Recruiting - 2022

[cwdickens]

On 4/11/2022 at 12:08 PM, Clickclack said:

 

Keeping my fingers crossed Da'Kquan can stay healthy and injury free for the 2022-2023 season 

[UA1882]

Sources: Memphis transfer Earl Timberlake has committed to Bryant.

I only post this because the Bryant coach I obviously a recruiter.  Something Killings was brought in to do. 

Hopefully Killings is on the trail hard because Bryant right now will kick us in the teeth. 

I openly admitted to never seeing our D3 commit , Da'Kquan play. However I have seen Timberlake play several times.  He can be a little erratic but will dominate our league if he gets he head on straight even a little.   

Edited April 18, 2022 by UA1882

[UA1882]

We are talking to John Stansbury. Delaware State Sr. Averaging 10 a game on one of the 5 worse D1 teams. Playing in one of the worse D1 conferences. 

Edited April 18, 2022 by UA1882

[Dane96]

1 hour ago, UA1882 said:

Sources: Memphis transfer Earl Timberlake has committed to Bryant.

I only post this because the Bryant coach I obviously a recruiter.  Something Killings was brought in to do. 

Hopefully Killings is on the trail hard because Bryant right now will kick us in the teeth. 

I openly admitted to never seeing our D3 commit , Da'Kquan play. However I have seen Timberlake play several times.  He can be a little erratic but will dominate our league if he gets he head on straight even a little.   

Earl Timberlake has been a flat out bust since his TOP 35 HS recruit days.  He will do well in this league but no better than guys we have had in this league before.  In short, he's a mental and injury reclamation project.  Hope he does well because that means the league will be forced to continue to grow.

This signing is literally the most overblown signing I have seen in years.   

[UA1882]

25 minutes ago, Dane96 said:

Earl Timberlake has been a flat out bust since his TOP 35 HS recruit days.  He will do well in this league but no better than guys we have had in this league before.  In short, he's a mental and injury reclamation project.  Hope he does well because that means the league will be forced to continue to grow.

This signing is literally the most overblown signing I have seen in years.   

I guess we will see.  I'll mark this and see what happens after the season.  Davis dominated our league last year. (He is not the same player of course but has a chance to dominate like him) I believe he will average at least 15 a game for a good Bryant team (as a sophomore).  He has a chance to be an all league player for 3 years. I would take that all day.

Edited April 18, 2022 by UA1882

[Dane96]

16 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

I guess we will see.  I'll mark this and see what happens after the season.  Davis dominated our league last year. (He is not the same player of course but has a chance to dominate like him) I believe he will average at least 15 a game for a good Bryant team (as a sophomore).  He has a chance to be an all league player for 3 years. I would take that all day.

I would agree with the 15 a game.  He will be no different than a pre injury Perry.  My point is this is not a world neater based on his last two seasons. That’s all i mean.  He has the capital P dripping from his talents.  

[godanesgo99]

A quick look at verbal commits shows a ton of 2023 recruits being added. The list there is getting long.

Anyone have any new info on the 2022 recruiting? Commits are starting to happen all over.  Any official or unofficial visits? Anything to get excited over?

With Beagle and Davis taking 2 slots and Ketner rumored to have received a scholarship, there are still a few spots left:

Scholarships definite to fill: Cerutti, Champion, Perry, Newman

In the Portal, but could return: Horton and Doles

Outgoing Walk-on: Fizulich, Ketner (rumored Scholarship)

Incoming Scholarship players: Beagle, Davis, Ketner

Incoming Walk-ons: Jackson

This means the team has at minimum 1 scholarship to award if Doles and or Horton stays, and could be 3 if the both move on, unless I am missing something. 

I think that as of now, Davis is the only scholarship that is definitely opening for 2023, With everyone else on the team only being sophomores and freshman right now eligibility wise thanks to COVID extensions, so it's interesting that the 2023 list is starting to look like Bryant's, but the 2022 list seems to have no real movement.

Edited April 19, 2022 by godanesgo99

[UA1882]

Doles to UMBC.  So another scholarship is open.  

[cwdickens]

40 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Doles to UMBC.  So another scholarship is open.  

Do we call it a win for Josh Pelletier?     

[UA1882]

7 minutes ago, cwdickens said:

Do we call it a win for Josh Pelletier?     

No.  Doles served a purpose but I hope we can do much better in the portal. Doles was very soft. I mean that will no disrespect. Everything he did was going away from the basket. He was a below average shooter. I wish him the best. 

[godanesgo99]

28 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

No.  Doles served a purpose but I hope we can do much better in the portal. Doles was very soft. I mean that will no disrespect. Everything he did was going away from the basket. He was a below average shooter. I wish him the best. 

Except when he was hot, he was FIRE when shooting. I always liked watching him play, just always cringed when I saw him fading away.

[godanesgo99]

Confirmation: 

 

[Dane Pound]

7 hours ago, UA1882 said:

No.  Doles served a purpose but I hope we can do much better in the portal. Doles was very soft. I mean that will no disrespect. Everything he did was going away from the basket. He was a below average shooter. I wish him the best. 

Big guys who can shoot from outside are an asset and I'm sorry to see him leave. He pretty much single-handedly won the game @Bing this year and spared us the humiliation of being swept by the Bearcats.

[UA1882]

I absolutely agree that he played very well at Binghamton but I'm sorry he can't shoot(At least not last year). He shot 38 percent overall and 31 percent from 3. Those numbers are very very poor for a 5th year senior playing the 4 position.  He averaged 3.8 rebounds a game in 21 minutes.  Again not very good at all.  

We should be able to find someone better then that and hopefully with more eligibility.  

Edited April 20, 2022 by UA1882

[cwdickens]

20 hours ago, UA1882 said:

No.  Doles served a purpose but I hope we can do much better in the portal. Doles was very soft. I mean that will no disrespect. Everything he did was going away from the basket. He was a below average shooter. I wish him the best. 

I like to see how he does this upcoming year .... can he be coach in changing his style and approach to basketball ... I wonder if our staff tried to assist in changing his approach to the game .... was he just unhappy here....