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Mikail Baker is on board. Hear what he had to say.

Mikail Baker

The Bears picked up a big one and I like the way this sets Baylor up. This could mean a lot as far as momentum goes.

LeQuantum McDonald article

Justin has an offer from the Bears and will be camping at Baylor this summer. Here's the article.

Justin Kessler Update

The brothers would like to stick together to play their college ball. Baylor is very high on both of their lists.

Here is what they had to say about whether or not the commitment of LeQuantum McDonald to Baylor would affect their decisions.

“It probably won’t affect me,” Carl said, “but I know it will probably affect my brother. That’s my brother’s best friend. They’ve been together for the past three years, and so it’s gonna be hard because all of us want to be together. It’ll probably make it easy, but it’ll probably make it hard. You just don’t know when the time comes it comes”

Shon then commented, “Like Carl said that’s my best friend, and we want to go to the same school and stuff.”

I didn't put this in the article because I wanted this to stay on the board.


Shon and Carl

Damion James[/URL] is a 6'8, 225 pound forward prospect out of Nacodoches High School in east Texas. During the summer, he plays with Mitch Malone's Texas Blue Chips out of Dallas.

Rivals lists him as having an interest in Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M and UCLA.

Rivals rankings:
#36 - Feb 28, 2004
#5 - May 27, 2004

TC
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Here's another update

Jared Hawkins

Demetrius Green

Insiders Hoops is reporting that Baylor is recruiting Demetrius Green, a 6'3 shooting guard out of Lexington Catholic High School in Kentucky. They have him listed as a 4 star recruit, and he has received interest from OU, Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Baylor, Bradley, VCU, Indiana State and Wright State. No word as to whether he has received offers from any of these schools yet.

TC

Both sides of the ball look good.

Boatner Video

Jason just called and said that he just spoke with Lequantum McDonald[/URL], who is committing to play for Baylor!!

McDonald is a 6'3, 215 pound star defensive end prospect out of Waco High, who has a brother currently on the Baylor team, Lequalan McDonald.

Great pickup for the Bears. More details and an article forthcoming.

TC

Roscoe Biggers[/URL] is a 5'11" 195 pound point guard who originally hails from New York. He is currently enrolled at Globe Technical Institute, a junior college in New York City.

Biggers will be signing a letter of intent with Baylor this week, and will arrive at BU with three years of eligibility remaining.

Story forthcoming.

TC
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Roderick Trice[/URL] is a a 6'4, 175 pound sophomore wing man who plays guard for Georgia Perimeter Community College.

This season he averaged 12 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.

Hoopmasters.com is reporting that Baylor has started looking at him for the 2004 class. Here is a blurb on him and his abilities:

Strong wing can flat out get to hoop off the dribble and finish with surprising strength for as long and lean as he is. He hit a couple of open threes and can handle point in a pinch. He has Oklahoma, Minnesota, Ohio State, Mississippi, Georgia, Western Kentucky, Baylor, Middle Tennessee State, and Appalachian State among schools showing interest.[/QUOTE]
Last year in the JUCO national playoffs, Trice's team made it all the way to the semi-finals, where he put up 14 points in a losing effort to the eventual champion Southeastern Iowa Community College. This year, his GPC Jaguars lost to Southeastern Illinois in the second round of the national tournament by a score of 64-50, a game in which Trice posted 7 points and 11 rebounds.

Here is a clip from the GA Perimeter official athletic sitelink[/URL])

"Among the top prep players in the state of Georgia as a (high school)senior ... two-time All State performer ... named Swainsboro High School's MVP two times ... also ran track and cross county."

Trice was recently named the Region XIV conference player of the year for the 2003-04 season.

TC

The 4 star baller from South Garland is grabbing his piece of the spotlight. He tells where he has the Bears and what else he has going, so check it out on the front page.

Terrel Harris

Terry Martin(13)

Prepstars.com(premium)[/URL] is reporting that Terry Martin, a 6'6 basketball prospect from Monroe Louisiana, is being recruited by Baylor.

