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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147 
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09-20-18 11:16 PM - Post#261490
Now that the 2019 class appears to be set, it's time to start the next year. Deuce Turner, a 6-2 SG from Malvern Prep visited last week and came away with an offer. Turner, as a soph, was 1st team All-Main Line and 3rd team All-State while averaging 20.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 3.0 apg. Here are the 2020 recruits identified thus far. There are likely others, so please let me know if I've missed some. - Name . . . . . . Height. . Pos . . State . . . BU Offer/Date . . . . . Other Offers - Turner , Deuce 6-2 SG (PA) BUCKNELL OFFER Sep-2019 ; Unofficial visit Sept. 2019 - Kolaja , Luke 6-8 PF (NJ) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 ; Penn, Boston U, LC - Leyte , Bas 6-10 PF/C (Netherlands/NH) BUCKNEL L OFFER Apr-2018 ; Reclassified to 2020; Milwaukee, Q'pac, Lafayette, Siena - Santiago , Angelo 6-5 SF (CT) No Offer ; Unofficial visit Aug. 2019
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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10-12-18 04:06 PM - Post#262493
Bison coaches have been active recently in looking at potential 2020 recruits. Players who Joe Meehan looked at this week include: - Robby Devries 6-3 CG (TX) - Grant Bulmash 6-5 wing (TX) - attends the Greenhill School, where Jaye Andrews coached for a number of years. - Drake Muller 6-5 wing (TX) - also plays for Greenhill. - Tay Mosher 6-6 SF (TX) - 2021. One advantage of BU having finished up the 2019 recruiting is that there is a lot more time to scout out 2020 players and develop relationships. Note that none of the above players have offers at this point. Whether any of them get an offer will depend mostly on how they play over the next nine months.
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777 
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11-21-18 02:44 PM - Post#266730
Muller made a visit https://mobile.twitter.com/TexasImpact1/status/1 06... |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-12-18 01:50 PM - Post#268859
Joe Meehan looked at the following in the L.A. area: - Andre Henry 6-1 PG (CA) - has offer from Montana. - Abe Eagle 6-10 Center (CA) - Aidan Prukop 6-5 SG (CA) - has offers from UC Riverside and CS Fullerton. Also two sophs who won't track yet.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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03-27-19 01:08 AM - Post#282847
"Bucknell has offered 6’8†Class of 2020 G/F Caleb Dorsey. An all-league and all-academic selection (4.1 gpa), Dorsey led this year’s team in scoring, rebounds, and assists. Will play AAU with Team Durant." https://twitter.com/HillBBasketball/statu s/1110676... Dorsey has offers from Lehigh, Loyola, and UMBC. He plays for the Hill School in PA.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-11-19 07:10 PM - Post#283587
Offer to: Aidan Prukop 6-5 wing (CA) - offers from Cal Poly, Cal Fullerton, Montana, and UC Riversdie. Plays for Mater Dei in the LA area.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-15-19 11:56 PM - Post#283670
Two more offers: 1. Ryan Evans 6-3 SG (CA) who plays for Mater Dei. Offers from Air Force, UC-Irvine, and Dartmouth. 2. Andre Henry 6-1 PG (CA) also from the LA area. Offers from UC-Irvine, Montana, and Cal Northridge. With three scholarships available, I think the top priority is a pure PG, preferably a small, quick one who can defend. My second priority would be a big center - at least 6-9 - who can rebound and defend. Then third I'd like a SG/SF who can score and get to the basket.
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757 
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04-17-19 06:46 PM - Post#283732
Can’t argue with those needs and wishes. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-18-19 12:47 AM - Post#283739
Two more offers: 1. Jackson Threadgill 6-6 170 lb wing (NC) - Davidson Day School; Offers from Charlotte, App State, W&M, JMU. 2. Jeron Artest 6-4 CG (CA) - LA Area; Offers from St. John's (old regime), Cal-Irvine, Wyoming, and UT-Martin. Father is Ron Artest ("Metta World Peace"). I imagine Artest is a long shot, but his addition would make for an interesting backcourt with him combining with the sons of LaPhonso Ellis and King Rice. Could have an interesting father son-game. Maybe coached by the fathers of Nate Jones and Cam Ayers.
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203 
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04-18-19 02:11 AM - Post#283740
Given Alexander Rice hasn't been announced (has he?), why are we confident he's coming? |
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
04-18-19 07:05 AM - Post#283741
Given Alexander Rice hasn't been announced (has he?), why are we confident he's coming? He’s definitely coming. Instagram account has “Bucknell commit†in the bio and he has routinely posted about current guys on the team. Plus, we haven’t heard about any more offers to kids in the class of 2019 otherwise I would hope the coaching staff would be all over Marcus Domask who recently decommitted from NKU. Focus is clearly on 2020 now |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-18-19 11:06 AM - Post#283745
Given Alexander Rice hasn't been announced (has he?), why are we confident he's coming? Rice reportedly signed an agreement with Bucknell back in November – just not the standard letter of intent. The agreement he signed may be a contract some players have used that contains an out if the coach leaves.
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nitlion Masters Student Posts 413 |
04-18-19 06:37 PM - Post#283775
https://bucknellbison.com/news/2019/4/18/xander -ri... he is here, officially |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370 
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04-18-19 08:08 PM - Post#283778
Wow, the timing is interesting. I wonder if the Athletic Department reads our board . . .
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bisonmania Masters Student Posts 920 |
04-18-19 08:18 PM - Post#283780
Most definitely! |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-18-19 08:33 PM - Post#283782
Wow, the timing is interesting. I wonder if the Athletic Department reads our board . . . Maybe they do - but the timing here is not surprising. From what I heard some time ago, he signed some sort of contract with Bucknell back in November with the understanding he would sign an official letter of intent in the late signing period - which started yesterday.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-28-19 06:16 PM - Post#283967
Offer to a 2021 PG: Denham Wojcik 6-0 PG (IN), who is from South Carolina but attending prep school in Indiana. Has an offer from Army.
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
04-29-19 12:51 PM - Post#283985
Offer to Baylor Hebb. 6-2 165 lb SG from Colleyville, TX. Currently with 3 offers (Abilene Christian, UT-Arlington, and Ohio). Arlington and Ohio offers have both come in the last week. Appears to know the younger brother of Joe Fex, who is on the Bison football team https://www.hudl.com/video/3/10307116/5c48 c691da50... |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-29-19 06:46 PM - Post#283991
Meehan was in today to watch 6-5 wing Austin Garner at Byron Nelson H.S. north of Fort Worth. No offer yet. Garner's HS is very close to Colleyville (see above item on Hebb). BRW apparently hasn't been able to steer the staff down to San Antonio yet. https://twitter.com/TexasHoopsTV/status/1 118620599...
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-29-19 10:51 PM - Post#283995
Bucknell reportedly showing interest in 6-3 PG Emory Lanier from Knoxville TN. He has offers from Charleston, Buffalo, Rice, ETSU, Canisius, and UT-Arlington.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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05-01-19 07:57 PM - Post#284092
Offer to T.J. Berger, a 6-3 PG from Westtown HS (PA). Has offers from Yale, Penn, Columbia, Brown, Iona, Lehigh, Lafayette, Drexel, Stony Brook, NJIT, Canisius, Bryant, etc. A Bison coach attended Westtown's open gym today to look at him and possibly other players. Berger is the son of Westtown head coach, Seth Berger.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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05-02-19 07:29 PM - Post#284123
Offer to Miles Brewster, 6-4 SG/SF, from the Hotchkiss School in northwestern CT. Hails from Brooklyn. Also got an offer from Brown today. Currently ranked #26 in New England for his class, although that rankings will likely drop next fall when the transfers and post-grads arrive.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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05-03-19 11:27 PM - Post#284179
Bucknell reportedly showing interest in 6-3 PG Emory Lanier from Knoxville TN. He has offers from Charleston, Buffalo, Rice, ETSU, Canisius, and UT-Arlington. Lanier got a Bison offer today. Also Brewster (see above) picked up a Lehigh offer.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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05-06-19 10:22 PM - Post#284235
Offer to Judson Martindale, a 6-6 SF from Worcester Academy (MA). Also has offers from Vermont, Iona, Fairfield, Cleveland State, Gardner-Webb
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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05-07-19 03:48 PM - Post#284268
Offer to Thatcher Stone, 6-7 SF. Also has an offer from Bryant. Played for Cohasset (MA) for a few years and then apparently reclassified and enrolled at Dexter Southfield School (MA) outside of Boston.
