With tuesday marking the beginning of in-home visits for college coaches across America, the coaches of this area's Big 3 (IU, UL, UK) have been quite busy so far this week. Here are a few quick updates:
- Rick Pitino has been on the road all week, one of his first stops being Long Island to visit junior Tobias Harris.
- Billy Gillespie has already been to see 2009 prospects Daniel Orton and GJ Vilarino, and is likely to visit Jon Hood on Friday. Matt Jones speculates that there are 2 or 3 other visits that already have or will be taking place soon.
- Tom Crean pretty much locked up his 2009 class with his fifth commit, Christian Watford, making it official on Tuesday. Crean may try to add one more player to the class, but my guess is he will turn his attention now to the 2010 and '11 classes. We know one player on Crean's radar for the 2010 class, none other than Louisville Jeffersontown High School's Aaaron Cosby. According to Jody Demling, Cosby visited Indiana last week, and he's also visited Miami (OH) and will visit Dayton soon.
Aaron Cosby, a junior-to-be at Jeffersontown High School in Louisville, has recently announced that he received a scholarship offer from former UK coach Tubby Smith. Even in Minnesota, Tubby is still keeping an eye on Kentucky and its most talented prospects.
Cosby was originally a UMass commit, before Travis Ford bolted for Oklahoma State. Cosby reopened his recruitment after Ford's departure, and apparently he has received a lot of interest. He said Minnesota, Oklahoma St., Miami(OH), and Western Kentucky have offered. He has also heard from Louisville, Purdue, Auburn, Dayton, and Tennessee.