TheLine
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09-20-17 08:14 PM - Post#233074
In response to mrjames
FWIW, I think Penn lands Mike Wang. So, there's that.
Can't be right. He's from more than 100 miles outside Philly.
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SomeGuy
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09-20-17 10:02 PM - Post#233076
In response to mrjames
Mike, do you know if we(Penn) offered Ellis? Somebody said so on the Columbia board. That would be news to me, and bad news.
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91Quake
PhD Student
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09-20-17 10:04 PM - Post#233077
In response to SomeGuy
Chuck Hannah to Elon.
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Mike Porter
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09-21-17 03:31 AM - Post#233080
In response to 91Quake
Mike Wang is an interesting prospect especially in Donahue mold of stretch 4 - 6'8" with a nice looking 3 point form with quick release. Would be a very nice pickup.
Sure hope Mike's wrong about Matt Cotton as that would be a real disappointment and especially bad considering how long Penn pursued him and since Yale only offered like a month ago.
What Penn can't afford is a total whiff of a class. That would be devastating to the chances of trying to get to higher level of HYP at the moment.
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
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09-21-17 08:36 AM - Post#233084
In response to Mike Porter
Sure hope Mike's wrong about Matt Cotton as that would be a real disappointment and especially bad considering how long Penn pursued him and since Yale only offered like a month ago.
Maybe his cousin Armani has been talking to him. (NB: I have no idea if Armani and Matt are related. I just love the name Armani Cotton.)
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SRP
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09-21-17 02:21 PM - Post#233109
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
Cheer up. Harvard is using a former Penn and Columbia investment manager to try to get its mammoth endowment on track after underperforming since the 2008 crisis. It might take a while--there is "inertia" in the portfolio, apparently. Another twenty years of underperformance and we'll all be nearly caught up!
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/20/hmc -20...
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TheLine
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09-21-17 03:12 PM - Post#233110
In response to SRP
Not going to happen in my lifetime.
Harvard is an amazing bargain even with that underperformance. My niece is a Senior at Harvard. My brother pays way less for a year at Harvard than a year at the university my other niece attends.
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Silver Maple
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09-21-17 03:35 PM - Post#233112
In response to TheLine
I once heard Leon Botstein describe Harvard as "a very large bank with a small education business attached."
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Mike Porter
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09-21-17 08:36 PM - Post#233123
In response to Silver Maple
FYI per a respected St. Joes poster who knows Matt Cotton personally:
"Matt is down to Harvard, Yale and Penn..."
He posted this in St. Joe's board as St. Joe's really wanted Cotton.
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rbg
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09-24-17 09:53 PM - Post#233191
In response to Mike Porter
A Philly Sports Network interview with Trey Wertz from earlier today and a 9/1 interview with hsbasketballbr.
http://phillysportsnetwor k.com/2017/09/24/sg/
https://hsbasketballbr.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/in...
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mrjames
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09-25-17 08:04 AM - Post#233195
In response to rbg
Yeah... I don't see Trey Wertz going Ivy, folks.
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PennFan10
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09-25-17 10:57 AM - Post#233201
In response to mrjames
His answers in this QA don't give off the feeling he is warm and fuzzy about Ivy or Big 5 (Temple).
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Mike Porter
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2018 recruiting
09-25-17 09:01 PM - Post#233230
In response to PennFan10
Isaiah Kelly has committed to Yale on Twitter. "Upon admission" he will be continuing his education at Yale.
We offered last year but seems we haven't been involved for a long time.
Still, worth noting as another one off the board.
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
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Re: 2018 recruiting
09-26-17 08:52 AM - Post#233233
In response to Mike Porter
Geez.
What's the last recruiting battle we won against Yale or Harvard?
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rbg
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09-26-17 09:07 AM - Post#233235
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
With the commitments of Ellis and Kelly, here is the updated VC Ivy League 2018 scorecard:
Brown (3) - 2 Star PG (Thomas Shaughnessy), 2 Star SG (David Mitchell), 2 Star PF (Jaylan Gainey)
Columbia (2) - 2.3 Star SG (Make Ellis), 3 Star PF (Ike Nweke)
Cornell (0) - none
Dartmouth (2) - 2.5 Star PG (Taurus Samuels), 3 Star SG (Wes Slajchert)
Harvard (2) - 3.5 Star PG (Spencer Freedman), 2 Star SF (Kale Catchings)
Penn (0) - none
Princeton (3) - 3.5 Star PG (Jaelin Llewellyn), 2 Star PG (Ethan Wright), 2 Star SF (Drew Friberg)
Yale (4) - 2 Star PG (Eze Dike-Nwagbara), 2 Star SG (Michael Feinberg), 3 Star SF (Isaiah Kelly)
, 2 Star C (Jake Lanford)
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Jeff2sf
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09-26-17 09:38 AM - Post#233238
In response to rbg
Yale (4) - 2 Star PG (Eze Dike-Nwagbara), 2 Star SG (Michael Feinberg), 3 Star SF (Isaiah Kelly)
, 2 Star C (Jake Lanford)
dear Matt and Yale,
You don't need each other.
Stop.
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Jeff2sf
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09-26-17 09:38 AM - Post#233239
In response to rbg
Yale (4) - 2 Star PG (Eze Dike-Nwagbara), 2 Star SG (Michael Feinberg), 3 Star SF (Isaiah Kelly)
, 2 Star C (Jake Lanford)
dear Matt and Yale,
You don't need each other.
Stop.
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The Pine
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09-26-17 11:11 AM - Post#233246
In response to Jeff2sf
I wonder how much Donahue spent to whiff on recruits?
Bad
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Mike Porter
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09-27-17 06:57 PM - Post#233274
In response to The Pine
I'm guessing the Noah Kirkwood commitment, that leaves Yale and Penn as options for Matt Cotton.
Isaiah Kelly who committed to Yale is also a big wing, Cotton could slide to SG potentially, but seems like muddier waters for him.
Not to overstate the obvious, but Penn needs to make this happen.
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mrjames
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09-29-17 08:33 AM - Post#233352
In response to Mike Porter
Yeah, Harvard needs bigs. Can't imagine taking four guards in this class makes any sense for Harvard. Especially given the caliber of the ones they already have in the class.
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