MaineBull Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Seems like a good player that will compliment his other backcourt running mate Chance Robinson very well. I love that we consistently are recruiting this level of player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gxtrex Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 36 minutes ago, MaineBull said: Seems like a good player that will compliment his other backcourt running mate Chance Robinson very well. I love that we consistently are recruiting this level of player! Agreed! It is a big step for the program if we can consistently pull mid to high 3 star recruits. Its a shame his commitment if being overshadowed by our bad loss on Friday. We have one scholarship remaining for next year right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineBull Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 9:08 AM, Gxtrex said: Agreed! It is a big step for the program if we can consistently pull mid to high 3 star recruits. Its a shame his commitment if being overshadowed by our bad loss on Friday. We have one scholarship remaining for next year right? I believe you are correct. We now have one scholarship left for next season. I am hopeful it can be used on a big rim protector in the interior. A true big who can defend and rebound inside. A player who can run the floor and defend off the high screen and role thus is not a mismatch when we switch in this situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UB05 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 50 minutes ago, fosterclogfear said: Great news! Just a little while ago we were worried about him signing with someone else. When Chanse signs I’ll be feeling great about this class. I wonder if Whitesell looks towards JUCO or a transfer for the final scholarship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, UB05 said: Great news! Just a little while ago we were worried about him signing with someone else. When Chanse signs I’ll be feeling great about this class. I wonder if Whitesell looks towards JUCO or a transfer for the final scholarship We do have outstanding offers on two JUCO players: Adong Makuo (Stats through 5 games - 10 ppg, 5.8 rebounds per game) - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2019-20/div1/players/adongmakuoihvlu Jacob Tracey (Stats through 5 games - 5.4 ppg, 2.6 rebounds per game) - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2019-20/div1/players/jacobtracey7wb8 Makuo seems to have taken a lot of dunks - 92% shooting percentage. Jacob Tracey seems to be struggling a bit early in the season (shooting 34% - 20% from FT). Not sure what interest is still in these two. Edited November 14, 2019 by DocCas86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubbyHubby Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 "We do have outstanding offers on two JUCO players:" My wish is that we could move the word OUTSTANDING, to after the word TWO, and that one of them would sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 2 hours ago, ChubbyHubby said: "We do have outstanding offers on two JUCO players:" My wish is that we could move the word OUTSTANDING, to after the word TWO, and that one of them would sign. I do not know enough to judge either player as OUTSTANDING. What I do see that I like for Adong Makuoi is the following: 6'9" Power Forward - combined with Mballa would give us a strong interior presence. Last year playing 30 games for Palm Beach St (#57 JUCO in country), he shot 58% (52% in conference) all 2-pointers while averaging 8.1 points per game (6.4 in conference). As I mentioned before, in early part of his sophomore season, he is averaging 10 points per game. Averaged close to three blocks a game last year. So far he has offers from Murray State, Kent State and Buffalo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Jojo is a big signing that we needed moving forward. Can’t say enough how hard the staff has done recruiting players when Oats left. You really gotta tip your hat to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubbyHubby Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Did he sign at 2:30 as expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
961819 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: I do not know enough to judge either player as OUTSTANDING. What I do see that I like for Adong Makuoi is the following: 6'9" Power Forward - combined with Mballa would give us a strong interior presence. Last year playing 30 games for Palm Beach St (#57 JUCO in country), he shot 58% (52% in conference) all 2-pointers while averaging 8.1 points per game (6.4 in conference). As I mentioned before, in early part of his sophomore season, he is averaging 10 points per game. Averaged close to three blocks a game last year. So far he has offers from Murray State, Kent State and Buffalo. Adong may be a serviceable PF for other mid major schools but I personally feel that the bar has been set higher for UB and we need to go for players that aren’t projects that will take time to develop. A solid JUCO forward that put up Andre Allen type numbers is what we should go for at the MINIMUM in my opinion. It isn’t in our play style to have a traditional back to the basket type forward, we need a post presence that can stretch the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Cool to have a future Bull signing next to his teammate Jeremy Roach, a future Dukie. That hints at a certain level of recruit. Also, like Rondo is buddies with Nassir Little and other high-end high school/AAU guys, hopefully JoJo has some peer connections that will pay dividends in recruiting and program reputation. In the last three years his HS, Paul VI in Virginia, sent guys to UNC, Nova, Pitt, Butler, UCF, George Mason. That's the company we want to be in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB92 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 