AsiaSunset
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12-20-17 08:26 AM - Post#240720
Some tweets from last night re Mater Dei which features Penn recruit Michael Wang and Harvard recruit Spence Freedman
Final Mater Dei comes back to down Mountain Brook 62-61 behind 6'10" Sr. Michael Wang (Penn) / 6'6" Sr. Harrison Butler w/14pts each 6'1" Sr. Spencer Friedman (Harvard) w/13pts & 6'6" Sr. Reagan Lundeen w/12pts in the win
Spencer Freedman 13 pts (5-9) made all key plays.
Michael Wang 14 pts (6-9) 3 Assists.
Reagan Lundeen 12 pts (5-7)
Harrison Butler 14 pts (3-3 from 3)
@MaterDeiHoops will play University tomorrow in quarterfinals at 2:30
Mountain Brook 61
Mater Dei 62
Final
📊Leading Scorers
Mater Dei(CA):
Michael Wang 14 pts
Spencer Freedman 13 pts
Reagan Lundeen 12 pts
Harrison Butler 14 pts
Mountain Brook(AL):
Trendon Watford 31 pts
Lior Berman 10 pts
FINAL:
Mater Dei 62, Mountain Brook 61
leaders
Harrison Butler 14
Michael Wang 14
Michael Wang hits fallaway jumper and the foul. HUGE.
Mater Dei up 61-56. 2:20 left.
2018 6’6†F Reagan Lundeen, 2018 6’10†Michael Wang and 2018 6’1†Spencer Freedman all of Mater Dei are playing hard out here. Tough players. CityOfPalmsBKB trigonis30 MaterDeiHoops
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91Quake
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12-20-17 01:40 PM - Post#240774
In response to AsiaSunset
From Eric Bossi at rivals.com:
Also ticketed to play in the Ivy League, at Penn, Wang is a skilled big man who can shoot and has gotten much tougher. It's easy to see him as a five man who spreads the floor and creates space for drivers and cutters with his shooting and passing.
Penn also had an assistant there.
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weinhauers_ghost
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12-20-17 02:19 PM - Post#240784
In response to 91Quake
I like the sound of "has gotten much tougher".
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AsiaSunset
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12-20-17 02:40 PM - Post#240790
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Mater Dei's 7'3" center transferred out so MW will need to play more in the post this year than in prior years.
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yoyo
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12-20-17 02:49 PM - Post#240793
In response to AsiaSunset
a 6'10 kid who can light it up from the outside. Sounds like Stevey D has found his Jeff Foote.
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mrjames
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12-20-17 03:00 PM - Post#240797
In response to yoyo
Ummmmm.... let's not go crazy, folks...
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91Quake
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12-20-17 03:21 PM - Post#240799
In response to mrjames
No one's going crazy. But he may be another nice piece.
Not sure the Jeff Foote comps are all that meaningful either.
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Cvonvorys
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12-20-17 04:43 PM - Post#240821
In response to yoyo
a 6'10 kid who can light it up from the outside. Sounds like Stevey D has found his Jeff Foote.
Or maybe Stevey D has found his Stevey D (i.e., Steve Danley)!
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
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12-20-17 04:51 PM - Post#240825
In response to Cvonvorys
a 6'10 kid who can light it up from the outside. Sounds like Stevey D has found his Jeff Foote.
Or maybe Stevey D has found his Stevey D (i.e., Steve Danley)!
Or his Jan Fikiel.
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SteveDanley
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12-20-17 05:38 PM - Post#240835
In response to Cvonvorys
a 6'10 kid who can light it up from the outside. Sounds like Stevey D has found his Jeff Foote.
Or maybe Stevey D has found his Stevey D (i.e., Steve Danley)!
I'm sure he shoots it better than I did when I first got on campus. Coach Duke used to say "you could lock Steve alone in the gym with the ball, come back the next morning and he still wouldn't have scored."
Jan could shoot the ball though. There were definitely some times during both preseasons we shared that we thought he was going to break out. Never quite showed it all in games (though, he hit some big ones in that Princeton comeback). But there were days in practice when he was the best big on the court.
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Quakers03
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12-20-17 10:11 PM - Post#240865
In response to mrjames
Ummmmm.... let's not go crazy, folks...
Do you do this on other boards too, or only here?
