CU gets first 2012 commit

by **LJay** » May 1st, 2011, 5:21 pm

Michael Orris from Illinois within weeks of getting an offer from Whiner Weber at Illinois decides for Creighton. He's a 6'2" point guard.

This will be the first kid CU lands that Merfeld is lead recruiter and the first high school kid from Illinois for the Jays in a long time.

Here's something from IllinoisPreps prior to the commitment:
http://ilprepbullseye.com/Orris_Recruitment.html

Jays have two rides for 2012 due to not landing the juco kid from Idaho plus Antoine Young's departure after next season.

I hear some say Orris is half as good as Jake Odum thus will only be an All-American by his senior year...not as a sophomore. :buddies:

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by **45otseoj** » May 1st, 2011, 11:48 pm

I saw Orris play once this season. He's long and effective but lacks great athelitic ability. The Valley is probably a good fit for him. I thought the Illini offereing him was a bit of a stretch.

He played also side 2 D-I signees, (DePaul and Green Bay) so expect his points per game to go up next year while his team's success will likely drop off.

by **SycamoreFanatic** » May 2nd, 2011, 8:25 am

Don't expect Weber to give up because of a verbal from a 2012 player.

by **Jays26** » June 2nd, 2011, 9:39 am

Been behind on reading the recruiting news this spring but this looks like a really nice get for the Jays. He had some nice high D1 offers plus a few MVC offers so it's great he decided to be a Jay!

:Cheers:

by **45otseoj** » June 21st, 2011, 9:27 pm

And Orris decommits...

by **LMS** » June 22nd, 2011, 7:23 am

Sounds like a weird deal with his HS coach and the reasons why he decommitted.

by **Jays26** » June 22nd, 2011, 7:51 am

So what is the story?

by **beatingrillz** » June 22nd, 2011, 9:32 am

Unofficial to MSU this week for elite camp.

by **valleychamp** » June 22nd, 2011, 11:05 am

He must have heard about CUSA. Didn't want to miss out on that.

by **CaseyGarrisonforPrez** » June 22nd, 2011, 12:13 pm

valleychamp wrote:He must have heard about CUSA. Didn't want to miss out on that.

Call it a hunch, but I strongly believe that people will have a different tune on this subject by the middle of next week. A decidely less derisive tone.