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TWIR Notes (From around Indiana) -- Mavunga, Hobbs
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More visit talk, as some recruiting processes start to wind down, while other kids are starting to see their recruiting heat up more.
Mavunga narrows and plans. Aggressive with his visits late last summer and fall, Julian Mavunga, among the schools which offered him during his junior year, he only had two schools he felt he wanted to visit before starting to narrow down his list, George Mason and Wichita State.
He took a visit to George Mason two weekends ago, and while his meetings with the coaching staff went well, he worked his way to a decision he likely wasn't going to go that far from home. Wednesday night, Mavunga officially trimmed his list to two schools, Indiana State and Miami, opting not to visit Wichita State.
"I like those guys," referring to the coaching staffs at both George Mason and Wichita State, "But I felt about halfway through my trip to (Washington) DC, I didn't think I wanted to go that far from home." Mavunga will finalize plans to schedule official visits and home visits with Indiana State and Miami by Friday morning, and he plans to finish them by the end of the September.
There are two high major programs trying to be involved, Penn State and Virginia. Both have contacted Mavunga's coaches about visiting the school in September. Penn State has been recruiting Mavunga since the winter but has yet to offer. Virginia's interest is new. Mavunga had received a new set of offers after the July period, but he had stuck to the four schools above and Kent State through early August into last night.
Hobbs gets offer and others increase interest. Perhaps the most puzzling recruiting situation in the state right now is that of New Albany's Braydon Hobbs. The 6'5" point guard is not the prototypical point guard, more long than quick, while he may not make the high light reels, he rarely makes any type of mistake.
6'5" point guards who can guard all three perimeter positions don't grow on trees, especially those with a 4.0 GPA.
Austin Peay has stepped up with an offer, and Hobbs made an unofficial visit to the Clarksville, Tennessee, campus last weekend. "It was really nice. I didn't get to meet all the coaches and players, but I did get to spend time with Coach Loos and Coach Combs and see the campus." Coach Combs is former Indiana all-star from Paoli, Scott Combs.
Other schools showing increased interest are Eastern Kentucky, IPFW, Indiana State, Morehead State, and Western Kentucky. Right now, Western Kentucky is out of scholarships, so it's uncertain how he would fit into their program.
Hobbs is planning to visit IPFW, and as these other schools are planning on getting down to see him this September, he's liked what he has seen from Austin Peay so far.
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