courtside Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 22 hours ago, courtside said: Around the A10... 2021 6'8 Top 50 Power Forward from Arizona, DaRon Holmes committed to Dayton today. His finalists were Dayton, Marquette, Arizona, Cal. Many thought he would choose Marquette or Arizona as they both were in on him a long time. But Dayton came in later and some things went their way. He really liked Anthony Grant. First, his recruiter from Marquette, Stan Johnson, left to be the Head Coach at Loyola Marymount. (Johnson also landed two other recent AZ players of the year for Marquette) His U of Arizona recruiter, Justin Gainey left Arizona to take an assistant position with Marquette, where he had been before. Marquette has a bit of logjam at his position. Arizona has some NCAA concerns as well. Dayton positioned themselves well later in his recruitment. Holmes who grew up in Arizona, played his last year at Montverde in Florida. He is a face up 4, high energy/motor, runs the floor, both ends, dunk machine to shot blocker, mid range game. It's a big get for Dayton. Related. today Arizona was hit with 9 NCAA infractions, 5 of which are level 1, the most severe: https://theathletic.com/2158740/2020/10/25/arizona-sean-miller-ncaa-investigaton-fbi-book-richardson/?amp#click=https://t.co/iJxO0v3Zka Quote
Cowboy Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, courtside said: Related. today Arizona was hit with 9 NCAA infractions, 5 of which are level 1, the most severe: https://theathletic.com/2158740/2020/10/25/arizona-sean-miller-ncaa-investigaton-fbi-book-richardson/?amp#click=https://t.co/iJxO0v3Zka -but nothing will come from it, unfortunately Quote
Pistol Posted October 26, 2020 Author Posted October 26, 2020 Speaking of Arizona, Shane Dezonie committed there yesterday. They only very recently got involved, it seems. Funny timing. SLU was never really in the mix even though the offer came before his recruitment hit the next level. Quote
SLURadioBoy Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 @Coach314, any update on Kern’s recruitment? Do you know where SLU stands? Quote
Coach314 Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, SLURadioBoy said: @Coach314, any update on Kern’s recruitment? Do you know where SLU stands? SLU is definitely in the mix...along with VCU SLURadioBoy, BuiltFordBills and Reinert310 3 Quote
SLURadioBoy Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Coach314 said: SLU is definitely in the mix...along with VCU Do you think he will commit soon or wait until spring? Quote
Coach314 Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, SLURadioBoy said: Do you think he will commit soon or wait until spring? Hearing he will commit before the season. They had to change up their schedule this year. They won't be going out of town. So he won't get that extra exposure. But I guess there's always that threat of someone entering the mix late lol. SLURadioBoy and Bills_06 2 Quote
dlarry Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Coach314 said: Hearing he will commit before the season. They had to change up their schedule this year. They won't be going out of town. So he won't get that extra exposure. But I guess there's always that threat of someone entering the mix late lol. I hear Memphis has a few open scholarships available. AGB91, Reinert310, SLU_Nick and 1 other 4 Quote
hmart23 Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Coach314 said: Hearing he will commit before the season. They had to change up their schedule this year. They won't be going out of town. So he won't get that extra exposure. But I guess there's always that threat of someone entering the mix late lol. Stockard being at VCU definitely doesn’t help us out. Whatever Nick chooses I’ll be happy for him though! Quote
Compton Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 ^How so? 17 hours ago, hmart23 said: Stockard being at VCU definitely doesn’t help us out. Whatever Nick chooses I’ll be happy for him though! Does that hurt us in some way? I don't see it. Quote
Pistol Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Compton said: ^How so? Does that hurt us in some way? I don't see it. VCU is in contention for Kern and has a Vashon alum on the roster. Stockard could pitch Kern on the program. It indeed makes them more competitive. VCU was also a finalist for McKinney out of HS. They like the V. We also have a Wolverine on our roster and have recruited Vashon hard since Ford took over, and fortunately ours is closer in age to Kern and actually played alongside him. His recruitment - like many others - would be a bigger battle if he'd gotten an AAU season to show out. He tends to be a streakier player who has good days and off days, so the ability for a staff to get repeat viewings of Kern is more important in his recruitment. Fletcher, Clark, and Russell are gone, but Vashon brings in Koray Gilbert's younger brother Keshon for his senior year. A UNLV commit, he played his first three seasons out in Vegas and will run the point for Vashon. Regardless, Kern will play a bigger role this season. He's got a competitive streak to go with his upside and I think he'd be a nice get for us as a long-term prospect. brianstl and Compton 2 Quote
