The dish on Cooley
To date, Plant hoops standout Sheldon Cooley, a junior, has one scholarship offer. It came from Tennessee Tech. But Plant coach Mike Phillips says the following schools also have inquired about the 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard, who averaged 22.1 points and 8.7 rebounds this past season on his way to earning county Player-of-the-Year honors from the Times: Army, Brown, East Tennessee State, Florida International, Lehigh, Marshall, Ohio, Stetson, Tennessee-Martin, Tulane, USF, Virginia Tech, Western Carolina and Western Michigan. To those of you who have seen Cooley play, I pose this question: Based on his skills, what level would he be best suited for in college? Feel free to break it down for us.
-- KEITH NIEBUHR
The St. Petersburg Times High School Sports blog is written and compiled by the Times preps sports staff from Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. We invite your participation in the comments area.
he is a good player no question but like on his aau team he dosnt do a whole lot because their is 7 other good players there... i watched some games were he played good like 10 points and the rest but some just horrible .. he is a good player and i think he can be a 7th man somewher in Stetson or a small d1 school...
Posted by: | March 31, 2008 at 01:26 PM
He is athletic and can put up big numbers in high school, but there are a million other kids just like him. He needs to pick up point guard skills to be effective at the next level, no major d1 university wants a 6'1-6'2 shooting guard with a medicore jumpshot. Good player but has much to improve on before he is a high d1 player.
Posted by: | March 31, 2008 at 03:23 PM
3:23 true ....... he needs to do alot more for a high D1 Player... he is athletic and everything but he cant create anything by him self......
Posted by: | March 31, 2008 at 03:29 PM
COOLEY IS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO BAD, SO SAD, SO MAD, SOMEBODY GET HIM GLAD!!!
Posted by: | March 31, 2008 at 08:18 PM
He should go to DUKE. He is the best player to EVER come out of this sorry basketball county.
Posted by: CB | April 01, 2008 at 11:43 PM
cb YOU MUST BE PARENT
Posted by: | April 02, 2008 at 10:27 AM
The only improvement Cooley need to work on is his 3 point shot( but who doesnt in this day and age) Not only does he perform on the offensive end he does it on defense as well. And that will land him minutes at a big D1 school. Ask Mc Donalds All American Luke Babbit about Cooley's defense.
Posted by: mr. smith | June 16, 2008 at 08:45 AM
He seems well suited for a mid-major D1, perhaps in the MAC, but probably not on scholarship. He may develop into a starter over time.
Posted by: BB813 | June 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM