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Post by ncaam on Apr 12, 2018 9:28:55 GMT -5
Powers? I may be using incorrect terminology.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 12, 2018 9:35:03 GMT -5
Here is a brief clip at the 1;35 mark
This was the championship game
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 12, 2018 10:24:48 GMT -5
Here is a brief clip at the 1;35 mark This was the championship game Here's the whole game, if anybody wants to watch. |
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Post by alum on Apr 12, 2018 11:58:10 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if he's a walk-on. At 6'9 that doesn't seem like a scouting report for a PL walk-on. My guess is that the unattributed postings we've had that claim open scholarship(s) are correct You're probably right. I'm uncomfortable, though, speculating about what scholarship may have opened up until we have some more definitive news I am going to assume that he's a walk on until I hear officially (i.e. a kid's Twitter account) that someone is leaving. Given the timing, maybe this kid came in through the regular admissions pool. |
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Post by classof83 on Apr 12, 2018 12:00:11 GMT -5
Apparently the last shot was after the clock sounded.
What's with the knee brace?
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Post by Tom on Apr 12, 2018 12:15:45 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 12, 2018 12:36:07 GMT -5
You learn something every day. I did not know that Powers without a scholarship was promised a spot on the team At this point, neither the HC website or twitter has any mention the kid Wonder whether Powers' (or any PWO's) status on the team is less protected than a scholarship player's. Perhaps 137 or somebody else could weigh in. Don't believe there would be any HC comment on CL until he signed an LOI (has he?). |
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COMMITTED!
Apr 12, 2018 12:46:24 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by lou on Apr 12, 2018 12:46:24 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 12, 2018 13:13:44 GMT -5
I saw him play for Don Bosco season before last. He has a beautiful outside shot. He hustles and can play good D. If he will be underneath for HC, it could help if he could put on a few pounds of muscle over the next year.
Don Bosco plays a very tough schedule and St Benedict's (who beat Blair by 1 point) is an outstanding prep school with several solid D-1 players. His stats were garnered against some very good competition.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 12, 2018 13:23:45 GMT -5
A couple fun facts -
His sister plays for Williams.
Tucker Richardson, who PG'd with Chris at Blair this past season, will be playing for Colgate next year
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 12, 2018 13:58:41 GMT -5
A couple fun facts - His sister plays for Williams. Tucker Richardson, who PG'd with Chris at Blair this past season, will be playing for Colgate next year If I recall correctly, "Tucker" is an infamous name when it comes to Colgate basketball. Was it NAD who had a particular dislike for the player? |
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Post by dadominate on Apr 12, 2018 14:01:58 GMT -5
A couple fun facts - His sister plays for Williams. Tucker Richardson, who PG'd with Chris at Blair this past season, will be playing for Colgate next year If I recall correctly, "Tucker" is an infamous name when it comes to Colgate basketball. Was it NAD who had a particular dislike for the player? ha! that was our old poster jet/brian f. has anyone seen or heard from him in recent years? he was great. |
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Post by bison137 on Apr 12, 2018 14:05:28 GMT -5
A couple fun facts - His sister plays for Williams. Tucker Richardson, who PG'd with Chris at Blair this past season, will be playing for Colgate next year If I recall correctly, "Tucker" is an infamous name when it comes to Colgate basketball. Was it NAD who had a particular dislike for the player? |
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Post by dadominate on Apr 12, 2018 14:12:34 GMT -5
I saw him play for Don Bosco season before last. He has a beautiful outside shot. He hustles and can play good D. If he will be underneath for HC, it could help if he could put on a few pounds of muscle over the next year. Don Bosco plays a very tough schedule and St Benedict's (who beat Blair by 1 point) is an outstanding prep school with several solid D-1 players. His stats were garnered against some very good competition. thanks for the firsthand account, rgs. like almost every player at hc, it sounds like despite having some potential (big, can shoot, obviously values defense, played great competition), he will be a work in progress. in this case, physical development, which can be easily achieved. we rarely ever land finished basketball products at hc. even some of our best players were either similarly thin and had to bulk up (big pat whearty), were too heavy and had to lose babyfat (tim clifford), were completely unathletic and needed even basic footspeed (tim szatko), were extremely athletic but had little basketball skills (malcolm miller), tweeners that needed to grow into expertise at a true position (kevin hamilton - imo, neck and neck with keith simmons for best hc player since rob feaster), etc. etc. etc. the only player i can think of who had all the tools right out of the gate and sustained them throughout a strong career over the last decade or so was keith simmons, and as i recall, he played at a small school in ny and was not terribly active in aau. rare to find someone like keith slipping through the cracks in this day and age. in any case, watching our guys develop is one of the things that makes following hc basketball fun. with just a few exceptions, comparisons from freshman year to senior year are often pretty dramatic at our level. |
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Post by possum on Apr 12, 2018 14:14:30 GMT -5
Hopefully this is a preferred walk-on situation, a little concerning that Bucknell, who was looking to recruit big men this year, had him in for a visit and didn't pursue.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 12, 2018 14:52:13 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Apr 12, 2018 15:24:01 GMT -5
Coach Joe Mantegna
@coachmantegna
10 Oct 2017
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Blair '18 @chrislovisolo (6-9) working hard in the weight room and making every shot in our open gyms. Coming on strong! Late bloomer.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 12, 2018 15:28:27 GMT -5
There are very few 6’8’ or 9”s who are walkons , esp those that play for very strong programs and shot 42% from three
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Post by possum on Apr 12, 2018 16:28:28 GMT -5
There are also few bigs who can play that had no offers out of high school or after a post grad year, hopefully it works out, if we're going to take a flyer better to do it on a big man.
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 12, 2018 16:34:26 GMT -5
Yes, there is reason to pause. However, there is a strong upside potential here.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 12, 2018 16:36:38 GMT -5
Only question at the moment is, how long does it take for us to find out exactly how this commitment changes the roster?
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Post by bringbackcaro on Apr 12, 2018 16:42:59 GMT -5
We do not need his minutes until his junior year with JF and MF at the 5 this upcoming year.We seem to be counting on him at least being MF’s backup for 2 seasons. At best, maybe Chris could play with Matt If we are going to have paint defense as an important component of the "system," we need additional minutes immediately, as Floyd is the only big on the roster who can defend right now, and MF's athleticism would need to drastically improve for him to get there by next year. |
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Post by hchoops on Apr 12, 2018 16:43:42 GMT -5
Only question at the moment is, how long does it take for us to find out exactly how this commitment changes the roster? Before that we will probably see a signed LOI |
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Post by hchoops on Apr 12, 2018 17:01:31 GMT -5
We do not need his minutes until his junior year with JF and MF at the 5 this upcoming year.We seem to be counting on him at least being MF’s backup for 2 seasons. At best, maybe Chris could play with Matt If we are going to have paint defense as an important component of the "system," we need additional minutes immediately, as Floyd is the only big on the roster who can defend right now, and MF's athleticism would need to drastically improve for him to get there by next year. Not that blocks are the only way to judge interior defense, but In 18 PL games playing around 11 mpg, Matt Faw had 12 blocks, 15th in the PL |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 12, 2018 17:14:54 GMT -5
Regardless of whether or not he's on a free ride, it's nice to know that at least we have another kid on board next year with some size. Welcome Chris!!
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