Announcement
DEMON DANDY!!!! JEREMY SIMMONS WINS 2ND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Posted by Vince Carter on
Mar 30 2008
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05:00PM PDT
Jeremie Simmons, a 6-2 junior college guard, is scheduled to visit the Butler campus on the weekend of April 11-13. He also has upcoming official visits to Alabama and South Florida.That's the word from Steve Schmidt, who coached Mott Community College of Flint, Mich., to a second consecutive NJCAA Division II basketball championship. Mott finished 35-2, beating Columbus State 83-73 in the title game Saturday. Simmons scored 23 in the final game at Danville, Ill.Schmidt said the Butler coaching staff has been "thorough and consistent" in recruiting Simmons, a graduate of Chicago's Von Steuben High School. Simmons averaged 21-plus points a game and made more than 100 3-pointers this season, according to the NJCAA Web site. He is likely to be chosen Player of the Year in NJCAA Division II. One caution: NJCAA Division II is a low level of college basketball.If Simmons signs with the Bulldogs, they would have no scholarships to award next year. That would perhaps be a gamble. But Butler is unlikely to find a high school senior who could make as big an immediate impact. Plus, that would help balance Butler's classes, putting Simmons in the same junior class with Willie Veasley, DeAundre Cranston and Elliott Engelmann.Signing of Simmons would contribute to a glut of guards: Simmons, Zach Hahn, Shawn Vanzant, Grant Leiendecker and incoming freshmen Gordon Hayward, Shelvin Mack and Chase Stigall. However, someone could redshirt. Hayward and Stigall are as much wings as genuine guards.There is certainly no guarantee on Simmons. By any measure, though, this has already been an extraordinary recruiting class for a mid-major program.
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