With all the speculation, I thought I'd toss this article out there for consideration. Though it "appears" Cal is the front-runner now, this puts a great light on him coming to West Laffy.
Purdue is an attractive destination to Homestead's Caleb Swanigan because of what the Boilermakers feature inside.
At least one of coach Matt Painter's 7-footers will return next season, and maybe two, depending if A.J. Hammons elects to enter the NBA Draft. That is appealing to the 6-foot-9 Swanigan, who has Purdue listed among his final seven schools.
"That definitely would be fun. Coach Painter is a great coach and what they do up there is a great system," Swanigan said following Homestead's victory over Fort Wayne Carroll at the Class 4A Marion Regional.
"I like Purdue. I like who they have there right now. They're big, they feed the post and they always get the ball inside and it's right here at home."
Along with Purdue, Swanigan's schools are California, Michigan State, Duke, Arizona, Kentucky and Chicago State. Swanigan was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American game.
Swanigan isn't worried about his position in college, but does prefer to play with a strong post presence.
"I want another big that can rebound and I can throw it to - kind of like I have with Dana (Batt)," Swanigan said of his 6-9 teammate, Dana Batt. "Sometimes, Dana looks like a five and sometimes I look like a five. You never know. It doesn't matter. You have to show you can play everywhere on the floor. I don't want to be pigeon-holed where I have to do all the rebounding and all the dirty work."
Just saying that the kid is saying the right things to a lot of people and that only he knows where he'll wind up. Congrats on him being named Mr. BB.
This post was edited on 4/8 4:10 PM by TwinDegrees2
Purdue is an attractive destination to Homestead's Caleb Swanigan because of what the Boilermakers feature inside.
At least one of coach Matt Painter's 7-footers will return next season, and maybe two, depending if A.J. Hammons elects to enter the NBA Draft. That is appealing to the 6-foot-9 Swanigan, who has Purdue listed among his final seven schools.
"That definitely would be fun. Coach Painter is a great coach and what they do up there is a great system," Swanigan said following Homestead's victory over Fort Wayne Carroll at the Class 4A Marion Regional.
"I like Purdue. I like who they have there right now. They're big, they feed the post and they always get the ball inside and it's right here at home."
Along with Purdue, Swanigan's schools are California, Michigan State, Duke, Arizona, Kentucky and Chicago State. Swanigan was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American game.
Swanigan isn't worried about his position in college, but does prefer to play with a strong post presence.
"I want another big that can rebound and I can throw it to - kind of like I have with Dana (Batt)," Swanigan said of his 6-9 teammate, Dana Batt. "Sometimes, Dana looks like a five and sometimes I look like a five. You never know. It doesn't matter. You have to show you can play everywhere on the floor. I don't want to be pigeon-holed where I have to do all the rebounding and all the dirty work."
Just saying that the kid is saying the right things to a lot of people and that only he knows where he'll wind up. Congrats on him being named Mr. BB.
This post was edited on 4/8 4:10 PM by TwinDegrees2
