HARVARDDADGRAD
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12-11-18 03:26 PM - Post#268597
ESPN just wrote about the rising players of certain pro prospects and called out Miye Oni as moving up to #57 (from #80).
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tkapiko
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Re: Miye Oni 12-11-18 05:02 PM - Post#268603
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Wow. The Ivy League is finally getting some respect. He sure is looking better this season already. He fits the NBA type of game better than anyone in the IL. He was phenomenal against Miami and started well against Duke before getting in foul trouble. Maybe his exposure will make IL games "must watch" TV. Any other IL players on the list?
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rbg
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01-08-19 09:30 AM - Post#271751
In response to tkapiko
Oni is at #52 overall and #10 SG on the ESPN draft board.
Here are some recent articles highlighting his entry to Yale and his pro prospects:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/201 9/01/0...
https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/05/former-vie wpo...
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PennFan10
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01-08-19 12:40 PM - Post#271767
In response to rbg
Great articles. It obviously highlights the fact that there are still some huge inefficiencies in the recruiting process, often due to differing timelines of how players develop.
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tkapiko
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Miye Oni 01-08-19 03:28 PM - Post#271780
In response to rbg
Wow. I see him at #47 on the 2019 Draft Board:
http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/i d/2570036...
PennFan10, I agree on the inefficiencies. We also have to give credit to James Jones for Oni's recruitment when he was an unknown commodity and developing him. I cannot imagine what Williams College (currently ranked #2) would have become had he stayed D3. The Ivy League is finally getting some respect at the next level.
Edited by tkapiko on 01-08-19 03:33 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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PennFan10
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01-08-19 04:28 PM - Post#271787
In response to tkapiko
Actually you gotta give credit to Matt Kingsley who found Miye. He is another example of a high quality Ivy assistant who rarely gets noticed and makes his HC look really good.
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tkapiko
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01-08-19 05:49 PM - Post#271797
In response to PennFan10
True. As the article stated, he contacted Oni's dad to setup a visit. It's impressive how the coaching staff was able to convince his family after just over an hour of unofficial visit. What a perfect fit for both sides.
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SRP
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01-08-19 05:55 PM - Post#271799
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"But Division III schools can't offer scholarships and Oni and his family soon decided they needed more financial aid than Williams could offer.
"The tuition for Williams was over $60,000 and they weren't really giving us that much help on it," Oni recalled. "So my family literally could not pay." Oni's parents, Oludotun and Opeyemi, are Nigerian. His father is a Professor at University of Phoenix and also an engineer. (Miye's full name is Olumiye.)
The financial aid people at Williams suggested, somewhat sarcastically Oni thought, that his family consider the Ivy League because those schools are obviously strong academically but can also offer better financial aid packages."
You have to love the burn there, given how it turned out. Take that, Williams. Also shows the importance of endowments and their impact on financial aid in Ivy recruiting.
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mountainred
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01-09-19 11:38 AM - Post#271837
In response to SRP
From the Forbes article: "Oni even attended Elite Camps at Stanford, Cornell and Penn. He really wanted to attend Cornell because his older sister, Oluwatoniloba, went to school there, 'but the coaches never recruited me.'"
{heavy sigh}
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SRP
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01-09-19 01:52 PM - Post#271847
In response to mountainred
Yeah, didn't want to rub that in.
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mountainred
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Miye Oni 01-09-19 04:07 PM - Post#271857
In response to SRP
Yeah, didn't want to rub that in.
Thanks. You'd think there would have been room for him in the class of Bathurst, Abdur-Ra'oof, Pat Smith and Kyle Brown. Props to Yale.
{even deeper sigh}
Edited by mountainred on 01-09-19 04:14 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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tkapiko
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Re: Miye Oni 01-09-19 06:45 PM - Post#271874
In response to mountainred
Morgan + Oni would have been nice!
Edited by tkapiko on 01-09-19 06:45 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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bradley
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Re: Miye Oni 01-22-19 10:56 PM - Post#273377
In response to tkapiko
Makai Mason, Oni's predecessor, leads the Baylor Bears (12-6) in minutes per game (32), scoring average (15.7) after scoring 29 points last night in a win against West Virginia University. He is the same height but has bulked up and he has Baylor on a really good recent run. Baylor Coach Scott Drew watched him burn Baylor at the Big Dance several years ago and wanted him on his team.
IL would have been different if he had played last year in all likelihood. He is a very talented and smart player.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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01-22-19 11:46 PM - Post#273379
In response to bradley
There is no question in my mind that if Yale had Bruner and Mason healthy last year that the Eli's would likely have won the regular season. Tournament - with HCA - is always more complicated but Yale would have been the favorite.
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PennFan10
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01-23-19 11:23 AM - Post#273383
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
It's all speculation but I think with Bruner and Mason Yale would have competed for the IL. To say "no question" they would have won is a stretch. Those two are great players but adding them would not have created some sort of massive separation from Harvard and Penn.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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01-23-19 01:04 PM - Post#273391
In response to PennFan10
We differ. A healthy Mason would possibly have been POY and Bruner DOY.
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PennFan10
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Miye Oni 01-23-19 02:00 PM - Post#273394
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Well, a healthy Towns was POY and Bell DPOY. You really think Yale would have been head and shoulders better than Harvard last year with Bruner and Mason? We can differ all you want but we have to agree its speculation at best.
Edited by PennFan10 on 01-23-19 02:04 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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01-23-19 02:32 PM - Post#273397
In response to PennFan10
Not ‘head and shoulders’, but I would make Yale the favorite. The combination of healthy Mason and Bruner are game changers IMHO.
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PennFan10
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01-23-19 03:32 PM - Post#273406
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
I agree they are game changers. Y There's a big difference between calling them the favorite with those two and saying there is "no question" they would win the IL. That means there would have been clear separation from all others in the IL. Harvard was the clear favorite last year after Bruner and Mason were ruled out. All I did was say that I think there were 2 other teams that would have contended with Yale. I think that's a fairer statement.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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01-23-19 04:42 PM - Post#273408
In response to PennFan10
I guess I was thinking of Harvard without Bryce
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