Hutcheson Visits UT

The same day Gene Cross picked up a verbal from junior college standout Chris Poellnitz, the Rockets hoops coach is back on the recruiting trail. This time, Iowa high school standout Nate Hutcheson is on his radar in the midst of an unofficial visit to the Rockets campus in Toledo, Ohio.

TOLEDO -- The same day the verbal commitment of former Toledo area high school star Chris Poellnitz opened the 2009 Rocket recruiting class, the coaching staff is already back at it, this time in the recruitment of Iowa star Nate Hutcheson.

Sources close to the Toledo Rockets program have informed Rocket Digest that both Hutcheson and his parents have made the trip to the Rockets campus and are in the midst of an unofficial visit.

Stay tuned in the next 24 hours as the Rockets turn up the heat on Hutcheson and Rocket Digest contacts Nate to get the latest on his recruitment to find out where the Rockets stand.

Could Nate Hutcheson be Rocket commitment No. 2 in the near future?