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Brett Vito · November 19, 2008

island eagle · November 19, 2008

Mean Green Blog

Holman scored 17.1 ppg and he had 8.1 rebounds a game, according to Texas Basketball. Seems like a good pick-up to me.

untlynchka · November 19, 2008

I read that him and the pg from his team are best friends, and they wanted to play together in college. That was why they both committed to Centenary.

I wonder if we are going after the pg as well.

When I googled him it said he ran on the 4x400 relay team for his school. Looks like a pretty good athlete.

I still hate the fact that USA comes in and gets a top 20 state recruit. I cant remember the last kid we got that was a top 20 state recruit straight out of hs.

mean green d · November 19, 2008

Glad they got a bit of size. Need another big man with the graduation of our center.

SUMG · November 19, 2008

Great pick up. Buford Julep alerted some of us to this young man....several weeks ago. And thanks to Buford.....he pointed out that Jacob was on the cover of Texas Preps magazine....listed as one of the Magnificent Seven:

http://www.texprepsbasketball.com/images/T...008%20Print.pdf

mean green d · November 19, 2008

http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20081029...RTS05/810290326

SUMG · November 20, 2008

http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=938...p;nav=menu117_4

GangGreen · November 20, 2008

I cant remember the last kid we got that was a top 20 state recruit straight out of hs.

Deginald Erskin?

Buford_Julep · November 20, 2008

I cant remember the last kid we got that was a top 20 state recruit straight out of hs.

Tristan Thompson was ranked #18 by Texas Hoops when he graduated from Angleton, Texas in 2006. He spent one more year at a prep school and then signed straight out of high school with North Texas in 2007.

Jacob Holmen is ranked # 48 by Texas Hoops.

Texas Preps, the official magazine of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, says Holmen "... is one of the best kept secrets in the state." Texas Preps does not give numerical rankings but lists ten all-state teams of five players each. Holmen is on the second team with G.J. Vilarino (Kentucky), Cory Jefferson (Baylor), Dre Harrison (Unsigned) and high school Junior T.J. Taylor of Denison who already has offers on the table from Oklahoma, Iowa State, Marquette, and others.

Texas Preps named Holmen as one of the Magnificent Seven. Apparently they think he is one of the top seven players in the state.

Harry · November 20, 2008

http://www.smoaky.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=85861

meangreenacct · November 20, 2008

I read that him and the pg from his team are best friends, and they wanted to play together in college. That was why they both committed to Centenary.
I wonder if we are going after the pg as well.
When I googled him it said he ran on the 4x400 relay team for his school. Looks like a pretty good athlete.
I still hate the fact that USA comes in and gets a top 20 state recruit. I cant remember the last kid we got that was a top 20 state recruit straight out of hs.

Too bad the PG did follow through with his commitment to Centenary, from watching the U-tube video he definitely has some passing skills.