Those that have seen Obekpa, what do you think he'll average as a freshman? Where will he excel the most?
Rothstein likes to compare him to Theo Ratliff. Sign me up. He doesn't need to score.
Quote from: paultzman on June 11, 2012, 06:05:05 PM“@jeffborzello: Might move them to No. 20 or so. Final rankings Wednesday. RT @Joey_4Fingers: where does Obekpa put the #stjbb 2012 class in the rankings?”Respect Borzello's evaluations!Jeff is my boy but 20 is high.
“@jeffborzello: Might move them to No. 20 or so. Final rankings Wednesday. RT @Joey_4Fingers: where does Obekpa put the #stjbb 2012 class in the rankings?”Respect Borzello's evaluations!
Quote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 05:36:58 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 05:05:48 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:59:47 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:39:11 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:37:22 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.In a perfect world I'm 100% in agreement but the way things have been going Its wishful thinking . Besides has Lawrence even began making visits yet? You would think somehow chandler and wood are still in the fold. So our 13' class may be 50% solidified already. Pretty sure Chandler wouldn't be a target because this is his prep year. Wouldn't he have to JUCO or something next year? I thought only those who qualified out of HS but elected JUCO were eligible to leave JUCO after 1 year. Agree about Wood. Remember in 2011 we had 7 of the 9 locked up in November before Lavin even coached a regular season game.lets not speak to quick next thing you know chandler's ruled eligible next week or something lol. good ol' lavin. but yeah i definately agree with that , but this is a business of trends. whats hot now, whos hot now. the coachng change and imminent tourney appearance created a substantial amount of buzz, enough buzz and momentum to land 7 early ones (although we know how that story ended in a 13 win season) but with the signing of obekpa and maybe even a bolt up the recrutment rankings into the top 20 will create enough momentum maybe to get some more of the upper echelon recruits to really consider us consistently. but this is where i was eluding that on court performance will be the catalyst for that wishful thinking to become fact. we've definately gained some recrutiment momentum with chris but lets play a game first and give these guys a visual.I and every other person on here including the site owner all felt a lot more positive about one guy and negative about the other. How times have changed they have flip flopped. Chandler could be eligible next week for all we know and we have the room to bring him in but my faith in that has withered over the past however many months.All I'm saying is remember after the early signing period how there weren't many big name guys. Only ones were actually the ones that reneged from us really ha. I haven't heard any timing from Jermaine. But I'd like to think and hope he is among the 80% plus who want to get it out of the way.So aside from Lawrence who do you have your eye on ? Personally I think we need to bring in a pg next year as wellChilleb you think after Jermaine we need to look for a pg? It was starting to sound like Jordan and Sina werent listing us anymore, but who knows.Based soley on what's reported, I was getting the impression the staff was doubling down on post players and were hard after the two kids from Louisiana.. Martin and Jones or Mike Young from NJ. But who knows. Maybe they take a best player available approach ... Regardless of position.
