(01-19-2017 02:45 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  Anybody know anything about this kid, Tyler Foster, listed as "Warm" with the Dukes?...

http://jmu.247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/Targets

Often the "Crystal Ball" at 247 is a total crapshoot, but then again, I think of most all recruiting sites like this in that same manner.

(01-19-2017 03:21 PM)Dukes84 Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 02:45 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  Anybody know anything about this kid, Tyler Foster, listed as "Warm" with the Dukes?...

http://jmu.247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/Targets

Often the "Crystal Ball" at 247 is a total crapshoot, but then again, I think of most all recruiting sites like this in that same manner.

We've commented on this guy a number of times and Bogey indicated that he thought he would eventually commit to the Dukes.

(01-18-2017 04:17 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  Matt Lewis from O'connell and JMU commit, had 24 against Dematha the other night in a 73-71 loss. Dematha is a basketball powerhouse and is currently no. 2 in the WashPost hs basketball rankings. they typically have 3-4 high major recruits.

Lewis looks to be a very promising pick up.

(01-20-2017 10:53 AM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  yea, yea. i know. why talk about next year in January. Cause i have time to kill at work and i was just curious.

Next year's roster will be young, but if the Frosh are half as good as they appear on paper, we could actually be pretty good. And a WAY different kind of team. Much more athletic and offensive minded I would bet.

Starters:

G - Mosely
G - McLean
F - Snowden
F - Jones
C - Scissom

Bench:

G - Lewis, Johnson, Holmes
F - Jacobs, Foster (?)
C - Wilson

still 2 'ships to give if Foster takes one. A graduate transfer would be great to help balance the classes and bring more experience.

(01-20-2017 11:38 AM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  boy, snowden has been a disappointment. he should have stayed in Russia

(01-20-2017 11:22 AM)Wear Purple Wrote:  JMU needs to do whatever we can to get into some of these early season tournaments in favorable locations. This year, we were stuck in one of these tournaments-that's-not-really-a-tournament thingies which took us to Montana State while hosting Rice, Texas Southern and Louisiana.

The year before we hosted 4 games against FIU, Oral Roberts, UT Martin, and Eastern Mennonite in something called Men Against Breast Cancer Classic. Hey, I'm all for saving the ta ta's as the ladies say, but it does nothing for our recruiting.

The year before that we did another one of those tournaments-that's-not-really-a-tournament thing in the (Ohio State) Buckeye Classic which amounted to 3 home games and a trip to Columbus.

What I'm talking about is going to a place like the Virginia Islands for the Paradise Jam like fellow-CAA member, Drexel, is doing this upcoming season. Plus, it's good competition for our guys and typically good TV coverage. I'm not suggesting this alone will be the difference in getting a commit from a stud recruit. There are 50+ other X's in that y=f(x) transfer function. But, doing what we are doing is boring. Yes, we get home games. And yes, it costs money to travel to these locales. I get it. It also though can help HCLR and staff tell kids "by the way, next year we're going to the USVI or Puerto Rico or Cancun for 4 or 5 days and the year after that we are going again." Heck, even Randolph-Macon's women's hoops team does this.

For a look at who's playing where in early season tournaments next season, here is a good site to bookmark as a favorite by the way... http://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2016/10/18/13318944/2017-18-college-basketball-early-season-tournaments-events-mte-neutral-site-showcases-thanksgiving

Maybe the Dukes will go to Vegas one day. I'll be there. I luuuuuuuv that town. :>)

(01-20-2017 03:40 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  Why wouldn't that make sense for freshmen?

(01-20-2017 04:41 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  Almost all freshmen S-A's enter school in June after May HS graduations for the summer school sessions to get ahead academically as well as get into strength & conditioning and unofficial practices/workouts with teammates.

(01-20-2017 04:53 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 04:41 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  Almost all freshmen S-A's enter school in June after May HS graduations for the summer school sessions to get ahead academically as well as get into strength & conditioning and unofficial practices/workouts with teammates.

I assumed that was the situation. Wouldn't think our basketball freshman are showing up for their first practice in late August!

(01-20-2017 05:56 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  Dukester, why don't you believe us?