JDBison2010
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Bison Recruits 2018
04-06-18 02:06 PM - Post#254876
In response to Bison137
At long last, some more offers -
- Kahliel Spear, a 6-7 forward from Texas. Has offers from Milwaukee, Fresno State, and Arkansas State. Had all of those offers last summer but opted not to sign.
- David Nzekwesi 6-9 PF/C. Originally from the Netherlands but now plays in Texas. Offers from Rice, William & Mary, Hofstra, Air Force, Fresno State, Canisius, Lehigh, Lafayette, Fresno, Texas State, North Texas, SFA, ORU, Boise State, Denver, Mercer, etc.
- Walter Ellis 6-5 SG/SF from Indiana, now playing at Brewster Academy (NH). Offers from Cal, Ball State, Indiana State, Valpo, AU, LC, UNCG, Fort Wayne, IUPUI.
As stated earlier, Nzekwesi is off the board to Denver.
Spear and Ellis are both on campus this weekend
https://twitter.com/AlJohnsonSports/statu s/9823162...
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bisonmania
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04-06-18 08:38 PM - Post#254888
In response to JDBison2010
I am happy to see that a couple players are heading to bucknell for a visit. But I am very concerned that neither are post players.
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bisonmania
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04-08-18 07:47 PM - Post#254933
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I was hoping there would be news of a verbal commit from one of the recruits but nothing to this point. Anyone else nervous?
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Bison137
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04-08-18 08:07 PM - Post#254936
In response to bisonmania
Not nervous yet. Commitments almost never come when the player is still on campus. If we don't hear anything by later in the week, I will be very nervous.
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atlantabison
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04-09-18 09:41 AM - Post#254950
In response to bisonmania
I was hoping there would be news of a verbal commit from one of the recruits but nothing to this point. Anyone else nervous?
Patience, wait a couple hours. Literally.
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Doktore K
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04-09-18 02:35 PM - Post#254968
In response to atlantabison
Do we have our aim on Spear too? What are the possibilities?
Looks like he is 6-7 and plays a different position than Ellis, perhaps a 4 and not a 3 in the PL.
Any insights with the Spear visit??
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Bison137
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04-09-18 04:20 PM - Post#254976
In response to Doktore K
I was thinking the same thing myself. Spear, as you say, doesn't play the same position - but he clearly is not a center. However if the coaching staff feels they have washed out on finding a true post player for this year's class, then they might take him on. No real need to carry over a scholarship since they will have three or four available for next year - depending on whether Sestina returns for a fifth year.
I am still hoping that there is some mystery foreigner - or even a big man transfer - that we haven't heard about.
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HuskyColonial
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04-09-18 08:36 PM - Post#254989
In response to Bison137
Spear looks like a very talented guy. Big men don’t grow on trees and we’ve been blessed.
Can Newman improve? He seems very one dimensional.
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MrPhillie
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04-09-18 10:18 PM - Post#254993
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I do not profess to know Paul personally, but he doesn’t outwardly appear to have much fire. He seems very content. I’d like to see him really get after it.
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KenZ
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04-12-18 09:45 AM - Post#255137
In response to MrPhillie
Lovisolo, a big who made an unofficial to Bucknell but never got an offer, has committed to Holy Cross. will be interestiing to see how this turns out over the years.
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Bison137
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Bison Recruits 2018
04-12-18 10:12 AM - Post#255142
In response to KenZ
Lovisolo, a big who made an unofficial to Bucknell but never got an offer, has committed to Holy Cross. will be interestiing to see how this turns out over the years.
Yes, it will be interesting - but I don't think this was a miss on the part of Bucknell. Despite being a 5th year player, he had no scholarship offers - and I think he could be a walk-on at HC. Further, he did not make the 9-man All-MAPL team and didn't even get an honorable mention. That is a fairly strong league but it only consists of six teams. If he were a good D1 prospect, you'd expect him to at least get honorable mention. Looks like he averaged about 9-10 ppg, with much of it coming on threes.
It is possible he will develop and gain some weight/strength. In that case, he may help HC in a couple of years.
