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Sierra H.S. (Colorado Springs, CO)
AAU: Colorado Hawks
Ht: 6-foot-8
Wt: 220 lbs
Rivals rating: 3*; unranked PF
Scout rating: 4*; #26 C
ESPN rating: 2*-88 grade; #47 PF
247 rating: NR
Reported Offers: Colorado
Recent Denver Post link: http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2...gs-bigs/15836/
Gordon plays for traditional Colorado Springs power Sierra who plays at the class 4A level.
Last edited by Goose; 08-24-2011 at 09:38 PM.
Thanks, Nash.
I'll work on trying to find some more info tomorrow and will edit up your OP into the profile format.
Anyone have any insight into why it seems that Colorado Springs has more basketball talent than Denver? It makes absolutely no sense to me, but I haven't lived here all my life. (We'll split this off if it turns into a hijack, so don't worry about commenting.)
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I think a lot of it has to do with military families moving into Colorado Springs more readily than Denver.
makes senseOriginally Posted by SECOBuffsFan
Sacky's reaction to a text alerting him to Embree's dismissal.
I think CO Spgs may have more prospects per capita, but I would definitely not say that they have produced more talent than Denver has (this year - if you consider Scott to be a legit big time player - and last year shouldn't be considered the norm)...Denver has two great freshmen right now at Kennedy and East.
I'm not sure that the talent level is any higher in COS. HS basketball down here seems to be very cyclical. Programs like Sierra tend to trend up with a good head coach who gets a couple of good classes together. The thing kind of feeds on itself for a while, then either the coach leaves, or the talent leaves and they go back to mediocre. Programs like Sierra, Harrison, Widefield, Mesa Ridge, and Fountain-Fort Carson do occasionally benefit from military kids. Others, like Palmer and Doherty, are not in "military" parts of town, and more often rely on the head coach, and the talent from feeder Junior Highs.
Would be nice, from my perspective, to see a couple of COS kids play in Boulder. Sure would help with the media coverage down here, as they usually don't even give the CU score on the 10 o'clock sports.
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According to Scout he is now a Buff.
wow, welcome to the silver, black, gold and white.
wow...
http://colorado.scout.com/2/1053560.html
Wesley Gordon, a 6-foot-7, wing from Sierra High School in Colorado Springs was on hand to watch the Buffs beat Nebraska and earn their 19th victory of the year and a No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament next week.
Gordon informed coach Tad Boyle and his staff that he will be a Buff in 2012. His father, Ed Gordon, confirmed the decision on his way out of the arena.
Any video on this guy? Seems like he is not that tall as PF
How big of a get is this for us from a talent perspective?
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Scott described him as being an incredible shot blocker. Both of these in-state guys are very athletic, from all accounts. Pretty skilled offensively for guys their size and age, too.
I agree. I switched him to SF. That's what Scout had him as, too. You can play PF at 6'6" or 6'7" if you're built like Damiene Cain, but Gordon is built more like Dre Roberson and he'd be out of position if he was asked to hold post position against a big PF. Kind of like we've seen Dre and Marcus struggle with all season (amazing how well they've done, actually).
I think Colo. Springs is a place that needs to be explored a lot more often. Lots of sleepers. Interesting note that Chucky Jeffery from the women's team is also from Sierra and wasn't highly recruited at all.
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