Men's basketball recruiting ?

[go guins]

The problem with D1 transfers is most of them thought they could play at the D1 lever and found out they can't.  I know I'm changing sports but you need to look only as far as Louis Irizarry and and recently Kierre Hawkins for guys who were hot shot TE recruits at no less than OSU and found out they couldn't play at that lever, dropped back to YSU, and found out they couldn't pay here either.  I'm not a big fan of transfers looking for an easier path.
We have out point guard in Quiz, so Qgoro becomes another shooting guard who is at best a marginal shooter.
Foster, the East Carolina transfer is listed as a "shooting guard" who hit .186% from 3 last year.  Quiz is a driver/ slasher, so is Foster and Ogoro.  Shooting and D killed us last year, frankly I don't seem much improvement,  Althought Foster and Ogoro have nice size for guards, which couldn't hurt.

[ytownchief22]

Kierre tore his ACL last year so I wouldn't say that is relevant lol.

[go guins]

Kierre tore his ACL last year so I wouldn't say that is relevant lol.

Yes he got hurt, but before he did he played 2 games and caught, what was the total...........oh year, 1 pass.  To paraphrase the great Harry Doyle, "one God-damn pass!"
Drop him off and add Trent Hosick or any of dozens of guys over the years.  There have been some good ones too, Avery Moss and Justus Reed among them, but you gotta see 'em play first!  My point is because somebody transfers "down" to YSU it doesn't mean they can play for us.   

[ucfpengbuck]

Luke Chicone 5-10 pt guard from Metor verbals for 2021.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/6729678/Luke-Chicone

Sophomore highlights.  Looks like he has off the bus range.

[4lessgovt]

https://www.news-herald.com/sports/mentor-basketball-luke-chicone-commits-to-youngstown-state/article_78ab808e-9cf9-11e9-bf4d-43f4a9a83c0f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=fb-newsheraldinoh&fbclid=IwAR3CLW5HhHu8Kaxla0yWFeKuWpYiPZbkHx9aw9LrHRhE2G_h9KfoX3lz0No

[YSU1]

The Bobby K connection.  He is a little small but has good range on the 3 ball.

[go guins]

Luke Chicone 5-10 pt guard from Metor verbals for 2021.

http://www.hudl.com/profile/6729678/Luke-Chicone

Sophomore highlights.  Looks like he has off the bus range.

Kid has NBA range but middle school size.  They list him at 5-10, but in video he couldn't have been much over 5-6 5-7

[YSU1]

maybe he will grow some more before he gets to YSU

[ytownchief22]

Only going into his junior year. Coach loves this kid.

[YSUGO]

Kid still has 2 years.  A lot can happen till when and if he honors his commitment. But I think it’s a good get by our coach. 
 

[ucfpengbuck]

Luke was the best player on his team as a sophomore that went 22-3.   Mentor is one of the largest HS in Ohio and plays a tough D1 schedule.   His skill set is way ahead of his physical size but he has plenty of time to fill out.

Coach C has both the team camp and an individual camp that gives YSU nice exposure.   Love seeing Ohio kids coming to Ytown.

[Northcoast Penguin]

Watched Luke play last year in Mentor's State Championship run.  Don't know much about the game but this kid really stood out among the others.  Very quick on his feet, great anticipation and outstanding 3-point range shooting.  Nice pick-up for the Penguins!

[go guins]

Luke was the best player on his team as a sophomore that went 22-3.   Mentor is one of the largest HS in Ohio and plays a tough D1 schedule.   His skill set is way ahead of his physical size but he has plenty of time to fill out.

Coach C has both the team camp and an individual camp that gives YSU nice exposure.   Love seeing Ohio kids coming to Ytown.

Doesn't need to "fill out" he needs to "fill UP!"

[go guins]

Kid looks very small, that is obvious, but kids quite a bit shorter than him have had great NBA careers, so it certainly isn't hopeless.  Just harder if you're short.  I'd much rather have a short guy that can really play than a tall kid who couldn't.  It would be nicer if the guy was 6' is all.

[Double ET]

I was just reading the MBB roster and John Sally (our 7-1 center last season) was not listed. Does any one know what has happened to him? He started several games late last season. We have so many guards on the roster this year (only 4 are listed as forward).