Looks like Iowa offered him a scholly. Class of 2024, son of JR.
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I always like to see legacy recruits come into the program. We’re all seeing how that’s playing out with Kenyon’s sons.
Interesting, I did a web search about him and the first article references Marcellus Somerville’s son as well. Both sons playing and practicing together in the Peoria area.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports...eshmen-prepared-by-famous-fathers/3888792001/
Interesting, I did a web search about him and the first article references Marcellus Somerville’s son as well. Both sons playing and practicing together in the Peoria area.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports...eshmen-prepared-by-famous-fathers/3888792001/
Me too, he was pretty good and would have contributed for sure. The rumor as I recall was he was unhappy of redshirting his freshman year and insisted on being guaranteed a starting position that next year and beyond. Alford refused so he left for Bradley.
I would like to see Ricky Davis’ son or Luke Recker’s son...
Need to get Reggie Evans' daughter first.
I hope Jeff Moe's son comes to Iowa and turns out to be as good as Jeff was.
We had a thread about him several months ago. Good to see we offered. Definitely looks like his dad, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him grow several more inches in the next three years of high school.
Wow. He's a doppelganger for his pops!
More like he ran away from Alford.
Wow. Looks just like his dad.
Let's offer both Lathan Sommerville AND Cooper Koch!
Marcellus can't hold a grudge against Iowa. That's ALL on Alford! I was really disappointed when Marcellus left...
Get those two, Wieskamp Jr and JMac. A team full of tall, Long, athletic and High basketball IQ Legacy players would be sweet!!!
Not sure why people thing they look alike. Look really different to me.
The pic in the Irish jersey, I agree with you. But look at the other pic in the Indiana Elite jersey. Spitting image of his dad.
Redshirting Somerville was one of Alford's biggest mistakes.
About 10 years ago I was on a flight back from Turkey I was wearing an Iowa shirt and lady with a young son told me that her husband went to Iowa. Turns out her husband was Marcellus Somerville She said that Marcellus left Iowa because things that Alford told Marcellus when recruiting him were not what was actually happening. She was impressive in that she didn't bad mouth Alford but was just factual. She also said she played college basketball but I don't remember if it was at Bradley. I assured the son that that we would love to have him at Iowa when he goes to college.
Looks like they are doing good things.
Marcellus Sommerville Foundation - Marcellus Sommerville, Next Generation Academy
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My recollection is that Bradley hired his high school coach as an assistant, but he could have been leaving Iowa regardless.
He did not want to redshirt so Alford did it for him by never playing him. Imagine how much better the squad would be with Somerville taking Worley's minutes? Just another contaminated occurrence in Alford's toxic environment. For some reason got it in my head Somerville led the Valley in scoring, but could be wrong about that one.
Hope Lathan takes your advice and becomes a Hawkeye!! He is already bigger than his dad. Being that young it will take a little while to grow into that body.
Marcellus took Bradley to the Sweet 16. Huge mistake by Alfrod. And we may pay for it, again, by not getting in on his kid... Sommerville is legend in Peoria. Although Bradley is really bad at the moment.
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........and even before he (Marcellus) left I knew it was a bad move, unless it was grades, or something unknown to the fan base.
Once they got to know him, the charm wore off.
Yup, being a colossal cock bag didn't help him.
I once spent the time to go year by year on Alford's recruits. The norm was a guy would play 8 consecutive semesters. Alford had the same number of commitments never play a minute at Iowa as played 8 consecutive semesters. Between the transfers, the criminals, the academic casualties (some of whom returned) and the inability to become initially eligible he really turned the boys program into a clown show.
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Jack McCaffery will be the best of the bunch.
He's going to be a top 25 recruit nationally.
He's going to be a top 25 recruit nationally.
3rd, 3rd, 4th. Coach Jake led one of the years
That really sounds like better minutes than Worley, who was a cancer on and off the court. Somerville sounds like a good guy and definitely a better player.
Worley, wherever he is at this moment, just picked up another foul.
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