Quote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 05:05:48 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:59:47 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:39:11 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:37:22 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.In a perfect world I'm 100% in agreement but the way things have been going Its wishful thinking . Besides has Lawrence even began making visits yet? You would think somehow chandler and wood are still in the fold. So our 13' class may be 50% solidified already. Pretty sure Chandler wouldn't be a target because this is his prep year. Wouldn't he have to JUCO or something next year? I thought only those who qualified out of HS but elected JUCO were eligible to leave JUCO after 1 year. Agree about Wood. Remember in 2011 we had 7 of the 9 locked up in November before Lavin even coached a regular season game.lets not speak to quick next thing you know chandler's ruled eligible next week or something lol. good ol' lavin. but yeah i definately agree with that , but this is a business of trends. whats hot now, whos hot now. the coachng change and imminent tourney appearance created a substantial amount of buzz, enough buzz and momentum to land 7 early ones (although we know how that story ended in a 13 win season) but with the signing of obekpa and maybe even a bolt up the recrutment rankings into the top 20 will create enough momentum maybe to get some more of the upper echelon recruits to really consider us consistently. but this is where i was eluding that on court performance will be the catalyst for that wishful thinking to become fact. we've definately gained some recrutiment momentum with chris but lets play a game first and give these guys a visual.I and every other person on here including the site owner all felt a lot more positive about one guy and negative about the other. How times have changed they have flip flopped. Chandler could be eligible next week for all we know and we have the room to bring him in but my faith in that has withered over the past however many months.All I'm saying is remember after the early signing period how there weren't many big name guys. Only ones were actually the ones that reneged from us really ha. I haven't heard any timing from Jermaine. But I'd like to think and hope he is among the 80% plus who want to get it out of the way.So aside from Lawrence who do you have your eye on ? Personally I think we need to bring in a pg next year as well
Quote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:59:47 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:39:11 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:37:22 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.In a perfect world I'm 100% in agreement but the way things have been going Its wishful thinking . Besides has Lawrence even began making visits yet? You would think somehow chandler and wood are still in the fold. So our 13' class may be 50% solidified already. Pretty sure Chandler wouldn't be a target because this is his prep year. Wouldn't he have to JUCO or something next year? I thought only those who qualified out of HS but elected JUCO were eligible to leave JUCO after 1 year. Agree about Wood. Remember in 2011 we had 7 of the 9 locked up in November before Lavin even coached a regular season game.lets not speak to quick next thing you know chandler's ruled eligible next week or something lol. good ol' lavin. but yeah i definately agree with that , but this is a business of trends. whats hot now, whos hot now. the coachng change and imminent tourney appearance created a substantial amount of buzz, enough buzz and momentum to land 7 early ones (although we know how that story ended in a 13 win season) but with the signing of obekpa and maybe even a bolt up the recrutment rankings into the top 20 will create enough momentum maybe to get some more of the upper echelon recruits to really consider us consistently. but this is where i was eluding that on court performance will be the catalyst for that wishful thinking to become fact. we've definately gained some recrutiment momentum with chris but lets play a game first and give these guys a visual.I and every other person on here including the site owner all felt a lot more positive about one guy and negative about the other. How times have changed they have flip flopped. Chandler could be eligible next week for all we know and we have the room to bring him in but my faith in that has withered over the past however many months.All I'm saying is remember after the early signing period how there weren't many big name guys. Only ones were actually the ones that reneged from us really ha. I haven't heard any timing from Jermaine. But I'd like to think and hope he is among the 80% plus who want to get it out of the way.
Quote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:39:11 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:37:22 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.In a perfect world I'm 100% in agreement but the way things have been going Its wishful thinking . Besides has Lawrence even began making visits yet? You would think somehow chandler and wood are still in the fold. So our 13' class may be 50% solidified already. Pretty sure Chandler wouldn't be a target because this is his prep year. Wouldn't he have to JUCO or something next year? I thought only those who qualified out of HS but elected JUCO were eligible to leave JUCO after 1 year. Agree about Wood. Remember in 2011 we had 7 of the 9 locked up in November before Lavin even coached a regular season game.lets not speak to quick next thing you know chandler's ruled eligible next week or something lol. good ol' lavin. but yeah i definately agree with that , but this is a business of trends. whats hot now, whos hot now. the coachng change and imminent tourney appearance created a substantial amount of buzz, enough buzz and momentum to land 7 early ones (although we know how that story ended in a 13 win season) but with the signing of obekpa and maybe even a bolt up the recrutment rankings into the top 20 will create enough momentum maybe to get some more of the upper echelon recruits to really consider us consistently. but this is where i was eluding that on court performance will be the catalyst for that wishful thinking to become fact. we've definately gained some recrutiment momentum with chris but lets play a game first and give these guys a visual.
