2013 America East Recruiting Thread

[uvm4life20]

espn list 6'3" PG Kiefer Douse Canada and 6'4" SF Daryl Frazier Brooklyn under considering for UVM. Neither of these players have offers or much interest according to ESPN ...... which doesnt say much. C Mohamed Bah also under our considering list is visiting fairfield for Midnight Madness. I forgot about him for our wishlist. I would like to see UVM get this guy. We could use another young big man to pair with O'day.

[UVM Hoop Cat]

Originally Posted by uvm4life20

espn list 6'3" PG Kiefer Douse Canada and 6'4" SF Daryl Frazier Brooklyn under considering for UVM. Neither of these players have offers or much interest according to ESPN ...... which doesnt say much. C Mohamed Bah also under our considering list is visiting fairfield for Midnight Madness. I forgot about him for our wishlist. I would like to see UVM get this guy. We could use another young big man to pair with O'day.

Bah also has visited Drexel in addition to Fairfield now. I don't really know how much UVM is involved with him- same with the other two players listed.

Bah would be huge-literally. That said, really don't know how much we're recruiting him/if the AE is a place he'd consider.

[UVM Hoop Cat]

NMH Basketball tweeted Skyler White is on an official visit to George Washington this weekend. Also Tweeted Coach Markwood was down there for an open gym recently.

I really like White because he's a big that can shoot, versatile and can play the 3 or the 4 in the AE- plus he's from NMH and knows how to play the game.

[uvm4life20]

I'm not a huge Skyler White fan. He is definitely too slow to play the 3. I think his lateral footspeed on d is slow for a four. I'd like to see UVM get somebody better but I do think he would make a good big to have off the bench. I dont see him as a starter for UVM at any point. I do think he would start on other AE teams as an upperclassmen. He would be a really nice luxury to have coming off the bench. I like him in that kind of role and as a team you need those types of players. Some people see this as a negative.

I like to think we can get a better big in 2014 that would start over him with O'day. I guess he would have a good chance to start his senior year when O'day graduates.

[uvm4life20]

Originally Posted by UVM Hoop Cat

Bah also has visited Drexel in addition to Fairfield now. I don't really know how much UVM is involved with him- same with the other two players listed.

Bah would be huge-literally. That said, really don't know how much we're recruiting him/if the AE is a place he'd consider.

NERR says that Bah is on his third official visit. IDK who the third team is. I wouldnt call him out of our reach if he is visiting drexel and fairfield.

I wonder if we get a recruit to walk on for 2013 knowing a scholly will open up for him in 2014. NOt an ideal situation for a recruit and I'm guessing the recruit wouldnt be of the highest caliber. Those other two players I mentioned didnt have much other interest and I wonder if the coaching staff has discussed this with any potential recruits.

[dnapolit]

Don't forget that Ryan Pierson will be available next season. His freshmen year he made all conference or all rookie in the CAA. He's listed as 6'10 so I'm thinking we will have some depth at center for a couple years.

[uvm4life20]

Originally Posted by dnapolit

Don't forget that Ryan Pierson will be available next season. His freshmen year he made all conference or all rookie in the CAA. He's listed as 6'10 so I'm thinking we will have some depth at center for a couple years.

Yes next year we will have a lot of depth down low.

Pierson C, Apfeld PF-C, O'day PF-C, Rugg PF, Hector PF so a big man 2013 isn't necessary and they prolly won't play many minutes. Two of those guys will be seniors though and it will be good to get a young big man to have a year in college before he has to play significant minutes.

[UVM Hoop Cat]

Originally Posted by uvm4life20

Yes next year we will have a lot of depth down low.

Pierson C, Apfeld PF-C, O'day PF-C, Rugg PF, Hector PF so a big man 2013 isn't necessary and they prolly won't play many minutes. Two of those guys will be seniors though and it will be good to get a young big man to have a year in college before he has to play significant minutes.

Have you ever seen Harold play before? Because he's not a PF. He's a SF. I guess you could say he's a PF the same way Matt Glass was a PF.

[UVM Hoop Cat]

Originally Posted by dnapolit

Don't forget that Ryan Pierson will be available next season. His freshmen year he made all conference or all rookie in the CAA. He's listed as 6'10 so I'm thinking we will have some depth at center for a couple years.

Speaking of Pierson, team photo is out and he looks like a legitimate 6'10'' to me. Clearly the tallest player on the team anyways.

https://twitter.com/UVMmbb/status/25...642688/photo/1

[uvm4life20]

Originally Posted by UVM Hoop Cat

Have you ever seen Harold play before? Because he's not a PF. He's a SF. I guess you could say he's a PF the same way Matt Glass was a PF.

yes I prolly should of said PF-SF for Harold and maybe as well as Rugg. I forget who on the coaching staff said he is transitioning into a PF. I believe thats their plan for him moving forward.

I really like the depth we will have down low next year with or without a 2013 big man.

O'day, Apfeld, Rugg, Pierson, and Hector

[UVM Hoop Cat]

Originally Posted by uvm4life20

yes I prolly should of said PF-SF for Harold and maybe as well as Rugg. I forget who on the coaching staff said he is transitioning into a PF. I believe thats their plan for him moving forward.

I really like the depth we will have down low next year with or without a 2013 big man.

I think the coaching staff is working with him to transition to playing more of the 4 defensively and scoring in the paint as well- same thing they did with Matt Glass, who was only a perimeter player at UMass and only shot 3s.

Same thing with Harold.

[farfromtheshow]

Originally Posted by UVM Hoop Cat

Speaking of Pierson, team photo is out and he looks like a legitimate 6'10'' to me. Clearly the tallest player on the team anyways.

https://twitter.com/UVMmbb/status/25...642688/photo/1

He's an America East 6'10", legit 6'9"... saw and interacted with him on campus a lot last year, he's a big guy, definitely bigger and broader than most AE bigs are these days.

[uvm4life20]

I think its funny debating how tall a guy is and what people think he is. When I'm standing next to a guy that tall I def can't tell the difference between 6'9" and 6'10". It's all huge to me.

[Dewey the Bear]

Brother of Wally and Henry Ellenson @RyanJamesMN: Binghamton was in to see Elwood Ellenson today in Rice Lake, WI. The head coach will be coming in soon as well. @RyanJamesMN: Elwood has also heard from Northeastern and Tulsa lately. The interest from Binghamton sounds strong.

[Bingo!]

Originally Posted by Dewey the Bear

Brother of Wally and Henry Ellenson @RyanJamesMN: Binghamton was in to see Elwood Ellenson today in Rice Lake, WI. The head coach will be coming in soon as well. @RyanJamesMN: Elwood has also heard from Northeastern and Tulsa lately. The interest from Binghamton sounds strong.

This would be amazing. Not because I know anything about this kid, but because while everyone else is recruiting Aarons and Matts and Ryans, Coach Dempsey is getting himself a Yosef, a Magnus and maybe an Ellwood. Awesome, just awesome.

Seriously though, he appears to have gotten very little recognition compared to his brothers, but the bloodline must be pretty strong. Seems to have some nice white boy hops like Storm Clonch.