Johnson ready to get UA to tourney
June 26, 2009 – 6:00 amCenter Delvon Johnson, who plans to report to Arkansas on Sunday and start classes on Monday, is focused on helping the Razorbacks get back to post season play.
“I want to help my team win and get to the NCAA tournament,” Johnson said. “I just want do what I can.”
By working out, the six-foot and nine-inch Johnson said he’s added ten pounds of muscle and is up to 235-pounds.
“I’ve been lifting weights trying to get bigger,” Johnson said. “I’ve been shooting and running trying to get ready for the season. I’ve been getting up every morning doing bench press and squats. I’ve seen a big increase in my bench because my bench was pretty low.”
Johnson said he’s increased his bench press to 255-pounds while doing four or five reps of 225.
He averaged 6.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and had a team high 62 blocked shots for Indian Hills Community College that went 30-3 last season.
Johnson and Jemal Farmer, who signed with the Hogs out of Cloud Community College in Kansas, attended Bloom Township high school in Richton, Illinois and are good friends.
“I’ve been with him about every day, shooting and playing pick- up games with him.” Johnson said.
Point guard Julysses Nobles also said he plans to report to Arkansas on Sunday.
Point Guard Jeff Petersen plans to report to next week.
Guard Jemal Farmer said he’ll probably be reporting in late July.
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6 Responses to “Johnson ready to get UA to tourney”
Petersen is the transfer from Iowa, right?
By Daniel M. on Jun 26, 2009 @ 9:49am
Yeah he is the transfer.
I cant wait to get all these guys on campus.
So is Borden going Prep anyone know yet?
By blake on Jun 26, 2009 @ 10:19am
When will Bryant report to campus? Or did he already?
By blake on Jun 26, 2009 @ 1:22pm
Can’t wait to see them all in a Razorbacks uniform then we will know what we have
By jacflash on Jun 26, 2009 @ 9:59pm
I see that Purify just went on a visit to the Hill. I wonder how Pel is going to work out the scholarships for the 2010 and 2011 recruits. It seems it is going to take a few years since the way Heath left the allocation and how players have left the last few years and Pel has had to recruit to fill the roster. It is just very confusing to see how we are going to be able to offer some players we probably would like to when we dont have spots and have offers out to players we have been recruiting for some time and really have wanted for some time. Like Cothran and Wade and Jackson and Tarik Black. Basketball is so tougher to gauge how it is going to work out with the limited amount of scholarships compared to football where it is much easier to make room with the size of each class.
By blake on Jun 29, 2009 @ 1:44pm
Anyone have any educated guesses as to how we will go from 14 to 13 scholarships on the b-ball team?
By Daniel M. on Jun 29, 2009 @ 3:22pm