Pistol Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 Dallan "Deebo" Coleman to Georgia Tech (we were not among his 11 finalists). Sorry, @Box and Won. Not many good names left on our 2021 offer and interest lists. Quote
Box and Won Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 54 minutes ago, Pistol said: Dallan "Deebo" Coleman to Georgia Tech (we were not among his 11 finalists). Sorry, @Box and Won. Not many good names left on our 2021 offer and interest lists. I'm still holding out for a commitment/sport change from Slam Dunkley. Pistol and Reinert310 2 Quote
Pistol Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 Minute-long Ola Ajiboye workout clip. He likes SLU quite a bit. Reinert310 1 Quote
Reinert310 Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 BuiltFordBills and Slu let the dogs out? 2 Quote
Taj79 Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 I know it's suspect but Verbal Commits only show Kern with five offers as is: us, VCU, DePaul, TCU and SEMO. Quote
SLURadioBoy Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 Frank just reiterated on his show that he doesn’t think SLU will sign anyone in the fall. He’s not even sure if they will sign anyone in the spring with the ability of everyone to come back next year. Quote
wgstl Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, SLURadioBoy said: Frank just reiterated on his show that he doesn’t think SLU will sign anyone in the fall. He’s not even sure if they will sign anyone in the spring with the ability of everyone to come back next year. so then seniors in HS are screwed? dlarry 1 Quote
dlarry Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, SLURadioBoy said: Frank just reiterated on his show that he doesn’t think SLU will sign anyone in the fall. He’s not even sure if they will sign anyone in the spring with the ability of everyone to come back next year. I just don’t see a lot of guys coming back for a “Covid year.” I get it for the guys who won’t continue their basketball careers professionally, get another year of playing ball while working on your masters. Not a bad deal. The Bills seniors will all be playing professionally. I don’t see any of them gaining anything by playing an extra year. I could see it helping Perkins but I’m not sure how it helps French and Goodwin. Slu let the dogs out?, billiken_roy and AGB91 3 Quote
BIG BILL FAN Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, dlarry said: I just don’t see a lot of guys coming back for a “Covid year.” I get it for the guys who won’t continue their basketball careers professionally, get another year of playing ball while working on your masters. Not a bad deal. The Bills seniors will all be playing professionally. I don’t see any of them gaining anything by playing an extra year. I could see it helping Perkins but I’m not sure how it helps French and Goodwin. It probably makes more sense to look at transfers for this year than to bring in 2 or 3 more freshmen, to an already crowded class. Quote
3star_recruit Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, SLURadioBoy said: Frank just reiterated on his show that he doesn’t think SLU will sign anyone in the fall. He’s not even sure if they will sign anyone in the spring with the ability of everyone to come back next year. Given all the uncertainty surrounding this season, a wait and see recruiting approach by the staff does make a lot of sense. They can't even meet face-to-face with a recruit off campus or do any in-person scouting. Brian called this about 2 months ago. brianstl 1 Quote
bauman Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, 3star_recruit said: Given all the uncertainty surrounding this season, a wait and see recruiting approach by the staff does make a lot of sense. They can't even meet face-to-face with a recruit off campus or do any in-person scouting. Brian called this about 2 months ago. I would still like Kern if for no other reason than to keep the "V" as a recruiting priority. Slu let the dogs out? 1 Quote
AnkielBreakers Posted November 6, 2020 Posted November 6, 2020 24 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: So, did you try to check Nick Kern’s Instagram and fail? Quote
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