6th Man of St. John's Basketball

St. John's Red Storm => Recruiting => 2020 Class => Topic started by: QuanMan on May 27, 2019, 03:30:45 PM

Title: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: QuanMan on May 27, 2019, 03:30:45 PM
Recent TJ follow, sharpshooting fundamentally sound kid, moves well. Ton of potential:

https://247sports.com/Player/Matt-Zona-46056630/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zJipBNr_k
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Johnny23 on May 27, 2019, 03:46:10 PM
Solid prospect from a good, disciplined program. Very good stroke for big man. Would've rather grabbed his '19 teammate Freemantle but Zona has good upside too.
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Foad on May 27, 2019, 04:05:19 PM
Three star recruit with offers from Brown, Hofstra and Robert Morris. I'd say we have a puncher's chance.
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Celtics11 on May 27, 2019, 04:10:48 PM
Other board claims Rutgers has been after him for a while. Don't know about his recruiting though.
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Amaseinyourface2 on May 27, 2019, 04:15:30 PM
That is one big kid
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: mavericknyc1980 on May 27, 2019, 10:06:06 PM
Hopefully we can lock this kid up
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Aknel79 on May 28, 2019, 06:08:27 AM
Another low mid major target!
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Wods317 on May 28, 2019, 10:34:09 AM
Great size and shooting stroke. I would take a flier on this kid.
Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: pmg911 on May 28, 2019, 10:43:33 AM
Quote from: Johnny23 on May 27, 2019, 03:46:10 PM
Solid prospect from a good, disciplined program. Very good stroke for big man. Would've rather grabbed his '19 teammate Freemantle but Zona has good upside too.

Bergen Catholic is good school, great place but NOT a good basketball program..  football - yes; wrestling - def...

This kid is not a high level Div I player..

Title: Re: Matt Zona, PF- Bergen Catholic HS, NJ (6'9, 235)
Post by: Johnny23 on May 28, 2019, 11:16:01 AM
Quote from: pmg911 on May 28, 2019, 10:43:33 AM
Bergen Catholic is good school, great place but NOT a good basketball program..  football - yes; wrestling - def...

This kid is not a high level Div I player..

Bergen went to the TOC final this year and were ranked top 5 in the state. Furthermore they typically are a top 10-20 team in NJ so they are a good program. They are not a great bball program but no one ever said that.

Like I said I would've rather had his one year older teammate but that's water under the bridge now. That said Zona's had a lot of experience playing against good competition in HS and he's only getting better. Again no one said he's a high level D1 prospect at this point. But he's got some tools like good size and stroke that in the right system he could be a solid contributor even at this level.