Desrosiers Gets First High Major Offers
When Carson Desrosiers’ high school career comes to an end in two years, he is likely to look back on the summer of 2008 as the time when he made his big break. Before the summer began he had scholarship offers from Fordham, New Hampshire, and a few others. Now, a week after the live period came to an end, he looks like a player destined for the highest levels of college basketball.
The 6’10” big man from Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, MA) literally shined from coast to coast last month. It began in New England as he was dominant at Hoop Mountain’s Super Week II. A week later Desrosiers and his Mass Rivals team traveled to New Jersey for the Joe Brown Memorial Tournament. After winning their pool, the Rivals faced off against New Heights 2010. With a plethora of college coaches looking on, Desrosiers had a tremendous game showing his ability to run the floor, block shots, and even knocking down three three-pointers.
It was more of the same in the second half of the live period, as he earned national media attention from the likes of ESPN.com and Scouts Inc. with his performances at the Adidas Super 64 Tournament in Las Vegas and the Best of the Summer Tournament in Las Angeles.
Then on Tuesday came the phone calls that Desrosiers had probably been dreaming about for years, two Big East schools called to offer the New Hampshire native a scholarship. This would certainly appear to be just the tip of the iceberg as Desrosiers continues to improve at a rapid pace.
It was almost a year ago when the New England Recruiting Report saw Desrosiers play in person for the first time at the Scott Hazelton Basketball Camp. While his potential was clear with his height, ability to run the floor, and block shots, there was no way of telling that he would expand the rest of his game so quickly. Truthfully, while you could see he had a naturally soft touch, he was somewhat limited offensively at the time while also being lean physically.
Twelve months later, his frame has started to fill out and his offensive game leaps and bounds better than it was. He continues to score in the open floor with his ability to beat opposing big men from rim to rim and has shown he can be an inside-out threat in the half-court with his turn-around jumper on the block and now consistent three-point range. Combine that with the fact that he is one of the most naturally gifted shot blockers you will find and it is easy to see why Providence and Syracuse made their offers.
You can bet they won’t be the last.
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