Up to speed w/ Bobcat MBB recruiting

I thought I would try to get folks up to speed with what I know, guess, or speculate is going on with Montana State men’s basketball recruiting. Now as always I usually only bat about 50% with these things so everything should be taken with a grain of salt.

Of the four programs that I cover the Bobcat men program is the one program this year that seems to have the most going on.

The Bobcats should have only three scholarships available for the 2011-12 season when Bobby Howard, Eric Rush and Danny Piepoli finish out their eligibility in March. It would not surprise me if another scholarship opened up by next fall – it happens every year- with out know where that scholarship might come from it is hard to speculate on it.

The Bobcats have one solid 2011 commit from Danny Little from Skyview high school in Billings. They also are rumored to have a commit from 6-3 point guard Jordan Castaneda from Huntington Beach California, but I have not heard anything lately to confirm this. Additionally, recently it appears the Bobcats have received commits from a pair German players Johannes (JoJo) Kriegereit and Jermaine Julien Lippert, but at this point it is not know whether these guy’s will be part of the 2011 or 2012 recruiting class.

Bobcat’s get second 2011 Commit

“Dexter” brought this to my attention, and I have confirmed it with three sources, that Jordan Castaneda of Huntington Beach high school in Huntington Beach California. Castaneda is a 6-3 190 pound point guard who is playing who has grown 2-3 inches in the last 9 months. Because of his size and shooting, he has the ability to play the shooting guard spot, and possibly the small forward spot in college if he continues to grow a little. It should be noted though he is a pure point guard.

Castaneda averaged 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds last year off the bench as a sophomore last year, but really came into his own this past summer. So far this season he is averaging 10 points, 4 assists, and 4 rebounds a game playing all three perimeter positions

He currently is not listed in Scout.com or Rivals.com data bases but ESPN gives him a 78 rating and labels him as the 108 ranked 2011 point guard prospect in the country.