Prospect Watch: Ronnie Morgan Jr.

[Sly Fox]

Here's some info on a player we might want to keep an extra close eye on:


Ronnie Morgan Jr.
6' 7" 205 lb Forward
Dallas (TX) South Oak Cliff High School

* Played AAU ball this summer for Dallas area team called Top Prospects

* Averaged 5.6 Points & 5.6 Rebounds per game as a junior at DeSoto (TX) High School while starting in front fo Oklahoma State signee Roderick Flemings.

* Hoopscooponline.com has Ronnie ranked 549th overall in the nation

* Ranked 49th in Texas Class of 2006 by hoopscooponline.com

* Ranked 53th in the State of Texas Class of 2006 by Rivals site TexasHoops.com

* Member of DeSoto's 2003 5A State Championship Team

Move helps forward continue to follow his father's footsteps

11:19 PM CDT on Monday, July 11, 2005

By TIM MacMAHON / The Dallas Morning News

DENTON – Ronnie Morgan's performance at the Great American Shootout probably will result in increased attention from college recruiters.

They'll need to make sure their letters are sent to Morgan's new address.

Morgan, who started at forward for Class 5A state finalist DeSoto as a junior last season, said he will attend South Oak Cliff after moving two weeks ago. He will join a program that will attempt to defend its 4A state title.

"I think we're going to do real well at SOC, but it was hard leaving [DeSoto]," said Morgan, who helped Texas Top Prospects 2006 reach the NBA Gold division semifinals Monday.

The 6-7, 205-pound Morgan, who has grown two inches during the off-season, looks forward to a frontcourt partnership with 6-9 Darrell Arthur. Morgan plans to fill the shoes of Kevin Rogers, a 6-9 Baylor recruit who combined with Arthur to form the state's most intimidating inside tandem.

Morgan said DeSoto coach Chris Dyer wished him well when informed of the move. Dyer and South Oak Cliff coach James Mays II did not return phone messages Monday.

Morgan will be following in the footsteps of his father, Ronnie Sr., who starred for South Oak Cliff in the 1980s.

The younger Morgan, a rugged rebounder and defender who has spent the summer working to improve his offensive skills, said he is being recruited by several Division I schools. One is North Texas, which made its only NCAA Tournament appearance in 1988, when Morgan's father earned Southland Conference freshman of the year honors.

"I hear about it all the time," Morgan said.

www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/topstories/stories/071205dnsposhootout.23fc605.html

Apparently he has a younger brother named J'mison (known as Bobo) who is getting a lot of attention down here in Texas in the Class of 2008.

[GOAT]

This the recruit that I was talking about earlier that Coach Dunton had a home visit with 3 weeks ago.

[Chris Lang]

Another curious question: Is Dunton looking at anything other than 6-7 wings right now? (Ricky Jackson, Crunell, Morgan).

[Sly Fox]

You knew it was only a matter of time before I figured out who you were referring to, GOAT. You left too many bread crumbs for me. The only problem I had was that Ronnie had been at DeSoto until this summer.

[Sly Fox]

I haven't heard much more about how Ronnie's recruitment is going. I did find on one of the boards down here that he took an official visit to Chris' old stomping grounds at Northern Arizona a couple weekends ago. I haven't seen where he has committed to anyone so I would assume we are still in the mix.

[Sly Fox]

Ronnie had 40 points tonight in a SOC voctory over Roosevelt up in Dallas. His teammate Darrell 'Slim Shady' Arthur (likely McDonalds All American) had just 15.

I haven't seen anywhere that he signed during early period. Perhaps we are still in play for his services. But his status is rising already this season.