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SMU associate head coach visits Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence
BY OLGUN ULUC · SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

SMU associate head coach Tim Jankovich took a visit to Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence last week, according to sources, with Tom Wilson and Harry Froling the primary targets for the Mustangs.

http://pickandroll.com.au/smu-jankovich-visits-coe/

Am I the only one that is beginning to get worried that this is eerily similar to what Jones was doing with the south african rugby players when recruiting in Texas basically collapsed?? Yes the players could be good...but it's contrary to Chad's "I won't fly over a kid here to get the same kind of recruit from out of state" philosophy...

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com ... rica.html/

Pony Boss wrote:Am I the only one that is beginning to get worried that this is eerily similar to what Jones was doing with the south african rugby players when recruiting in Texas basically collapsed?? Yes the players could be good...but it's contrary to Chad's "I won't fly over a kid here to get the same kind of recruit from out of state" philosophy...

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com ... rica.html/

I'm not. Australia and Canada produce a decent amount of D-1 caliber basketball players.

http://www.newsweek.com/australia-takin ... nba-340050

Yes, I think you are the only one getting worried that this is the equivalent of June recruiting South African rugby players.

Pony Boss wrote:Am I the only one that is beginning to get worried that this is eerily similar to what Jones was doing with the south african rugby players when recruiting in Texas basically collapsed?? Yes the players could be good...but it's contrary to Chad's "I won't fly over a kid here to get the same kind of recruit from out of state" philosophy...

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com ... rica.html/

How is grabbing an internationally regarded recruit in hoops anything like Jones? This is what we should have been doing this whole cycle. Froling was a monster at Adidas Nations, has offers far better than ours, and has two sisters at the school already. Oh yeah,his lil bro is a monster.

Scout on Froling.

Australia native Harry Froling intends to play college basketball in the United States. What schools have reached out already? Froling filled Scout in on his recruitment.

A long list of Australians have made their way to the United States to play college basketball and Harry Froling plans to join that long list.

“College basketball is definitely something I will be doing and I am really looking forward to the process and chance to go to a college while playing the sport I love,” Froling told Scout.
A 6-foot-9, 230-pound post player out of Australian Institute of Sport, Froling will certainly have plenty of collegiate options. On the court, Froling said his strength lies in his versatility and scoring ability.
“I'd describe myself as a versatile four that can pick and pop to three and also post up,” Froling said.

“I enjoy scoring and getting after the boards along with creating and finding others. So in one word I'd same my game revolves around versatility.”
Froling said the next steps in his development center around his conditioning, finishing around the basket better and his defense.

Thus far, Froling has picked up interest from New Mexico, UNLV, LMU, Kansas State, Boise State, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Washington State and SMU. He said Boise State is the only school that has come to Australia to see him. He’s yet to take a college visit.

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball ... llege-ball

Good to know the kids are big targets. Interesting they are getting attention from other programs as well, I thought we were the only ones. I was worried since SMU has missed on a few big targets that recruiting was taking a dive. I just heard the podcast from one of the $sites and it eased some worries.

I would think we have the inside track on Froling.

It is good for SMU to show a presence in places like Australia producing some good basketball talent.

The combination of his sisters and Coach Brown at SMU should make it a no-brainer.

mustangxc wrote:The combination of his sisters and Coach Brown at SMU should make it a no-brainer.

He'll probably end up at Rhode Island

East Coast Mustang wrote:

mustangxc wrote:The combination of his sisters and Coach Brown at SMU should make it a no-brainer.

He'll probably end up at Rhode Island

Too soon

yeah older sisters used to beat him up as child-not good

http://pickandroll.com.au/aussies-colle ... en-201415/

austaria had over 50 players in ncaa last year and 8 in the nba.
australians are awesome athletes. plenty of mlb players and they don't even play baseball (just like smu).

I watched some of the Australia/US U17 game. Froling held his own against Diamond Stone. He's crafty around the basket. Wilson can shoot. He had 23 points, 7 boards and 6 assists in the game going against Malik Newman, the #8 ranked player in the class.

We know Australian's can swim.