Cardinal Gibbons High School established a great basketball tradition under the legendary Ray Mullis. Mullis coached some of the most memorable teams and players, in the history of the Baltimore Catholic League (BCL).

His former players included 6'9" All-American center Rodney Walker (1985), who went on to play at Syracuse and Maryland; prolific scoring guard Quintin Dailey (1979), who became an All-American at the University of San Francisco and an NBA No. 1 choice by the Chicago Bulls; and a tenacious point guard who went on star at Duke University, where he is now an assistant to Coach K, Steve Wojciechowski (1994).

The storied Crusaders program began falling on hard times in the late

1990's, but have recaptured their glory days under the coaching of 1975

Cardinal Gibbons alum Bob Flynn.

"We were 5-28 the year before I got the head coaching job five years ago. At one point this past season, we were 27-5 and we were ranked No. 1 in Baltimore for the first time since 1984-85," Coach Flynn told MDVarsity.com.

The Crusaders finished the 2003-2004 season with a 27-7 mark.

We caught up with Coach Flynn this week, in part, to see if his “Big Three" seniors had made final college decisions.

MdVarsity.com saw the Crusaders a few times this season, including an

impressive win over Bullis Prep in the Bullis Holiday Tournament. We had also become fans of their three top seniors, 6'8" forward/center Leon Williams, 6'6" small forward Brett Foelber and 6'3" guard Ken Hasbrouck after watching them play the last two years in the BCL preseason Senior/Underclassmen All-Star Game (which has been hosted at Spalding each year.) MdVarsity.com did a brief interview/profile on Ken Hasbrouck after this year's BCL All-Star Game.

Williams was the only one of Coach Flynn's three top seniors to commit last November. The rugged insider committed to Ohio University.

“Leon averaged about 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds for us this year, he had a great senior year," said Flynn.

Hasbrouck is a hardnosed, fundamentally sound, "no frills" wing guard who played excellent defense and averaged about 17 points and 5 rebounds as a senior for Cardinal Gibbons.

"Ken had a really good season, I thought he was one of the best and most complete guards in the area last year," said Flynn. Flynn told us that Hasbrouck is fully qualified academically, but might go to prep school to further refine his game and increase his college options.

"Ken had interest from Towson before (Coach) Mike Hunt retired. He

had some Division II college offers. I think he might go to prep school for a year even though he is qualified. He is a legitimate D-I player, he plays great defense and has a good work ethic."

Though Hasbrouck was a principally a wing guard in high school, Coach Flynn believes he is capable of being a "combo guard" (wing guard and point guard) in college.

Foelber was one of those versatile, skilled, talented players who makes a "good team" into a "great team." Foelber has a nice set of inside-outside skills and he was both a key inside performer and perimeter player for the Crusdaders. Foelber averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds for Cardinal Gibbons.

"He was an excellent player for us, said Coach Flynn. "Brett was a tough, smart player who filled a lot of roles."

Coach Flynn said that Foelber has not yet committed to a college, but is leaning towards Randolph-Macon College in Virginia.

"Randolph-Macon is a very good D-III program and a very good academic school,” said Flynn. "Brett would be a good fit there academically and athletically."

Former Catholic University Head Coach Mike Lonergan, who recently became an assistant coach at the University of Maryland, told us on a couple of occasions this year that he was very high on Foelber.

Coach Flynn clearly has the Crusaders back in the upper echelon of the BCL. We will continue to watch them closely.