Ray Kasongo - PF - St. John's Northwest Military Academy - Delafield, WI

“@TheRecruitScoop: Providence, St. John's, UNLV and Memphis are the latest to offer 2014 St. John's Northwest Military (WI) PF Ray Kasongo.”

http://zagsblog.com/articles/canadian-big-man-kasongo-wants-to-be-next-amare/

http://basketball180.com/canadian-big-man-ray-kasongo-setting-visits/

Thought UCLA was going to land Ray as a "sleeper" early this year - he was looking at reclassifying to 2013.  But then Howland was fired, and lead recruiter Kory McCray was also let go (as the one article notes - he's now recruiting Kasongo for LSU). 

Even with a recruit from Wisconsin we are going head to head with Providence. Does shurinaCheese tip off Ed to everyone Lavin is recruiting? 

With Abu out f the mix, I'd like to see us go hard for this kid.  Big, strong  kid who is great on the boards and excellent athlete.  Wont be ranked because he's Canadian, but kid is nice PF with seemingly high major talent. 

Fwiw from FSU blog two days ago;

And XRM's friend Ray Kasongo (Toronto) hasn't named official finalists, but they are LSU, Oregon, and Florida State.

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2013/8/15/4624694/basketball-recruiting-update

Fwiw from FSU blog two days ago;

And XRM's friend Ray Kasongo (Toronto) hasn't named official finalists, but they are LSU, Oregon, and Florida State.

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2013/8/15/4624694/basketball-recruiting-update

Didn't realize.  Too bad.  Kid Looks good.

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

Dastrup cut us from his final list.

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

I have to think we will be active in the early season transfer market.

Quote from: ras on August 17, 2013, 09:47:14 AM

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

Dastrup cut us from his final list.

The others don't look to promising. What quality bigs are considering us seriously? The problem w transfers is they have to sit out a year, and we could really use another big for 14-15. Of course if Sampson and CO don't leave that's another story. But the odds are we will loose one of the two. I think Sampson.

Quote from: paultzman on August 17, 2013, 10:12:56 AM

Quote from: ras on August 17, 2013, 09:47:14 AM

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

Dastrup cut us from his final list.

The others don't look to promising. What quality bigs are considering us seriously? The problem w transfers is they have to sit out a year, and we could really use another big for 14-15. Of course if Sampson and CO don't leave that's another story. But the odds are we will loose one of the two. I think Sampson.

I think that's why Chudney said early season transfer, I'm assuming he meant after 1st semester which would allow a player to practice with the team through mid December 2014 and be ready for conference play next year.

We don't have any scholis for Dec transfer.

We don't have any scholis for Dec transfer.

Wow you are right.  Not good

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers starting to look good too now!

Quote from: ras on August 17, 2013, 09:47:14 AM

Would love Lavin to pull a rabbit out his hat and get 1 of the following :Dastrup,Chuwku,Okonibor,or Larrier, but it looks unlikely. Delarosa is beginning to look good. That said, it is still early and we could always hit the JUCO route for a big.

Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers starting to look good too now!

Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers in a little "girl on girl" action sounds intriguing.  LOL!

Didn't know Joan Rivers and Simplyred were both necrophiliacs.

Didn't know Joan Rivers and Simplyred were both necrophiliacs.

LOL!!!

UConn is struggling a bit on recruiting field;

“@AdamZagoria: Ray Kasongo to Oregon http://zagsblog.com/articles/ray-kasongo-to-oregon/”