Quote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:37:22 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.In a perfect world I'm 100% in agreement but the way things have been going Its wishful thinking . Besides has Lawrence even began making visits yet? You would think somehow chandler and wood are still in the fold. So our 13' class may be 50% solidified already. Pretty sure Chandler wouldn't be a target because this is his prep year. Wouldn't he have to JUCO or something next year? I thought only those who qualified out of HS but elected JUCO were eligible to leave JUCO after 1 year. Agree about Wood. Remember in 2011 we had 7 of the 9 locked up in November before Lavin even coached a regular season game.
Quote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.In a perfect world I'm 100% in agreement but the way things have been going Its wishful thinking . Besides has Lawrence even began making visits yet? You would think somehow chandler and wood are still in the fold. So our 13' class may be 50% solidified already.
Quote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:30:16 PMQuote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds dailyMost kids actually sign an LOI. Its upwards of 80% of the Top 100 or so I've seen each year wrap it up early. Again this is my hope. We don't have an abundance of ships. I hope we can trail our target all summer. Have him on campus to scrimmage with the boys unofficially. And finally get ahead of pace like other big time schools who seem to always be a class ahead.
Quote from: Moose on June 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PMQuote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.C'mon moose only for him to decommit by mid season. These kids have no idea what they want these days and and change there minds daily
Quote from: Chilleb on June 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PMGuys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!Actually I want the centerpiece of our 13 class wrapped by the early signing period which would be before we played any games.Here's to hoping that's the case.
Guys, our performance on the court this upcoming season will bring in the gems in 2013 let's not get worked up just yet. After a return to the tourney next season we'll be back in business. New all along he wasnt gonna be leaving his buddy Felix . Let's go johnnies !!
from BearcatMick: Horrible decision. Lavin is as crooked as they come. Oh well, he probably wasn't good enough for uc anyways with the talent we haveEnjoy playing on a sub .500 team next year Chris! Hopefully lavin paid for your cable so you can watch us in the final four ^^ sore head!!
Quote from: redslope on June 11, 2012, 04:15:01 PMQuote from: paultzman on June 11, 2012, 04:09:38 PM“@SammyAlbano: Opeka can't sign LOI but is signing an institutional letter & on campus as we tweet! Very talente Johnny frosh class!”what is the difference between LOI and institutional letter?? Thanks in advanceHe signs scholarship papers guaranteeing him a schollie at SJU. But technically he is not bound to SJU as he would be with an NLI, thus if he wanted to change his mind and go elsewhere he could without needing permission from SJU for a release. He's a Johnny either way.
Quote from: paultzman on June 11, 2012, 04:09:38 PM“@SammyAlbano: Opeka can't sign LOI but is signing an institutional letter & on campus as we tweet! Very talente Johnny frosh class!”what is the difference between LOI and institutional letter?? Thanks in advance
“@SammyAlbano: Opeka can't sign LOI but is signing an institutional letter & on campus as we tweet! Very talente Johnny frosh class!”
Quote from: fordham96 on June 11, 2012, 04:36:52 PMQuote from: redslope on June 11, 2012, 04:15:01 PMQuote from: paultzman on June 11, 2012, 04:09:38 PM“@SammyAlbano: Opeka can't sign LOI but is signing an institutional letter & on campus as we tweet! Very talente Johnny frosh class!”what is the difference between LOI and institutional letter?? Thanks in advanceHe signs scholarship papers guaranteeing him a schollie at SJU. But technically he is not bound to SJU as he would be with an NLI, thus if he wanted to change his mind and go elsewhere he could without needing permission from SJU for a release. He's a Johnny either way.Sorry but why a letter instead of an LOI. Got to be a date beyond which he cannot change his mind - no ?
Way to call it Dave. Huge recruit for us. Our first shotblocker at SJU since before I can remember.
Quote from: MCNPA on June 11, 2012, 04:48:07 PMWay to call it Dave. Huge recruit for us. Our first shotblocker at SJU since before I can remember. Don't forget about Orlando Sanchez.Great addition. This kid learning on the bench while Sanchez, Garrett, and Sampson carry the load early will be an excellent way to get him ready. This is how programs are built. Wow...ANOTHER top 100 RSCI recruit for Lavin.