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Post by mnbonnie on Apr 12, 2021 10:15:25 GMT -5
Just a couple of things to note, both about the NYC hoops scene
First is just a shout out for an up and coming recruit playing for the NY Rens
And, the otter a tweet announcing a series of hs games coming up in about a week showcasing some NYC talent. From Varsity Insider
The CHSSA will host a spring basketball tournament at Stepinac beginning on April 19 that will also include NYC teams. Teams will be grouped into pods based on their level and play 5 games that will be followed by an abbreviated playoffs.
22teams will participate, although Stepinac will be the only Westchester school involved. Stepinac will play in a pool w/Hayes, Farrell, Scanlan, St Peters and St Mary's.
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Post by ceharv on Apr 12, 2021 10:24:28 GMT -5
As we have seen so many times, the commitment decision is often not made on the type of reasoned calculation that we tend to perform here, plus there’s always still the possibility of some place like an Arizona State swooping in at the last minute and upsetting everything. It’s good news that many kids seem to choose the team and coach who was the first to become involved with them. I hope that’s the case here. But Dambrot is better able to offer playing time and potentially a starting position better then us, and Pitt has that ACC exposure, although Pittsburgh is a football town and both hockey and baseball draw more attention then hoops at any level. Plus Bonas was ahead of them with Johnson and can offer a likely NCAA slot that seems highly unlikely for either of the Pittsburgh schools, both of which will be in a serious rebuilt for a couple of years at least.
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Post by bonniefanatic508 on Apr 12, 2021 10:34:52 GMT -5
Does anyone know if we are still looking at 6'7 shooting guard Brendan Mykalacio from Ramsey, NJ via The Patrick School? He has been gaining more interest from a few schools as of late and has even added a few new offers. Also, did we ever offer or were we just showing interest? Most recently I saw Lipscomb was showing interest and UMKC actually offered joining Gardner-Webb and LIU as his other offers. I am sure he will get some more interest and offers coming soon as he played really well this past weekend at the Hoop Group Spring Jam Fest running with the NYL Select.
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Post by bona20 on Apr 12, 2021 10:48:36 GMT -5
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Post by gregmitch70 on Apr 12, 2021 10:54:37 GMT -5
Mainly came off bench but one of top shooters of treys in Big East and finished strong.... big guy but listed as guard/forward....
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Post by Sipowicz on Apr 12, 2021 11:58:31 GMT -5
Mainly came off bench but one of top shooters of treys in Big East and finished strong.... big guy but listed as guard/forward.... The BONA staff got involved with MARCELLUS late in the Spring of his senior year before SJU swooped in. So there is a previous relationship. BTW, I have never seen MARCELLUS listed taller than 6-6 before today.
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Post by gregmitch70 on Apr 12, 2021 14:03:15 GMT -5
I wonder how Schmidt, or any recruiter/decider, handles the numbers game in a heavy "decision" period. We've all read about the several players "offered" over the past weeks (even months), other players saying they are now deciding (so presumably offered), and then there are the new "SBU showing interest" cases in recent days. And, of course, there are only 3 slots left. Given the new higher profile of the school, a couple or several could commit any day--though not likely--or at least enough of them to short-circuit hopes to get "better" prospects or transfers who have just entered portal and we are contacting, plus others out there for weeks yet to come. One might say "too much interest" in SBU is a good problem to have but I wonder if Schmidt etc. hope some players offered some time ago decide to pass allowing him to keep going after far greater talent. Just a weird period.
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Post by mcspin on Apr 12, 2021 15:14:14 GMT -5
Given the new higher profile of the school, a couple or several could commit any day--though not likely--or at least enough of them to short-circuit hopes to get "better" prospects or transfers who have just entered portal and we are contacting, plus others out there for weeks yet to come. One might say "too much interest" in SBU is a good problem to have but I wonder if Schmidt etc. hope some players offered some time ago decide to pass allowing him to keep going after far greater talent. Just a weird period. I don't know how this works, but I would guess that every school has a list of preferred players and with some lower on the list, they might be told to not make any public announcement without confirming the slot is still open and if a top prospect is still in play, they might be told to wait for a while before announcing.
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Post by 123Rob on Apr 12, 2021 15:23:59 GMT -5
An "offer" has evolved in recent years. Now it is a mostly nebulous term meaning the school is actively recruiting the kid. It may mean 'we'd love to have you if three others we want go elsewhere first.' Showing interest means that they are keeping tabs on the kid and may "offer" at some point down the road. The bottom line is until the school provides a NLI for a recruit to sign, an "offer" means nothing. Without the NLI, a kid can commit but it doesn't necessarily mean it is a two sided commitment. For example, remember the kid named White from the state of Kansas, I believe, 'committed' to us but then a cloud of confusion descended and he never became a Bonnie. He committed, SBU did not.
