Recruiting Report: Cedric Boone (2016)
September 1 by RJ Let’s say it like it is. A year ago at this time few expected Minnetonka guard Cedric Boone to be a top 40 talent in state right now with a division two scholarship in his hand.…
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Continue ReadingSeptember 1 by RJ
Let’s say it like it is. A year ago at this time few expected Minnetonka guard Cedric Boone to be a top 40 talent in state right now with a division two scholarship in his hand. Cedric has stepped up his game the last year in a big way.
Boone’s move to Tonka put him in position to play both guard spots where he averaged 12.9 points per game shooting 43 percent from the floor, 73 percent at the foul line, and 35 percent from the foul line. Boone also contributed three boards, three assists, and two steals a contest.
Minnetonka won 19 games a year ago and scored a Class AAAA high 85.9 points per game. They also gave up 76.9 points per game which was the second worst total in Class AAAA. The Skippers had great wins, and a crushing section loss to Minneapolis South.
When Cedric talks about his senior year, you can hear last year in his words.
“Senior year I feel very ready as my only goal is to help the team get to state and so on,” Boone explained. “Steps that need to be taken would definitely be on the defensive end.”
Cedric played with high school teammates Seth Coatta, Max Cooper, and Brady Halbmaier on Real Athletics to help prepare him for his senior campaign.
“This year helped me being able to shoot the ball consistently,” Boone said of his Grassroots time. “I really enjoyed my experience, it helped me to play against some of the top competition.”
Real Athletics won 24 of 40 games this spring and summer with the top local win coming against 9th ranked Select Altenhofen. Along the way Boone grabbed a D2 offer from South Dakota School of Mines, an NAIA offer from Waldorf, and a juco offer from Lake Region.
“I have an official set up for October 3rd to South Dakota School of Mines is all I have set right now,” said Boone. “I’m going to be planning some more in the next weeks or so. Hoping to make a decision by November, no later than 2016 is the hope.”
Update from 7/22/15 by Alex Conover
Cedric Boone’s recruitment has heated up very quickly this summer.
College coaches have reached out and expressed that they like several things about the 2016 Minnetonka/Real Athletics guard: how he handles the ball, his decisions coming off the pick and roll, the way he gets everyone involved, his shooting and his defense… to name a few.
“Since the last time we talked, I have received three offers,” Boone told me tonight. “Waldorf, Lake Region State and S.D School of Mines.”
That’s an NAIA, a Division I Juco and a Division II, respectively. His college attention is still hitting on all levels, but there are some new names in the fray.
“I’ve been hearing from UW-LaCrosse, Mayville State, Upper Iowa, UMass-Lowell, Elon, Bemidji State, Augustana, Michigan Tech and Wheaton,” Boone said. “And I was invited to the SDSU camp; I went to that a month or so ago.”
So what is the reason so many coaches have started tracking Cedric all of a sudden?
“It’s the level of competition and exposure I've seen this summer,” Boone said. “And my teammates and coaches put me in situations to really showcase what I can do.”
Boone and Real Athletics are playing in the Fab 48 event in Las Vegas this week.
Update from 5/14/15 by Alex Conover
Which division will Minnetonka/Real Athletics guard Cedric Boone land in after graduation? We’re not really sure, and neither is Cedric. But he’s not too worried.
“Division doesn’t matter at all,” Boone said. “Whichever one is the best fit for me.”
Boone has received some form of interest from the following: Mississippi Valley State, Viterbo, Northern State, South Dakota School of Mines, Bethel, Concordia-Moorhead, St. Thomas, Concordia-St. Paul, Hamline, Nebraska-Kearney, St. Cloud State and Augsburg. That pretty much runs the gamut with NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA.
As Boone progresses this summer with Real Athletics Jay, he runs alongside two other scholarship-level wings in Chris Olson (Braham) and Seth Coatta (Minnetonka). Boone is working on getting better at all aspects of his game, but focusing on shooting off the dribble and ball-handling.
“Cedric is looking great this spring with a huge victory over Milwaukee Spartans who won NY2LA,” said Rob Ware, Real program director. “We beat them at the Jayhawk and lost by three to KC Run GMC in the closing seconds. He is playing very good basketball.”
Ware also praised Boone’s tempo control, involvement of other teammates, general shooting and strong on-ball defense.