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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: May 05, 2017, 03:26:42 PM »
It says he's a walk on . Looks like he has a nice stroke.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 29, 2017, 02:16:11 PM »@JDotson8: Per his Facebook page, one-time Milan basketball standout Latin Davis will be transferring from Youngstown State.
That will be another scholarship with him transferring out. Too bad, I really liked Latin.
I liked Latin too. He was a little up and down but always thought he would step up his jr and sr year. Looks like Ferguson is going to get back up minutes behind Santiago.
If that opens a scholarship then we desperately need another big for the upcoming season. I know they don't grow on trees however we are thin in the paint.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 28, 2017, 05:26:54 PM »The following are YSU basketball commits:
Garrett Covington 6'5''
Jacob Brown 6'9''
Naz Bohannon 6"6"
Michael Akuchie 6'8"
Devin Morgan 5"10" (must sit out 1st season)
Appears to be a good recruitment class, I don't believe we can have anymore recruits for the 2017-2018 season.
There seems to be a lot of excitement about this class and high hopes on this board, we certainly welcome these new recruits and hope for positive results in the upcoming 2017-2018 season.
I thought that we might have one more since Morgan won't be eligible this season.
Frosh =Akuchie, Bohannon,Brown,and Covington. (4)
Soph =Ferguson,Hartfield. (2)
JR = Davis,Haygood,and Morgan (3)
Sr = Santiago,Williams,Rosic,Strollo,and Morse. (5)
That's 14 on the roster. Not sure Strollo counts for obvious reasons and Does Morgan count this season ?
Should we call the freshman class the ABC men?
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 27, 2017, 02:30:07 PM »
Love Devin Morgan's video. He's a scorer but not excited about his .369 shooting %. Hope he can bring a little Marcus Keene to Beeghly minus the punch.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 27, 2017, 02:23:44 PM »
I know a coach who went from a lower level to D1 and was very very successful. I think his name was Tressel or something like that.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 25, 2017, 06:03:43 PM »
jbags,I'm still hoping for someone with a little bit of size to help in the post. Devin Haygood fills the role but there's no one else on the roster and he gets into foul trouble.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 25, 2017, 04:01:51 PM »Just for go guins. Akuchie = Scotty Pippen
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 24, 2017, 08:44:07 PM »
Michael Akuchie 6-8 from St Thomas Aquinas Ft Lauderdale fl is our newest verbal. He's only about 185 lbs. Just watched his video and he showed a good handle and someone who likes to run the floor.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Bob Carlson
« on: April 19, 2017, 08:50:45 PM »
Sorry to hear about Bob. Great roll player during the Jeff Covington years. He was always clever at stepping in front of players and taking charges.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 19, 2017, 03:10:03 PM »
go guin,not implying Naz has Green's ability. Just saying his game is similar style in a smaller body. One is an NBA all star the other was the leading scorer for Lorain HS. I pattern my game after Kyrie Irving but most days it takes me a few minutes to stand up straight after getting out of bed.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 18, 2017, 03:21:47 PM »
Watched his video. Reminds me of a smaller Draymond Green. His game and size is very similar to the 1st recruit Garrett Covington. Twin DE on our B-ball team. Can't wait for the season.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 18, 2017, 03:08:04 PM »
I just read the article on Naz and have not yet seen his video. However,he has an AA degree with a 3.93 . Not even sure how you do that while in HS. VERY impressive. His quote saying he's nothing without family and friends shows maturity and wisdom not usually reserved for a HS senior. Love this kid already.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 17, 2017, 03:07:16 PM »
jbags,I hope you're right. There's always an upside but you can say that about many prospects. Last year when I saw Hartfield's video his skill level jumped out at me. He also scored 37 points in the state semifinal vs Westerville South.
Bobby Hain's hs video showed him more of an outside shooter than a post up player like he was at YSU so you never know when a new players comes into the program.
Cam Morse only had one D1 offer so I hope Brown can develop into a legit Horizon league post player.
We really need a juco post player to go with our returning guys. Morse,Santiago,and Hartfield are solid. Someone like a williams or Rosic need to take their game up a level. Our only big is Haygood who has improved but can't stay out of foul trouble.
Bobby Hain's hs video showed him more of an outside shooter than a post up player like he was at YSU so you never know when a new players comes into the program.
Cam Morse only had one D1 offer so I hope Brown can develop into a legit Horizon league post player.
We really need a juco post player to go with our returning guys. Morse,Santiago,and Hartfield are solid. Someone like a williams or Rosic need to take their game up a level. Our only big is Haygood who has improved but can't stay out of foul trouble.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Commits
« on: April 16, 2017, 10:22:51 AM »
Not blown away buy either. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong. Calhoun coming in late has a uphill battle and will see how he recruits going after 2018 players. 1:30 videos are never a great judge of talent.
Anyone know what ever happened to Sydney Umude ?
Anyone know what ever happened to Sydney Umude ?
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Sources: YSU to hire national runner-up Calhoun as men’s basketball coach
« on: March 27, 2017, 03:27:55 PM »The focus now turns to recruiting...after watching Fairmont on Saturday I saw inside players that attacked the glass...Calhoun has nothing here that remotely resembles that...Calhoun might have to run a few guys out of here immediately...cruel but he didn't recruit them...Morse Santiago and Hartfield are fine but the rest are questionable at best...Moss will have to come in and be better than Williams and Rosic...much much better....Calhoun must hit the ground running and bring some tough hardnosed kids in...canr wait to see what happens
You're a 100 percent correct that morse,santiago,and Hartfield are a nice returning nucleus. Calhoun needs bigs. Might be easier said than done. It's recruiting at another level that YSU needs. No excuses.