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
05-22-19 04:00 PM - Post#284714
Jeron Artest 6-4 CG (CA) - LA Area; Offers from St. John's (old regime), Cal-Irvine, Wyoming, and UT-Martin. Father is Ron Artest ("Metta World Peace"). I imagine Artest is a long shot, but his addition would make for an interesting backcourt with him combining with the sons of LaPhonso Ellis and King Rice. Could have an interesting father son-game. Maybe coached by the fathers of Nate Jones and Cam Ayers. Artest re-classified to 2019. Headed to UC Irvine |
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777
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06-10-19 07:09 PM - Post#285076
Thatcher Stone visited over the weekend https://mobile.twitter.com/WrightWaySkills/statu s/... |
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777
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06-14-19 05:40 PM - Post#285152
Kolaha on an official visiit https://mobile.twitter.com/jerseyforce_/status/1 13... |
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
06-17-19 08:04 AM - Post#285179
Offer to T.J. Berger, a 6-3 PG from Westtown HS (PA). Has offers from Yale, Penn, Columbia, Brown, Iona, Lehigh, Lafayette, Drexel, Stony Brook, NJIT, Canisius, Bryant, etc. A Bison coach attended Westtown's open gym today to look at him and possibly other players. Berger is the son of Westtown head coach, Seth Berger. Berger to Penn |
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
06-18-19 09:30 AM - Post#285197
Offer to Miles Brewster, 6-4 SG/SF, from the Hotchkiss School in northwestern CT. Hails from Brooklyn. Also got an offer from Brown today. Currently ranked #26 in New England for his class, although that rankings will likely drop next fall when the transfers and post-grads arrive. On campus yesterday. Not sure if it was official or unofficial https://twitter.com/yassinetalhaoui/statu s/1140972... |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-18-19 10:52 AM - Post#285200
Offer to Miles Brewster, 6-4 SG/SF, from the Hotchkiss School in northwestern CT. Hails from Brooklyn. Also got an offer from Brown today. Currently ranked #26 in New England for his class, although that rankings will likely drop next fall when the transfers and post-grads arrive. I see Brewster has picked up new offers from Yale, Lehigh, and Dartmouth since I made the first post about him. On campus yesterday. Not sure if it was official or unofficial https://twitter.com/yassinetalhaoui/statu s/1140972...
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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06-18-19 12:08 PM - Post#285206
Just wondering, are players limited in the number of unofficial visits that they can make?
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-18-19 01:15 PM - Post#285212
No limit on Unofficials But there is a limit on official visits.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-18-19 03:45 PM - Post#285215
Following up on the above, a player is limited to five official visits while in high school.
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
06-19-19 12:14 PM - Post#285236
That’s good info 137. Particularly important for an academics first kid. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-23-19 06:59 PM - Post#285320
Offer to 6-9 PF/C Sam Thomson, who is from a suburb of Toronto but attends the Brooks School in Massachusetts. He also has offers from Colgate, UNH, Sacred Heart, Mt. St. Mary's, and Merrimack (who is switching over to D1 this year). We should see a number of new offers over the next five weeks.
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
06-24-19 07:07 AM - Post#285325
Offer to Baylor Hebb. 6-2 165 lb SG from Colleyville, TX. Currently with 3 offers (Abilene Christian, UT-Arlington, and Ohio). Arlington and Ohio offers have both come in the last week. Appears to know the younger brother of Joe Fex, who is on the Bison football team https://www.hudl.com/video/3/10307116/5c48 c691da50... Hebb is on campus for an official visit today. Has since picked up offers from Green Bay, Grand Canyon, Stephen F. Austin, and Drake https://twitter.com/thetb5reports/status/ 114296742... |
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777
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06-24-19 09:23 AM - Post#285330
Offer to 6-9 PF/C Sam Thomson, who is from a suburb of Toronto but attends the Brooks School in Massachusetts. He also has offers from Colgate, UNH, Sacred Heart, Mt. St. Mary's, and Merrimack (who is switching over to D1 this year). he also picked up a Penn offer yesterday |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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06-24-19 11:51 AM - Post#285340
Offer to 6-9 PF/C Sam Thomson, who is from a suburb of Toronto but attends the Brooks School in Massachusetts. He also has offers from Colgate, UNH, Sacred Heart, Mt. St. Mary's, and Merrimack (who is switching over to D1 this year). We should see a number of new offers over the next five weeks. Canada has been very good to the Bison!
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-24-19 06:19 PM - Post#285351
Offer to Mylyjael Poteat, a 6-9 260 lb center from NC. Has offers from Wofford, Northeastern, and American. He plays for the Burlington School, which is John Meeks' alma mater.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-25-19 12:56 AM - Post#285355
Offer to 6-9 PF/C Sam Thomson, who is from a suburb of Toronto but attends the Brooks School in Massachusetts. He also has offers from Colgate, UNH, Sacred Heart, Mt. St. Mary's, and Merrimack (who is switching over to D1 this year). he also picked up a Penn offer yesterday And just picked up offers from Dartmouth, Brown, Boston U, Lehigh, and American.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-25-19 12:59 AM - Post#285356
Atone just picked up new offers from Brown, William & Mary, and Boston U to go along with an earlier one from Bryant.
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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06-25-19 10:07 AM - Post#285362
Offer to Mylyjael Poteat, a 6-9 260 lb center from NC. Has offers from Wofford, Northeastern, and American. He plays for the Burlington School, which is John Meeks' alma mater. Looks like a BIG post player who can take it to the rim, rebound, and pass. Didn't see a J featured in the video. https://youtu.be/MaCnBzRU1_M https://twitter.com/mylyjael?lang=en
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
06-26-19 11:17 AM - Post#285386
As we move further away from last season, I think Meeks could have a monster year if his health and conditioning allow it. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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06-26-19 01:50 PM - Post#285390
As we move further away from last season, I think Meeks could have a monster year if his health and conditioning allow it. I agree that health is the big concern. Meeks has shown that he can be an impact player when on the floor, but . . . I guess that only time will tell.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-26-19 03:38 PM - Post#285393
As we move further away from last season, I think Meeks could have a monster year if his health and conditioning allow it. Agree completely. The two factors are really part of the same issue. His serious foot problems often prevented him from practicing and completely precluded him from doing separate conditioning drills. I hope the BU coaching staff thinks out of the box a bit this year. Their top two players at PF/C are Moore and Meeks. While I expect to see Newman starting at center and Moore at PF, I hope we will see long stretches with Moore at center and Meeks at PF. Moore is such a versatile defender that he can guard any PL center with the possible exception of Ivanauskas. And very few PL fives can keep up with Moore at the other end. A lineup of Moore, Meeks, Toomer, Funk, and Sotos would be very dynamic offensively and not bad at the other end.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-26-19 04:37 PM - Post#285394
Offer to 6-11 240 lb center, Andre Screen from Alexandria VA. Has offers from GMU, URI, St. Joes, LaSalle, Fairfield, Boston U, JMU, Towson, and Columbia. If his twitter account is accurate, all of those offers came in the last week.
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777
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06-26-19 07:30 PM - Post#285395
also an offer to Kam Farris a 6-3 guard at Tabor Academy. has offers from ODU, BostonU, NJIT, Fairfield, Canisius, UMass, Dayton, Murray St., and Robert Morris. |
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777
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06-26-19 07:35 PM - Post#285396
and an offer to 2021 Gabe Dorsey at The Hill School, 6-5 sg. has a brother, Caleb, a 6-7 sf in the class of 2020 with a number of offers, but not Bucknell at this point (at least none reported). |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-26-19 07:59 PM - Post#285397
See my post of March 27th above:
"Bucknell has offered 6’8†Class of 2020 G/F Caleb Dorsey. An all-league and all-academic selection (4.1 gpa), Dorsey led this year’s team in scoring, rebounds, and assists. Will play AAU with Team Durant." https://twitter.com/HillBBasketball/statu s/1110676... Dorsey has offers from Lehigh, Loyola, and UMBC. He plays for the Hill School in PA. Note: Since the above post, he has picked up offers from Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, and MSM.
