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'12 CA SF Xavier Johnson (Signed to Colorado)

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Mater Dei H.S. (Temecula, CA)

AAU: Dream Vision

Ht: 6-foot-6
Wt: 185 lbs

Rivals rating: 4*; #17 SF (#75 overall)
Scout rating: 4*; #12 SF (#57 overall)
ESPN rating: 4*-94 grade; #18 SF (#62 overall)
247 rating: 4*-91 grade; #20 SF (#83 overall)

Reported Offers: Colorado, Arizona State, California, Harvard, LSU, Oregon State, San Diego State, UCLA, UNLV, USC
 
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I have yet to see that we've offered, but both Rivals and Scout have us interested in him. With his talent level, I have to imagine that we have offered, but haven't seen confirmation anywhere. Because he's a top 100 guy, I threw a profile together just in case.
 
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He is ranked #5 in the state by Cali High Sports.

However, they don't list CU as a school that he is considering. Usually they're very good with the California prospects, but this is a profile from June 13th. They're in the process of re-doing their countdown of the top players and are currently on #9, Richard Longrus.
 
Goose said:
I have yet to see that we've offered, but both Rivals and Scout have us interested in him. With his talent level, I have to imagine that we have offered, but haven't seen confirmation anywhere. Because he's a top 100 guy, I threw a profile together just in case.
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I swear to God when I typed this I legitimately didn't know.

Johnson will be visiting us this weekend.
 
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That would be Austin Rivers, a top 5 member of the class of 2011 that Johnson is dunking on.
 
Every day just brings more good news for the program. Caruso, Johnson, Hield, Sanders, Wallace, Hairston...if 2 of these guys sign, we're about to see a major infusion of talent! I really like Johnson though. He looks like the most athletic of the bunch and could be the type of finisher who would really excel in a running offense. Pair him with one of the shooters in Caruso, Hield, or Sanders, and I really don't care who gets the 5th schollie, or if that's held for '13.
 
mattrob said:
Every day just brings more good news for the program. Caruso, Johnson, Hield, Sanders, Wallace, Hairston...if 2 of these guys sign, we're about to see a major infusion of talent! I really like Johnson though. He looks like the most athletic of the bunch and could be the type of finisher who would really excel in a running offense. Pair him with one of the shooters in Caruso, Hield, or Sanders, and I really don't care who gets the 5th schollie, or if that's held for '13.
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SIXTH schollie. With Cain deciding to not play, that opens up a sixth slot for us to use this year. Now we won't use all 6 this year (barring Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle Anderson wanting to pair up at the Foam Dome), but that does give us a little more flexibility.

As for Johnson, everyone here knows my crush on Caruso. And honestly, I think I would probably take Alex over Johnson right now, but it's a hell of a lot closer than you would think. Johnson has the highest ceiling of any of these guys IMO.
 
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SIXTH schollie. With Cain deciding to not play, that opens up a sixth slot for us to use this year. Now we won't use all 6 this year (barring Shabazz Muhammad and Kyle Anderson wanting to pair up at the Foam Dome), but that does give us a little more flexibility.

As for Johnson, everyone here knows my crush on Caruso. And honestly, I think I would probably take Alex over Johnson right now, but it's a hell of a lot closer than you would think. Johnson has the highest ceiling of any of these guys IMO.
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Right...I'm kind of assuming that 5 would be the max though. A 6-man class just gets too big, and one of those top-100 recruits will end up getting squeezed out of the rotation, in all likelihood. With the talent interested this year, though, I do like having an extra schollie to work with. If we "only" land 2 of the remaining recruits, it's not a bad thing to end up with two players next year, either.
 
Saw Xavier at the stampede and graced with a nice " Welcome to Boulder Xavier be a Buff" His parents were pumped that I knew who he was.
 
UtterBuffLuv said:
Saw Xavier at the stampede and graced with a nice " Welcome to Boulder Xavier be a Buff" His parents were pumped that I knew who he was.
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Nice work, UBL.

I hope the Johnson family felt the love. I want Xavier to be a Buff in the worst way.
 
Sounds like he had a good trip here, but doesn't expect to commit anywhere until the spring signing period.
 
Goose said:
Sounds like he had a good trip here, but doesn't expect to commit anywhere until the spring signing period.
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He had a great trip. I thought he was going to pull the trigger. Now I'm left thinking that he wants to see how we do this season before making a commitment.
 
Time to hope that this board is right about our prospects for the upcoming season then. If we do what the Sporting News expects, we won't land him.
 
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