"I'm hearing from Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor, UConn, Kansas, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Louisville, Depaul and a lot of other people," Martin told PrepStars.com. "I really like Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma the most, and I like Kansas and Louisville, too."

Click to expand...

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Rivals is reporing that Baylor has started recruiting Kintrell Biddle[/URL], a 6'7 205 pound small forward out of Faith Christian in Virginia. He is reported to be extremely athletic, and a very fierce dunker.

Biddle is a relatively new prospect on the national scene, but is now drawing interest from Air Force, Baylor, Clemson, East Carolina, Miami (FL), Richmond and Western Carolina.

click here to access the March 16th update(ultimate ticket)[/URL]

TC

Thad put his talents on display at the Nike Combine last Saturday, hear what he had to say about the event among other things

Thad Boatner

The JUCO basketball player that I told you about will be faxing his signed letter of intent to Baylor on Wednesday.

TC
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The Bears have signed a new point guard in Roscoe Biggers. Hear what he had to say about his new playground and how things are shaping up for the newest Baylor Bear.

Roscoe Biggers

Coming this week. Sorry for the teaser, but I cannot release the name just yet.

Greg "TC" Burleson

Juan Palacios

Since we get so many inquiries about this highly touted basketall prospect from New York, I decided to start a new thread about him and put all the updates here.

Most of you who have been following this player already know that Juan Palacios[/URL] is an extremely highly regarded recruit who originally hails from Columbia. Rivals has him rated as a 4 star player, and the 9th best power forward in the entire country for the class of 2004. Juan has been attending school in the U.S. for a couple of years now, and has a top 5 of Baylor, Louisville, Kentucky, Pittsburgh and Texas(no particular order).

Just this weekend his team traveled to Ohio to participate in the 2nd annual Flyin to the Hoop tournament. Palacios had a monster game, scoring 43 points and pulling down 9 rebounds.

I'll continue to post any future updates on this same thread.

TC
This post was edited on 3/10 10:39 PM

Baylor is recruiting Jason McGriff[/URL] out of the College of Southern Idaho. McGriff is a 6'8, 220 pound combo forward who is a great run and jump athlete. His current list of favorites includes Tulsa, Purdue, UNLV, and Baylor.

click here for the March 21st update on McGriff(ultimate ticket)[/URL]

TC

As you all know this is information that stays within this thread and within the confines of this forum. Feel free to comment but remember that many important people read the content of this site, and to post accordingly. With that said have fun and share your opinions.


A couple of Dallas Skyline receivers caught something over the past week, and I’m not talking about footballs. Phillip Nevels both received offers from Baylor early this week.

Here’s what Mikail had to say about his first offer

“It’s close to home, they’re trying to come up in the Big 12. I like Baylor. They’re one of my top 5.”

His top 5 is rounded out by LSU, SMU, Texas, and Oklahoma St.

Phillip who is also a pretty good baseball prospect (had 27 steals in 15 games) was also happy to hear from the Bears.

“I liked it, and if they let me play baseball then I’ll really consider going.”

He then listed a top 3 of Rice, Baylor, and Notre Dame with Baylor being the only offer at this point.

He later stated, “[Baylor’s] trying to build up right now. They’ll be alright in a couple of years.”

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Killeen Shoemaker DT Roy Miller has moved the Bears up his list to the top spot

Roy said, ““When we went to Baylor I just liked a lot of stuff about it. They’ve got a lot of friendly people, and stuff like that. I just liked the atmosphere, and how the coaches are. I can see myself making an impact there, helping the team and stuff. I see their program coming up and stuff and I want to be a part of that.”

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Waco linebacker Shon Brown was seen at Junior Day wearing Baylor attire. He did clarify that he was just chillin’ and that it didn’t mean that he was committed. He has had the Bears at the top of his list along with Arkansas, but it appears other schools are closing the gap. LSU and Oklahoma have been in touch and they have got Shon’s ear. He would still like to make an early commitment, but would like to see his favorites.

