Drc Blog Recruiting On Fulce Heating Up..new Orleans In Race

[OldTimer]

April 11, 2007

A school in on Fulce?

The North Texas men's basketball team has been after former Plano standout Joseph Fulce for a while now, but with national signing day just a few hours away there could be a new school making a push for the 6-7 small forward.

New Orleans coach Buzz Williams recruited Fulce when he was an assistant coach at Texas A&M and could be trying to land him a second time, according to an analyst who specializes in recruiting in the state.

Fulce was one of the top players in Texas when he graduated from Plano and signed with Texas A&M before heading to prep school for a year. A&M is out of the picture, but several schools have offered Fulce a scholarship, including UNT, Providence, UNC-Wilmington and Illinois State.

UNT needs has three scholarships left to give after securing Midland College point guard Ryan McCoy and needs a wing player or two after losing three key guards who helped led the Mean Green to the NCAA Tournament last season. Fulce would be a key addition, but the competition for his commitment appears to be tight heading into signing day.

Posted by Brett Vito

[meangreenacct]

April 11, 2007

A school in on Fulce?

The North Texas men's basketball team has been after former Plano standout Joseph Fulce for a while now, but with national signing day just a few hours away there could be a new school making a push for the 6-7 small forward.

New Orleans coach Buzz Williams recruited Fulce when he was an assistant coach at Texas A&M and could be trying to land him a second time, according to an analyst who specializes in recruiting in the state.

Fulce was one of the top players in Texas when he graduated from Plano and signed with Texas A&M before heading to prep school for a year. A&M is out of the picture, but several schools have offered Fulce a scholarship, including UNT, Providence, UNC-Wilmington and Illinois State.

UNT needs has three scholarships left to give after securing Midland College point guard Ryan McCoy and needs a wing player or two after losing three key guards who helped led the Mean Green to the NCAA Tournament last season. Fulce would be a key addition, but the competition for his commitment appears to be tight heading into signing day.

Posted by Brett Vito

Per Vito - Fulce signed LOI with New Orleans...

[Green Crazy]

Per Vito - Fulce signed LOI with New Orleans...

F***!!!

Edited April 11, 2007 by Green Crazy

[Harry]

[CMJ]

He was recruited by the same guy at Texas A&M, so it isn't a TOTAL shocker. But still this one sucks pretty bad.

[Cooley]

I wanted Fulce to help soften the blow of Flemming leaving. However, Fulce is not a franchise player to build a program around. He is a very good complimentary player on a good team. A natural 3, he would have been better than what we had (Edwards, Stewart & Young)

Anyway, the jury is very much still out on this class.

[ntmeangreen11]

What time is the deadline for LOI's?

Will we have more signees today?

[CMJ]

We have till August 1st. We may not hear much for months, or we might sign 3 guys tommorrow. Who knows?

The August 1st date I mentioned was off of MGSports.com, and is false.

Edited April 11, 2007 by CMJ

[GrandGreen]

What time is the deadline for LOI's?

Will we have more signees today?

The signing period ends May 16.

Signing Dates

Signing Dates for the 2007-2008 Academic Year

Do not sign prior to 7:00 a.m. (local time) on the following

dates or after the final signing date listed for each sport.

Sport Initial Signing Date Final Signing Date

Basketball (Early Period) November 8, 2006 November 15, 2006

Basketball (Regular Period) April 11, 2007 May 16, 2007

Football (Midyear JC Transfer) December 20, 2006 January 15, 2007

Football (Regular Period) February 7, 2007 April 1, 2007

Field Hockey, Soccer, Men's Water Polo* February 7, 2007 August 1, 2007

All Other Sports(Early Period) November 8, 2006 November 15, 2006

All Other Sports(Regular Period) April 11, 2007 August 1, 2007

Edited April 11, 2007 by GrandGreen

[WIFE2HOT4U]

Joseph Fulce made it official Wednesday morning; he is headed to New Orleans, one of North Texas top rivals in the Sun Belt Conference. The 6-7 forward from Plano signed his national letter of intent and will play for Buzz Williams.

Williams recruited Fulce when he was an assistant coach at Texas A&M. Fulce signed with A&M, but ended up spending a year in prep school.

