Recruiting - 2018

[godanesgo99]

Now I see the Starks commit on Verbal commits. 

[Clickclack]

30 minutes ago, Dane Pound said:

I'm confused about Flory. I think we already have a commitment from Jeremiah Starks who is a nice looking guard.

My sense is if both commit, they possibly take both and move Campbell to the 4 to play with Lulka. 

[Eli]

One 'ship left! Who gets it!?

UAlbany Men's Roster 2018-2019					
					
Name				Position	Height	Weight	Year		Status
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brent Hank			C		6'10"	245	RFr.		Returning
Kendall Lauderdale		PF		6'8"	240	RJr. (JUCO)	Verbal
Sasha French			PF		6'11"	215	RSo. (JUCO)	Incoming
Adam Lulka			PF		6'8"	240	RFr.		Returning
Devonte Campbell		SF		6'6"	225	Sr. (JUCO)	Returning
Malachi de Sousa		SF		6'5"	200	Fr.		Incoming
Nathan Fromm			SG		6'5"	190	RSo. (JUCO)	Verbal
Ahmad Clark			PG		6'1"	170	Jr. (JUCO)	Returning
Reese Brooks			PG		5'9"	170	RJr. (JUCO)	Verbal
Cam Healey			PG		6'2"	185	RFr.		Returning
Antonio Rizzuto			PG		6'3"	180	Fr.		Incoming
Jeremiah Starks			PG		6'2"	190	RSo. (JUCO)	Verbal
Free Scholarship (Charles)					
Nick Fruscio			PG		5'10"	155	Jr.		Returning
					
Possible Signings		Position	Height	Weight	Year		Status
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedric Roland**			PF		6'7"	220	Jr. (JUCO)	Offered
Jordan Starr**			SF		6'6"	170	HS2018		Offered
Clayton Henry			SG		6'5"	N/A	Jr. (JUCO)	Offered
Phillip Flory**			SG		6'5"	195	So.		Offered
Quinlan Bennett**		SG		6'3"	175	HS2018		Offered
Winslow Martin II**		SG		6'5"	-	So. (JUCO)	Offered
--------------------------------- Going Elsewhere ------------------------------------
Carlos Dotson**			C		6'7"	285	Jr. (JUCO)	Western Carolina
Antun Maricevic**		C		6'10"	234	Jr. (JUCO)	South Florida
Michael Steadman**		C		6'10"	215	So. (JUCO)	San Jose State
Yannis Mendy**			PF		6'8"	240	Jr. (JUCO)	Robert Morris
Melkisedek Moreaux**		PF		6'8"	195	Jr. (JUCO)	St. Bonaventure
Simon Falokun**			PF		6'8"	220	So. (JUCO)	Tulsa
Darrell Bowman**		PF		6'8"	270	So. (JUCO)	Miami (OH)
Kenechukwu Chukwuka**		PF		6'8"	215	So. (JUCO)	Pitt
James Sosinski**		PF		6'8"	240	So. (JUCO)	FB at Kansas
Jaalam Hill**			PF		6'7"	220	So. (JUCO)	Cleveland State
Tayler Mattos**			PF		6'9"	230	HS2018		Bowling Green
Riley Abercrombie**		PF		6'8"	205	HS2018		Boise State
Melik Martin**			PF		6'6"	200	HS2018		Monmouth
Kabir Mohammed**		SF		6'5"	220	So. (JUCO)	Missouri State
Adrian Nelson**			SF		6'6"	185	HS2018		Detroit
Fletcher Tynen**		SF		6'5"	190	HS2018		Boston Univ.
Harrison Butler***		SF		6'5"	205	HS2018		Southern Utah
Kawanise Wilkins**		SG		6'6"	230	So. (JUCO)	Western Michigan
Greg Dolan**			PG		6'3"	170	HS2018		Reclassified to HS2019
Channel Banks**			PG		6'4"	185	Jr. (JUCO)	Akron
Josh Jefferson**		PG		6'2"	173	So. (JUCO)	Cal State Northridge
Peter 'P.J.' Byrd**		PG		6'1"	169	HS2018		VCU
Rashad Williams**		PG		6'3"	185	HS2018		Cleveland State
Calvin Wishart**		PG		6'1"	175	HS2018		Georgia Southern
					
Departures	Reason
----------------------				
Greig Stire	Graduated				
Travis Charles	Graduated				
Alex Foster	Graduated				
Costa Anderson	Graduated				
Matt Conway	Transferring				
Xavier Cochran	Transferring				
Joe Cremo	Transferred to Villanova			
David Nichols	Transferred to Florida State	

 

Edited May 10, 2018 by Eli

[Dane96]

Healy and Rizzuto are combos...not pure PG. And, French is a Center

I agree with Click on Campbell moving to the post.  He will be better suited there on offense.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Dane96

[Eli]

2 hours ago, Dane96 said:

Healy and Rizzuto are combos...not pure PG. And, French is a Center

I agree with Click on Campbell moving to the post.  He will be better suited there on offense.

Hopefully he won't be a stretch big and continue to fire up bricks lol.

[Dane Pound]

9 hours ago, Clickclack said:

My sense is if both commit, they possibly take both and move Campbell to the 4 to play with Lulka. 

I guess Flory is a SG and Starks is listed as a point. I'd guessed they would be looking for another big guy.

Solid shooting numbers for Starks - just over 40% from 3 and 80% from the line.

Preseason is going to be a battle which every position open.

[godanesgo99]

With the Starks commit, I have to think another big will be the target. I would love to see Flory as he has the potential to provide by far the biggest impact, as he is immediately eligible, and would be able to play for 3 years, but I am thinking we might be out of the running now after putting 2 and 2 together. 

According to the Setonian, he prefers to stay where he is, and will return to Seton Hall if a scholarship were to be offered to him: http://www.thesetonian.com/2018/04/27/philip-flory-settles-record-on-his-transfer-status/

Throw in some more transfer news at Seton Hall: https://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2018/5/8/17320600/seton-hall-basketball-jordan-walker-eron-gordon-transfers

I start to see a picture being painted that has him staying put where he is. 

I guess we can hope though!

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

http://verbalcommits.com/players/phillip-flory

[UA1882]

8 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

http://verbalcommits.com/players/phillip-flory

His twitter has him committing.  Seems to be a great signing . 

[Dane96]

Few things:  

1) Welcome to Flory, you’ve joined an amazing program. 

2) what a job by Brown and the staff to absolutely go out, whack the bushes, and for all intents reload this program.  Arguably a very talented, albeit young and inexperienced squad.  

3) The AE has always been a guard/wing league.  We have stockpiled them, and you can win a lot of games this way (See: Villanova)

 

[cwdickens]

Thanks everyone.... glad to see people using their time wisely ...I cannot wait until October...

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Do we have any scholly left ?

[Dane96]

No.  All full now 

[Clickclack]

42 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Do we have any scholly left ?

We are done.. This one is quite the cherry on top... Yikes. Buckle up folks. 

 

Brown and staff on paper killed this spring. Very very impressive recruiting cycle. Wow. 

[godanesgo99]

Wow