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KenZ
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04-12-18 10:56 AM - Post#255146
In response to Bison137
oh i agree, as i said on the Spear signing thread, while we had an obvious need for a big man, none of the candidates we saw connected with us including Lovisolo seemed like a better use of the scholarship. the situation is simply made more interesting and the impact magnified due to his joining another league team. given how much success in the PL is about ongoing development, thing certainly can change.
and, of course, when i call them incredibly wrong, as i did when i didn't think we had missed out on much when we lost out on Rossiter to Siena, i can count on you to oull out my post to remind me how little i know 
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Bison89
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04-12-18 02:29 PM - Post#255171
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Lovisolo, a big who made an unofficial to Bucknell but never got an offer, has committed to Holy Cross. will be interestiing to see how this turns out over the years.
Can anybody read this article? It is "premium" content.
https://njhoops.rivals.com/news/lovisolo-makes-c ol...
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Bison137
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Bison Recruits 2018
04-12-18 02:48 PM - Post#255172
In response to KenZ
and, of course, when i call them incredibly wrong, as i did when i didn't think we had missed out on much when we lost out on Rossiter to Siena, i can count on you to oull out my post to remind me how little i know
I think you're the only one who still remembers your Rossiter prediction. 
However, there's no comparison between Rossiter and Lovisolo. Looking back at one site, Rossiter reportedly had offers from Providence, Siena, Towson, Buffalo, Manhattan, Quinnipiac, and several others. Compare that to no offers for Lovisolo. I can't remember the commitment timeframe, but I know Rossiter was in the same class as Todd O'Brien, so it was one or the other. At the time, O'Brien was regarded as the better prospect. In fact he actually had a somewhat better freshman year than did Rossiter. But then things diverged.
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HoleinOne
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04-13-18 10:54 AM - Post#255214
In response to KenZ
What is current status of open scholarships? Was asking in hopes there is a transfer 6'9" or over who wanted to enjoy Lewisburg.
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Bison137
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04-13-18 11:04 AM - Post#255217
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What is current status of open scholarships? Was asking in hopes there is a transfer 6'9" or over who wanted to enjoy Lewisburg.
No scholarships left.
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Bison89
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04-13-18 11:56 AM - Post#255227
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You never know. One of our recruits could still be growing. David Robinson grew several inches in college.
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JDBison2010
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Re: Bison Recruits 2018
05-10-18 06:42 AM - Post#256634
In response to JDBison2010
Not that it would help us out in the size department but Nelly Cummings is transferring from BGSU. Had an offer from Bucknell but doubt he'd be interested in joining the multitude of guards on the roster
FWIW, we were one of his finalists along with Temple, Brown, Dartmouth and High Point
Nelly Cummings to Colgate. Sit 1 play 3
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Bison137
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05-10-18 09:46 AM - Post#256648
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It has been looking like Matt Langel have a big problem at Colgate after this year in terms of number of quality players. He had one great soph this past year and one very good freshman - but seemingly not much other talent in his two younger classes. Hard to win with two players.
This addition should help them, although it's unclear as to how much. Cummings had an OK freshman year for a mediocre Bowling Green team - but shot poorly. He averaged about 16 mpg through January 23rd and then played sparingly the last six weeks. Fwiw, it took eight weeks for him to find a landing spot since he announced he was leaving BG.
Langel has been quite successful recruiting transfers to CU - which has balanced out his inability to get enough quality freshmen. Without the transfers, CU likely would have been the league's worst team during his tenure. The transfers include Murphy Burnatowski (Maine), Damon Sherman-Newsome (juco), Ethan Jacobs (Ohio U), Austin Tillotson (Monmouth), Jordan Swopshire (Bradley), and Tom Rivard (JMU). All of them started and five made some level of All-PL.
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KenZ
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05-22-18 10:40 AM - Post#257089
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i see Colgate has picked up another transfer, 6-9 Rapolas Ivanauskas, from Northwestern. he played a total of 11 minutes over three games as a redshirt freshman for them this year. assume this means he will have only two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out next year. was a highly ranked high school prospect, top 100 by one of the services.
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