Fulce told Texashoops.com that his relationship with Williams was the key factor in his decision.

Losing Fulce was a tough blow for the Mean Green, which also offered him a scholarship. Fulce was rated among the top 20 players in the state after he graduated from Plano and would have filled an immediate need for the Mean Green, which is looking for wing players in its recruiting class.

While UNT missed out on Fulce, it did land Midland College point guard Ryan McCoy. For more on UNT's recruiting class, see tomorrow's edition of the Denton Record-Chronicle.

[e-bone ver2.awesome]

So here it is, national signing day, and our only news is about losing out on our top recruit? Is this the kind of capitalization on the NCAA tournament appearance that warrants a 5 year extension?

[CMJ]

Let's wait awhile before passing judgement. I'm sure we'll have more than 1 signing.

[e-bone ver2.awesome]

I'm sure we will too, but isn't this the day to make the big splash? Do we have any idea who we might be getting?

[Cooley]

I'd rather JJ not sign anyone just to sign someone. His success has been with D1 transfers:

Shawnson Johnson (LSU)

Kendrick Davis (Arkansas)

Roderick Flemings (on paper) (Oklahoma St)

Collin Dennis (South Florida)

Keith Wooden (Arizona State)

3-4 scholarships to offer disgruntled or homesick mid-major prospects wouldn't be too bad. Signing lower level kids to round out the roster would.

[CMJ]

Any idea who our #1 target is now Cooley? You and Buford seem to have the best info of anyone around the program.

[Cooley]

He may go out of state as there's not much left in Texas (without grade issues)

Locally, the 2 best players are undersized guards:

Kevin Busby-Hayden, Dallas Spruce 6-1

Will play tonight in an All-Star Game against Ft. Worth. His dad told me during the HS playoffs that UNT was really after him

Rico Wilkins, DeSoto 5-9

Outstanding outside shooter. Best I've seen in awhile

Trumaine Johnson, Humble Kingwood

Transferred from Diboll this past year. Could be a starter in 08-09

Darrick Thomas, Dallas Samuel 6-6

JB Conley, Richardson 6-4

[CMJ]

Thanks Cooley! Looks like we may need to go out of state to get some big guys then.

[NT80]

NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans men’s basketball team has announced the signing of Plano, Texas native Joseph Fulce for the upcoming 2007-08 season.

Fulce (6-7, 190 pounds) was a 5A first-team All-State pick for Plano High School in 2006. Fulce led Plano to the 5A state championship in Texas and averaged 15 points and 9.2 rebounds per game for head coach Tom Inman.

“I’m really excited to be a part of this team,” Fulce said. “The players seem to have a great chemistry, and I think Coach Williams is a really good coach. I’m looking forward to getting there.”

A 2006 signee at Texas A&M, where UNO head coach Buzz Williams served as an assistant coach, Fulce was ranked as one of the top 150 players nationally according to Hoop Scoop.

This past season, Fulce attended Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va., and played for head coach Richard Moore.

Fulce helped Massanutten to a 20-9 record and averaged 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

“Joseph is just a really great kid,” Inman said. “He’s really long, he is a great rebounder on both ends of the floor, and he’s got surprising perimeter skills considering how long he is. The best thing about him is he is used to winning. He is spoiled by it, and he will bring that with him to UNO.”

“I recruited him as a sophomore in high school,” Williams said. “He had a really good year academically and on the court at Massanutten. I have a great relationship with Joseph and his family, and I think he can have a big impact on our program.”

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

---I am curious... Why is there a final deadline on signing date or at least such an early one for these sports? It seems to me that it should be possible until late summer or until the fall semesters are about to start. After all, there could be students that suddenly become eligible due to summer classes or SAT results being reported... also some students who may decide to do something else and not attend college or at least the college they signed with maybe even their SAT scores when reported might not be up to requirements. . That would leave scholarships open for someone.

--- I thought some scholarships were sometimes offered after some of these summer all-star games.

Second question---- I notice that a basketball thread was locked.. I wonder why? It did not seem to contain any "objectionable" comments..

Edited April 14, 2007 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66