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Post by 2fal4life on Apr 20, 2021 5:45:50 GMT -5
Oumar Ballo to Arizona. Speculation was spot on with the recent coaching change.
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Post by bonaboy23 on Apr 20, 2021 7:36:00 GMT -5
UGHHH...Not surprised at all the Bona Faithful called it early but would have been cool to have him in Olean....To our staff find the fella's that "FIT" and strengthen our program for the next 4 yrs.... 4 more Rock Stars to find
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Post by mnbonnie on Apr 20, 2021 8:55:24 GMT -5
I noticed on the national junior college men's and women's junior college basketball championships that Cowley cc is playing Trinity Valley, Cowley is Dalen Ridgdal's team, today at 4:30pm. I also noticed Mobely cc women's team is playing somebody today. I thought I recalled that one of the Lady Bonnies's signings was from Mobely cc. I didn't catch at time on that game but Cowley plays at 4:30ct.
I guess no Ballo.
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Post by fansince1960 on Apr 20, 2021 9:02:39 GMT -5
I noticed on the national junior college men's and women's junior college basketball championships that Cowley cc is playing Trinity Valley, Cowley is Dalen Ridgdal's team, today at 4:30pm. I also noticed Mobely cc women's team is playing somebody today. I thought I recalled that one of the Lady Bonnies's signings was from Mobely cc. I didn't catch at time on that game but Cowley plays at 4:30ct. I guess no Ballo. B'aunce Carter is the player that the Bonnies signed from Moberly CC. She wears # 34 and is a 5'11" forward.
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Post by mnbonnie on Apr 20, 2021 9:50:20 GMT -5
I clicked on the Moberly game they tipped about a half an hour ago and it's $10 for a day pass to the women's and also $10 for the men's day pass, I think it's $30 pass for the whole men's or whole women's tournament. I may pony up the $10 to watch Cowley/Ridgdal, just curious.
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Post by mnbonnie on Apr 20, 2021 18:44:52 GMT -5
Report on the Cowley CC vs Trinity Valley Cc game just concluded in the national junior college tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. As cheap as I am I put down my ten bucks to watch Cowley CC and Dalen Ridgdal play. 134-107 final, Cowley winning and advancing. We'd have to wait for the final box, but I'm guessing Ridgdal had 26 its and 14 boards. Cowley plays a bit like VCU, they generated 24+ turnovers. Dalen Ridgdal, 6'6", 200 is the real deal. I'm guessing he played 25-27 minutes. He a really good basketball player, on top of his numbers he's a good team player. The game set an all time tournament record for total points. Cowley was up 77-70 at the half. Lots of scorers, lots of three shooters for Cowley. They are not a big team, I would say Ridgdal is one of their biggest players. Trinity Valley started 11-12, with 4or 5 threes and I thought Cowley was in trouble. Colwley's constant press and great shooting eventually wore Trinity down. One of the many positive aspects of Ridgdal's game is that despite being down and not getting a lot of early touches he let the game come to him, I think he had 9 points at the half. I would love to have Dalen on my team. I believe he could play the 3 or the 4. Dalen, I believe could get his minutes with the Bonnies, I just don't see Coach Schmidt seeing what he can do and not putting him on the floor. in reading about Linton Brown, the 6'5" jc from Florida, who we've noted on the transfers 2021 thread, almost feels like dealing threads. IMO, if they could get Ridgdal or Brown and Amadou Traore, the 6'7", 255 jc soph from Allen cc, that would put us at 11 players. Pretty well balanced group. Then we just see what happens. You'd have another shooter/scorer and another solid rebounder/defender.
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Post by bonniefanatic508 on Apr 20, 2021 18:48:37 GMT -5
I put info about Brown in the transfers thread because that's what he would be and how I view that thread, I look at "2021 recruiting" thread as players we are looking at coming out of HS because they are in the class of 2021 and not a transfer.
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Post by letsgobonas on Apr 20, 2021 21:07:57 GMT -5
Brown or Ridgdal... which would we prefer?
And do we think we could land both?
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Post by wgt on Apr 20, 2021 21:33:34 GMT -5
I really like both!
