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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Louisville Recruiting Update

VERBAL COMMITMENT ALERT: Earl Clark, G/F (Rahway, NJ)

Projected 2006-2007 Roster

Senior: Brandon Jenkins (G)
Juniors: Juan Palacios (F), David Padgett (F/C), Terrence Farley (C)
Sophomores: Andre McGee (PG), Bryan Harvey (SG), Chad Millard (WF), Terrence Williams (SF), Jonathon Huffman (BF), Brian Johnson (F)
Freshmen: Edgar Sosa (G), Jerry Smith (G), Derrick Caracter (BF), Jarvis Walker (SF), Earl Clark (G/F)

Previous Louisville recruiting reports: August 25 Report, June 27 report and 7/25 Round-Up.

Here is a link to the Louisville Courier-Journal article on the Clark commitment: Clark Chooses Louisville.

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As expected from rumblings of the past week, Earl Clark made it official for Rick Pitino and the Louisville Cardinals by committing at a press conference at his high school yesterday. Clark is a 6'8 player that is one of the more multi-dimensional players in the country. He has the ability to play 4 positions on the court at the college level. He is probably best suited to be a point-forward type of player, but do not count him out from seeing action at the 1, 2 or 3 at the college level and with his height, in certain situations and match-ups, could line up at the 4. He looks to be a perfect fit in the Louisville system, much like Francisco Garcia in their final four run of last season. Rick Pitino has entered the Big East with a major bang on the recruiting trail going right into Big East territory and landing Clark, Derrick Caracter and Edgar Sosa to go along with Jerry Smith in this recruiting class.

Now, obviously, there is going to be some roster changes, because my current projected roster for the 2006-2007 season shows 15 names, two more than the NCAA limit of 13. At this point, Jarvis Walker, younger brother of former Pitino player Antoine Walker, is slated to be a walk-on, so that still leaves the roster at 14 players. So, some sort of attrition is likely to occur with their roster. I have removed Clarence Holloway from their projected roster as I believe Holloway and Louisville have definitely parted ways, but, you never know and I will continue to follow Holloway's recruitment as the former UL signee is now enrolled at a prep school.

One thing that is not in question, and that is the recruiting ability of Rick Pitino. Now, with the added East Coast exposure of the Big East and a highly visible TV schedule ahead of him, Pitino is only going to ratchet up his recruiting. The rest of the Big East better raise their recruiting as well! Now, with his recruiting for 2006 likely in the books, Pitino can get a head start on 2007 and look at players like Nolan Smith, Devin Ebanks, Chris Wright, OJ Mayo etc. However, with just one scholarship senior projected on their 2006-2007 roster, their might be enough slots for the prolific recruiting that Rick Pitino has shown he can bring to the Big East!


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