Final Recruiting Class for 2011

Not a bad haul...

POINT GUARDS
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Nurideen Lindsey	6-2/170	NR		NR		NR		Philadelphia, PA		St. John's
SHOOTING GUARDS
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Phillip Greene	6-3/180	NR		NR		NR		Chicago, IL		St. John's
D'Angelo Harrison	6-3/185	62		40		62		Fort Bend, TX		St. John's
SMALL FORWARD
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Maurice Harkless	6-6/200	45		41		39		Queens, NY		St. John's
Sir'Dominic Pointer	6-6/195	41		44		24		Roseville, MI		St. John's
Amir Garrett	6-5/175	80		68		96		Lawndale, CA		St. John's
POWER FORWARD
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Jakarr Sampson	6-8/200	40		51		32		Akron, OH		St. John's
God's Gift Achiuwa	6-9/200	NR		NR		NR		Nigeria, Africa		St. John's
CENTER
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Norvel Pelle	6-9/200	79		23		75		Long Beach, CA		St. John's

Never would have imagined Lavin could land such a great class in his first full recruiting class.  Can't wait for these guys to get on campus.

I didn't think he'd come to STJ. Ha! Ha! I was also wrong about this year's team. Sometimes, it's great to be wrong!

I'm sure this was on Redmen.com and her, but why is there such a huge difference for Pelle with Rival?

Not a bad haul...

POINT GUARDS
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Nurideen Lindsey	6-2/170	NR		NR		NR		Philadelphia, PA		St. John's
SHOOTING GUARDS
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Phillip Greene	6-3/180	NR		NR		NR		Chicago, IL		St. John's
D'Angelo Harrison	6-3/185	62		40		62		Fort Bend, TX		St. John's
SMALL FORWARD
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Maurice Harkless	6-6/200	45		41		39		Queens, NY		St. John's
Sir'Dominic Pointer	6-6/195	41		44		24		Roseville, MI		St. John's
Amir Garrett	6-5/175	80		68		96		Lawndale, CA		St. John's
POWER FORWARD
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Jakarr Sampson	6-8/200	40		51		32		Akron, OH		St. John's
God's Gift Achiuwa	6-9/200	NR		NR		NR		Nigeria, Africa		St. John's
CENTER
Name	Ht/Wt	Scout Rank		Rivals Rank		ESPN Rank		Hometown		Committed
Norvel Pelle	6-9/200	79		23		75		Long Beach, CA		St. John's

Nicely laid out.  Only correction is that God's Gift is somewhere in the 220-240 range, not 200lbs.

Lavin got more high quality recruits in one year, then the former coaches did in the previous 10 years.

ive seen it listed a couple of times and in IMO there is no way that harkless weighs more than pointer, and I doubt he weighs more than garrett

I'm sure this was on Redmen.com and her, but why is there such a huge difference for Pelle with Rival?

Rivals tends to be a bit more west coast bias.

If not COY, Lavin is definitely Recruiter of the Year.  Amazing to think he got most of these kids to commit before the resurrection of the program courtesy of this past year's super seniors.    Can't wait to see these guys play!

I didn't ask the guys to stand on a scale...just pulled it off the recruiting sites.

This is taken from our recruiting section

http://johnnyjungle.com/forum/index.php?topic=1687.0

excellent work jumping johnny

Quote from: Mike on April 27, 2011, 10:02:29 PM

I'm sure this was on Redmen.com and her, but why is there such a huge difference for Pelle with Rival?

Rivals tends to be a bit more west coast bias.

more than a bit dave. they are pure west coast. he is alllllll potential

JJ,

Thanks for the recap of our recruiting class!

All I can say is, WOW! 

While no points or victories in D1 ball have occurred yet by this group, the sky may be the limit.  What an impressive bunch of players Coach Lavin and his staff have recruited in such a short period of time.

Remember last year, we had Dwight Polee, had tried for Remi, and had that kid from out my way in AZ for a few minutes.  What a difference in a year.

And recruiting for 2012 looks good as well!

Thanks Coach!

I didn't ask the guys to stand on a scale...just pulled it off the recruiting sites.

This is taken from our recruiting section

http://johnnyjungle.com/forum/index.php?topic=1687.0

I wasn't directing the weight "problems" to you, Jumpinjohnny. I was just saying that I think the services had the weight wrong. I appreciate what you put together.

Will update tomorrow with more quotes....

http://johnnyjungle.com/recruiting/gods-gift-achiuwa-chooses-to-join-st-johns-and-steve-lavin/

Quote from: jumpinjohnny on April 27, 2011, 11:13:03 PM

I didn't ask the guys to stand on a scale...just pulled it off the recruiting sites.

This is taken from our recruiting section

http://johnnyjungle.com/forum/index.php?topic=1687.0

I wasn't directing the weight "problems" to you, Jumpinjohnny. I was just saying that I think the services had the weight wrong. I appreciate what you put together.

No problem