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Post by mnbonnie on Apr 20, 2021 21:51:30 GMT -5
I've watched a little bit of Brown's footage and he appears to be a solid 3 pt shooter. Ridgdal is a special player however, pretty rugged at 6'6" 200 he kind of reminds me of that guy Dayton had when they made there run a couple of years back, he was 6'6" as well but could really handle himself in the post or move outside. Kendall Pollard, I think is the guy. Ridgdal has that same kind of build, but I think he's more mobile than Pollard was, better jumper, better shooter, he's got great court sense, can shoot it, but can also explode to the basketball. Someone's review said he had to develop a better handle and that maybe true but I saw him bring the ball up court a couple of times today taking a ball off the glass and pushing it up court. IMO we'd be lucky enough to get one of them. If I'm voting I'm taking Ridgdal, I don't know if he's as good a 3 ball shooter as Brown is but he's a legit small forward, who can play the 4 on occasion. He'd be a mismatch defensively if a 4 would have to come out and play him. He's a really good rebounder and looks to be a good defender as well. He would be the kind of guy Schmidt would love. I mentioned before that Ridgdal, briefly attended a prep school in Ga, where the coach sounded like Billy Gillespie, the guy who coached Jaren Holmes at Ranger. What this guy did was really open up Ridgdal's eyes to what it going to take to play competitive basketball at the d1 level. Ridgdal said that gave him the road map to putting in the work to get where he wants to go. He's one of the few jc guys I've seen that lead me to believe he's ready to play now in the A10. He's another guy the staff has found who is just outstanding. There is going to be a lot of competition for Dalen, but to me he's the guy.
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Post by Chuck on Apr 20, 2021 22:06:56 GMT -5
Linton Brown has impressive credentials. — Leading scorer at 18.9 ppg for 17th ranked Indian River State College. — Named Region 8 Player of the Year, which means he is recognized as the top JUCO player in Florida. — Indian River defeated 9th ranked Chipola to win Region 8 championship. Linton scored 15 points. — Yesterday (April 20) Indian Rivers wins their first NJCAA Tournament game. Linton scores 28 points. ** Call out to MNBonnie. Indian Rivers plays 10th ranked Southern Idaho today at 7:00. Comparison of Linton Brown to Dalen Ridgnal — Both play on solid JUCO teams. Linton’s school is 17th ranked while Dalen’s is 15th ranked. — Linton appears to be a good athlete, while Dalen is an elite athlete. — Dalen has a slightly better scoring average (20.7 to 18.9 ppg) — Dalen has much better rebounding stats. — Dalen has impressive shooting stats, but Linton’s is significantly better from both the field and from 3s. — Linton shot an impressive 53.7% from the field and an incredible 51.5% from 3s. — Dom was Bonnies best 3 point shooter; attempting the most, making the most and having best percentage. Dom’s 3 point shooting does not compare to Linton’s. — Comparison of Linton’s 3 point shooting to Dom’s. Linton made 68 of 132 for 51.5%, to Dom’s 51 of 130 for 39.2%. irsc.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/teams/indianriverstatecollege?tmpl=teaminfo-network-monospace-template&sort=ptspgirsc.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/releases/20210413gy7vv9irsc.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/schedulewww.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/st-bonaventure/2021.html
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Post by wgt on Apr 20, 2021 22:37:22 GMT -5
DALEN's performance tonight in the 134-107 cake walk over Trinity.
He played 28 mins, 24 pts on 8-19, 3-8 TREYS, 5-8 FTs. 4 assists, 4 TOs, 5 STEALS. He grabbed 14 boards AND 7 were on the OFFENSIVE glass!
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Post by ceharv on Apr 21, 2021 6:58:20 GMT -5
Mnbonnie - thank you for the report. Aside from our prospect, what a game! 77-70 at the half?? That’s crazy. Seeing a winning team hit 85 is rare in college hoops. The leading team must have had 85 by the 15 minute mark in the second half. You just don’t usually see that level of offense at that level.
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Post by bonniefanatic508 on Apr 21, 2021 7:58:05 GMT -5
This is just speculation, but 6'9 Mo Njie who we are interested in posted something on his Instagram that may be a hint of where he might be going next season. He plays at DME Sports Academy in Daytona Beach,Florida and is from Ohio. An Instagram account called "Money Time Productions" posted some highlights of Njie and wrote "Excited to see where the Ohio native lands he is a shot blocking force on the defensive end and plays really well around the rim!"...He commented on some peoples posts who re-posted it and wrote things like "We'll see with emojis" and "Imagine if I came back to my home state for college with emojis too"
I wonder if he will be announcing soon.
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Post by bonaboy23 on Apr 21, 2021 9:56:39 GMT -5
Well if that is Mo code ...he has offers from Dayton, Xavier and Toledo on VerbalCommits
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