ericatbucknell
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Re: 2007 recruits...
09-26-06 06:54 PM - Post#19121
In response to KenZ
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any info on Slaon other than we are on a long list with a mix of majors and mid-majors. he appears to be another high caliber prospect. top 25 in Texas, not too shabby.
interestingly, sloan didnt make the texas top 25 list; the wrong article is linked. he is ranked 33rd, however, which is still quite strong (the pl commits out of texas in 2006 were ranked 49, 50, 69, 72, 86, 100, 107, 129).
i dont have too much info on sloan other than that he seems intent at the moment to wait until the spring signing period in hopes that he will land a high-major offer. his game appears to be solid; the scouting report i read had nothing negative to say other than that he needs to add strength, praising his low-post game, ability to get to the line, 12 foot range, solid passing ability, aggresive rebounding, solid defense and high basketball iq. within the pl, both lafayette and navy have offered.
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Re: 2007 recruits...
09-26-06 10:42 PM - Post#19122
In response to ericatbucknell
Here's another tidbit on Griffin's visits.
http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=215&p=2&c=573027
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ericatbucknell
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-12-06 11:20 PM - Post#19123
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
now that the griffin news is official, its time for a matrix update. a few newly discovered (and likely irrelevant) names and updated commits:
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COMMITS: Hoop Scoop
G.W. Boon Bucknell 372
Todd O'Brien Bucknell 300
Darryl Shazier Bucknell 316
OFFERS:
Scott Saunders 461
Gary Wallace, Jr.
RECRUITS:
Joey Accaoui 868
Brett Burrier
Josh Collins
Garrett Fiddler
B.J. Frazier 230
Teddy Greissing
Conner Hartley
Nick Hendra 496
Thomas Kopko Prep99
Darryl Lampley
Cardell McFarland 705
Kareem Nitoto 584
Keith Olsen 668
Jonathan Sloan 637
Ryan Sterling 499
Darien Tompkins
Scottie Trueblood
Brian Wannamaker 610
Garrett Williams
COMMITS ELSEWHERE:
Orlando Allen Paris (TX) JC
Andrew Beinert Holy Cross 229
Aaron Bond Davidson 351
Zach Crimmins Columbia 376
Noah Dahlman Wofford 673
Jimmer Fredette BYU 704
Matthew Friday Samford
Kyle Griffin LaSalle Prep76
Robert Kreps Illinois-Chi 843
Caleb Patterson Colorado 402
Ryan Rossiter Siena 778
Kendall Wallace UNLV 272
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KenZ
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-14-06 10:36 AM - Post#19124
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Hendra has verballed to American:
http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=47&p=2&c=579099
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Bison137
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-14-06 11:18 AM - Post#19125
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Hendra has verballed to American:
http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=47&p=2&c=579099
With American "graduating" four starters, plus their sixth man and another senior, I have been surprised not to hear of more American verbals. Jones is in great position to offer instant playing time to anyone who is any good. Maybe he has involvement with players who aren't talking to Scout/Rivals/etc. I still would not be surprised to see them bring in a juco or two.
BTW, with six seniors leaving, if American produces the same graduation rate as in the latest NCAA survey, only one of these six will will ever earn a diploma. Hopefully that problem is mostly fixed.
Hendra trivia for the over 40's on this board. His father, Tony Hendra, played the role of the band's manager in "This is Spinal Tap" and was involved heavily in National Lampoon. He has also written a couple of books that have done well.
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ericatbucknell
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-14-06 03:24 PM - Post#19126
In response to Bison137
jeff jones has certainly been active this offseason, but has found himself in the unenviable position of having struck out with nearly all of his 'top' recruits: sal abdo, jamar abrams, evan fjeld, jerai grant, max groebe, vlad moldeneavo, todd obrien, sei paye, jeff peterson, daniel watts, mike williams and andrew zimmerman (to name a few).
hopefully he can land a few more of his 'bigger' names before spring. im not sure i trust him to maintain pl academic standards when its crunch time.
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-14-06 06:30 PM - Post#19127
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im not sure i trust him to maintain pl academic standards when its crunch time.
I'm not sure I trust him to maintain PL academic standards even when its not crunch time! . 