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KenZ Postdoc Posts 2777
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06-26-19 08:29 PM - Post#285398
oops, thanks for the correction |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-26-19 11:39 PM - Post#285399
Offer to 6-11 240 lb center, Andre Screen from Alexandria VA. Has offers from GMU, URI, St. Joes, LaSalle, Fairfield, Boston U, JMU, Towson, and Columbia. If his twitter account is accurate, all of those offers came in the last week. Now an offer from Lehigh. That appears to be 11 offers this week. Similar to Sestina, who got 11 offers in a very short period in late July following AAU Nationals.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-27-19 12:25 AM - Post#285400
Finally got around to assembling a complete list of players WITH BUCKNELL OFFERS. Please let me know if I missed some names or if there are other errors. ALPHA: Last , First . Height Position (State ) BU Offer/Date . Other Offers - Artest , Jeron . 6-4 SG (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Committed to UC Irvine; Wyoming, UT Martin - Reclassified to 2019 - Berger , TJ . 6-3 PG (PA) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Committed to Penn; vGWU, Yale, Iona, St. Brook, Canisius, Drexel, Columbia, Lehigh, etc - Brewster , Miles . 6-4 SG/SF (NY/CT) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Lehigh, Boston U, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth - visited in June - Dorsey , Caleb . 6-8 F (PA) Bucknell offer Mar-2019 ; Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, - Dorsey , Gabe . 6-5 SG (PA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Georgetown, UMass, LaSalle, Siena, Iona, MSM - 2021, brother of Caleb - Evans , Ryan . 6-3 SG (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Air Force, UC Irvine, Dartmouth - Farris , Cam . 6-3 PG (VT/MA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Dayton, UMass, ODU, Murray, Boston, Canisius, RMU, Fairfield, - Hebb , Baylor . 6-2 SG (TX) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Drake, Ohio, GCU, Green Bay, SFA, UT-Arlington - made official visit in June. - Henry , Andre . 6-1 PG (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; UC Irvine, Cal Northridge, Montana - Kolaja , Luke . 6-8 PF (NJ) Bucknell offer Jun-2018 ; St. Joes, Yale, Penn, Lehigh, Lafayette, Columbia, NJIT - made official visit in June. - Lanier , Emory . 6-3 PG (TN) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Davidson, Buffalo, Charleston, Rice, Wofford, Boston, Canisius, ETSU, etc - Martindale , Judson . 6-6 SF (MA) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Vermont, Iona, Q'pac, Cleveland, Fairfield, American, G.Webb, etc - Poteat , Mylyjael . 6-9 C (NC) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Northeastern, Boston, American, Wofford, Dartmouth - same HS as Meeks - Prukop , Aidan . 6-5 Wing (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Cal-Northridge,Poly,Rive rside, Fullerton, Southern Utah, Montana State - Screen , Andre . 6-11 C (VA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; GMU, LaSalle, St. Joes, URI, Fairfield, Boston, Lehigh, Towson, JMU, Columbia - Stone , Thatcher . 6-7 SF (MA) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; W&M, Boston U, Brown - visited in June - Thomson , Sam . 6-9 PF/C (Ont/MA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Penn, Lehigh, American, Boston, Colgate, Brown, Dartmouth, MSM, UNH, SHU, etc - Threadgill , Jackson . 6-6 Wing (NC) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Charlotte, Northeastern, W&M, JMU, App State, Elon, Wofford, Furman, Lafayette, Fairfield, etc - Turner , Deuce . 6-2 SG (PA) Bucknell offer Sep-2018 ; LaSalle, Lehigh, Loyola - Wojcik , Denham . 6-1 PG (SC/IN) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Loyola, So. IL, Army, Brown - 2021 SORTED BY HEIGHT: Last , First . Height Position (State ) BU Offer/Date . Other Offers - Screen , Andre . 6-11 C (VA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; GMU, LaSalle, St. Joes, URI, Fairfield, Boston, Lehigh, Towson, JMU, Columbia - Poteat , Mylyjael . 6-9 C (NC) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Northeastern, Boston, American, Wofford, Dartmouth - same HS as Meeks - Thomson , Sam . 6-9 PF/C (Ont/MA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Penn, Lehigh, American, Boston, Colgate, Brown, Dartmouth, MSM, UNH, SHU, etc - Dorsey , Caleb . 6-8 F (PA) Bucknell offer Mar-2019 ; Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, - Kolaja , Luke . 6-8 PF (NJ) Bucknell offer Jun-2018 ; St. Joes, Yale, Penn, Lehigh, Lafayette, Columbia, NJIT - made official visit in June. - Stone , Thatcher . 6-7 SF (MA) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; W&M, Boston U, Brown - visited in June - Martindale , Judson . 6-6 SF (MA) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Vermont, Iona, Q'pac, Cleveland, Fairfield, American, G.Webb, etc - Threadgill , Jackson . 6-6 Wing (NC) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Charlotte, Northeastern, W&M, JMU, App State, Elon, Wofford, Furman, Lafayette, Fairfield, etc - Dorsey , Gabe . 6-5 SG (PA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Georgetown, UMass, LaSalle, Siena, Iona, MSM - 2021, brother of Caleb - Prukop , Aidan . 6-5 Wing (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Cal-Northridge,Poly,Rive rside, Fullerton, Southern Utah, Montana State - Artest , Jeron . 6-4 SG (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Committed to UC Irvine; Wyoming, UT Martin - Reclassified to 2019 - Brewster , Miles . 6-4 SG/SF (NY/CT) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Lehigh, Boston U, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth - visited in June - Berger , TJ . 6-3 PG (PA) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Committed to Penn; vGWU, Yale, Iona, St. Brook, Canisius, Drexel, Columbia, Lehigh, etc - Evans , Ryan . 6-3 SG (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Air Force, UC Irvine, Dartmouth - Farris , Cam . 6-3 PG (VT/MA) Bucknell offer Jun-2019 ; Dayton, UMass, ODU, Murray, Boston, Canisius, RMU, Fairfield, - Lanier , Emory . 6-3 PG (TN) Bucknell offer May-2019 ; Davidson, Buffalo, Charleston, Rice, Wofford, Boston, Canisius, ETSU, etc - Hebb , Baylor . 6-2 SG (TX) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Drake, Ohio, GCU, Green Bay, SFA, UT-Arlington - made official visit in June. - Turner , Deuce . 6-2 SG (PA) Bucknell offer Sep-2018 ; LaSalle, Lehigh, Loyola - Henry , Andre . 6-1 PG (CA) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; UC Irvine, Cal Northridge, Montana - Wojcik , Denham . 6-1 PG (SC/IN) Bucknell offer Apr-2019 ; Loyola, So. IL, Army, Brown - 2021
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06-27-19 09:18 AM - Post#285410
As we move further away from last season, I think Meeks could have a monster year if his health and conditioning allow it. Agree completely. The two factors are really part of the same issue. His serious foot problems often prevented him from practicing and completely precluded him from doing separate conditioning drills. How about swimming? It is great cardio exercise with no impact other than pushing off the wall.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
06-27-19 06:55 PM - Post#285430
As we move further away from last season, I think Meeks could have a monster year if his health and conditioning allow it. Agree completely. The two factors are really part of the same issue. His serious foot problems often prevented him from practicing and completely precluded him from doing separate conditioning drills. How about swimming? It is great cardio exercise with no impact other than pushing off the wall. He was in the pool quite a bit last spring - swimming and aqua-jogging. |
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06-27-19 06:59 PM - Post#285432
As we move further away from last season, I think Meeks could have a monster year if his health and conditioning allow it. Agree completely. The two factors are really part of the same issue. His serious foot problems often prevented him from practicing and completely precluded him from doing separate conditioning drills. I hope the BU coaching staff thinks out of the box a bit this year. Their top two players at PF/C are Moore and Meeks. While I expect to see Newman starting at center and Moore at PF, I hope we will see long stretches with Moore at center and Meeks at PF. Moore is such a versatile defender that he can guard any PL center with the possible exception of Ivanauskas. And very few PL fives can keep up with Moore at the other end. A lineup of Moore, Meeks, Toomer, Funk, and Sotos would be very dynamic offensively and not bad at the other end. Kahliel Spear has beefed up since last year and might be an option at center. Timmerman is also a big body, but we'll have to see if he's college-ready. |
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06-29-19 01:35 PM - Post#285462
- Dorsey , Caleb . 6-8 F (PA) Bucknell offer Mar-2019 ; Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, Adam Zagoria: "6-foot-8 wing Caleb Dorsey of @HillBBasketball told me Yale, Georgetown and Bucknell are in hot pursuit. Hofstra and Delaware also among those watching him at @hunschool. Will decide after Peach Jam." https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/11 450099935...
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07-01-19 09:54 PM - Post#285497
Offer to Tymu Chenery, a 6-6 SF who plays for the Episcopal School in VA, although he is from Philly. Has offers from UMass, Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, Loyola (MD), Brown, Columbia.
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07-02-19 01:52 PM - Post#285517
offer to Noel Brown, 6-10 center Flint Hill HS. other offers: URI, Colgate, ETSU, Robert Morris, William & Mary, and St. Peters. |
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07-02-19 11:08 PM - Post#285539
Offer to Caelan 'C.J.' Jones, a 6-5 wing from Los Angeles who will be doing a PG year at Vermont Academy after playing four years for Loyola in L.A. Has offers from Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, South Dakota, and Army - all in the past five weeks. At Loyola - which is a good program - he seems to have been a role player who shot a lot of threes. Went 52-146 (46%) from beyond the arc but almost never went to the line. He didn't have any offers when he finished his senior year before they started pouring in, so presumably he has shown a lot of recent improvement.
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07-15-19 06:21 PM - Post#285921
New offer to Tyler Kolek, a 6-3 PG from Rhode Island (St. George's School). He has offers from Richmond, Northeastern, Penn, Boston U, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Wofford, GMU, Canisius, Vermont, Elon, Siena, Towson, MSM, Robert Morris, UNH, Columbia, Brown, and a few others.
