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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by 69MG » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm

Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:58 pm
DoctorJ wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:47 pm
Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:35 pm Staff is doing an in-home visit with UNH transfer Clarence Daniels tonight. Kid is a stud.
He went for 34 and 14 against BC last year. Interesting.
Would fit as well in Frank’s system as Cohen, in my opinion.
He's a good player, but he's 6'6 and right now we need bigs and a PG. If we end up needing a guy his size he would be OK.

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by DoctorJ » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:23 pm

My sense is that the staff is feeling out all local options as a backstop. I'm glad we're doing this.

We have just over 600 transfers, so far. Probably a thousand yet to come.

This big game of musical chairs is going to get really interesting, once the tournament is over. Coach movement will bring another wave.

I'm hoping Frank and the boys are very aggressive. Staff has experience recruiting and coaching in three distinct regions, mostly east of the Miss river.

I think the A10 has been perhaps the most negatively affected by the transfer portal rule changes. To be in the top of this conference, we need to be able to land some pieces in the transfer market. I don't have data to support, but it feels this way to me.

There seems to be a greater immediacy. Need players more than projects these days.
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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by inthescoop » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm

69MG wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm
Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:58 pm
DoctorJ wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:47 pm

He went for 34 and 14 against BC last year. Interesting.
Would fit as well in Frank’s system as Cohen, in my opinion.
He's a good player, but he's 6'6 and right now we need bigs and a PG. If we end up needing a guy his size he would be OK.
Who cares if he's 6'6 if he knows how to position himself and box out for rebounds. Fundamentals are key.

He averaged over 10 rebounds per game as a freshman, that tells me that his basketball IQ is there. Would love to see this kid at UMass, bring him on!

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by MakeMullinsGreatAgain » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:34 pm

InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:05 pm
Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:35 pm Staff is doing an in-home visit with UNH transfer Clarence Daniels tonight. Kid is a stud.

Can you provide any further insight? When you say staff, which members are you referring to?
I think we probably saw the same tweet and the tweet said that Daniels will host UMass staff tonight - it did not say who.

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by Juice Stand » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:58 pm

inthescoop wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm
69MG wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm
Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:58 pm

Would fit as well in Frank’s system as Cohen, in my opinion.
He's a good player, but he's 6'6 and right now we need bigs and a PG. If we end up needing a guy his size he would be OK.
Who cares if he's 6'6 if he knows how to position himself and box out for rebounds. Fundamentals are key.

He averaged over 10 rebounds per game as a freshman, that tells me that his basketball IQ is there. Would love to see this kid at UMass, bring him on!
Scoop, he wasn't a freshman last year. He played two years of D2 ball at Montana State-Billings where he averaged 3.2 rpg in his freshman year. He's listed as a junior on the UNH site.
https://unhwildcats.com/sports/mens-bas ... niels/9439
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pl ... els-1.html
https://msubsports.com/sports/mens-bask ... niels/4600

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by Juice Stand » Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:05 pm

Follow up: Michael Bergman reports that he's an incoming senior w/ one year of eligibility remaining
https://twitter.com/MLBergman_/status/1 ... 2343278601

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by inthescoop » Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:07 pm

Juice Stand wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:58 pm
inthescoop wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm
69MG wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm

He's a good player, but he's 6'6 and right now we need bigs and a PG. If we end up needing a guy his size he would be OK.
Who cares if he's 6'6 if he knows how to position himself and box out for rebounds. Fundamentals are key.

He averaged over 10 rebounds per game as a freshman, that tells me that his basketball IQ is there. Would love to see this kid at UMass, bring him on!
Scoop, he wasn't a freshman last year. He played two years of D2 ball at Montana State-Billings where he averaged 3.2 rpg in his freshman year. He's listed as a junior on the UNH site.
https://unhwildcats.com/sports/mens-bas ... niels/9439
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pl ... els-1.html
https://msubsports.com/sports/mens-bask ... niels/4600
Brain fart on my end. 1 year at UNH, does not mean he is a freshman :lol:

And he had an in between year at Lake Region (ND) State College so I'm guessing that he would only be eligible for 1 more season. That's a bit unfortunate.

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by MakeMullinsGreatAgain » Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:29 pm

Chico Carter Jr - PG from South Carolina entered the portal - would be a Grad Transfer. Transferred from Murray St and played 1 year for Frank and it was limited minutes so I doubt he would want to play for Frank again but I have no idea what their relationship was. Went from 9 minutes a game with Frank to almost 30 this past year so he's talented - 6'3 point guard and shot 47% from 3pt range - also shot over 40% from 3pt range while at Murray St. My guess is he was in Franks doghouse if he only played 9 minutes a game so Carter may have been happy to see him go - if I'm wrong and they had someone better ahead of him - he'd be a great pickup. Have not seen any mention that UMass is interest but just the fact he played for Frank caught my attention.

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:36 pm

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:34 pm
InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:05 pm
Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:35 pm Staff is doing an in-home visit with UNH transfer Clarence Daniels tonight. Kid is a stud.

Can you provide any further insight? When you say staff, which members are you referring to?
I think we probably saw the same tweet and the tweet said that Daniels will host UMass staff tonight - it did not say who.

Ah ok, got it... thanks!
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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by DoctorJ » Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:44 pm

Kid had a lot of talent on team with Frank. Maybe he still likes Frank? I hope.
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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by capezona » Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:46 pm

Any Iona players of interest in the portal yet?

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by eldonabe » Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:49 am

inthescoop wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm
69MG wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:17 pm
Upstate10 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:58 pm

Would fit as well in Frank’s system as Cohen, in my opinion.
He's a good player, but he's 6'6 and right now we need bigs and a PG. If we end up needing a guy his size he would be OK.
Who cares if he's 6'6 if he knows how to position himself and box out for rebounds. Fundamentals are key.

He averaged over 10 rebounds per game as a freshman, that tells me that his basketball IQ is there. Would love to see this kid at UMass, bring him on!

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by DoctorJ » Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:39 am

Graham Ike from Wyoming is in the portal. They made it to the dance and lost in first game. He was solid all year. Look at the stats...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... graham-ike
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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by NilesGold » Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:52 am

^ That was last year, he got injured and didn't play this season.

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Re: 2023 Recruiting

Post by DoctorJ » Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:53 am

NilesGold wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:52 am ^ That was last year, he got injured and didn't play this season.
Oh, good catch. Wonder the extent of the injury.

Someone also asked about transfers out of Iona. They had a big, white kid who had appendicitis last year, who could be useful. I expect a lot more leaving Iona and St. John's.

Transfer market is still slow and mostly lower quality still. The big noise will start in a week, I think.
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