Bison137
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09-28-17 04:12 PM - Post#233329
In response to jkrun80
Lehigh tied for 2nd last year and reached the championship game. That team underachieved and has graduated a fair amount of talent, as you say. But they also have added a fair amount:
- Guard Lance Tejada, a transfer from East Carolina who was highly recruited in HS (offers from Alabama, Miami, Florida State, Virginia, and a number of others). He did not play well at ECU, but potentially could be a strong PL player.
- JUCO transfer Ed Porter, a 6-7 PF who was also highly recruited in HS before schools backed off when he missed a year with a shoulder injury. Not that it means much, but he has a 3 star ESPN ranking.
- Caleb Bennett, a 6-5 wing who had offers from Northern Iowa, Buffalo, UTEP, ORU, and a number of others.
- Marques Wilson, a 6-4 wing who had offers from Iowa State, Bucknell, Evansville, Western IL, and others. (I suspect the Iowa State offer had been pulled for a long time prior to his commitment however.)
- James Karnik, a 6-9 center from Canada who picked up late offers from Canisius, Jacksonville, Northern Arizona, and a couple other mediocre programs.
Additionally they may get back two big men who have had to sit out since they got to LU due to various injuries:
- Caleb Sedore, a 6-11 center who had a Bison offer a couple of years ago. He has missed two years with two different ACL tears and is future is questionable.
- Jack Lieb, a 6-10 center who missed his freshman year and apparently is out again with related medical issues. Had offers from Loyola (IL), IL State, Siena, Niagara, Boston U, Lafayette, App. State, and a few others.
Adding the above to returnees: All-PL PG Kahron Ross, who had already made All-PL three times; All-PL candidate Kyle Leufroy; and two very good sophs (Pat Andree and Jordan Cohen) gives LU a lot of talent - the second most in the league imo IF they are healthy. But then add in the Brett Reed factor - which is why I drop them to 4th. That intangible was a factor last year as well, so things are equivalent between 2017 and 2018 on the coaching front.
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