Men's basketball 2019-20

[mountainred]

Another fairly late recruit, Darius Ervin, a 5'8" PG from New England Prep power Northfield Mount Hermon. Sure he's short, but he's got a lot of skill and is an excellent shooter (over 50% from 3 and over 90% on his free throws. Ervin, along with incoming shooting guard Chris Manon, was a 2nd team all-NEPSAC player in the top division (for context, the 1st team has kids going to Kentucky and Minnesota).

Suddenly the incoming class is looking ok. We're not recruiting at the level of Harvard and Yale, but not bad.

Great catch on Ervin, that makes three all-NEPSAC recruits (Gray made the team at the second highest level).  Still not crazy about the offer sheets, but six guys really helps does help the odds.

I wonder if Earl knows/suspects that some guys aren't returning -- six recruits means a roster of 19(!) for next season.

[scoop85]

Another fairly late recruit, Darius Ervin, a 5'8" PG from New England Prep power Northfield Mount Hermon. Sure he's short, but he's got a lot of skill and is an excellent shooter (over 50% from 3 and over 90% on his free throws. Ervin, along with incoming shooting guard Chris Manon, was a 2nd team all-NEPSAC player in the top division (for context, the 1st team has kids going to Kentucky and Minnesota).

Suddenly the incoming class is looking ok. We're not recruiting at the level of Harvard and Yale, but not bad.

Great catch on Ervin, that makes three all-NEPSAC recruits (Gray made the team at the second highest level).  Still not crazy about the offer sheets, but six guys really helps does help the odds.

I wonder if Earl knows/suspects that some guys aren't returning -- six recruits means a roster of 19(!) for next season.

while 19 is a lot, I don't think it's unprecedented. And a couple of those guys like Samberg and Uzoka are, most likely, just practice players, TBH.

[abmarks]

While Coach Earl has no doubt been engaged in social distancing, he added one more recruit.  Evan Williams is 6-7 forward from Plano East HS with a handful of low mid-major D1 offers.  The list isn't great, mainly Southland schools, but it's probably the best of any of this year's recruits. He was first-team all-district and led his team in scoring (10.3 points per game), rebounds (6.9) and blocked shots (1.2).  The local papers say he battled mono early in the season, so that could have impacted his stats.  He at least has potential.

I apparently missed the commitment of another young man from Plano, Keller Boothby, who spent a post-grad year at Wilbraham and Monson Academy.  A short, sort of, scouting report is here, but his only other offer, according to Verbal Commits, was D2 UT Tyler.  If true, that doesn't bode terribly well, but here's to hoping for the best.

10.3 ppg lead his team?  Were they exceptionally low-scoring as a whole?

[billhoward]

10.3 ppg lead his team?  Were they exceptionally low-scoring as a whole?

It's the system.

You walked into this one.