Weekend Notes: Ball State, Goshen, Commitments
Eric Gardner
<p>During the fall we will get you caught up with a weekend roundup every Monday with the happenings from the last couple days. Things can be busy with visits, offers, commitments, and much more. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Three Come Off The Board</strong></span></p>
<p>As we wrote this morning, Indiana saw three 2016 players make commitments since Friday. <strong>Braxton</strong> <strong>Linville</strong> of NorthWood is heading to Grace, <strong>Keegan</strong> <strong>Northern</strong> of Martinsville is going to the University of Indianapolis, and <strong>Mason</strong> <strong>Degenkolb</strong> of Tipton is heading to Taylor University.</p>
<p>It wouldn't be surprising to see a few more make commitments in the next few weeks. Some are taking visits to schools that have newly offered and depending upon their position at the time it is very probable that some decide to pull the trigger. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Goshen Holds Elite Camp, Charlie Warner And Others Visit</strong></span></p>
<p>August is the month for Elite Camps. This past weekend was Goshen College's and they pulled in a good crowd. Heading the list was <strong>Charlie</strong> <strong>Warner</strong> of Westfield. </p>
<p>The high academic student has really come onto the radar of a lot of small school programs because of his scoring ability, size, and academics. He's got size at 6'5 with the ability to score in a ton of ways. Can post 20 or more points in about any game he plays in and with academics being so good, many schools see him as a low risk, high reward guy. </p>
<p>Head coach <strong>Neal</strong> <strong>Young</strong> also had plenty of other talent on campus including <strong>Devan</strong> <strong>Straub</strong>, <strong>Alex</strong> <strong>Eberhard</strong>, and <strong>Jacob</strong> <strong>Tolliver</strong>. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Ball State Hosts Slew Of 2017 Talent</strong></span></p>
<p>A lot of programs have different tactics on getting kids on campus and one of the best ways is to bring a bunch of them in at one time. That is the method that Ball State went with this past weekend.</p>
<p>They wanted to host some of their top 2017 targets and most of them made it up to the Muncie, Indiana campus. <strong>Kobe</strong> <strong>Webster</strong>, <strong>Jalen</strong> <strong>Adaway</strong>, <strong>Alex</strong> <strong>King</strong>, and <strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Nunge</strong> all made their way up. Webster just picked up an offer and Adaway, King, and Nunge have had theirs for a couple weeks.</p>
<p>It's still a little ways off but these four guys would make up a great class. All are getting looks at the high major level so things are bound to change but it is great to see head coach <strong>James</strong> <strong>Whitford</strong> get his target on guys quickly. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>NBCSports Reports Isaac Humphries To Commit To Kentucky</strong></span></p>
<p>Scott Phillips of NBCSports.com reported this weekend that 2016 La Lumiere center <strong>Isaac</strong> <strong>Humphries</strong> was set to visit and possibly commit to Kentucky this morning. He was working on reclassifying to 2015 and Kentucky was one of the schools he had interest in. </p>
<p>As of Monday morning, Humphries has yet to commit but has visited the campus. Humphries is one of the top players in the 2016 class and if he moved to 2015 would likely fit in the Top 3. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Offers This Weekend:</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Alex</strong> <strong>King</strong> - 6'8 | 2017 | Columbus North - Northern Kentucky offered</li>
<li><strong>Adida</strong> <strong>Ikongshul</strong> - 6'5 | 2016 | Madison - Austin Peay offered</li>
<li><strong>Peyton</strong> <strong>Staples</strong> - 6'7 | 2016 | Mishawaka - Hillsdale offered</li>
<li><strong>Kobe</strong> <strong>Webster</strong> - 5'10 | 2017 | Park Tudor - Ball State offered</li>
<li><strong>Zach</strong> <strong>Gunn</strong> - 6'7 | 2017 | Hamilton Southeastern - Saint Louis offered</li>
<li><strong>Cooper</strong> <strong>Neese</strong> - 6'4 | 2017 | Cloverdale - Indiana State offered</li>
</ul>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Scheduled Visits:</strong></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><strong>Grant</strong> <strong>Gelon</strong> - 6'6 | 2016 | Crown Point - Western Michigan on 8/3, UIC on 8/4</li>
<li><strong>Chris</strong> <strong>Palombizio</strong> - 6'6 | 2016 | Don Bosco - Miami (OH) on 8/3</li>
<li><strong>Romeo</strong> <strong>Langford</strong> - 6'4 | 2018 | New Albany - Louisville on 8/2</li>
<li><strong>Ra</strong> <strong>Kpedi</strong> - 6'8 | 2017 | Lawrence North - IUPUI on 8/3, WIU on 9/15</li>
<li><strong>Kevin</strong> <strong>Easley</strong> - 6'5 | 2018 | Lawrence North - IUPUI on 8/3</li>
<li><strong>Antwaan</strong> <strong>Cushingberry</strong> - 5'7 | 2018 | Lawrence North - IUPUI on 8/3</li>
<li><strong>Colten</strong> <strong>Garland</strong> - 6'0 | 2016 | Washington - Grand Valley State on 8/3, Wabash on 8/3</li>
<li><strong>Erik</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> - 5'10 | 2016 | Evansville Bosse - Ohio Dominican on 8/1</li>
<li>Paul Scruggs - 6'2 | 2017 | Southport - Louisville on 8/8</li>
</ul>
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