Cornell's six-player incoming recruiting class next fall (photographed above) includes:
Nenad "Ned" Tomic (North Royalton HS) North Royalton, OH, 6-7, F,
Dave LaMore (Dexter HS) Whitmore Lake, MI, 6-10, C,
Deion Giddens (Willow Canyon HS) Surprise, AZ, 6-9, C,
Shonn Miller (St. Ignatius HS) Cleveland, OH, 6-6, F,
Galal Cancer (Christian Brothers HS) Albany, NY, 6-2, G, and
Devin Cherry (Meridian HS) Meridian, MS, 6-3, G.
In the class, five of the six recruits have completed their prep basketball careers. The final recruit still playing scholastically, Galal Cancer, is set to participate this weekend in the
NYSPHSAA New York State High School Basketball Championships in Glen Falls, New York. The
Post Journal of Jamestown, NY previews the weekend while the
Post Star of Glen Falls, NY is providing live championship weekend updates.
Cancer's CBA team, the defending state champions, face Jamestown, NY in the AA Semifinal (the largest school division). The winner of that game will face the winner of Mount Vernon vs. Half Hollow Hills West. Cancer has "willed" his team to the semifinals by scoring 55 points in CBA's two sectional wins to advance to this weekend's championships. He is a
potential starting point guard for 2011-2012 Cornell Big Red.
The weekend features some elite point guards. Mount Vernon features 6'0" Jabarie Hinds (signed with West Virginia). Half Hollow Hills West is led by 5'9" Tavon Sledge (signed with Iowa State).
The Cornell coaching staff tweets as they head to Houston, the site of the Final Four and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) national conference.
