Mouphtaou Yarou Commits to Villanova
Mouphtaou Yarou who played at Masanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, VA last season has committed to play for Jay Wright and Villanova as reported by Jeff Goodman.
The 6′9″ Power Forward has exploded on the Summer AAU circuit with the DC Blue Devils gaining a 5 Star Rating and #14 Ranking in the Class of 2009 from Rivals.com. He is ranked #28 in the Class by Scout.
Yarou is a Benin native, who has been in the US for a 8 months, has polished skills, good footwork, and is a hardworker.
According to Adam Zagoria, Yarou will be transferring to Montrose Christian this year for better competition. There, he will get to play with Isaiah Armwood.
Villanova has beaten out UCLA, Memphis, New Mexico St., Pitt and Vanderbilt to land the rising star.
Welcome to the Villanova Family Mouph!
Other VUhoops.com Articles on Yarou:
- Rumors, Rumors, Rumors. Early August Rumors.
- Recruiting: Mouphtaou Yarou
- Recruiting: Mouphtaou Yarou ‘09
Press Articles on the Commitment
- ‘Cats Grab Yarou Verbal [vusports.com]
- Villanova Snags Third Big Timer [Scout]
- Villanova gets commitment from top power forward [Daily News]
- Northstar Basketball Blog
Comments
11 Responses to “Mouphtaou Yarou Commits to Villanova”










How many scholarships are left now and who are the targets?
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Jay Wright can use up to two scholarships for the Class of 2009 if no one leaves early.
2009-10
SRs (3): Drummond, Redding, Reynolds
JRs (3): Fisher, Peña, Stokes
SOs (2): Sutton, King
FR (3): Armwood, Wayns, Yarou
Our guess is that they will put all the eggs in the Cheek Basket and carry one over to 2010.
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SRs (3): Drummond, Redding, ReynoldsJRs (3): Fisher, Peña, StokesSOs (2): Sutton, KingFR (3): Armwood, Wayns, Yarou
¿Jason Colenda?
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Colenda is not on scholarship.
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but he should be
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Agree that Cheek continues to be a target. The squad looks very solid for 2009-10 season. I wonder if Murray and Vinson are out of the picture. One or both (especially if Cheek decides on another school) would be a good addition. The distribution of scholarships looks much better than it has for the past several seasons.
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Ooooooh if we can bring in Cheek, what a haul this would be. Â Potential #1 recruiting class?
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It would be a Top 2 Class with Cheek. UNC has received some verbals from Top 50 recruits too.
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I see a final four in 2010.
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I can see a proud Jay Wright smiling as Cheeks, Yarou, Fisher, Wynans, King, Sutton, Stokes, Murray, Armwood, and Pena cut down the nets at Reliant Stadium in Houston on April 4, 2011.Â
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lmao I didn’t make that post up there, it’s nice to know I got some admirer’s though.
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