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Coach Jones scouting in Pittsburgh.
 
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Joe Mihalich(Hofstra) to Jones’ left.

Brian Earl(Cornell) to Jones’ right.

Brett Reed (Lehigh)on Jones’ far right.

Mike Brennan(AU)on Jones’ far left.
 
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awesome info, 32. here are some more at the same event, posted online by hoopgroup. they said over 250 coaches checked in.
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this was the only live weekend in April. there were multiple events. Jones came to this one and watched Zona. I'm sure we had people at Nike and Adidas too. just posting what I saw.
 
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Looks like a pretty classic CM recruit. List is long but somewhat underwhelming: MSM, Robert Morris, Northeastern, GMU, UNH, NJIT, Brown, Columbia, BU, Hartford, Bryant.

Game suits us, good three point shooting, more traditional size for an SG, seems to handle and pass relatively well.
 
interesting tidbit: Wilmoth transferred to St Andrew's School after 2 years at Bergen Catholic in NJ ... which is Matt Zona's school.
 
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if you want to spend 14 minutes watching highlights of some really good HS basketball ... Wheeler's team (Ranney) played Zona's team (Bergen Catholic) in the NJ Tournament of Champions this year.

Ranney (white) has:
Phil Wheeler (#4 - Junior)
Brian Antione (#1 - Senior - Villanova)
Scottie Lewis (#23 - Senior - Florida)

Bergen Catholic (red) has:
Matt Zona (#24 - Junior)
Zach Freemantle (#32 - Senior - Xavier)
Doug Edert (#25 - Senior - St Peter's)

 
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saw 3 prospects at an AAU event last weekend. I'm not the toughest critic. everyone looked really impressive to me.

Tyler Kolek - strong and quick with a lot of swagger. lefty, and favors that side. gets where he wants on the floor. lights out shooter. has a floater too. Kenny Atkinson type? from my seat, looked smaller than his 6'3" listed height. I think he's quick enough and with ball skills to make him a combo guard.

Matt Zona - big strong kid. college ready body. really nice shooter from 3 and doesn't hesitate to shoot it. very physical inside too. similar to Grant as a skilled, strong post who will succeed below the rim.

Oumar Koureissi - didn't look quite as long as Sal, but still long. seemed smooth with nice form on his shot. good handle. could play the 3 or the 4. he and Sal could definitely play together.
https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=oumar koureissi
 
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Burke Smith from last weekend. I'm not seeing it yet, but he's a big kid who can develop.
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He could want to come here, and if we fill our final scholarship this year, and no one else leaves, we would have to turn him down. Not only him, but anyone else. It is just not smart to go into a season with no scholarships available.

If someone leaves, fine, then we would have two scholarships available instead of one. That would just give a chance for two quality guys next year instead of one. Our chances are much better next year to land a quality guy for when we have five seniors, and they would have a better chance for early playing time. I have no desire to waste the final ship on a 2019 guy who would likely not play much at all next year anyway.
 
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doesn't seem like we're actively looking at any 2019's whether freshmen or grad transfer. think we'd have seen something by now. looks like we're focused on 2020. maybe JOC can ask the question.
 
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spiderman said:
doesn't seem like we're actively looking at any 2019's whether freshmen or grad transfer. think we'd have seen something by now. looks like we're focused on 2020. maybe JOC can ask the question.
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And we 100% should be by now.
 
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He could want to come here, and if we fill our final scholarship this year, and no one else leaves, we would have to turn him down. Not only him, but anyone else. It is just not smart to go into a season with no scholarships available.

If someone leaves, fine, then we would have two scholarships available instead of one. That would just give a chance for two quality guys next year instead of one. Our chances are much better next year to land a quality guy for when we have five seniors, and they would have a better chance for early playing time. I have no desire to waste the final ship on a 2019 guy who would likely not play much at all next year anyway.
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Don't know why u think not smart to go into a season with no ships. Maximizing allotment of ships is crucial. We wouldn't be going into 2020 with no ships anyway with a grad transfer. You keep leaving that part out. I don't see a 2019 frosh happening either. But even if it did we will have a ship next year. There is a better chance we have 2 guys leave then there is none leaving.
 