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ericatbucknell
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-16-06 10:56 AM - Post#19128
In response to Bison137
a few more updates:
b.j. frazier has given a 'soft' verbal to western kentucky:
http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=44721
jonathan sloan to texas st.:
http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=47321
and a 'new' name...
jeremy thomas, 6'6" combo forward from jonesboro, arkansas:
http://www.geocities.com/classof07rankings/my_page.html
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-16-06 01:37 PM - Post#19129
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and a 'new' name...
jeremy thomas, 6'6" combo forward from jonesboro, arkansas:
http://www.geocities.com/classof07rankings/my_page.html
Eric, I see that Hoopscoop has a Jeremy Thomas ranked at #419 in their June rankings, but that Thomas is from North Carolina. Did you see something that confirms that "our" Thomas is the one from Jonesboro or are you inferring it from his list of schools? Or is it possible that Hoopscoop has screwed up his town and high school? (I list this as a possibility because I can't find any other info about the North Carolina Thomas.)
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ericatbucknell
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Re: 2007 recruits...
10-18-06 09:12 PM - Post#19130
In response to Bison137
...ahh, sorry. this has been the official 'decide where eric is going to grad school' week. and since making decisions is not something at which i excel, its been a long week.
anyway, im pretty sure theres only one jeremy thomas, and he is indeed from jonesboro, at least per the rankings page on the site i posted. the height listed on that site (and hoopscoop) matches the thomas who was first-team all state in arkansas last year... so i think its more than safe to assume.
and in the news, keith olsen has verballed to northern arizona. that leaves fiddler and saunders as the only 'bigs' left on the board.
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Bison Recruit Chooses Notre Dame
10-30-06 04:17 PM - Post#19131
In response to ericatbucknell
Thanks to Purplehaze on the Holy Cross board for spotting this one. The Bison were one of a group of finalists who lost out to Notre Dame on forward Tim Abromaitis.
http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-abromaitis1027.artoct27,0,3301085.story
This demonstrates that Pat is still looking for another player and also that there are many Bison recruits who don't show up on Scout or Rivals. Abromaitis' interest in Bucknell now shows up on Rivals but I don't think it did until very recently, possibly after he verbaled to ND.
P.S. You'll have to cut and paste the link - not sure why some of it is being cut off when it's pasted in.
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Re: Bison Recruit Chooses Notre Dame
12-04-06 07:43 PM - Post#19132
In response to Bison137
a few general updates:
Code:
SIGNED:
G.W. Boon Bucknell
Todd O'Brien Bucknell
Darryl Shazier Bucknell
OFFERED:
Gary Wallace, Jr.
INTERESTED:
Joey Accaoui
Pete Bamos
Brett Burrier
Josh Collins
Teddy Greissing
Conner Hartley
Thomas Kopko
Darryl Lampley
Cardell McFarland
Ryan Sterling
Desmond Thomas
Jeremy Thomas
Darien Tompkins
Scottie Trueblood
Brian Wannamaker
Donte Wooten
SIGNED ELSEWHERE:
Tim Abromaitis Notre Dame
Orlando Allen Paris (TX) JC
Andrew Beinert Holy Cross
Aaron Bond Davidson
Zach Crimmins Columbia
Noah Dahlman Wofford
Garrett Fiddler Yale
B.J. Frazier Western Kentucky (Soft)
Jimmer Fredette BYU
Matthew Friday Samford
Kyle Griffin LaSalle
Nick Hendra American
Blake Hoffarber Minnesota
Robert Kreps Illinois-Chicago
Kareem Nitoto St. Mary's
Keith Olsen Northern Arizona
Caleb Patterson Colorado
Ryan Rossiter Siena
Scott Saunders Rice
Jonathan Sloan Texas St.
Kyle Thomas Loyola-Illinois
Kendall Wallace UNLV
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Re: Bison Recruit Chooses Notre Dame
05-02-07 07:20 PM - Post#19133
In response to ericatbucknell
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a few general updates:
Code:
SIGNED:
G.W. Boon Bucknell
Todd O'Brien Bucknell
Darryl Shazier Bucknell
OFFERED:
Gary Wallace, Jr.
