraft.net/2012-lebron-james-skills-academy-top-college-prospects

— And we certainly should not overlook the ladies, either! Gutsy former Flyer Justine Raterman has signed to play overseas in Portugal:

http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2012/07/13/daytons-raterman-signs-to-play-overseas/

— Louisville Courier-Journal recruiting guru Jody Demling has left to run Cardinal Authority for Scout.com. Here is a link to his Twitter account:

http://twitter.com/jdemling

— Projecting how VCU and Butler will fare in the Atlantic 10:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/projecting-how-butler-and-vcu-will-fare-in-the-a-10/

–It seems like everyone in college hoops likes the new limited summer practice rules except for the Ivy League:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/19601503/schools-in-for-summer-why-everyone-except-the-ivies-loves-the-new-practice-rule/rss

— Nice to see my boys Mike Valenti and Terry Foster and Doug Karsch and Scott Anderson of “97.1 The Ticket” in the top 10 on the Talkers.com list of the top 100 sports talk show hosts:

http://www.talkers.com/2012-talkers-heavy-hundred-of-sports-talk/

— Probably the most influential book I ever read was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, who died recently:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765590158/Author-Stephen-R-Covey-dies.html

— Maybe it’s because he is a Pittsburgh guy, but actor Michael Keaton has always struck me as a pretty cool customer. The following interview from Grantland does nothing to disprove my theory:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8157339/qa-batman-beetlejuice-star-michael-keaton-mister-rogers-fly-fishing-roles-turned-more

— Food on a stick!!!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/25-reasons-food-is-more-awesome-on-a-stick

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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