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07-16-19 12:14 PM - Post#285949
Kolaja commited to Yale. |
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07-16-19 02:46 PM - Post#285952
Lanier to Davidson |
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08-06-19 02:34 PM - Post#286803
Updating the timeline of when Bison recruits have committed in the past. Mentally I kind of divide them into four buckets: Very early (winter/spring of junior year); early (mid-June to mid-August); normal (mid-August to mid-November; and late (after the end of November signing period). Chris Hass 1/9 (of junior year) Ryan Frazier 1/20 (of junior year) Dom Hoffman 4/7 (of junior year) - - - - - JC Show 6/21 Steven Brown 6/23 Alex Timmerman 6/26 Ben Oberfeld 7/3 Don. Brown 7/8 C. Klebon 7/11 R. Hill July (date not clear) Jake Van der Heijden 7/29 Z. Thomas 7/30 J. Azzinaro 7/31 Nate Jones 8/1 Nate Sestina 8/2 Deuce Turner 8/3 Kimbal Mackenzie 8/8 - - - - - Justin Castleberry Mid-August (?) Joshea Singleton 8/14 Mike Muscala 8/18 Darryl Shazier 8/31 DJ MacLeay 9/3 Andrew Funk 9/4 Enoch Andoh 9/5 Steven Kaspar 9/7 Nana Foulland 9/7 Todd O'Brien 9/12 Alexander Rice 9/12 Ben Robertson 9/14 Bruce Moore 9/16 John Meeks 9/19 Malachi Rhodes 9/19 Ben Brackney 9/23 John Griffin 9/26 Bryson Johnson 10/1 Joe Willman 10/2 Jimmy Sotos 10/3 GW Boon 10/5 Cory Starkey 10/6 Avi Toomer 10/8 Bryan Cohen 10/11 Zach Evans 10/12 Pat Behan 10/17 Probese Leo 10/20 Darren Mastropaolo 10/23 Jason Vegotsky 10/27 (Per Scout; not sure if this is right) Stephen Tyree 11/1 (?) Cam Ayers 11/17 - - - - - Walter Ellis 4/8 (of senior year) Kahliel Spear 4/9 (of senior year) Paul Newman 4/13 (of senior year) Matt O'Reilly 5/5 (of senior year) - replaced JC Show Fwiw, the quality of the players who committed at the end of July and start of August has been very high - Jake Van der Heijden, Z. Thomas, John Azzinaro, Nate Jones, Nate Sestina, and Kimbal Mackenzie. Hopefully Deuce Turner turns out to be as good as the top names on this list. One other thing I always find fascinating is the group of players who committed "very early". Only three Bison in the scholarship era have committed before June 21st - Chris Haas, Ryan Frazier, and Dom Hoffman. Amazingly they were all in the same recruiting class and all committed by early April of their junior years.
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08-06-19 02:44 PM - Post#286804
Just updated the list of players with Bison offers. Many of them picked up a lot of new offers in July. Last First Height Pos ition State BU Offer/Date . Other Offers - Artest , Jeron 6-4 SG (CA) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 Committed to UC Irvine; Wyoming, UT Martin - Reclassified to 2019 - Berger , TJ 6-3 PG (PA) BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 Committed to Penn; vGWU, Yale, Iona, St. Brook, Canisius, Drexel, Columbia, Lehigh, etc - Brewster , Miles 6-4 SG/SF (NY/CT) BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 Lehigh, Boston U, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Canisiu, Elon, CCSU, etc - visited in June - Brown , Noel 6-10 Center (VA) BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 Bona, W&M, URI, Fairfield, Canisius, Colgate, Lehigh, Loyola, JMU, Radford, RMU, Brown, etc - Chenery , Tymu 6-6 SF (PA/VA) BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 Towson, JMU, Loyola, Brown, Columbia, Q'pac, MSM, etc - Dorsey , Caleb 6-8 F (PA) BUCKNELL OFFER Mar-2019 Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, - Dorsey , Gabe 6-5 SG BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 Georgetown, UMass, LaSalle, PSU, VCU, Siena, Iona, MSM - 2021, brother of Caleb - Evans , Ryan 6-3 SG (CA) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 Air Force, UC Irvine, Dartmouth - Farris , Cam 6-3 PG (VT/MA) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 Dayton, UMass, ODU, Murray, Boston, Canisius, RMU, Fairfield, - Hebb , Baylor 6-2 SG (TX) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 DePaul, Drake, St Louis, Tulsa, Tulane, Charlotte, CO State, Toledo, Loyola (IL), Drake, Ohio, GCU, Green Bay, SFA, UT-Arlington, etc - made official visit in June. - Henry , Andre 6-1 PG (CA) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 Rice, UC Fullerton, UC Irvine, Cal Northridge, Montana - Jones , Caelan "CJ" 6-5 Wing (CA/VT) BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 Vermont, Boston U, Army, Penn, Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, S. Dakota - Kolaja , Luke 6-8 PF (NJ) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2018 Committed to Yale; St. Joes, Yale, Penn, Lehigh, Lafayette, Columbia, NJIT - made official visit in June. - Kolek , Tyler 6-3 CG RI BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 Bona, Richmond, GMU, Northeastern, Boston U, Lehigh, HC, Wofford, Vermont, Siena, Canisius, Towson, Penn, RMU, MSM, etc - Lanier , Emory 6-3 PG (TN) BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 Committed to Davidson; Buffalo, Charleston, Rice, Wofford, Boston, Canisius, ETSU, etc - Martindale , Judson 6-6 SF (MA) BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 Vermont, Iona, Q'pac, Cleveland, Fairfield, American, HC, Boston, UMBC, UNCG, Manhattan, Fairfield, Q'pac, G.Webb, etc - Poteat , Mylyjael 6-9 C (NC) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 Northeastern, Boston, American, Lehigh, Rice, Wofford, Dartmouth, Brown, Radford, - same HS as Meeks - Prukop , Aidan 6-5 Wing (CA) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 MO State, Hawaii, Cal-Northridge,Poly,River side, Fullerton, Southern Utah, Montana State, etc - Screen , Andre 6-11 C (VA) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 GMU, LaSalle, St. Joes, URI, Bona, Ohio, Akron, Fairfield, Boston, Lehigh, American, Loyola, Northeastern, Towson, JMU, Columbia,MSM, etc - Stone , Thatcher 6-7 SF (MA) BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 W&M, Boston U, Brown - visited in June - Thomson , Sam 6-9 PF/C (Ont/MA) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 Penn, Lehigh, American, Boston, Colgate, HC, Wofford, Bradley, Vermont, Elon, Canisius, San Fran, Brown, Dartmouth, MSM, UNH, SHU, etc - Threadgill , Jackson 6-6 Wing (NC) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 Charlotte, Northeastern, W&M, JMU, App State, UNCG, Mercer, Elon, Wofford, Furman, Lafayette, Fairfield, etc - Turner , Deuce 6-2 SG (PA) BUCKNELL OFFER Sep-2018 ; COMMITTED TO BUCKNELL 8/3/19; Joes, LaSalle, Lehigh, Loyola, Delaware, RMU, Hartford, MSM - Wojcik , Denham 6-1 PG (SC/IN) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 Loyola, So. IL, Army, Brown - 2021 The above list has 24 names. Interestingly at the same point last year, there were 43 names with offers. One reason for the difference may be that they had four scholarships to play with last year, and part may be a reaction last year to the problems they had in landing players the previous year when only one commitment came before March. Those are complete guesses, and much of the difference may just be happenstance.
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08-06-19 09:34 PM - Post#286809
Offer to Graham Ike, a 6-9 245 lb PF/C from Colorado - Overland H.S., a 5A school near Denver. Ike has offers from St. Louis, UMass, Air Force, Akron, Rider, Loyola Marymount, and Northern Colorado - most of them since early June.
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08-07-19 06:42 AM - Post#286812
- Dorsey , Caleb . 6-8 F (PA) Bucknell offer Mar-2019 ; Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, Adam Zagoria: "6-foot-8 wing Caleb Dorsey of @HillBBasketball told me Yale, Georgetown and Bucknell are in hot pursuit. Hofstra and Delaware also among those watching him at @hunschool. Will decide after Peach Jam." https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/11 450099935... The Dorsey brothers are taking unofficial visits to Penn State and Georgetown per the link below. Not a good sign that they aren’t making a stop in Lewisburg on their trip to Central PA https://twitter.com/patlawless_/status/11 585089486... |
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08-07-19 09:31 AM - Post#286816
Any predictions on who in this year’s incoming class will be the most college ready to contribute from Day One? Also I think Funk could have a monster year. Am I alone? |
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08-07-19 03:12 PM - Post#286824
Maybe belongs in a different thread, but for this year’s incoming group, perhaps Timmerman, Van der Heijden or Rhodes could have impact. Basically we need some inside presence which is why I went with that group, even through Timmerman night be the most “inside†of that group. As for players coming back, yeah I’d go with Funk and Sotos stepping up and I’d love to see Ellis be improved as well. |
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08-07-19 04:13 PM - Post#286829
I think the four incoming players all have different strengths, weaknesses, and playing opportunities: Van der Heijden - I think he will be the most skilled offensive player, one capable of scoring at a good level in PL games. But his defense may be an issue. Has some similarites to Zach in that he has enough offensive ability to play the three but probably can't guard an opposint three. Rhodes - Looks like a better rebounder and defender than Van der Heijden, but doesn't have the offensive ability. His defense and rebounding ability likely will earn him some minutes, especially if they use use him some as an undersized center or if they use Moore some at center. Timmerman - Should be able to rebound at this level, and his size gives him an opportunity to see backup center minutes. But he may struggle to guard D1 post players - which is an issue with most freshmen post defenders since it is so different than HS ball. Players like Sestina and Foulland had problems with post defense as freshmen. Among other things, freshmen need to learn that refs ignore even extremely hard contact when an offensive post player starts his move - but then they will call even minor contact as the shot is being put up. It's all about timing the contact and learning to really bang the player hard but early. Rice - Has a chance to get 10 mpg as the backup PG, but he will have to prove he can handle the point. In HS and AAU ball, he played on teams with future P6 PG's and thus played much of the time at SG. Can he handle a D1 PG role as a freshman?
