Yes, a truly hathetic number.

Has he finished grade school?

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Luke Kolaja, a class of 2020 PF playing for the NJ Playaz, just picked up an offer from UPenn.

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Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn, UConn and Yale offered 2020 Gulliver Prep (FL) G Jamal Mashburn, Jr.

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Not interested. Those Gulliver kids always get called for traveling.

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Matt Zona, a class of 2020 PF from Bergen Catholic (NJ), has picked up an offer from UPenn on an unofficial visit.

He's from Oradell. Bill Parcells was from Oradell. Just saying. And I love those Catholic HS kids. Penn has had a ton of great ones over the years.

True. His recruitment looks quite full.

One advantage we have there is he attends Moon Area High School. Still a long shot but you never know.

Stute is not too far behind with his own offer count thanks to his shot-making and toughness in the frontcourt. The plan is for the Team Takeover product to cut his list once the Nike Peach Jam completes next month before then taking all of his official visits in August and signing in November. Iowa, Iowa State, St. John’s, and Texas A&M each offered within the past five days, and the hope now is for Stute to get to the campuses at Clemson, Florida, Georgetown and Pitt sometime soon.

Think I saw somewhere that he committed to San Diego St?

The big man pool is looking mighty shallow for the 2020 recruits.

Not to be confused with the Chaminade HS on Long Island that produced star Penn TE Luke Nawrocki

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And Penn OL Greg Van Roten, who just signed with the Jets.

• Quakers03 Said:

And Penn OL Greg Van Roten, who just signed with the Jets.

And Penn OL Greg Van Roten, who just signed with the Jets.

As was discussed here recently, the miss on Matt Zona seems to me to have been a really big and bad one.

One thing that is interesting to me is that they have also not really been publicly linked to bigs in 2021, other than Franck Kepnang who now has offers from UCLA, Kansas, Indiana, and looks likely to get one from Kentucky.

As big a fan of Simmons as I am we'd better pray MLL can contribute heavily. This coach and his staff have had how many years to bring in a legit big after landing AJ? I hope this is a case of aiming high and just not being able to close the deal as opposed to simply not being able to attract someone period.

No freshman center was going to play much behind AJ, especially a completely different kind of player. I see no way we have a successful year without MLL acceding to the starting center spot at some point prior to the Ivy season.

There are many question marks next year. Among them is Jelani who would have probably been a key player the past two years but for the ACL’s

That guy deserves a full pain-free season just to see what he can do. I would root for that even over the team's broader success if I had a choice in such matters.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I just hope for his own sake Jelani’s game survived his injuries and the program restarts on time. I’m not convinced the fall semester starts on schedule.

I don't have any insight, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that perhaps Colin is an AI booster...

Ah, Paul Chambers was before my time but know of him. I just totally didn't together the pieces with my middle of the night post, haha.

God I hope this kid isn't reading this. If you are Matteus, great clips and we'd love to welcome you at Penn.

Apparently T.J. Berger has de-committed from Penn.

https://twitter.com/PatLawless_/status/12 544836246...

I think that the loss of Berger is significant. From his films he looked as though he could have seriously competed for time at the point guard position. We really need someone who can distribute the ball on offense, shoot, and defend his position, and he appeared to have that potential. I know in the past we often have played with combo guards, but somebody with those skills also has to bring up the ball, not dribble into double teams and to start the offense rolling. Who do we have that is healthy who can do all all of those things now?

I think that the loss of Berger is significant. From his films he looked as though he could have seriously competed for time at the point guard position. We really need someone who can distribute the ball on offense, shoot, and defend his position, and he appeared to have that potential. I know in the past we often have played with combo guards, but somebody with those skills also has to bring up the ball, not dribble into double teams and to start the offense rolling. Who do we have that is healthy who can do all all of those things now?

Certainly changes the profile of the class for the worse. I know nothing, but I am hoping he does a post grad year and is part of our class next year. We’ll see.

As for combo guards, Dingle and Monroe are your leaders. Dingle seems to have some specific repeated errors that lead to turnovers that should be addressable. Monroe had a weird year, where he was great with the ball OOC, and then suddenly hit a wall and turned it over like crazy in conference. I think that can get cleaned up as well. He may have hit the Gensler wall.

Jelani would qualify if healthy too.

Certainly changes the profile of the class for the worse. I know nothing, but I am hoping he does a post grad year and is part of our class next year. We’ll see.

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I have to believe current events are having a profound impact on this year's HS seniors. Their Senior tear is deprived of real classes, proms, graduations, etc. and they have no idea what their freshman experience will be like. This is especially true for athletes (especially IVY athletes) who may have eligibility concerns if the season is impacted.

Doing a secondary school PG or gap year must look pretty good to kids who can make that work.

There are no health reason to forgo school next year. Moreover, there are profound economic reasons to have it. Let's hope the decision makers come to their senses soon.

How many enterprising colleges will offer online degrees for a lesser price once the infrastructure is built?

Hopefully not the Ivies, but I could see many others charging for a distanced degree. University of Phoenix will have competition. Betsy Devos will have her hands full! Politicians will pitch this as a way to avoid student debt. No hazing, less sexual harrassment. Sporting events can take place but without fans. Normal?

From Kankakee CC in Kankakee, IL (approx. 60 miles south of Chicago).

Was a 58% foul shooter as a freshman.
https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Michael-Moshk...
He should fit right in perfectly.

More depth can’t be bad. If he is able to play at this level, he might be a guy who could you could run the high post offense through while paired with Lorca-Lloyd.

The one paranoid thought I had, though, is whether this says anything about Wang’s health. Seems to me we needed another big regardless, so probably unrelated, but Michael is likely the key for next year. So I hope he is all rested up and ready to go.

Not sure I agree. Seems like the Israeli National U 20 team and this community college are both a step up from hs basketball and 22 has to be better than 18. This addition could be very good for Penn

He's not a "big"---on defense. But he would enable Martz to play the 3--his natural position, since he clearly has better inside moves than any current Quaker. And I see it as more unlikely than likely that we will get anything from Wang (although he is not a guy with inside moves either)--so having Martz taking the 3s and this kid taking the pass inside when they rush out at the 3 point shooter seems to me to be exactly what is expected in a Donahue offense.

Just from the video, I can see he is a much much better offensive player than Max

Not only that, Lefko went to the same high school as Art Monk.

Have a happy Friday, everyone.

Art Monk went to White Plains High School. Lefko went to Edgemont (which my freshman year girlfriend at Penn also attended....she told me all kinds of stories about Lefko).

Lefko went to Edgemont (which my freshman year girlfriend at Penn also attended....she told me all kinds of stories about Lefko).

looks to me to be about the same size--maybe an inch shorter. But it's impossible to tell at this stage whether the kid can be a Lefko---but if he has skills to score inside against bigger or faster guys, we really can use him.

Yeah. By D1 basketball standards, Lefko wasn't much of an athlete. What he had was relentless drive, excellent fundamentals, meanness and cunning. He made many highly-athletic opponents look like donkeys, which was fun to watch.

Mashburn, Jr., chose to join Minnesota and play for Pitino's son.

https://www.startribune.com/jamal-mashburn-jr-com m...