Hoops Recruiting

Some interesting recruiting news. First, 6'8" Power Forward Curtis Kelly out of NYC has decided to help the rich get richer and play for the UConn Huskies. He is a 5-star PF in Rivals.com top 15 in his class. While academic and effort issues have dogged him much of his high school career, he was still being pursued by the Jackets. Not unexpected as he has been favoring UConn, but another player off the board................... In addition, evidently Javaris Crittenton has eliminated Wake Forest from his top 3, and now is down to GT and Florida. That's outstanding news for Jacket fans. Wake has been watching many top PG recruits go elsewhere, even with the departure of popular Chris Paul, but they could get a committment very soon from Ishmael Smith, a fast PG prospect from their backyard in NC......................... It also appears PG Willie Kemp has eliminated the Jackets from consideration and has narrowed his list down to 6. There was more recent talk of him with the Jackets, but it does not appear the Jackets have consistently been after him. His final 6 have been on him for a long time. That counts with these kids. It certainly matters to Jodie Meeks and his father, who have interest in Georgia Tech, but it faded when the Jackets didn't show strong love back.... ................