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08-07-19 10:26 PM - Post#286843
I don't see Rice ever playing the point for significant minutes. To me he fits in the role of the Funk - Ellis combo guard mix |
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08-07-19 10:41 PM - Post#286845
I don't see Rice ever playing the point for significant minutes. To me he fits in the role of the Funk - Ellis combo guard mix That may turn out to be true - but I know the staff recruited him as a guy who could give them significant minutes at the point. I think he'll be given every opportunity to win the backup PG role. Hopefully he can do it.
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08-08-19 12:30 AM - Post#286846
Supply and Demand might throw him in that role. From watching his tapes his handle and overall confidence looks solid but I don't see a lot of playmaking. For a backup PG just being able to not make mistakes is adequate however |
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08-08-19 06:14 PM - Post#286857
- Brewster , Miles 6-4 SG/SF (NY/CT) BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 , Lehigh, Boston U, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Canisius, Elon, CCSU, NJIT, - visited in June Brewster has set up his official visits, and a Bucknell student manager, who attended Hotchkiss with Brewster, reports one of those visits will be to Bucknell.
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08-08-19 06:58 PM - Post#286859
Supply and Demand might throw him in that role. From watching his tapes his handle and overall confidence looks solid but I don't see a lot of playmaking. For a backup PG just being able to not make mistakes is adequate however There isn't really another good option at PG. Funk could do it, but he's a natural 2. I think Rice will have to fill that role. |
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08-08-19 07:01 PM - Post#286860
Supply and Demand might throw him in that role. From watching his tapes his handle and overall confidence looks solid but I don't see a lot of playmaking. For a backup PG just being able to not make mistakes is adequate however One thing about Rice is that he has had little opportunity to play the point, having always been on teams with very high-level PG's. During his freshman and soph year at St. Anthony's, the team had PG RJ Cole, who is now at UConn, plus PG Ithiel Horton, who is now at Pitt. Then at Mater Dei as a junior, they had senior Kenny Jones, who looked really good at the point for Loyola last year. Jones had a dozen offers, including one from St. Joes. Finally as a senior at The Patrick School, the starting PG was Al-Amin Dawes, who had tons of P6-conference offers and ended up at Clemson. Also Rice's AAU team had a number of quality PG's, including Jhamir Brickus, a 2020 player who has multiple A-10 offers and many others. Two of their other part-time PG's had multiple D1 offers as well. So Rice ended up largely playing SG at his various teams. The question we will see answered over the next year or two is how good are his PG skills.
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08-10-19 03:23 PM - Post#286877
- Jones , Caelan "CJ" 6-5 Wing (CA/VT) BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 . Vermont, Boston U, Army, Penn, Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, S. Dakota "CJ Jones will take his 1st official visit to Bucknell Sept 14-16. Jones formally at Loyola HS will enroll into Vermont Academy this fall. He’s a big time shooter w/ NBA 3pt range " https://twitter.com/BTIHoops/status/11602 549163732... Jones had a quiet senior year for a good Loyola team in L.A. Averaged less than 10 ppg but did hit 46% on threes. Signed on for a post-grad year at Vermont Academy and then blew up during June and July. Apparently had a very impressive AAU run.
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08-10-19 03:50 PM - Post#286878
- Jones , Caelan "CJ" 6-5 Wing (CA/VT) BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 . Vermont, Boston U, Army, Penn, Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, S. Dakota "CJ Jones will take his 1st official visit to Bucknell Sept 14-16. Jones formally at Loyola HS will enroll into Vermont Academy this fall. He’s a big time shooter w/ NBA 3pt range " https://twitter.com/BTIHoops/status/11602 549163732... Jones had a quiet senior year for a good Loyola team in L.A. Averaged less than 10 ppg but did hit 46% on threes. Signed on for a post-grad year at Vermont Academy and then blew up during June and July. Apparently had a very impressive AAU run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9gGmwLXbk |
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08-16-19 08:37 PM - Post#287003
Atone just picked up new offers from Brown, William & Mary, and Boston U to go along with an earlier one from Bryant. Stone to William & Mary as part of the 2019 class |
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08-16-19 11:34 PM - Post#287005
Atone just picked up new offers from Brown, William & Mary, and Boston U to go along with an earlier one from Bryant. Stone to William & Mary as part of the 2019 class That's too bad. Thought Bison might have a shot for next year. W&M, of course, is now coached by Dane Fischer, and they are going to be awful this year. This past season they ranked #219 (Pomeroy) - which caused their coach to be fired - and then three of their top four players transferred out, along with their top sub. All went to teams in stronger conferences. Also the only recruit they had signed opted out of his commitment, forcing Dane to find three new recruits in late Spring, none of whom is going to be a difference-maker this year. So there is lots of room for Stone to earn playing time.
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08-19-19 10:22 AM - Post#287020
Anybody know why Zach Lezanic is not on Bison recruiting lists? He's the son of Mark Lezanic, who played and coached with Charlie Woollum and Zach has offers from Army, Navy, and Lafayette. He is playing a PG year the Hill School this year after graduating from Conestoga HS in PA last June. |
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08-19-19 10:56 AM - Post#287022
Anybody know why Zach Lezanic is not on Bison recruiting lists? He's the son of Mark Lezanic, who played and coached with Charlie Woollum and Zach has offers from Army, Navy, and Lafayette. He is playing a PG year the Hill School this year after graduating from Conestoga HS in PA last June. No idea at all, but I'd guess the staff at this point has decided they can do better at the guard position. For that matter, with the commitment from Deuce Turner, it is possible they might not even be looking for any more guards in this class. It is rare by August for Bucknell to have an offer out to a player whose top offer is Lafayette. Typically Army, Navy, and Lafayette are recruiting in a different pool than Bucknell, Boston U, Lehigh, etc.
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08-19-19 04:29 PM - Post#287024
- Dorsey , Caleb . 6-8 F (PA) Bucknell offer Mar-2019 ; Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, Adam Zagoria: "6-foot-8 wing Caleb Dorsey of @HillBBasketball told me Yale, Georgetown and Bucknell are in hot pursuit. Hofstra and Delaware also among those watching him at @hunschool. Will decide after Peach Jam." https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/11 450099935... The Dorsey brothers are taking unofficial visits to Penn State and Georgetown per the link below. Not a good sign that they aren’t making a stop in Lewisburg on their trip to Central PA https://twitter.com/patlawless_/status/11 585089486... Not out of the running just yet! Dorsey has an unofficial visit to Yale tomorrow https://twitter.com/ARosenfeldDVHR/status /11635391... |
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08-19-19 05:18 PM - Post#287025
Quoting from the link above: "I’ve been told Bucknell and Penn State are also very much in the mix for 2020 Caleb Dorsey"
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08-22-19 09:33 AM - Post#287154
according to this article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/08/22/bas... we have offered Kaine Roberts a 6-2 shooting guard. he is a Japanese national, born there to an American father and Japanese mother. played high school ball in Japan last year, but will transfer to a hs in California for his senior season. looks like he has a fair amount of international experience and played in aau tourney(s) in the U.S., presumably how we came across him. |
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08-22-19 11:00 AM - Post#287157
That's very interesting - but also a bit confusing IF he is truly a SG. Deuce Turner seems to be very much a SG. Do they really want two in one class, assuming that is truly his position. If I am reading it correctly, the article seems to call him a "guard" - not a SG but also not a "point guard", which is how they identify another player. It also notes that Roberts "displayed flashy dribbling skills" and they talk about him making his teammates better. So I wonder if he is really a CG who the staff thinks could handle the point. Or another option, of course, is that the offer was made before Turner committed and is now off the table. One other possibility is that he is going to enroll at his California HS as a junior, not a senior as the article says, and become a 2021 recruit. Interesting that the Bison would have seen/heard enough of him to make an offer. I wonder how that came about. I very much like international involvement - although I'd like it to be focused more on Serbia, Croatia, Spain, etc.
