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Post by hchoops on Jul 3, 2018 11:21:17 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Jul 4, 2018 22:05:54 GMT -5
Looks as if one of the point guards in whom we were interested may have played himself beyond our level
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 5, 2018 5:00:38 GMT -5
Could Mike Vicens have a chat with him about being a PR Olympian w/o being an NCAA violation?π
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 6, 2018 9:54:20 GMT -5
Updated list of players with confirmed contact, based on twitter and other on-line sources. New names in italics. Holy Cross "offers" in bold. Additions/corrections as needed, please.
INTEREST ONLY (Other offers as of July 5th)
POINT GUARDS (10) Tyson Acuff (MI β Cass Technical), 6-3 Jhamir Brickus (PA β Coatesville), 5-11. Andre Curbelo (NY β Long Island Lutheran), 6-0. Offers from Rutgers, Dayton, St. Johnβs, Florida, Illinois, others. Noah Downing (MA β Thayer Academy), 5-9. Nik Ellis (TX β Cy-Fair HS), 5-10. Wendell Green, Jr. (MI β Detroit Country Day School), 5-10. Offers from Oakland, Detroit. Ryan Myers (NY β Christ the King), 6-0. Offer from Bryant. Jalin Sinclair (CT β Suffield Academy), 5-10 Darius Whittington (TX β Grand Prairie), 6-2 Keshawn Williams (IL β Bloom HS), 6-1. Offers from UIC, S. Illinois, Hampton.
SHOOTING/COMBO GUARDS (12) Miles Brewster (CT β Hotchkiss), 6-3 Payton Brown (AR β Waldron HS), 6-4 Alex Capitano (PA β Episcopal Academy), 6-4. Offer from Columbia. Matthew Cromer (KY β London) Jordan Hall (PA β Cardinal OβHara), 6-3 Josh Holmes (IL β Jones College Prep), 6-1. Offer from UIC. DaJion Humphrey (MI β Southfield Christian), 6-3 Garrett Johnson (VA β Vienna), 6-5. Niels Lane (PA β Perkiomen School), 6-4. Current offers from Drexel, Rider. Dante Maddox, Jr. (IL β Bloom HS), 6-2. Offer from S. Illinois. Jake Milkereit (TX β Bishop Lynch HS), 6-4. Kailen Rains (CA β San Ysidro HS), 6-4.
WINGS/SMALL FORWARDS (8) Kabir Bergin (MI β Skyline Ann Arbor), 6-4. Reece Hazelton (MI β Glenn Lake HS), 6-6. Kyle Jenkins (CT β Hotchkiss), 6-7. Jayshawn Moore (MI β Detroit East English Village), 6-4. Drake Muller (TX β Greenhill School), 6-3. Angel Santiago (CT β Suffield Academy), 6-3 Sam Schultz (IL β Oswego East), 6-5. Will Wolfe (IL β Aurora Christian), 6-6
POWER FORWARDS (6) Even Brauns (IA β Regina HS), 6-9. Zed Key (NY β Brentwood HS), 6-8. Offers from Rutgers, St. Louis, St. Bonaventure, Florida, several others. Bennett Kwiecinski (IL β Loyola Academy), 6-8. OFFER? Jordan Kwiecinski (IL β Loyola Academy), 6-8. OFFER? Seryee Lewis (IL β Kenwood Academy), 6-8. Offers from UIC, S. Illinois, S. Utah, Columbia, others. High-major interest. Burke Smith (VA β Trinity Episcopal), 6-10. Offer from Columbia.
CENTERS (3) Max Amadasun (NY β Our Savior Lutheran), 6-10. Yussif Basa-Ama (FL β Westlake Prep), 6-10. Bas Leyte (NH β New Hampton Prep), 6-10. Re-classed from 2019. Offers from Bucknell, Lafayette.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jul 16, 2018 17:25:31 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 16, 2018 18:07:06 GMT -5
Andrew's brother, Tim, plays (though not much) for Villanova. Injuries have hampered him.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 16, 2018 19:15:23 GMT -5
The first player mentioned, Tom OβNeill, had been on our list, even though we are not listed here.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 17, 2018 19:52:48 GMT -5
New name - Kavon Blankenship, 6-2 SG from Tennessee. Looks taller.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 17, 2018 19:53:48 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Jul 17, 2018 20:09:58 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 22, 2018 5:33:32 GMT -5
A new message, tailored to alert me to add the name to my list. Thanks!
Interesting, too, that the DoBO is the messenger.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 22, 2018 5:38:27 GMT -5
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Post by ericobeyyourthirst on Jul 22, 2018 8:48:53 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 22, 2018 9:01:27 GMT -5
How do we know they are not?
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 22, 2018 9:09:11 GMT -5
Does anybody know whether JVB is a brother or cousin? Pretty big age difference for a sibling.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 22, 2018 9:13:37 GMT -5
How do we know they are not? They might be. But there's over forty 2020 kids that we have publicly expressed interest in so far, and neither HC nor JVB has indicated a contact.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 22, 2018 9:33:28 GMT -5
Is he related to Alex?
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 22, 2018 9:47:23 GMT -5
I met Alex's family a couple of times including when we were at the same hotel in the Columbus area for the game against Southern Illinois. He has 1 brother and 2 sisters but don't remember the brother's name or really even how old he was/is: www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210220843&DB_OEM_ID=33100Regardless, they have to be related whether brother or cousin.
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Post by breezy on Jul 22, 2018 20:04:47 GMT -5
Myers is already on the list above, but this is indication of an offer, not merely interest.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 22, 2018 22:05:43 GMT -5
Ryan, who plays at Christ the King in Queens, is an undersized 2 guard who can really shoot it.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 23, 2018 10:24:51 GMT -5
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jul 23, 2018 10:54:01 GMT -5
But I thought we aren't offering kids because we're about to go on probation?
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 23, 2018 11:04:46 GMT -5
I don't remember anybody saying anything about probation. But it's been obvious since April that recruiting wasn't being conducted as usual, and the equally obvious explanation for why Holy Cross has been "extending opportunities to play" rather than making "offers" to kid after kid for the last three months is that we were being curtailed by the NCAA inquiry. Nobody has offered an alternative theory.
I've always assumed that, at some point, things would return to normal and the program could get back to making offers. Maybe we've reached that point today. If so, I'd expect that the OTPs will automatically convert. Let's hope so.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 23, 2018 12:29:03 GMT -5
I met Alex's family a couple of times including when we were at the same hotel in the Columbus area for the game against Southern Illinois. He has 1 brother and 2 sisters but don't remember the brother's name or really even how old he was/is: www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210220843&DB_OEM_ID=33100Regardless, they have to be related whether brother or cousin. There seem to be several Vanderbaan families in Northbridge/Whitinsville/Uxbridge. No doubt related one way or the other. Of course, the relationship AVB had was with Ralph Willard. Unfortunately that relationship doesn't automatically carry over to Willard's successors.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 23, 2018 12:42:42 GMT -5
Did Alex have a good relationship with HC ?
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