(09-08-2019 10:59 AM)tribeinexile Wrote:  Just because I’m a glass half empty guy, I am recalling another recruit who verbally committed to W&M before his other scheduled visits. I believe he is a senior at Hofstra this year.

It’s the LOI that counts, right?

You're not speaking of Lord Voldemort are you?

I realize I don't know the entire backstory on that situation but I'm not sure that I understand the animosity against the individual.

Kid goes on the first of a series of planned visits. Has a great experience and commits. Was his family aware? Certainly the other planned visits would be applying pressure to continue to tour and wait to commit later. I gather Hofstra in that case felt they were the front-runner all along and that the verbal to W&M was an over-enthusiastic blip and not the end of the story, as indeed it was not.

I just see some parallels to this situation. Hopefully I'm all wet.

(09-08-2019 01:30 PM)tribeinexile Wrote:  I realize I don't know the entire backstory on that situation but I'm not sure that I understand the animosity against the individual.

Kid goes on the first of a series of planned visits. Has a great experience and commits. Was his family aware? Certainly the other planned visits would be applying pressure to continue to tour and wait to commit later. I gather Hofstra in that case felt they were the front-runner all along and that the verbal to W&M was an over-enthusiastic blip and not the end of the story, as indeed it was not.

I just see some parallels to this situation. Hopefully I'm all wet.

the only thing I can say was that a statement that "HE WHO IS UNNAMED" said the next time the was going to take an office visit, he would not have his parents with him. I take it he was persuaded by them!! I may be wrong !!

Collin Granger to Ohio U.

Some praise for Kochera tweeted over the last six months:

“St Viator 2020 SF Connor Kochera shooting lights out! 6-5 wing with good athleticism, skill, IQ. Moves well to get open”
https://mobile.twitter.com/scottybscout/...3487523841

“St Viator 2020 SF Connor Kochera playing more on the ball with Scheffers hurt. Doing a nice job in addition to leading team in scoring.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/scottybscout/...4240688129

“SR WG 6’4 Connor Kochera having another strong performance today for St Viator. Knockdown 3 point shooter who has also down a great job of attacking the basket vs a good Bogan team. Has finished well at the rim through contact. Was offered by Siena last night, expect more soon”
https://mobile.twitter.com/MidwestHoopsS...6948157442

“St. Viator’s Connor Kochera continues to impress. Deceptive, creative in scoring it in a variety of ways. Have to love how he gets it done. Making shot after shot against Hillcrest. Will see his offers double soon.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/joehoopsrepor...4519452674

“Really impressive afternoon from 2020 guard Connor Kochera in a St. Viator win over Hillcrest. Moves so well without the ball, scores at all three levels and gets his teammates involved. Lions have competed well against athleticism despite missing some key pieces this summer.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/NBCSPreps/sta...3868527621

“The Connor Kochera show pulls out a win. The natural scorer for St. Viator had 29 of his team’s 48 points, with an array of jumpers off the catch and off screens. Such a pure jumper. Stock definitely continues to rise for the high scoring senior.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/MidwestHoopsS...5319685121

“Connor Kochera just keeps burying shots. Starts second half against Team Rose with two hand-in-the-face threes. The St. Viator 6-4 senior has again been best player on the floor. Playing with so much confidence, doesn’t force, plays within himself while staying ultra-productive.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/joehoopsrepor...4391375873

“St. Viator’s Connor Kochera picks up right where he left off from his outstanding June. Buries tough step-back 3 and finishes two crafty drives to the basket for Fundamental U in matchup with Team Speights. What a summer he’s put together.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/joehoopsrepor...0199461894

“A bevy of MVC coaches...are in GA watching 2020 Connor Kochera. St. Viator 6-4 wing has a quick release and textbook form when shooting from distance. Can shoot off catch and bounce. Easy to see why the mid-major offers continue to roll in.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/RedbirdRecon/...7680919552

“Connor Kochera is just too tough great change of pace move on the baseline for a score and foul. Mercury still up by 4”
https://mobile.twitter.com/coachSPham/st...9793571845

And from two articles published over the summer:

“Already established as a threat from the perimeter last season, the 6-foot-4 Kochera has expanded his overall game as he does just about everything for St. Viator. Kochera can score from all over the floor, drive going both ways and he finds teammates with astute reads with the ball in his hands. Underrated defensively, Kochera is one of the area's best overall leaders as he's constantly communicating with teammates.”
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/preps-...ssion=true

“Kochera made shots. Shot after shot after shot of all varieties. He shot it off the dribble, he shot it coming off screens, he spotted up from three, he pulled-up from 14-16 feet and he found ways to slither to the basket and finish.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/platform/am...ssion=true

Coach Boatner is now following:

Ethan Price 6’9 Ipswich, England
No offers yet but other D1 assistants are following him, includig Hofstra.
18/19 Highlights:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CgHOJLek3Z...e=youtu.be
Two one-handed alley oops:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Hoopsfix/stat...8277566465

Alston Andrews 6’9 Ocoee, FL
Offers from Rhode Island, VCU, NJIT, St Bonaventure, and Stetson. Officials planned for VCU and Rhode Island.
Live Period highlights:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout...pLblYBNtl4

Boatner is also following Price’s coach.