INTERESTED:
Joey Accaoui
Pete Bamos
Brett Burrier
Josh Collins
Teddy Greissing
Conner Hartley
Thomas Kopko
Darryl Lampley
Cardell McFarland
Ryan Sterling
Desmond Thomas
Jeremy Thomas
Darien Tompkins
Scottie Trueblood
Brian Wannamaker
Donte Wooten
SIGNED ELSEWHERE:
Tim Abromaitis Notre Dame
Orlando Allen Paris (TX) JC
Andrew Beinert Holy Cross
Aaron Bond Davidson
Zach Crimmins Columbia
Noah Dahlman Wofford
Garrett Fiddler Yale
B.J. Frazier Western Kentucky (Soft)
Jimmer Fredette BYU
Matthew Friday Samford
Kyle Griffin LaSalle
Nick Hendra American
Blake Hoffarber Minnesota
Robert Kreps Illinois-Chicago
Kareem Nitoto St. Mary's
Keith Olsen Northern Arizona
Caleb Patterson Colorado
Ryan Rossiter Siena
Scott Saunders Rice
Jonathan Sloan Texas St.
Kyle Thomas Loyola-Illinois
Kendall Wallace UNLV
i dug this thread out after seeing that the last 2007 center hope i was aware of, Russ Permenter, has commited to UT San Antonio. he decommited from TCU, but apparently we never even got him on our watch list here although Rivals listed Bucknell amongst many others for a long time.
anyway, made me wonder if we can round out the updates on where they went:
Accoui - Vermont
i have seen Wannamaker's commitment somewhere, but cannot place it. i honestly don't recall most of the names in the interested but unsigned group, it's like seeing the names for the first time.
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Re: Where they went
05-02-07 07:37 PM - Post#19134
In response to KenZ
found a few of them
Darryl Lampley - St. Peters
Jeremey thomas - Arkansas State
Brian Wannamaker - Central Connecticut State (brother Bradley commited to Pitt)
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ericatbucknell
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Re: Where they went
05-02-07 08:27 PM - Post#19135
In response to KenZ
my updated list:
Code:
Tim Abromaitis Notre Dame 325
Joey Accaoui Vermont 868
Glen Andrews` Tulsa 431
Pete Bamos
Andrew Beinert Holy Cross 229
Aaron Bond Davidson 351
G.W. Boon Bucknell 372
Suleiman Braimoh Rice
Porter Braswell Yale 732
Brett Burrier
Josh Collins
Zach Crimmins Columbia 376
Noah Dahlman Wofford 673
Garrett Fiddler Yale
B.J. Frazier Western Kentucky 230
Jimmer Fredette BYU 704
Matthew Friday Samford
Chauncey Gilliam Albany
Teddy Greissing
Kyle Griffin LaSalle Post85
Conner Hartley
Nick Hendra American 496
Blake Hoffarber Minnesota 128
Alex Kellogg Providence 353
Thomas Kopko Notre Dame Post110
Robert Kreps Illinois-Chicago 843
Darryl Lampley St. Peter's
Cardell McFarland 705
James McNally
Kareem Nitoto St. Mary's 584
Todd O'Brien Bucknell 300
Keith Olsen Northern Arizona 668
Caleb Patterson Colorado 402
Russ Permenter Texas-San Antonio 469
Scott Saunders Rice 461
Darryl Shazier Bucknell 316
Jonathan Sloan Texas St. 637
Ryan Sterling 499
Jeremy Thomas Arkansas St.
Kyle Thomas Loyola-Illinois
Desmond Thomas 879
Darien Tompkins
Scottie Trueblood
Kendall Wallace UNLV 272
Gary Wallace, Jr.
Brian Wannamaker Central Connecticut St. 610
Matt Washington Delaware St.
Donte Wooten
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Re: Where they went
05-02-07 08:43 PM - Post#19136
In response to ericatbucknell
One surprising note is Thomas Kopko ending up at Notre Dame. Either he is walking on there or Notre Dame was really desperate for a guard. His list of schools included: Richmond, Maine, Notre Dame, San Diego St, Denver, Colgate, Boston U, Princeton, and Yale. Which one is not like the other ones?
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