Selvie, McKenzie on Lott Trophy watch list

The 2008 Watch List Watch List grows! USF defensive end George Selvie and linebacker Tyrone McKenzie are among 42 names on the watch list for the Lott Trophy, given each year to the top defensive player in college football.

Selvie, a rising junior who led the nation in tackles for loss last season, is one of seven players returning from last year's watch list, along with Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis, a finalist last season. McKenzie, a rising senior who is getting a look at middle linebacker this week, has more tackles in the last two seasons -- 250 -- than any returning player in college football.

USF has two of five Big East players on the list, with the other three Rutgers safety Courtney Greene, Pitt linebacker Scott McKillop and West Virginia linebacker Reed Williams. There are two other players from Florida colleges on the list in Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes and FSU safety Myron Rolle.

-- Basketball update, on the Bulls reserves transferring elsewhere: First, sophomore forward Amu Saaka will visit Georgia Southern next week (not to be confused with Georgia State, where Dante Curry is and Solomon Bozeman might wind up) and is also considering Furman -- where he signed originally out of high school -- and Colorado State.

Redshirt freshman Aaron Holmes is headed to a junior college for one season, rather than burn a year transferring directly to another four-year school. He's already visited Hillsborough Community College and Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, with a visit lined up for Iowa Western next week. He also is considering Chipola College up in the Panhandle, as well as San Jacinto College, the Texas school where Kentrell Gransberry played his first two seasons of college basketball.

And while recruiting is a little slow this week with coaches convening in San Antonio for the Final Four, if you read this story in the Lexington Herald-Leader, it sure looks like Kentucky is in good shape for Maryland prep center Maurice Sutton, who is also considering USF. Good news on another front, as another USF target, Southern Idaho forward Juan Pattillo, visited Oklahoma State last weekend, just days before coach Sean Sutton resigned. I'm not positive USF will take another power forward, but if they do intend to, this helps their position with a strong rebounder.

Comments

[jarred]

I dont care who you start, I hope your coaches would not intentionally allow 17 runs. Not to mention, in front of your biggest crowd ever, against your "rival" as you guys like to say. The fact is that our lineup rocked all the pitchers you threw and couldnt get anything going against our bullpen. Nationally ranked? What a joke.

[O'Liar]

No it wasn't George. You spell it the same way every time you write it...wrong.

Raeding is phun!

[ucf rocks]

it was a typo

[Hooked on phonics]

Conference, ucf rocks, not conferense. You make your University proud. Good luck in telemarketing.

[ucf rocks]

u beat us in baseball because we do not start our good pitchers for weekday games. Its a practice game. we only care about conferense games.

[jarred]

ucf rocks,
arent their some c-usa blogs you can go brag about your one team in the tournament on? really ucf has no place in usf sports except the victory column in our schedules. even your great baseball team got embarassed by us in front of a sellout crowd.

[ucf rocks]

2 rings. One for last year and we got one to years ago for cusa east crown

[xr4ti_007]

Some rivalry. Like a hammer and nail are rivals.

[xr4ti_007]

3 rings? You were crushed by Tulsa in the inaugural CDOA Chumpionship Game and then went 4-8. Besides, we have three Knight scalps: 31-14, 24-17 & 64-12

[Dave W]

ucfrocks is clearly their version of cee, only far less funny. He's just trying to start something; fuel a rivalry that doesn't really exist.

Ari and Herm, I like when we crush UCF in any sport, but I would much rather beat Pitt, Notre Dame, WVU and the other well-rounded athletics programs in the conference by a few points/runs/goals then UCF by 20. What do we gain from it? We already know we're better than UCF, but are we better than Pitt, overall? For students from Florida, many people have friends at the opposing school; a good friend of mine has a sister at UCF. It does add an interesting dynamic, but she left the football game at halftime. My step-mother, a Pitt grad, was far more fun to banter with during the game than the UCF sister.

[Herman Momart]

Ari, Im the same way...its because we arent from Florida. Its more a pissing match rivalry than a real one, for what I can see. Its actually pretty corny.

[702JV]

Hey UCF ROCKS, lets having a spelling contest lol I am sure UCF is proud of there CONFERENSE LOL

[Bulls '04]

Seriously, if it wasn't for the location being near USF and the whole Battle for I-4 BS, noone would ever be talking about them or even know what school they are. USF > UCF.

[Ari Hinkelberger]

Its funny that UCF and USF have some quasi rivalry.

I honestly NEVER even think about UCF. They never cross my mind.

[ucf rocks]

we got two rings in the last 3 years. You have none.

[Herman Momart]

I agree with UCFrocks that we are overrated in football, but only in TAMPA. We get no coverage outside the state nor does anyone overhype us, just like your scrub team who we crush every year. No one nationally cares about USF or UCF, but if one team is on the verge of making national exposure its USF.

But ucfrocks you sound like a complete moron when you say c-USA is a better basketball conference that the BE. Memphis is ONE team which no one knew what to expect from them because they played NO ONE all year in C-USA. Try to act like you somewhat know what your talking about when you post. The conference are not even close. You sound like an idiot.

UCF Rocks,
What grade did you get in ECO 1101 and 1102? I am just saying.

[Norb]

I think we all need to sit around a campfire and have ucf rocks bring along whatever he's smoking, must be some really good stuff.

[ucf rocks]

Your team is overrated, I cant wait until the media fins that out, I dont know why we get no coverage. We are Conferense Champions. USF has never even finished top 2 in a conference.

Oh and by the way CUSA is better than the Big Least in Basketball? How many final 4 teams the BE got?

[ucf rocks]

Aaron Holmes is gonna come to UCF and light the cows up.

[jarred]

Wow, I knew Mckenzie was good, but I wasn't aware of that statistic. They are both good players and hopefully Selvie wont get snubbed again this year.

[AGW]

Dave, thats true but Patillo worked all this year to be a small forward and expand his perimeter skills and did very well I might add. He is a big-time athlete. Patillo, Simmons/Rakestraw, and a center like Faber/Ben-Eze/Sutton would be great for USF. And if Williams or Chin leave the program adding another center would be great. The more size the better.

[Dave W]

Are there two guys in the state more deserving of recognition? Neither was a high-profile recruit, and both worked to get to this level. They epitomize USF football.

Showing the schism between the two sports, Aaron Holmes is the epitome of USF basketball. Used to be good, but don't look now.

Patillo would not be a good fit without a high school/prep center. Espinosa, Teague, and Patillo are all too short to play C. So while Patillo may be a very good PF, that isn't the position of primary importance right now.

[Ari Hinkelberger]

Aaron Holmes must be wondering what the hell happened. He went from first team all-state and pinellas county's leading scorer - to a full scholarship at FSU - to transfering to USF to now hoping to play at HCC.

Really sad if you ask me.