Welcome to the 9th installment of The War Room for the off-season of 2017. As always, I'll begin this session with the ground rules for those that may be new. Everything that is reported in The War Room must stay in The War Room. Sometimes the info is sensitive enough that it simply doesn't need to be passed on beyond the doors of this message board thread.
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Without further ado, here it is.... The 9th edition of the War Room for the 2017 off-season!
OFFICIAL VISIT
A person close to the program tells me that Dayton will host an official visit this weekend when Saint Petersburg (FL) combo guard Serrel Smith will visit campus. This will be Smith’s second visit he has taken in as many weeks and the middle of three consecutive trips.
Last week, Smith made the trip to Kansas to view Wichita State. He’ll also visit Ole Miss next weekend when the Rebels host UT-Martin in football.
"Smith is a shot-making guard with a good handle," Rivals.com Contributing Basketball Recruiting Reporter Russ Wood told FlyerHoops. "In the spring, while playing for Nike South Beach, he averaged 11.5 points per game on 40.3% shooting in the EYBL. He also shot 35.2% (32-for-91) from three-point range, giving him a top ten percentage for any player who attempted more than 90 threes."
He has offers from Charleston, Dayton, Florida Gulf Coast, James Madison, La Salle, Massachusetts, Memphis, Murray State, New Mexico, Ole Miss, Rhode Island, South Florida, Temple, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, VCU, Wichita State, Winthrop, and Wyoming under his belt.
COHILL MOVED UP
As I mentioned last night in the Red and Blue forum, Dayton fans that are anxiously awaiting Dwayne Cohill’s official visit got a gift last night. His much anticipated visit was moved up a week and will now take place next weekend at UD.
Cohill told me that he will arrive on campus around 4 p.m. or so on Thursday afternoon. Accompanying him on the visit will most likely be his mother and his AAU coach, Dan Urban.
From what I understand, the decision to move it up was a mutual decision and worked best for both Dayton and Cohill. I see it as a positive for Dayton as he’ll have the visit in the books and the Flyers will have two weeks to work on him before he’s scheduled to go to Ohio State.
He told me as recently as this weekend that Ohio State and Virginia Tech are the only other two visits he has setup, but Vanderbilt, Missouri, and/or New Mexico still remain a possibility. I think it’s clear that nobody values him as much as Dayton does at this point and I think he feels that as well.
ANOTHER PG TARGET
I talked earlier this week with St. Raymond’s senior point guard, Omar Silverio. He confirmed that Dayton is one of a few schools that are recruiting him hard at this point. Rhode Island, UMass, and Fordham are also on him.
“I’m a smooth, big point guard that can pass and score and shoot it really, really good,” he told FlyerHoops on Tuesday. “I take defense to another level.”
Outside of the Atlantic 10 offers, he also has a couple from Santa Clara and Monmouth. He also added that he has been hearing a lot from from UCONN, Mississippi State, Pittsburgh, but no offer received from that trio yet.
He doesn’t have any visits setup yet, but did note that being able to play right away in a winning program is going to be very important when it comes to decision time for him.
YOUNG VISITOR
The Flyers hosted Moeller’s Jaxson Hayes over the weekend for an unofficial visit and stayed down a little south to find another unofficial visitor this week. According to a source, Dayton played host to 2020 Middletown Madison small forward Grant Whisman.
The 6-5 wing was one of the top freshmen in the state of Ohio last season. He averaged 18.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game on a team that was young. His high school coach went out of his way to say Grant was the only reason the young team was even respectable.
Whisman is working on his strength, but he’s a very polished player already and can play both inside and out. He shot 43.2% FG, 33.7% from the arc (26-77), and was over 82% from the free throw line as well last season in his first year of varsity.
There are plenty of folks excited about this kid and it’s just a matter of time before his recruitment blows up. I’ve heard Purdue already mentioned with him, but Dayton’s new staff is trying to get in on him early.
CLOSING
That does it for this edition of the War Room. Reminder, what’s posted on the Red and Blue Forum should stay on this forum. It’s been a quick summer, but glad the basketball season is right around the corner. I told you in the last war room that once the calendar flipped to September, the recruiting would really intensify. I wasn’t lying! It’s go time!
As always, welcome to the new subscribers and thank you as always for the continued support from everyone else. You guys are ALL the reason why this is the best site for Dayton basketball, so thank you again!
This is a special feature for our subscribers only. The reason why it is posted on the premium board is because that's the only way to ensure that the info stays exclusive to Dayton Flyer fans. Thanks for your cooperation.
Without further ado, here it is.... The 9th edition of the War Room for the 2017 off-season!
OFFICIAL VISIT
A person close to the program tells me that Dayton will host an official visit this weekend when Saint Petersburg (FL) combo guard Serrel Smith will visit campus. This will be Smith’s second visit he has taken in as many weeks and the middle of three consecutive trips.
Last week, Smith made the trip to Kansas to view Wichita State. He’ll also visit Ole Miss next weekend when the Rebels host UT-Martin in football.
"Smith is a shot-making guard with a good handle," Rivals.com Contributing Basketball Recruiting Reporter Russ Wood told FlyerHoops. "In the spring, while playing for Nike South Beach, he averaged 11.5 points per game on 40.3% shooting in the EYBL. He also shot 35.2% (32-for-91) from three-point range, giving him a top ten percentage for any player who attempted more than 90 threes."
He has offers from Charleston, Dayton, Florida Gulf Coast, James Madison, La Salle, Massachusetts, Memphis, Murray State, New Mexico, Ole Miss, Rhode Island, South Florida, Temple, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, VCU, Wichita State, Winthrop, and Wyoming under his belt.
COHILL MOVED UP
As I mentioned last night in the Red and Blue forum, Dayton fans that are anxiously awaiting Dwayne Cohill’s official visit got a gift last night. His much anticipated visit was moved up a week and will now take place next weekend at UD.
Cohill told me that he will arrive on campus around 4 p.m. or so on Thursday afternoon. Accompanying him on the visit will most likely be his mother and his AAU coach, Dan Urban.
From what I understand, the decision to move it up was a mutual decision and worked best for both Dayton and Cohill. I see it as a positive for Dayton as he’ll have the visit in the books and the Flyers will have two weeks to work on him before he’s scheduled to go to Ohio State.
He told me as recently as this weekend that Ohio State and Virginia Tech are the only other two visits he has setup, but Vanderbilt, Missouri, and/or New Mexico still remain a possibility. I think it’s clear that nobody values him as much as Dayton does at this point and I think he feels that as well.
ANOTHER PG TARGET
I talked earlier this week with St. Raymond’s senior point guard, Omar Silverio. He confirmed that Dayton is one of a few schools that are recruiting him hard at this point. Rhode Island, UMass, and Fordham are also on him.
“I’m a smooth, big point guard that can pass and score and shoot it really, really good,” he told FlyerHoops on Tuesday. “I take defense to another level.”
Outside of the Atlantic 10 offers, he also has a couple from Santa Clara and Monmouth. He also added that he has been hearing a lot from from UCONN, Mississippi State, Pittsburgh, but no offer received from that trio yet.
He doesn’t have any visits setup yet, but did note that being able to play right away in a winning program is going to be very important when it comes to decision time for him.
YOUNG VISITOR
The Flyers hosted Moeller’s Jaxson Hayes over the weekend for an unofficial visit and stayed down a little south to find another unofficial visitor this week. According to a source, Dayton played host to 2020 Middletown Madison small forward Grant Whisman.
The 6-5 wing was one of the top freshmen in the state of Ohio last season. He averaged 18.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game on a team that was young. His high school coach went out of his way to say Grant was the only reason the young team was even respectable.
Whisman is working on his strength, but he’s a very polished player already and can play both inside and out. He shot 43.2% FG, 33.7% from the arc (26-77), and was over 82% from the free throw line as well last season in his first year of varsity.
There are plenty of folks excited about this kid and it’s just a matter of time before his recruitment blows up. I’ve heard Purdue already mentioned with him, but Dayton’s new staff is trying to get in on him early.
CLOSING
That does it for this edition of the War Room. Reminder, what’s posted on the Red and Blue Forum should stay on this forum. It’s been a quick summer, but glad the basketball season is right around the corner. I told you in the last war room that once the calendar flipped to September, the recruiting would really intensify. I wasn’t lying! It’s go time!
As always, welcome to the new subscribers and thank you as always for the continued support from everyone else. You guys are ALL the reason why this is the best site for Dayton basketball, so thank you again!
