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'11 NJ SG Kelvin Amayo (Verbal to Towson)

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Nia Prep HS (Newark, NJ)

AAU: Team Jersey Elite / NJ Shoreshots

Ht: 6-foot-5
Wt: 205 lbs

Rivals rating: 3* PG
Scout rating: 3*; NR SF
ESPN rating: 2*-83 grade; NR SG

Reported Offers: Colorado, Arizona, Charlotte, Delaware, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. John's, Charlotte, Delaware, Towson, Western Kentucky
 
http://www.accessathletes.com/blog/blogdisplay.cfm?/Athlete-Chat-Kelvin-Amayo-257

"When I look up on Rivals and the top 10 for the class of 2011, and I'm not up there, that gets me up. It motivates me to just go hard everyday in practice." These are the words of top high school basketball prospect Kelvin Amayo. This past season, Amayo was a key reserve for St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, NJ), averaging nearly 13 ppg, 5 apg, and 4 rpg. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound sophomore sensation is an explosive point guard out to prove that his name belongs with the nation's elite.

Blessed with a 32" inch vertical, Amayo is known for his exceptional leaping ability and knack for finishing in the lane. On top of his freakish athletic ability, Amayo is a balanced player who adjusts his game based on the team's needs. "I can score when the team needs me to score, but I'm also willing to pass the ball."
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[video=youtube;h7vh4SRhhGg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7vh4SRhhGg[/video]

[video=youtube;z_7NeDd_9Ko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_7NeDd_9Ko[/video]

[video=youtube;qSw5ks_yCt0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSw5ks_yCt0[/video]

Check out the crossover in the first vid, the dunk at the end of the 2nd, and pretty much everything on the 3rd.

Amayo can play the "1", "2" and "3" in Tad Boyle's system. I'm glad we offered. It looks like he has eliminated a lot of the competing offers and we're going to be fighting it out with Seton Hall and St. John's if we can convince him to leave home for college.
 
Amayo is still uncommitted.

He is now rated a 3* prospect on both Rivals and Scout. He's looking to take his officials after his season is over. CU is still in the mix according to a new article.

Highlights make me think he'd play the the off guard in Boyle's system. Kind of the Cory Higgins spot:

[video=youtube;Nm3jhcu_nHQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm3jhcu_nHQ[/video]

If Burks leaves as expected, Amayo is probably a guy we would look at this spring.
 
any word on when this kid is going to make a decision. He would be eligible to play in the fall right? I would love to see him in Black and gold.
 
tante said:
any word on when this kid is going to make a decision. He would be eligible to play in the fall right? I would love to see him in Black and gold.
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We only have a scholarship available if Burks goes to the NBA.

If that happens, I believe our wish list starts with the long, long, longshot at DeAndre Daniels. Then #2 is probably LeAntwan Lucket to give us a wing who can help replace all the scoring we're losing. I haven't heard much about Amayo recently.
 
I don't know why but I like Amayo more than Lucket. I think Lucket plays on a team with an amazing PG that drives up his value.
 
DeAndre isn't coming here. I know you said long, long, longshot, but I think it's safe to say he's not coming here.

...unless you know something? Is Boyle seriously even trying for him? I would just stop recruiting him and move my energies on other prospects.
 
dyemeduke said:
DeAndre isn't coming here. I know you said long, long, longshot, but I think it's safe to say he's not coming here.

...unless you know something? Is Boyle seriously even trying for him? I would just stop recruiting him and move my energies on other prospects.
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Until he signs somewhere else, I'd be communicating with Daniels on a daily basis.

Unfortunately, I don't know anything. No one should get his hopes up.
 
Buffnik said:
We only have a scholarship available if Burks goes to the NBA.

I thought we could have 13 scholarship players at a time. Leaving for sure (Higgins, Knutson and Ralphorde) which leaves (Brown, Burks, Dufault, Eckloff, Tunks, Mills, Roberson, Sharpe, and Tomlinson)
Current 12 scholarship players - 3 seniors + 3 freshman leaves us with 12 if Burks stays. If he leaves I thought we would have two openings. Maybe 13 isn't the right number or one of the players I thought was a walk on is actually on scholarship.
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Buffnik said:
We only have a scholarship available if Burks goes to the NBA.
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BuffDog said:
I thought we could have 13 scholarship players at a time. Leaving for sure (Higgins, Knutson and Ralphorde) which leaves (Brown, Burks, Dufault, Eckloff, Tunks, Mills, Roberson, Sharpe, and Tomlinson)
Current 12 scholarship players - 3 seniors + 3 freshman leaves us with 12 if Burks stays. If he leaves I thought we would have two openings. Maybe 13 isn't the right number or one of the players I thought was a walk on is actually on scholarship.
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It's my understanding that Sabatino Chen was brought in as a scholarship player. 13 is the correct number for the scholarship limit in MBB (the women get 15).
 
It may be that Chen was given a scholarship to cover tuition for this year, since one was available. This was done in the past for the big kid from the mountains in Colorado (sorry, the name escapes me at the moment) who is now back as a post-grad walk on this semester. I personally don't see Chen as prominent D-1 talent and I would suspect that he would become a walk-on if the team could recruit the right player. I believe that Burks will test the waters by declaring for the NBA, make the rounds and then pulling out, like Higgins did after his sophomore year. It will be interesting to see how things develop.
 
Buffnik said:
It's my understanding that Sabatino Chen was brought in as a scholarship player. 13 is the correct number for the scholarship limit in MBB (the women get 15).
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Sabation Chen had better not be on scholarship. He averaged 2 PPG for f***ing DU. I cant believe that we may have to pass on an athlete like Luckett because of this and that as a team with depth problems we could have signed another player last cycle but instead that spot went to Chen who not only sucks but isint even eligible to play. If this is true Tad Boyle just lost ALOT of good will in my book.
 
Committed to Towson (small school in Maryland known for its lax).

I assume that most of those offers listed, including the one from us, were either no longer valid or never existed in the first place.
 
JRK1212 said:
Committed to Towson (small school in Maryland known for its lax).

I assume that most of those offers listed, including the one from us, were either no longer valid or never existed in the first place.
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Yeah. I think he was one of our backup plans if we couldn't land Booker.
 
Was ruled ineligible along with three other players from NIA Prep. The NCAA sees the school as being a "diploma mill."
 
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