Magee's visit

[123Rob]

Bonnies Are Magee's Final Official Visit

By Brian Towey
Senior Reporter
Date: Oct 14, 2005

The recruitment of one of upstate New York's top post prospects has evolved into a good, old-fashioned dog fight.

Cory Magee, the lunch pail-carrying 6-foot-7 1/2 power forward out of Fairport High School in the Rochester area, is being pursued hotly by a number of the state's Division I programs, from Niagara Falls to Albany. He'll take what will likely be his final official visit this weekend.
"I'm taking an official visit to St. Bonaventure this weekend," said Magee. "The visits have been great. First I visited Siena, then Niagara, and then Canisius. I could also take a visit to James Madison, but I doubt I will."

The four New York programs comprise Magee's top choices. With each official visit, his decision has gotten that much more difficult.

"After the Siena visit, I could have committed, it went so well," said Magee. "I liked Canisius a lot because I'm friends with one of the players there, Kevin Downey. Siena was a great visit, and so was Niagara. It's going to be a tough choice."

Cory is aiming to have things figured out in the next couple of weeks.

"I think I'll probably decide by November 1st," said Magee. "No later than that."

Magee offered a rugged post presence playing with the Albany City Rocks this summer. He's a max effort guy who will board for you and is not afraid to get his hands dirty. He put in a lot of work to improve his body and strength between his junior and senior years.

A number of MAAC programs, as well as St. Bonaventure, shadowed Cory closely throughout the summer. Soon enough, they'll find out his pick.

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Note: Fairport High School's Cory Magee, believed to be Siena's top recruiting target, made his official visit to St. Bonaventure this past weekend and returned impressed. Magee said Sunday he considers Siena, Canisius and St. Bonaventure in "a three-way tie." The 6-foot-8 forward said he remains unsure when he will decide, though he plans to sign during the November signing period.

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Interesting discussion on Magee from the Siena site.

www.arborwood.com/awforums/show-topic-1.php?start=1&fid=7155&taid=1&topid=4968&ut=1129677068

Thought this may get the blood moving this evening


You make a very valid point Bill. However, there's two differences between those situations. First, Magee is getting intense pressure from his family to stay close to home, whereas for Miller proximity to home wasn't as much a deciding factor. Second, Miller visited St. Bona, but never expressed any love for the place. Siena was pretty much his lead school throughout his recruitment. Magee on the other hand came away from St. Bona very impressed. He went from at one point stating his visit went so well at Siena that he could have committed during the visit to saying that St. Bona has now pulled into a three way tie with Canisius and Siena. So depending on how you look at it, Siena has dropped a notch, or the other two have risen one since his Siena visit. Either way, not a good sign for the Saints that the others were able to say him after the fact. I hear McCaffery has been working him hard, i.e visiting him a lot, staying in touch, etc. He better keep it up. If they get him and Carr to go with Ubilies combined with a returning Haddix next season, Siena is back baby.

Siena is definitely still in the running though. It'll be a crapshoot. All three programs are in the crapper, so it's not like any of them can offer the promise of seeing postseason play anytime soon. SBU offers the A-10 and along with Canisius, proximity to home. Siena offers a big-time arena and immediate playing time and perhaps a possibility of starting as a freshman. It'll come down to whichever of these considerations is most important to him. If I were a betting man, I'd say it comes down to Siena or SBU. Canisius offers nothing over the others except location, and SBU can offer that too in addition to the A-10. Who knows how kids decide these thnings. Maybe he'll flip a coin. No disrespect to SBU, but personally, I don't know why anyone chooses to go to there. Sure they have great fan support, but so do a lot of other places. It's cold as hell up there and it's in the middle of nowhere. Even if I was from there, I'd want out.

It's funny that Siena finds itself going up against SBU so often. SBU spawned Siena. Siena started as a satellite campus of SBU and it's founders were from the SBU facility. They are literally Siena's mother school. In many ways, the child has surpassed the parent (bigger endowment, slightly nicer campus, etc.). Without SBU there would be no Siena though. I wonder if many people are aware of that.

[GoPadres]

Very interesting discussion indeed. I don't know a ton about Magee, but it appears sentiment of the Siena board is that he will be a solid player. I like the comparison to Miller. I thought Miller had a solid career at Siena, and would have done well at Bonas. I am not exactly sure how a Siena fan can criticize Olean for being too cold. I lived in Albany for a year. I can assure you that it is not a tropical paradise.

[Dunga]

Corey Magee Update: www.arborwood.com/awforums/show-topic-1.php?start=1&fid=7155&taid=1&topid=4973&ut=1129725491

I wonder who our #1 target is at this point with 2 verbals in the bag. Any other recent or future visitors to mention?

[mangham]

you know I hope it's the Walker kid from CTK.... ;D