MATTHEW KREDELL

Matthew Kredell broke into the Daily News in 1998, working part time at the paper while going to USC. The basketball team’s Elite Eight run in 2000-01 was USC’s athletic highlight in his time at the school, when the football team was stuck in the Paul Hackett-era. After graduating in 2001, he started writing for the Daily News full time. He’s in his second year covering USC, which coincides with the rise of the program. He’ll take credit for the success, though Tim Floyd may have more to do with it. A third-generation Los Angelean, he grew up reading the Daily News while at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills.
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Eighth grader commits

USC has its first commitment for the class of 2011.

Tim Floyd is making a habit of getting them young. For the second year in a row, the USC coach has accepted an oral commitment from a player yet to play a game of high school.

Ryan Boatwright, a 5-foot-10, 145-pound point guard from Illinois, accepted Floyd's scholarship offer while at the USC Elite Camp this past weekend, in a story first reported by Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com.

Goodman wrote that Boatwright, a 14-year-old eighth grader, had yet to decide what high school he will attend. But he has his college set.

Last year, USC got a commitment from Dwayne Polee Jr. before he had played a single game for Westchester High.

The Trojans also scored a pledge from Mt. San Antonio College point guard Donte Smith for the class of 2008.

Posted by Matthew Kredell on June 19, 2007 9:23 PM |

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Actually both commitments were first reported by USCHoops.com not Goodman.

Posted by: SCFan | June 19, 2007 11:04 PM

I think this is so dumb now that eigth graders are committing. A verbal commitment doesn't mean anything, it's only the signing that really counts. An eigth grader's word is only as good as nothing.

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