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08-22-19 11:08 AM - Post#287158
I see there is a ton of video of Roberts. It's tough to judge very much from highlight reels, but it's clear he is very fast and very athletic. That site, btw, identifies him as both a "shooting guard and point guard". https://sportsrecruits.com/athlete/kaine_roberts I also see from his team's website that they played in California AAU tournaments this summer, so that presumably explains how the Bison staff saw him.
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08-22-19 11:30 AM - Post#287161
Offer to Tymu Chenery, a 6-6 SF who plays for the Episcopal School in VA, although he is from Philly. Has offers from UMass, Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, Loyola (MD), Brown, Columbia. Bucknell no longer in the running. Cut his list down to Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, & Howard https://scoopmantv.com/2019/08/21/tymu-chene ry-nea... |
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08-22-19 12:07 PM - Post#287162
Offer to Tymu Chenery, a 6-6 SF who plays for the Episcopal School in VA, although he is from Philly. Has offers from UMass, Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, Loyola (MD), Brown, Columbia. Bucknell no longer in the running. Cut his list down to Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, & Howard https://scoopmantv.com/2019/08/21/tymu-chene ry-nea... Apparently cut all schools with academic standards.
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08-22-19 12:42 PM - Post#287164
Offer to Tymu Chenery, a 6-6 SF who plays for the Episcopal School in VA, although he is from Philly. Has offers from UMass, Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, Loyola (MD), Brown, Columbia. Bucknell no longer in the running. Cut his list down to Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, & Howard https://scoopmantv.com/2019/08/21/tymu-chene ry-nea... Apparently cut all schools with academic standards. I was thinking the same thing. SAT's might not have gone as expected.
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08-22-19 02:17 PM - Post#287167
Offer to Tymu Chenery, a 6-6 SF who plays for the Episcopal School in VA, although he is from Philly. Has offers from UMass, Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, Loyola (MD), Brown, Columbia. Bucknell no longer in the running. Cut his list down to Quinnipiac, Towson, JMU, & Howard https://scoopmantv.com/2019/08/21/tymu-chene ry-nea... Apparently cut all schools with academic standards. I was thinking the same thing. SAT's might not have gone as expected. Yes, that is possible. There are occasions when offers from Ivy and Pl schools are contingent upon the player raising his SAT scores. No idea if that happened here - but it does happen on occasion. It is a bit strange to see a player cut Bucknell, Columbia, Brown, and Loyola while keeping Towson, Howard, Quinny, and JMU.
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08-25-19 05:34 PM - Post#287201
- Poteat , Mylyjael 6-9 C (NC) BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 Northeastern, Boston, American, Lehigh, Rice, Wofford, Dartmouth, Brown, Radford, - same HS as Meeks Poteat made an unofficial visit to Bucknell today. Visited Lehigh yesterday.
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
08-28-19 07:23 PM - Post#287275
Caleb Dorsey to Penn State |
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
08-29-19 05:41 PM - Post#287280
Hope he enjoys empty gyms. |
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08-29-19 08:02 PM - Post#287282
Then he would have picked Colgate |
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
08-30-19 10:33 AM - Post#287295
Truth. |
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08-30-19 12:20 PM - Post#287300
Then he would have picked Colgate Most years, I would agree with you, but this coming season, I think that Colgate will average 1,200 or more per game. They should be very good.
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08-30-19 08:26 PM - Post#287305
800 tops. Foyle was a huge college star and Colgate went to the tourney. No one went. It’s Hamilton, NY. No one cares. |
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08-31-19 10:50 PM - Post#287318
Offer to Caelan 'C.J.' Jones, a 6-5 wing from Los Angeles who will be doing a PG year at Vermont Academy after playing four years for Loyola in L.A. Has offers from Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, South Dakota, and Army - all in the past five weeks. At Loyola - which is a good program - he seems to have been a role player who shot a lot of threes. Went 52-146 (46%) from beyond the arc but almost never went to the line. He didn't have any offers when he finished his senior year before they started pouring in, so presumably he has shown a lot of recent improvement. Jones will make an official visit to Bucknell from September 12 through the 14th. He has picked up more offers, and now holds ones from Boston U, Vermont, Penn, Sacred Heart, Fairfield, Niagara, Siena, , Army, South Dakota, William and Mary, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Colgate.
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09-01-19 12:18 PM - Post#287330
Offer to 6-9 PF/C Sam Thomson, who is from a suburb of Toronto but attends the Brooks School in Massachusetts. He also has offers from Colgate, UNH, Sacred Heart, Mt. St. Mary's, and Merrimack (who is switching over to D1 this year). he also picked up a Penn offer yesterday And just picked up offers from Dartmouth, Brown, Boston U, Lehigh, and American. Thomson committed to Colgate yesterday. I can’t remember the last time Colgate brought in somebody as highly regarded as Sam right out of high school |
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09-01-19 12:38 PM - Post#287331
It is good to see that the PL is getting back to being competitive like it was in around 2005-2010. Now, we just need HC to get on board.
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09-07-19 10:47 PM - Post#287502
Offer to Graham Ike, a 6-9 245 lb PF/C from Colorado - Overland H.S., a 5A school near Denver. Ike has offers from St. Louis, UMass, Air Force, Akron, Rider, Loyola Marymount, and Northern Colorado - most of them since early June. Ike reportedly has been on an official visit the past couple of days. In addition to the offer list shown above, he has also picked up a recent offer from Washington State.
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09-08-19 09:49 AM - Post#287507
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09-08-19 11:39 AM - Post#287512
Brown committed to GW yesterday. |
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09-09-19 12:36 PM - Post#287530
- Hebb , Baylor 6-2 SG (TX) BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 DePaul, Drake, St Louis, Tulsa, Tulane, Charlotte, CO State, Toledo, Loyola (IL), Drake, Ohio, GCU, Green Bay, SFA, UT-Arlington, etc - made official visit in June. Hebb just committed to Loyola of Chicago. Very good player who would have been a great addition although positionally he is the same as Turner.
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09-09-19 01:04 PM - Post#287532
Updated list: Last First Height Pos ition State BU Offer/Date . Other Offers - Artest , Jeron 6-4 SG (CA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > Committed to UC Irvine; Wyoming, UT Martin - Reclassified to 2019 - Berger , TJ 6-3 PG (PA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 > Committed to Penn; vGWU, Yale, Iona, St. Brook, Canisius, Drexel, Columbia, Lehigh, etc - Brewster , Miles 6-4 SG/SF (NY/CT) ; BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 > Lehigh, Boston U, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Canisiu, Elon, CCSU, etc - visited in June; will take an official soon. - Brown , Noel 6-10 Center (VA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 > Committed to GWU; Bona, W&M, URI, Fairfield, Canisius, Colgate, Lehigh, Loyola, JMU, Radford, RMU, Brown, etc - Chenery , Tymu 6-6 SF (PA/VA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 > Towson, JMU, Loyola, Brown, Columbia, Q'pac, MSM, etc - cut list to only non-academic schools - Dorsey , Caleb 6-8 F (PA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Mar-2019 > Committed to PSU; Georgetown, Yale, Hofstra, Lehigh, Loyola, MSM, UMBC, - Dorsey , Gabe 6-5 SG ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 > Georgetown, UMass, LaSalle, PSU, VCU, Siena, Iona, MSM - 2021, brother of Caleb - Evans , Ryan 6-3 SG (CA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > Air Force, UC Irvine, Dartmouth - Farris , Cam 6-3 PG (VT/MA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 > Dayton, UMass, ODU, Murray, Boston, Canisius, RMU, Fairfield, - Hebb , Baylor 6-2 SG (TX) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > Committed to Loyola (IL); DePaul, Drake, St Louis, Tulsa, Tulane, Charlotte, CO State, Toledo, Loyola (IL), Drake, Ohio, GCU, Green Bay, SFA, UT-Arlington, etc - made official visit in June. - Henry , Andre 6-1 PG (CA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > Rice, UC Fullerton, UC Irvine, Cal Northridge, Montana - Ike , Graham 6-9 PF/C (COL) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Aug-2019 > Washington State, St. Louis, UMass, Air Force, Akron, Rider, Loyola Marymount, No. Colorado - Jones , Caelan "CJ" 6-5 Wing (CA/VT) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 > Vermont, Boston U, Army, Penn, Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, S. Dakota - taking official visit Sept 14-16 - Kolaja , Luke 6-8 PF (NJ) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2018 > Committed to Yale; St. Joes, Yale, Penn, Lehigh, Lafayette, Columbia, NJIT - made official visit in June. - Kolek , Tyler 6-3 CG RI ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 > Bona, Richmond, GMU, Northeastern, Boston U, Lehigh, HC, Wofford, Vermont, Siena, Canisius, Towson, Penn, RMU, MSM, etc - Lanier , Emory 6-3 PG (TN) ; BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 > Committed to Davidson; Buffalo, Charleston, Rice, Wofford, Boston, Canisius, ETSU, etc - Martindale , Judson 6-6 SF (MA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 > Vermont, Iona, Q'pac, Cleveland, Fairfield, American, HC, Boston, UMBC, UNCG, Manhattan, Fairfield, Q'pac, G.Webb, etc - Poteat , Mylyjael 6-9 C (NC) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 > Northeastern, Boston, American, Lehigh, Rice, Wofford, Dartmouth, Brown, Radford, - same HS as Meeks; made unofficial visit in late August - Prukop , Aidan 6-5 Wing (CA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > MO State, Hawaii, Cal-Northridge,Poly,River side, Fullerton, Southern Utah, Montana State, etc - Screen , Andre 6-11 C (VA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 > GMU, LaSalle, St. Joes, URI, Bona, Ohio, Akron, Fairfield, Boston, Lehigh, American, Loyola, Northeastern, Towson, JMU, Columbia,MSM, etc - Stone , Thatcher 6-7 SF (MA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 > Committed to W&M as 2019; W&M, Boston U, Brown - visited in June - Thomson , Sam 6-9 PF/C (Ont/MA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 > Committed to Colgate; Penn, Lehigh, American, Boston, Colgate, HC, Wofford, Bradley, Vermont, Elon, Canisius, San Fran, Brown, Dartmouth, MSM, UNH, SHU, etc - Threadgill , Jackson 6-6 Wing (NC) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > Charlotte, Northeastern, W&M, JMU, App State, UNCG, Mercer, Elon, Wofford, Furman, Lafayette, Fairfield, etc - Turner , Deuce 6-2 SG (PA) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Sep-2018 > COMMITTED TO BUCKNELL 8/3/19; At Joes, LaSalle, Lehigh, Loyola, Delaware, RMU, Hartford, MSM - Wojcik , Denham 6-1 PG (SC/IN) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Apr-2019 > Loyola, So. IL, Army, Brown - 2021
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09-09-19 09:23 PM - Post#287540
- Brewster , Miles 6-4 SG/SF (NY/CT) ; BUCKNELL OFFER May-2019 > Lehigh, Boston U, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Canisius, Elon, CCSU, etc - visited in June; will take an official soon. Nathan Davis was at Hotchkiss today to see Brewster on the first day of the fall recruiting period, which runs for two months. He is obviously a high priority for the staff.