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doesn't seem like we're actively looking at any 2019's whether freshmen or grad transfer. think we'd have seen something by now. looks like we're focused on 2020. maybe JOC can ask the question.
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Didn't Kwesi and JMA commit late in summer? Granted perhaps the lateness is 1 reason we didn't get guys that could contribute. Yates on other hand was much earlier in May. While yes it seems that way, there is however precedent to believe we're not out of the grad market.
 
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I have no desire to waste the final ship on a 2019 guy who would likely not play much at all next year anyway
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I don't think anybody is arguing that we should aim to pick up a player that would not play at all. The ideal thing would not be to "waste" the scholarship on anybody, but rather to pick up a quality player.

This is quite a defeatist attitude to take. We can look around the conference and around the country and see other teams still picking up meaningful players every week. There are still good, uncommitted players out there. Somebody is going to get them, maybe it will be us?
 
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definitely possible, GK. while I've never thought we're a great destination for a good grad transfer, there's no reason not to be looking there this year. and we might be.
 
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definitely possible, GK. while I've never thought we're a great destination for a good grad transfer, there's no reason not to be looking there this year. and we might be.
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Out of curiosity, is your thought that we're not a great destination based on us being a mid-major or some other reasoning? Admittedly, a "good" grad transfer is likely looking at P5 options like Khwan did last year. That said, we got far enough three years ago with Bernard that he was physically on campus. We know how that story ended but we can convince someone.

From my perspective, I think it's situational, there will be decent players who are interested in mid-major programs where they can get a lot of playing time and that team has a chance to make the tournament. One might argue that we are crowded with no graduations last year and don't project as a post-season team given the drought. Not judging, just stating as fact.
 
we're a great 4 year school and we offer an impressive degree. but we're not a great one year destination. our post-grad academic options are very limited.

yes, if someone is only looking at basketball we can offer plenty to the right guy in the right year. situationally, as you say.

but most good players who are only looking at basketball want to spend that bonus year in a bigger-time environment. we're better at attracting people who want to be here 4 years. imo
 
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we're a great 4 year school and we offer an impressive degree. but we're not a great one year destination. our post-grad academic options are very limited.

yes, if someone is only looking at basketball we can offer plenty to the right guy in the right year. situationally, as you say.

but most good players who are only looking at basketball want to spend that bonus year in a bigger-time environment. we're better at attracting people who want to be here 4 years. imo
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Makes sense, my guess is very few guys are heavily factoring academic options into their grad year. Perhaps I’m cynical though.

Admittedly it’s going to be an uphill climb to sway a guy who has P5 cred. But as noted, it probably has a ton to do with the situation. To your point, some guys may be ok to go do a grad year on the bench in the ACC while others will want a chance to play a lot of minutes. I think we’re able to at least compete in those individual situations but we aren’t going to compete for the guys who can get both.
 
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Makes sense, my guess is very few guys are heavily factoring academic options into their grad year. Perhaps I’m cynical though.

Admittedly it’s going to be an uphill climb to sway a guy who has P5 cred. But as noted, it probably has a ton to do with the situation. To your point, some guys may be ok to go do a grad year on the bench in the ACC while others will want a chance to play a lot of minutes. I think we’re able to at least compete in those individual situations but we aren’t going to compete for the guys who can get both.
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I think guys that haven't played a ton of minutes in their career might be looking for an opportunity to finally play a ton of minutes. that would have to be a high major guy transferring down. I'm on board with that.

a guy already playing a lot is most likely transferring to experience the big time. like Khwan did. some may not be able to get to the big time program, but at least a big time conference to play the best.

I agree not everyone cares about academics in these transfers which is a problem for us. academics is a big selling point here. you don't chose a 3,000 student school for the exciting sports atmosphere.
 
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academics is a big selling point here. you don't chose a 3,000 student school for the exciting sports atmosphere.
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I get this, BUT we seem to have every excuse in the book and NO advantages. Yale and Harvard get top 100 talents, BUT they are Harvard and Yale you say. We are not p5/6 folks say, yet URI just nabbed a 4 star. We have every excuse in the book. Tired of excuses, I want a results driven coach like a Nathan Davis or Wes Miller type.
 
we are the perfect school for some talented kids. not the perfect ones for others. you can't make those kids choose UR.

the last 3+ years seem like great recruiting years to me. it's not like we aren't attracting talent. but we had a problem in the years before that with some hits who didn't stay ... and definitely some misses. I think we've filled the void.
 
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