Recruiting - 2018

[Eli]

On 4/11/2018 at 10:56 PM, Dane Pound said:

According to Verbal Commits we have an offer out to 6'8 PF Simon Falokun from Texas.

Another 3 year transfer.

And Kawanise Wilkins committed to Western Michigan.

 

UAlbany Men's Roster 2018-2019					
					
Name				Position	Height	Weight	Year		Status
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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
Free Scholarship (Foster)					
Free Scholarship (Charles)					
Nick Fruscio			PG		5'10"	155	Jr.		Returning
					
Possible Signings		Position	Height	Weight	Year		Status
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Cedric Roland**			PF		6'7"	220	Jr. (JUCO)	Offered
Yannis Mendy**			PF		6'8"	240	Jr. (JUCO)	Offered
Melkisedek Moreaux**		PF		6'8"	195	Jr. (JUCO)	Offered
Simon Falokun**			PF		6'8"	220	So. (JUCO)	Offered
Tayler Mattos**			PF		6'9"	230	HS2018		Offered
Jordan Starr**			SF		6'6"	170	HS2018		Offered
Quinlan Bennett**		SG		6'3"	175	HS2018		Offered
Greg Dolan**			PG		6'3"	170	HS2018		Offered
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Carlos Dotson**			C		6'7"	285	Jr. (JUCO)	Not Interested
Antun Maricevic**		C		6'10"	234	Jr. (JUCO)	South Florida
Michael Steadman**		C		6'10"	215	So. (JUCO)	San Jose State
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
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
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	Transferring to either Creighton, Texas, Oregon, Penn State or Gonzaga				
David Nichols	Transferring to Florida State				

 

Edited April 13, 2018 by Eli

[cwdickens]

Hat's off to Will and his staff for filling in the missing pieces timely .... as "BD" stated in the stands a couple of weeks ago .... filling in the missing pieces is a big part of a coach's job ....  now Will Brown lets blend the talent into a winning team ... you have my support!  To Cremo and Nichols ... I hope you reach your short term dreams of a NCAA Tournament. 

[godanesgo99]

I just noticed the list of schools we have lost recruits to. Not a bad list. We are aiming high!

VCU, USF, Pitt, Western Mich, ...

[ZLK]

So after watching a couple of Western Wyoming games online I'm a big fan of Nathan Fromm, looks like a steal and a half...

[jimbo]

He seems to be a very athletic kid with multiple tools and a slippery drive. Im looking forward to seeing him work.

[godanesgo99]

We gotta stop hyping these kids lol. Us addicted fans should not be getting this excited this time of year for a team with only 2 returning players that saw any game time at all (Clark and Campbell).

I gotta stop worrying if Rizzuto or deSousa will red shirt. Who is gonna get time with all the apparent talent being brought in.

At most Brown will go 9 deep, not sure if I have ever seen him regularly give more players than that minutes. I see 11 players right now that could step in and play, based on written words and youtube, with 2 scholarships to give.

I'm worried that we will all get overly excited, set expectations way too high for such a young team, then get dissapointed with a 4th place finish and an exit from the AE playoffs in the second round.

Edited April 13, 2018 by godanesgo99

[Patch]

High expectations are already set for UA regardless of who is expected to play CB has us expecting to be good the question is will we be NCAA good.

 

I would expect next year's team to be opposite of this year's team. Next year's group could start slow and improve all year long.

[UA'08]

3 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

We gotta stop hyping these kids lol. Us addicted fans should not be getting this excited this time of year for a team with only 2 returning players that saw any game time at all (Clark and Campbell).

I gotta stop worrying if Rizzuto or deSousa will red shirt. Who is gonna get time with all the apparent talent being brought in.

At most Brown will go 9 deep, not sure if I have ever seen him regularly give more players than that minutes. I see 11 players right now that could step in and play, based on written words and youtube, with 2 scholarships to give.

I'm worried that we will all get overly excited, set expectations way too high for such a young team, then get dissapointed with a 4th place finish and an exit from the AE playoffs in the second round.

Pretty sure you hyped up the five freshman like crazy for next season, although that was before Cremo and Nichols left.

[ZLK]

22 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

We gotta stop hyping these kids lol. Us addicted fans should not be getting this excited this time of year for a team with only 2 returning players that saw any game time at all (Clark and Campbell).

I gotta stop worrying if Rizzuto or deSousa will red shirt. Who is gonna get time with all the apparent talent being brought in.

At most Brown will go 9 deep, not sure if I have ever seen him regularly give more players than that minutes. I see 11 players right now that could step in and play, based on written words and youtube, with 2 scholarships to give.

I'm worried that we will all get overly excited, set expectations way too high for such a young team, then get dissapointed with a 4th place finish and an exit from the AE playoffs in the second round.

There really shouldn't be any expectations for next season other than we never expect to be terrible regardless of roster change. Little competition for playing time could be refreshing, we had spots locked up the past couple of seasons and it didn't work out as well as everyone hoped. Going to be a ton of speed bumps early, no way to prevent it with so many new pieces in play. Just nice to be able to add talent so quickly when most programs would be in serious trouble in April losing the pieces we did in March.

[godanesgo99]

56 minutes ago, UA'08 said:

Pretty sure you hyped up the five freshman like crazy for next season, although that was before Cremo and Nichols left.

I'm guilty as charged. 

[Clickclack]

49 minutes ago, ZLK said:

There really shouldn't be any expectations for next season other than we never expect to be terrible regardless of roster change. Little competition for playing time could be refreshing, we had spots locked up the past couple of seasons and it didn't work out as well as everyone hoped. Going to be a ton of speed bumps early, no way to prevent it with so many new pieces in play. Just nice to be able to add talent so quickly when most programs would be in serious trouble in April losing the pieces we did in March.

This is what you get with the Godfather of the AE....deep connections out there. And hope springs eternal...I say if 99 want's go hog wild with hype...go for it..DON'T FORGET TO START THE ENGINE (gentle tickle)

Edited April 13, 2018 by Clickclack

[KingDane]

1 hour ago, godanesgo99 said:

I'm guilty as charged. 

I also admit to buying into the hype every year. Why not, the incoming guys look great and I have faith that Coach Brown will know what to do with them. 

[UA1882]

Any word on Anthony Mack? Dont see much about him.  Now that would be a heck of a signing . 

[ZLK]

34 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Any word on Anthony Mack? Dont see much about him.  Now that would be a heck of a signing . 

Last I saw on twitter he was visiting Miami I think, anytime someone lists schools for him they're almost all high majors.

[Dane Pound]

6 hours ago, godanesgo99 said:

We gotta stop hyping these kids lol. Us addicted fans should not be getting this excited this time of year for a team with only 2 returning players that saw any game time at all (Clark and Campbell).

I'm pretty sure that's our role in those whole thing, isn't it?. We're not players and we're not coaches. We watch youtube clips and look up the 3pt percentages of our recruits. Then next year we'll drive through snowstorms to away games. We'll live and die with each foul call and then won't be able to talk the next day from screaming. We're fanatics, that's just what we do.