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Streamers
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12-20-17 10:50 PM - Post#240869
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
a 6'10 kid who can light it up from the outside. Sounds like Stevey D has found his Jeff Foote.
Or maybe Stevey D has found his Stevey D (i.e., Steve Danley)!
Or his Jan Fikiel.
Nicely played sir!
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SomeGuy
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12-21-17 01:05 AM - Post#240876
In response to 91Quake
Yes, I don't really get that. Foote didn't exactly light it up from outside.
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tguru
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12-21-17 04:30 AM - Post#240881
In response to SteveDanley
a 6'10 kid who can light it up from the outside. Sounds like Stevey D has found his Jeff Foote.
Or maybe Stevey D has found his Stevey D (i.e., Steve Danley)!
I'm sure he shoots it better than I did when I first got on campus. Coach Duke used to say "you could lock Steve alone in the gym with the ball, come back the next morning and he still wouldn't have scored."
Jan could shoot the ball though. There were definitely some times during both preseasons we shared that we thought he was going to break out. Never quite showed it all in games (though, he hit some big ones in that Princeton comeback). But there were days in practice when he was the best big on the court.
Sounds like the Dave I knew.
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91Quake
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12-21-17 05:58 AM - Post#240882
In response to tguru
More from Rivals on Wednesday games:
And Freedman is the Rivals150 senior referred to below.
Alongside the Rivals150 senior is Michael Wang
, a multi-dimensional power forward that can shoot, dribble and rebound. A polished half-court weapon that didn’t miss a shot during his team’s 44-point first half outburst, Wang should thrive within the Ivy League. Imagining the Mater Dei product alongside all-league member AJ Brodeur
should only bolster the Penn’s chances of moving up within the conference’s pecking order under Steve Donahue’s watch.
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AsiaSunset
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Re: City of Palms
12-21-17 06:50 AM - Post#240883
In response to 91Quake
13-15 from the floor and 28 points in Mater Dei's double OT loss. !3-15 included 3-5 from the 3 point line.
"Michael Wang, PF, Mater Dei – Headed to Penn next year, Wang looks like a potential impact player in the Ivy League. He was an extremely efficient 12-15 from the floor and finished with 28 points and four assists. Wang has a good shooting stroke and is getting better attacking with the dribble. With his ability to stretch the floor he should be a tough matchup for most Ivy League bigs.
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Charlie Fog
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12-21-17 07:12 AM - Post#240884
In response to Quakers03
in fairness, his board is looking a little barren these days.
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mrjames
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12-21-17 08:57 AM - Post#240887
In response to Quakers03
I try to provide context everywhere I can.
From a prioritization perspective, the prizes in the Ivy this year were Jaelin, Freedman and Noah. A full step beyond that would be guys like Taurus Samuels and Mason Forbes. Then, there are a bunch that are all - depends on who you talk to, mostly positive to mostly negative, but all guys that are expected to have an impact in the rotation at some point in their Ivy careers. Wang is somewhere in that group.
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TheLine
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12-21-17 10:10 AM - Post#240895
In response to mrjames
While there may be better 'prizes' in this recruiting class, Wang fits Penn's system and fills an immediate need. So there's that.
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PennFan10
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12-21-17 10:44 AM - Post#240898
In response to mrjames
I try to provide context everywhere I can.
From a prioritization perspective, the prizes in the Ivy this year were Jaelin, Freedman and Noah. A full step beyond that would be guys like Taurus Samuels and Mason Forbes. Then, there are a bunch that are all - depends on who you talk to, mostly positive to mostly negative, but all guys that are expected to have an impact in the rotation at some point in their Ivy careers. Wang is somewhere in that group.
Thanks Mr J. I would ask where in your grouping was Ryan Betley? I am pretty sure there is a long list of IL recruits in his class that were considered to have an impact in the league long before he would have had and right now he has to be considered in a pretty exclusive group in a very strong class. I realize this is just one example and I don't put a lot of value in my own cherry picking I do recognize the value of a recruit that fits into a program and coaches that recognize that fit early.
I think Mike Wang was a pretty high priority for the Penn Coaches from the beginning and they are quite pleased with his commitment. I don't know if he will be a star in year 1 but to say he was anything other than a top target for Penn would be inaccurate.
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