35 minutes ago, MuchMany said: Cool to have a future Bull signing next to his teammate Jeremy Roach, a future Dukie. That hints at a certain level of recruit. Also, like Rondo is buddies with Nassir Little and other high-end high school/AAU guys, hopefully JoJo has some peer connections that will pay dividends in recruiting and program reputation. In the last three years his HS, Paul VI in Virginia, sent guys to UNC, Nova, Pitt, Butler, UCF, George Mason. That's the company we want to be in. The impact of being good all year last year (and ranked), plus some success in the tournament is paying great dividends. Gotta keep it up. And that starts (again) on Saturday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 56 minutes ago, 961819 said: Adong may be a serviceable PF for other mid major schools but I personally feel that the bar has been set higher for UB and we need to go for players that aren’t projects that will take time to develop. A solid JUCO forward that put up Andre Allen type numbers is what we should go for at the MINIMUM in my opinion. It isn’t in our play style to have a traditional back to the basket type forward, we need a post presence that can stretch the floor Ok thank you for providing me with more details regarding his capabilities. I was limited to just his stats - so did not have more in-depth assessment. Which was all I had for Jacob Tracey as well - and he has got off to a slow start. Perhaps the perspective on his capabilities is different than my limited vantage point as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
961819 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: Ok thank you for providing me with more details regarding his capabilities. I was limited to just his stats - so did not have more in-depth assessment. Which was all I had for Jacob Tracey as well - and he has got off to a slow start. Perhaps the perspective on his capabilities is different than my limited vantage point as well. I’m just thinking with a Perkins type player in mind. Perfect example in JUCO that I can think of, which now most likely won’t happen bc Kentucky just offered him is Marial Mading. Transferred to JUCO from Rhode Island. Big Skogman-sized player who is quick and can stretch the floor, just needs to bulk up Edited November 14, 2019 by 961819 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Josiah Freeman averaging 14 points per game in first two games of season. Looking forward to him joining the team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 JoJo Freeman has played some very high level games early in the season at the Hoopfest in DC. His Paul VI squad took down #2 in the country IMG Academy in a nice upset. He only scored 6 points on 2-10 shooting, but he played the third most minutes on a team with a 5* senior, a 5* junior (who picked up a Duke offer after this game), and a 5* soph. He's #24 in the video below which is a full game highlight (drains a super quick catch/release 3 at the 7:40 mark). Great to see him playing in one of the most intense and talent-laden high school games of the year. You can see why he didn't get the high-major looks (size for his skill set, quickness), but he should be an absolutely devastating shooter at the MAC level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Paul VI's second game was a another win over a nationally ranked team, Word of God. Freeman was a huge part of the win with 16 points. Really showed off his release in this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Bass Pro Shop Highschool Basketball Tournament Paul VI vs Oak Hill Academy - CBSSports 10 p.m. eastern. Josiah Freeman's Paul VI team beat Booker T Washington 74 - 60 to advance to finals against Oak Hill Academy. Thought I would share as offers a chance to get a glimpse of Josiah in action. Last night he had 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=290716 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBlearns Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 14 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Bass Pro Shop Highschool Basketball Tournament Paul VI vs Oak Hill Academy - CBSSports 10 p.m. eastern. Josiah Freeman's Paul VI team beat Booker T Washington 74 - 60 to advance to finals against Oak Hill Academy. Thought I would share as offers a chance to get a glimpse of Josiah in action. Last night he had 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=290716 Anyone watching this tonight? He's getting pretty good minutes, but Paul VI offense totally runs through Roach and Keels every time down the floor. They're playing Freeman in a 3/4 role, playing him in the post with flex to the wings. Hasn't had the ball too much on offense, but looks like a pretty slick passer for the position, when he's had the ball. Aggressive on-ball defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
961819 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, 961819 said: Weird You can say that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubbyHubby Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Crap! I can't see it. What's weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbburns Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Freeman transferred from Paul VI to his hometown team that is 9-13. Considering it's late in his senior season, doesnt make a lot of sense. Clearly something happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) It’s weird no doubt. But just like the Frye situation we don’t know any facts. As long as he academically can graduate and legally isn’t in any trouble with the law do we care as long as he’s in a UB uniform next season? Obviously it goes without saying we wish him well and good health and hope it isn’t anything with a family crisis. Edited February 21, 2020 by DooleyBull06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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