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So Charles Mitchell is completely out? He just said MD was recruiting him hard.

You snooze, you lose.

Im speculating here, but my guess is that Pankey will eventually be the one "out".

Maryland has only four scholarships available for 2012?

Hmmmm...I thought we'd have more schollies for 2013

what the fuck Turgeon...Harrisons or bust

if we get mitchell, i'm fine with just the harrisons in 2013. that will be enough bigs that we can wait til 2014 to recruit more.

"But despite his low profile, several mid- and low-majors had discovered him and made offers, including Coppin State, Delaware, Delaware State, Morgan State, Niagara, Radford and Rider."

WE'RE FINALLY WINNING RECRUITING BATTLES!

But if Turge watched him for two hours and was impressed, then that's ok with me...

We've got no book on Turgeon's "diamonds in the rough" yet, so let's relax for now. And remember, it's not like there are a lot of teams with 11-man rotations. If he got a scholarship, I'm willing to believe that Turge feels he can get what else we need with the ships that are still available. And it's not like this kid's reputation will run anyone else off.

Though, to be clear, Jordan played against nobody in high school but impressed a lot of coaches against a very high level of AAU competition. He had far more of a track record than this kid.

Apparently Georgetown, Seton Hall, Houston and a few other schools went to see him play and were after him as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/recruiting-insider/post/eastern-shore-forward-damonte-dodd-commits-to-maryland/2012/02/23/gIQAni0DVR_blog.html

• “I told him that it was my dream come true and I’m happy to be a part of the Terps,” Dodd said.

• “The kid can really run the floor, but he’s very raw,” the coach said. “He scores all his points on putbacks and alley-oops. They throw it off the glass and he grabs it and puts it back in. He’s not going to get the ball in the post and face up and score. He will shoot the three, which to me means he can shoot it.

“It makes sense, because bigs are hard to find. And he can really run. He was getting down the floor faster than the guards.”

Dodd is 2 of 12 from three-point range but shooting a startling 79 percent on two-point attempts this season.

• “I like to [compare] myself near Kevin Durant, I can pretty much do everything,” Dodd said. “When you’re on teams not as big, you’ve got to play where they need you so I’ve played a lot in the post. But I’ve always been able to driblble and always been able to shoot the ball.”

In order to get ready for college, Dodd said he needs to bulk up. His athletic ability also is on display during the spring track season, where he qualified for the state championship meet in the shot put and triple jump last spring.

it's a pretty athletic event, and apparently he's good at it.

......Uh oh, someone probably should have told him that's not something we're ready to hear again yet.