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09-10-19 04:08 PM - Post#287561
one of our coaches at LuHi open gym, presumably for Jalen Celestine who has somehow escaped our list. 6-6 sg |
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09-10-19 05:04 PM - Post#287563
one of our coaches at LuHi open gym, presumably for Jalen Celestine who has somehow escaped our list. 6-6 sg Lefty out of Oh-Canada who plays on Long Island: http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jalen-celesti ...
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09-10-19 05:34 PM - Post#287564
one of our coaches at LuHi open gym, presumably for Jalen Celestine who has somehow escaped our list. 6-6 sg Lefty out of Oh-Canada who plays on Long Island: http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jalen-celesti ... Celestine with an impressive offer list: UMass, GMU, Bona, La Salle, Hofstra, Tulane, Stony Brook, NJIT, Marist, Manhattan, and Quinnipiac. Hopefully the success of Kimbal Mackezie might put the Bison on his radar. Kimbal is from a town maybe 45 minutes southwest of Toronto, while Celestine grew up an hour northeast of Toronto (Ajax, ON). LI Lutheran also has several other D1 recruits, although probably not ones the Bison would be looking at: - Andre Curbelo - PG with 28 major offers. - Zed Key, a PF with 34 major offers. - Drissa Traore (2021), a 6-7 SF with nine offers, including four A-10.
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09-10-19 05:49 PM - Post#287565
one of our coaches at LuHi open gym, presumably for Jalen Celestine who has somehow escaped our list. 6-6 sg Appears the Bison coach was Johnathan Brown, who is a Long Island native. I see that that Paulsen was among the coaches in attendance.
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09-10-19 07:38 PM - Post#287566
Prukop to Cal Poly |
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09-10-19 08:39 PM - Post#287567
Prukop to Cal Poly This one doesn't hurt, at least for me, since I had kind of written him off a long time ago. A kid from Southern California who had only offers from western schools (nine of them) except for Bucknell. All public schools except for Bucknell. And all much larger schools than Bucknell. Seems like he really wasn't looking for what Bucknell has to offer or he would have had a different offer list.
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09-12-19 06:12 PM - Post#287629
Offer to Graham Ike, a 6-9 245 lb PF/C from Colorado - Overland H.S., a 5A school near Denver. Ike has offers from St. Louis, UMass, Air Force, Akron, Rider, Loyola Marymount, and Northern Colorado - most of them since early June. Ike reportedly has been on an official visit the past couple of days. In addition to the offer list shown above, he has also picked up a recent offer from Washington State. Ike is visiting Washington State this week and Loyola Marymount next week. Also now getting interest from Arkansas. I am not optimistic about the Bison chances. Let's hope he values academics over conferences or beaches. https://twitter.com/TSimpson_Hoops/status /11721857...
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09-13-19 09:45 AM - Post#287638
per Hotchkiss head coach tweet, Brewster is also making his official visit to Bucknell this week. he visited BostonU last weekend. |
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09-13-19 09:57 AM - Post#287640
per Hotchkiss head coach tweet, Brewster is also making his official visit to Bucknell this week. he visited BostonU last weekend. With CJ Jones on campus and Deuce Turner already committed, I'm curious as to how the staff would navigate the situation if Brewster and Jones want to commit. I look at all 3 as shooting guards with Deuce being the most pure SG. Does the staff see Jones as a wing? Would Brewster be a replacement for Avi? |
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09-13-19 10:33 AM - Post#287642
per Hotchkiss head coach tweet, Brewster is also making his official visit to Bucknell this week. he visited BostonU last weekend. With CJ Jones on campus and Deuce Turner already committed, I'm curious as to how the staff would navigate the situation if Brewster and Jones want to commit. I look at all 3 as shooting guards with Deuce being the most pure SG. Does the staff see Jones as a wing? Would Brewster be a replacement for Avi? Yeah, I was thinking about that as well. I'd guess a lot depends on whether they think there is a realistic chance to land a difference-making big man such as Ike. With the current freshman class having a true center (6-9) plus two PF's listed at 6-8, there is no need for a center who is just a big body. Timmerman can fill that role, and I have been told that the staff believes Rhodes can also handle the center spot at the PL-level. He is reportedly a very good defensive player. If nothing else, the skill sets of Jones and Brewster seem to be different. Jones is a bit taller (6-5) but more of a spot-up shooter. Took a lot of threes last year and hit 46% of them. Brewster from what I've seen is more athletic and better attacking the rim. He is listed at 6-4. I suppose one other factor might be if the staff thinks Deuce Turner might be able to handle some minutes at PG down the road. Although he clearly is more of a SG, he definitely has played some PG for Malvern.
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09-15-19 10:47 PM - Post#287662
- Kolek , Tyler 6-3 CG RI ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2019 > Bona, Richmond, GMU, Northeastern, Boston U, Lehigh, HC, Wofford, Vermont, Siena, Canisius, Towson, Penn, RMU, MSM, etc Kolek commits to GMU.
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
09-18-19 09:08 AM - Post#287726
Interesting choice amongst that list of schools. |
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bisonmania Masters Student Posts 920 |
09-20-19 09:36 AM - Post#287769
Brewster to Boston U. |
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09-24-19 02:37 PM - Post#287869
GOOD NEWS/SAD NEWS Recruiting - good news coming Staff - Please extend your condolences to Coach Davis on the passing of his Dad last week. Not widely publicized as both are pretty private individuals. That said, the beauty of Bucknell is community and so our support and warmth is difficult not to extend. |
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09-25-19 06:56 PM - Post#287983
A Bison coach was at the Archbishop Wood open gym today. Wood, of course, is Andrew Funk's alma mater. They may have been looking at 6-0 junior PG Jaylen Stinson, who already has offers from Rider, Siena, Iona, Stony Brook, St. Peter's, Bing, and a few others. Also possibly scouting junior 6-5 SF Daeshon Shepherd, who was 2nd team all-state as a soph. He already has offers from GWU, La Salle, Temple, St. Bona, Towson, Hofstra, Siena, and a couple others.
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09-25-19 07:06 PM - Post#287984
We could certainly use a true PG in the 2021 class! |
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09-30-19 05:03 PM - Post#288101
- Poteat , Mylyjael 6-9 C (NC) ; BUCKNELL OFFER Jun-2019 > Northeastern, Boston, American, Lehigh, Rice, Wofford, Dartmouth, Brown, Radford, - same HS as Meeks; made unofficial visit in late August Poteat just committed to Rice. That is a good outcome, given that he clearly wasn't coming to Bucknell after the commitment of Screen. Boston U, American, and Lehigh were among the schools that didn't land him.