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Another prospect with Baylor ties is Arlington RB/DE Tony Anderson. Don’t make the mistake of thinking this guy will play DE, because he won’t have it. He is a running back pure and simple.

The Bears have had some ground to make up on the Arlington running back and have made a significant impression on the young man as he is now listing the Bears as one of the 4 schools he is interested in at this point.

Here’s what he had to say about his experience at the Green and Gold Game

“I’m starting to like Baylor a little bit more. When I was younger I really didn’t want to go there, but after talking to the Baylor coaches and stuff I’m starting to feel a little different.”

He is now listing Baylor along with Michigan, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as schools he is showing the most interest in right now.

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Ada, Okla. offensive guard Craig Roark is still interested in the Bears and is planning to at least come down to a game in the fall.

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Terrel Nemons has stated that the Bears are in his top 2 with Texas and he is also starting to mention Kansas. Last week when we talked to him he mentioned how he would be evaluating teams and here is what he had to say about Baylor.

“I’m looking at like Baylor, they really didn’t have a good record last year, but I’m looking at how their program is coming along. I’m looking to the future. I think they’re going to look pretty good in the future.”

He was able to make it to Baylor for the Spring game last weekend to check things out.

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The Bears welcomed 8 of February’s signees at the Spring Game

Anthony McDonald – S – Copperas Cove
Bradley Bullitt – LB – Garland Naaman Forest
Nate Cook – WR – Allen
Marlon Price – S - Lancaster
Jason Smith – TE – Dallas White
Geoff Nelson – DE – Cedar Hill
Dan Gay – DT – Lafayette (La.) St. Thomas More
Marcus Mead – LB – Alva, Okla.

More recruits on hand for the Spring game including

Jamaal Pettiford – QB – Humble – 6’1”, 205, 4.5
David Allison – OT – Humble – 6’5”, 285, 5.3
Jared Hawkins – RB – Klein – 5’10”, 175, 4.5
Roberto Davis – OG – Copperas Cove – 6’4”, 265, 4.84
Cameron Raschke – DT – Kerrville Tivy – 6’5”, 320, 5.3
Brian Christian – WR – Decatur – 6’2”, 180, 4.5
Justin Akers – TE – Deer Park – 6’5”, 220, 4.8
Andrew Richards – WR – Keller Fossil Ridge – 6’4”, 190, 4.45
Antonio Jones – LB – Dallas Lincoln – 6'2", 215, 4.6
Jerod Sneed – LB – Dallas Lincoln – 6’1”, 215
Josh Jolivette – LB – Galena Park North Shore – 5’10”, 205
Thad Boatner – OT – Hamilton – 6’8”, 275, 5.1
Brandon Williams – RB – Dallas Carter – 5’8”, 165, 4.3
Jeremy Williams – LB – Dallas Carter – 5’10”, 195, 4.5
Karl Glimp – TE/DE – Hutto – 6’4”, 240, 4.85
Sandy Riley, Jr. – TE – Spring Westfield - 6’3”, 245, 4.6
Alan Kirkland – LB – Leander – 6’4”, 225, 4.7

Waco prospects at the game

LeQuantum McDonald - 6'4", 230, 4.6
Carl Sims – WR/CB – 5’10”, 165, 4.5
Anthony Hicks – WR – 5'10"
Brad Lankford – DT – 6’4”, 275, 5.1




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Is off the board now. He has signed a letter of intent with Evansville.

TC

He likes Baylor and the feeling is mutual from the Baylor staff. Stay tuned for more information.

Lamb Update

Rivals is reporting that Baylor is starting to recruit Jean Baptiste Bah[/URL], a 6'1, 175 pound shooting guard from the class of 2004. Bah originally hails from France, but is currently attending Central Park Christian in Birmingham, Alabama.

Even though he is graduating this year, Bah is strongly considering prep school, which would move him to the class of 2005.

click here for the March 15th update on Bah(ultimate ticket)[/URL]

TC
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