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Post by fjs64 on Apr 12, 2021 15:36:50 GMT -5
An "offer" has evolved in recent years. Now it is a mostly nebulous term meaning the school is actively recruiting the kid. It may mean 'we'd love to have you if three others we want go elsewhere first.' Showing interest means that they are keeping tabs on the kid and may "offer" at some point down the road. The bottom line is until the school provides a NLI for a recruit to sign, an "offer" means nothing. Without the NLI, a kid can commit but it doesn't necessarily mean it is a two sided commitment. For example, remember the kid named White from the state of Kansas, I believe, 'committed' to us but then a cloud of confusion descended and he never became a Bonnie. He committed, SBU did not. That was somewhat of a mess, he visited, then went back to kc, local writer wrote about the commitment, there was a lot of press. He eventually went jc and ended up at Duquesne.
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Post by 123Rob on Apr 12, 2021 15:41:53 GMT -5
Maybe because Duquesne has more scholarships to give than everyone else
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Post by mnbonnie on Apr 12, 2021 21:55:38 GMT -5
Thinking out loud.
With three scholarships left, are we done looking at bigs or does it depend on who might be out there. Case in point, Mo Nice, is he still considering the Bonnies? I'm going to continue my dream with Oumar Ballo, until he's taken off the board, maybe not that Kamir has committed, he has a conversation with his friend and says this is a good team, a top 20 team, if you come here we could play three years together and really keep things going. I did some rough calculations, very subjective, and I came up with about 60 centers from freshman to grad transfers that are still in the portal, of that group I would say there are easily 20-25 guys that are really good players and chances are a few more will trickle out. Verbal commits system I noted was a little bit behind in that several names on their have within the last day or so found a home. I'm back to this premise, I would really like to see a fourth big/legit pf on our roster. The name that comes to mind for me in lieu of Mo or Ballo, would be Daniel Oladapo, 6'7"222 from Oakland, plays big, he's aggressive, loves to play defense, 13/9 guy, Schmidt and his staff are very familiar with him. The catch to my plan is if you do manage to get four front court guys how do you balance the minutes. Here's a situation where if you can get a quality player there, you try and make it happen. If you look up and down the rosters of D1 teams, I would say having four guys 6'8" or above is almost a given, if nothing else you've got foul trouble and injuries. So I'm not sure what the staff thinks, but that's what I would do.
As far as the rest of the team goes, no question that Jackie Johnson is on top of the wish list, he's a shooterscorer and we lack anything at this point in time, it's shooters IMO. Somebody asked about Brendan Mykalcio, the 6'7" shooter/scorer from the Patrick School. I was thinking Melik Martin the 6'6" grad transfer from Monmoth, but if I were a betting man I'd say that given that his cousin transferred there, Monmoth, from Seton Hall, he's a pretty good candidate to remain there. So my last take is this get another front court player. Get another shooter, Jackie Johnson, Brendan Mykalcio or Choh the grad transfer from Brown, who is actually more of a slasher. So let's say get somebody from this group or just wait for a bit. We've got Justin Ndjock-Tadjore coming from Canada, that's adding two really good shooters to our existing group, which to me is Kyle, Jaren and Dom, who can shoot the three, add two more guys, one, Ndjock-Tadjore is already here, add one more three point shooter from Johnson or Mykalcio and we've still got one ship left. We've got 12 guys who can all help this club. Going forward there will always for the foreseeable future be an issue with playing time and players transferring, that's just a reality. We build the best team we can and go.
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Post by agoo on Apr 13, 2021 11:00:22 GMT -5
Looks like we've offered Brian Moore out of Northeast Oklahoma A&M (originally from Kingston, NY). A JuCo Freshman who led his team in scoring at 18.1 ppg and shot 59% from the floor and 36.5% from three. Offers out of high school were from Howard and various D-II schools around the lower Hudson Valley. Region II freshman of the year.
Looks like he's taking the Jaren English route and would have four years of eligibility.
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Post by bonniefanatic508 on Apr 13, 2021 11:36:54 GMT -5
I think the offer is for the following season as Brian Moore posted that he picked up his first division 1 offer for 2022. He seems to be a tough NYC athletic guard which would be a great addition!
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Post by bonniefanatic508 on Apr 13, 2021 11:38:13 GMT -5
Marcellus Earlington has committed to transfer to San Diego
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