ETSU Elite Camp React

Andrew Force August 6, 2017 @ 03:14 PM

East Tennessee State University hosted their single basketball camp of the summer August 5th, 2017. Camps provide the program with several things: income, exposure to new faces, free recruiting opportunity, new evaluations. How did the camp go? Did anything pertinent take place? Who attended and what did they think of it? Start first with the offers extended.

Offers

BMaze Elite forward Akeem Odusipe earned another D1 offer.

2020 F Akeem Odusipe (TN) added an #ETSU offer yesterday at camp. @bmazeelite1
— Prep Hoops Tennessee (@PrepHoopsTN) August 6, 2017

Akeem Odusipe is relatively young to the game of basketball. He didn't pick up the sport until he was 14.

"For a guy that is only his second summer in America the upside is crazy," said BMaze Elite Director Bobby Maze. "Puts him in a position that he will be right there. Has some high-major (offers). What is going to separate him is time. Getting better and getting stronger."

Odusipe is on the golden path to college with numerous top offers already.

"He has Kansas State, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Georgetown and a couple others," said Coach Maze.

Just after AAU wrapped 2018 6'5 G Sardaar Calhoun (VA) has received an offer from #ETSU . The TeamLoaded VA star is one of their wing targets in the Class of 2018.

Whomever the ETSU staff signs they will be placing on the wing, they will be plugged into the rotation with Tennessee-raised 2017 wing Bo Hodges (Maplewood).

Campers

Most of BMaze Elite 15u attended the ETSU Elite Camp. Class of 2020 point guard Joseph Anderson (Maryville) and Norance Berry (The Christ School - NC) were already offered by ETSU in July. They camped with several 15u teammates from BMaze Elite. Jayden Doyle (Knoxville South-Doyle) attended. He ran with EOTO 15u over the summer. The Alabama Celtics sent a troop of five guys: Sean Elmore, Hunter Wiley, Desmond Trotter, Daviyon Dennis and Tyler Millin.

2018 Sean Elmore, Desmond Trotter, Hunter Wiley, Daviyon Dennis and Tyler Millin all at ETSU #CelticsVsEverybody pic.x.com/UmfhD9z7zQ
— Bama Celtics (@bama_celtics) August 5, 2017

Sean Elmore has an offer from Wingate University. Tyler Millin already holds a Tusculum University (D2) offer.

"I like it," said Sean Elmore of the ETSU Camp. "It was a lot of fundamentals. We did a lot of moving without the ball. "There were a lot of good players there. I knew two of them. They went to school with our point guard Chris Hunter (Austin-East HS).

Sean Elmore was able to get a little face-to-face with the ETSU staff.

"I talked to the head coach and the Director of Operations about seeing if they would come down and watch me play at Mountain Brook (AL) this winter," said Elmore.

The road show doesn't top just yet though.

"I go to UNA next week for another Elite Camp."

And the travels continue.