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10-03-19 08:37 PM - Post#288260
Offer to Caelan 'C.J.' Jones, a 6-5 wing from Los Angeles who will be doing a PG year at Vermont Academy after playing four years for Loyola in L.A. Has offers from Siena, Fairfield, Niagara, Sacred Heart, South Dakota, and Army - all in the past five weeks. At Loyola - which is a good program - he seems to have been a role player who shot a lot of threes. Went 52-146 (46%) from beyond the arc but almost never went to the line. He didn't have any offers when he finished his senior year before they started pouring in, so presumably he has shown a lot of recent improvement. Jones will make an official visit to Bucknell from September 12 through the 14th. He has picked up more offers, and now holds ones from Boston U, Vermont, Penn, Sacred Heart, Fairfield, Niagara, Siena, , Army, South Dakota, William and Mary, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Colgate. Jones committed to Boston U. This was basically a done deal for the past week, as KenZ had figured out. Joe Jones is a very good recruiter - and being in Boston is an enormous recruiting edge. Thankfully he is a poor coach.
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10-07-19 08:25 AM - Post#288352
Martindale to Holy Cross. Martindale's Worcester Academy teammate, Mike Rabinovich 6-9 F (no offer from Bucknell but had Lehigh, American, & Boston offers among others) committed to the Crusaders the next day. Doesn't appear we had serious interest in Martindale and the offer may not have been valid anymore |
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10-07-19 11:14 AM - Post#288357
It is nice to see HC getting players from their own backyard. Hopefully, this will help with attendance.
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10-07-19 02:02 PM - Post#288366
I am curious as to whom will fill the last scholarship. Verbal commits only shows Bucknell with a couple of kids with offers. |
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10-07-19 02:23 PM - Post#288370
I am curious as to whom will fill the last scholarship. Verbal commits only shows Bucknell with a couple of kids with offers. That's a good question. Of the three offers still outstanding, I don't think there is much of a chance of any ending up in Lewisburg. It's possible there will be a late offer and commitment, but that is becoming more unlikely each day. If nothing happens in the next few weeks, that means the scholarship will be carried over to the spring, a process that hasn't worked out real well in the past. One possibility - and one I'd like to see explored more - is to land a transfer. Langel has brought in almost ten quality players via the transfer route, despite having far less basketball tradition/success than Bucknell plus a much worse gym plus a location in the middle of the tundra. With a concerted effort, the Bison might be able to land a few transfers as well.
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Doktore K Masters Student Posts 473 |
10-07-19 02:37 PM - Post#288372
I give this suggestion a big Thumbs Up! And if we get a D2 or D3 player, they can play right away, correct? We should be exploring point guards for this possibility, not bigs. Also, re transfers, can the football team hop on that bus too? HELP WANTED sign is out and flashing.... |
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12-11-19 09:56 PM - Post#294515
Paul Harrison is recruiting in Florida. One player scouted was 6-5 wing AJ Staton-McCray of West Oak Academy. Has offers from DePaul, App State, IL State, Northeastern, UMKC, and LA Tech. https://twitter.com/WestOaksAcad/status/1 204924721...
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12-14-19 02:17 PM - Post#294640
Joe Meehan has been looking at some players in California. Yesterday he checked out 6-5 wing Jadon Jones of St. Anthony's (Long Beach). He has offers from Northern Arizona and Sacramento State.
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02-21-20 10:28 AM - Post#300920
New offer to 6-3 SG Josh Adoh. Adoh is a post-grad player at Combine Academy, a sports-oriented prep in Charlotte. He played his HS ball in the San Francisco area. Shot the three well there. Seems to be strong/stocky. Has one other D1 offer: South Carolina Upstate. Paul Harrison had been down there at least twice (early December and early February) to watch him play. Hopefully he has recently improved and the Bison are ahead of the curve. At this point, I don't really want any recruit who doesn't project as an above-average PL player. If the staff can't land a player who fits that mold, I'd much rather wait for a possible transfer. Bucknell in the scholarship era, btw, has brought in only four spring scholarship signees: Matt O'Reilly, Paul Newman, Walter Ellis, and Kahliel Spear.
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02-21-20 10:28 AM - Post#300921
New offer to 6-3 SG Josh Adoh. Adoh is a post-grad player at Combine Academy, a sports-oriented prep in Charlotte. He played his HS ball in the San Francisco area. Shot the three well there. Seems to be strong/stocky. Has one other D1 offer: South Carolina Upstate. Paul Harrison had been down there at least twice (early December and early February) to watch him play. Hopefully he has recently improved and the Bison are ahead of the curve. At this point, I don't really want any recruit who doesn't project as an above-average PL player. If the staff can't land a player who fits that mold, I'd much rather wait for a possible transfer. Bucknell in the scholarship era, btw, has brought in only four spring scholarship signees: Matt O'Reilly, Paul Newman, Walter Ellis, and Kahliel Spear.
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02-21-20 12:40 PM - Post#300943
With Deuce coming in primarily as a 2G I am surprised not trying to find a PG with the last scholarship. I feel there is a large need at the point. |
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02-21-20 01:01 PM - Post#300949
With Deuce coming in primarily as a 2G I am surprised not trying to find a PG with the last scholarship. I feel there is a large need at the point. Yes, the need is for a PG and for a SF. I mentioned in another post that Deuce has talked about preparing to play some PG at the next level, so possibly this is an indication that he really could see some time at that spot. It's hard to judge how he would do as a PG since Malvern Prep has a very good PG - and Deuce is their second tallest starter - so they have no reason to put him at the point.
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03-19-20 06:15 PM - Post#304900
New offer to 6-3 SG Josh Adoh. Adoh is a post-grad player at Combine Academy, a sports-oriented prep in Charlotte. He played his HS ball in the San Francisco area. Shot the three well there. Seems to be strong/stocky. Has one other D1 offer: South Carolina Upstate. Paul Harrison had been down there at least twice (early December and early February) to watch him play. Hopefully he has recently improved and the Bison are ahead of the curve. At this point, I don't really want any recruit who doesn't project as an above-average PL player. If the staff can't land a player who fits that mold, I'd much rather wait for a possible transfer. Bucknell in the scholarship era, btw, has brought in only four spring scholarship signees: Matt O'Reilly, Paul Newman, Walter Ellis, and Kahliel Spear. Adoh committed today. Still had only one other scholarship offer - South Carolina Upstate. Had no offers at the time he finished his four years of school in California. I hope he proves me wrong, but I am not excited by this commitment. I would have preferred that they use the final scholarship on a good transfer. Langel has brought in eight transfers who were all above-average PL players. For whatever reason, Adoh is apparently the only player they made an offer to since November.
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03-19-20 06:59 PM - Post#304902
Again seems like the bison had other areas that needed to be addressed. A true point guard or small forward. I tried to dig up some info on Adoh but not much out there. |
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03-19-20 07:08 PM - Post#304903
One site says he is 6-4. Am hoping that's accurate and that he can effectively play SF. Here is one article on him during his senior year in California: https://www.prephoops.com/2018/02/prospect-spot lig... Also a highlight video from this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-_9Eq3zyQ As in all highlight videos, he looks good. Fwiw, many articles indicate he is good from three-point range.
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03-19-20 07:14 PM - Post#304904
In his true senior year (2018-19), Adoh averaged 13.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 1.7 spg against good competition in California. Hit 43% (63-148) on threes and 49% on twos.
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
03-20-20 05:24 PM - Post#304942
Hell of welcome! Welcome to the Bison Family Josh! |
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JDBison2010 Masters Student Posts 763 |
04-16-20 08:55 AM - Post#306273
Graham Ike signed with Wyoming. Doesn't appear we have any outstanding offers for the class of 2020 so unless Spear returns or we get a late transfer, we won't be using our full allotment of scholarships this coming year |
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07-21-20 04:32 PM - Post#310598
Just took a look at the roster for next year and the Freshmen and Miles Latimer have all been added. Late addition to the Freshman class is Alek Delev from Bulgaria. While we have a scholarship available for next year, that would put us over the limit for the following year so he is likely a walk-on. Impressive bio as he is a member of MENSA https://bucknellbison.com/sports/mens-basketbal l/r... https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1 13&am... |
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07-21-20 05:49 PM - Post#310600
Late addition to the Freshman class is Alek Delev from Bulgaria. While we have a scholarship available for next year, that would put us over the limit for the following year so he is likely a walk-on. Impressive bio as he is a member of MENSA Thanks for that info. I see he is planning to major in civil engineering. His father appears to be an engineer in Sofia who is CEO of a real estate consulting and investment company. Btw, there are a ton of videos - highlights and complete games - available for Delev if anyone wants to do a bit of scouting. Many are from the spring of 2019, and he was playing a lot off the ball at that point. Team started four guards. Definitely needed some improvement at the defensive end. Menu of Delev Videos
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