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Ryan Bass leaves CJ for Dunbar
All Dunbar needed last basketball season was a steady — and productive — presence at the point. They got it, for this coming season.
Senior-to-be Ryan Bass, a two-year starting guard for Chaminade Julienne, has withdrawn from CJ and has enrolled at Dunbar. CJ was 11-10 last season. Bass was All-Area Division II as a sophomore and second team as a junior.
The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 18.6 points last season and had nine games of 20 or more points. He put 24 and 22 points on Alter in a pair of losses and 24 on D-II state runner-up Marshall in a 3-point loss.
“Ryan’s no longer with us and we wish him the best of luck,” said CJ coach Joe Staley.
Bass has spent the summer playing with Dunbar’s high-scoring team. The Wolverines blew through Fairmont’s summer tourney unbeaten last week and went 3-1 against defending D-I state champ Columbus Northland, Centerville and Lakota West in a series of 15-minute scrimmages Tuesday following Daequan Cook’s Basketball Skills Camp at Dunbar.
“That’s very unusual to get a player of his caliber,” said Dunbar coach Peter Pullen. “He’s been a tremendous asset this summer. He gives us that missing piece that we were struggling with at the point.
“He’s been through the battles of the GCL, so we know he’s been under fire. He’s just got to get used to playing a little bit more uptempo, which I think fits him real well. A lot of time, he was the quickest player on the court in that league. Now, he’s going to a venue that everyone we play is as quick as he is.”
Bass’ arrival with the Wolverines will offset the expected loss of Williamp Pope. The undersized but effective center averaged 14 points last season, but has spent the summer with Preble Shawnee’s team and hasn’t participated in any of Dunbar’s camps.
The combination of Bass and Geron Johnson, the 2008-09 City League player of the year, should be the area’s most high-scoring backcourt.
Junior Tim Szabo inherits the point for CJ. The Eagles also return regulars Joe Staley, the coach’s son, Matt Vest and Jon Bibbs. Besides plenty of other returnees — CJ had just three seniors last season — another Staley will be on board, sophomore John.
“We’re expecting to have a good basketball team,” said Joe Staley.
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By Patrick
June 23, 2009 11:19 PM | Link to this
Recruiting!!!! Dunbar recruited him. Disqualify all public schools from competition. They recruit!By Patrick
June 23, 2009 11:20 PM | Link to this
Recruiting!!!! Dunbar recruited him. Disqualify all public schools from competition. They recruit!By Toddy Todd
June 23, 2009 11:56 PM | Link to this
Why cry dry your eye. People you act like this is first. Moeller did for years. And when you have schools like Alter, Carroll and CJ. When you pay for your kid to go there that a recruit. So don’t harp on this its been done for years. But you only hear about it when a so called black school or player does it. so to speak blschool gets a player.By George
June 24, 2009 7:02 AM | Link to this
I thought you paid to go to Alter, Carroll and CJ to get a quality education. If you are paying, that is not recruiting.By Mike
June 24, 2009 7:50 AM | Link to this
That’s not true. Schools like Alter, CJ, Carroll, if your a quality athlete then they give you scholarships that pay for your schooling.By nyc
June 24, 2009 7:53 AM | Link to this
cj has that freak of a coach greenberg on their payroll…now he is home on arrest with his minor children…doesnt make sense…everyone should leave that schoolBy baller2
June 24, 2009 10:19 AM | Link to this
Point Guard? Hope he does a better job of getting the other players on the floor involved in the offense at Dunbar. But anyway, best of luck to him at Dunbar!By dyt
June 25, 2009 9:05 AM | Link to this
“nyc” is obviously misinformed. Greenberg is NOT on CJ’s payroll and has not been since the charges were brought against him. He’s gone. There are no allegations of child molestation.By WolverinO
July 10, 2009 1:07 AM | Link to this
Get off the recruiting stuff. Chaminade don’t recruit, and Dunbar didn’t recruit Ryan. Staley is a damn good coach— it was just a bad fit. Bass’ dad (who has the brilliant “gimme the ball” mindset of a World B. Free, and claims he was a great player at Patterson HS) could not comprehend Staley’s team concept, even though Ryan forced 18 shots every game, and connected on a sizzling 34% (frame of reference: Derrick Brown or Darnell Hoskins never shot that much). Nonetheless, Wolverine fans are about to be treated to what Daddy Bass feels his boy is entitiled to, at least 30-35 shots every night out. And you can bet your a*s Coach Pullen is going showcase his next meal ticket…yes, the Basster-Blaster is a better prospect than Daequan. Miami (the Heat, not the Redhawks) are drooling. Ryan will fill the Miami Valley All-State guard void Juwann Staton left when he bolted. So it’s win-win for almost everybody, except Staley, who is stuck with a bunch of slow kids who stood around and watched Bass do his thing the last couple years. The Eagles will be lucky to win three games. But they can cheer as Dunbar finishes the job Marshall started in Columbus last spring.By jk
July 21, 2009 8:15 AM | Link to this
Give me a break. There are stories like this all the time on DDN. HELLO you idiot, it’s a local newspaper. Race has nothing to do with it. And I wouldn’t say people are ‘harping’ on it; there was one post duplicated that called this recruitment. It’s not recruitment if Bass lived in the area that Dunbar serves as a school district.By bill
July 23, 2009 12:33 AM | Link to this
The ponitz high school have a good player next year his gonna be the next be thing. remember that.