Bold is most recent activity

Player Info (Date Offered by WM)
Visits taken since offer date; official visits denoted as such
Chronological list of offers

Burke Smith 6'11 Richmond, VA (12/18/18)
(unfollowed by WMTribeMBB 8/22/19)
Recent visits: Cincinnati (6/8/19), Loyola Chicago (6/8/19), Ohio (Official - 8/31/19), Boise State (Official - 9/7/19), Rice (Official - 9/14/19)
Offers: Columbia, NJIT, Richmond, George Mason, WM, Samford, American, Lehigh, Rice, Elon, Furman, James Madison, Northeastern, Ohio, Delaware,

Max Murrell 6'9 Omaha, NE (5/9/19)
Recent visits: Cornell (6/5/19), Columbia (6/6/19), Princeton (6/7/19), Creighton (8/1/19), Minnesota (8/3/19), Stanford (Official - 8/9/19), TCU (Official - 8/30/19), Iowa (Official - scheduled)
Offers: UMKC, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Davis, WM, Boston University, Drake, Indiana State, Jacksonville, Creighton, Missouri State, Loyola Chicago, Virginia Tech, Kansas State, Minnesota, TCU, Iowa, Nebraska, Old Dominion, Northwestern, Stanford

Mason Madsen 6'3 Rochester, MN (5/11/19)
Committed to Cincinnati - 8/31/19
Recent visits: WM (6/1/19), Virginia Tech (7/19/19), Xavier (7/20/19), Cincinnati (7/20/19), Northern Kentucky (7/20/19), Cincinnati (Official - 8/29/19), Toledo (Official - 9/13/19), Colorado State (Official - 9/27/19)
Offers: Green Bay, Northern Iowa, Bradley, WM, Furman, Mercer, South Dakota, Missouri State, Toledo, Milwaukee, Cal Poly, Northeastern, Southern Illinois, Colorado State, Illinois State, Duquesne, Cincinnati, St. Bonaventure, Xavier

Gabe Madsen 6'5 Rochester, MN (5/11/19)
Committed to Cincinnati - 8/31/19
Recent visits: WM (6/1/19), Minnesota (6/27/19), Virginia Tech (7/19/19), Cincinnati (7/20/19), Northern Kentucky (7/20/19), Xavier (Official - 8/23/19), Cincinnati (Official - 8/29/19), Marquette (Official - 9/6/19), Minnesota (Official - 9/13/19), Northwestern (Official - 9/20/19)
Offers: Marquette, Green Bay, Northern Iowa, Bradley, Virginia Tech, South Dakota, Appalachian State, WM, Milwaukee, Toledo, Missouri State, Colorado State, Northeastern, Minnesota, Iowa, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Xavier, Ohio, Northwestern

Thatcher Stone 6'7 Medford, MA (6/24/19)
Committed to Tribe 8/16/19 and re-classified to Class of 2019
Offers: Bucknell, WM, Brown, Boston University

Noel Brown 6'10 Herndon, VA (6/30/19)
Committed to George Washington - 9/7/19
Recent Visits: Lehigh (8/31/19), WM (9/3/19)
Offers: Rhode Island, Colgate, Robert Morris, Tennessee State, Bucknell, WM, Saint Peter's, Lehigh, Fairfield, James Madison, Brown, Canisius, Holy Cross, Radford, Samford, Loyola (MD), St. Bonaventure, Rice

Connor Kochera 6'4 Arlington Heights, IL (7/3/19)
Committed to the Tribe - 9/7/19
Recent Visits: WM (Official - first weekend in September), Furman (Official - late September), Wofford (Official - late September)
Offers: Cleveland State, Lafayette, Western Illinois, Wright State, Siena, Brown, Wofford, Furman, Illinois State, South Dakota, WM, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Lipscomb, UC Davis, Milwaukee

Xavier Lipscomb 6'2 Alexandria, VA (7/4/19)
Offers: American, Lafayette, Mount St. Mary's, Army, Navy, Buffalo, Radford, Iona, ETSU, Howard, WM, Drexel, Cleveland State

Caleb Dorsey 6'8 Pottstown, PA (7/8/19)
Committed to Penn State - 8/28/19
Recent visits: Penn St (8/6/19), Georgetown (8/8/19), Yale (8/19/19)
Offers: Loyola (MD), UMBC, Lehigh, Mount St. Mary's, Hofstra, Yale, Georgetown, WM, Penn State

Ronald Polite 6'2 Oxen Hill, MD (7/16/19)
Committed to George Mason - 7/19/19
Offers: George Mason, James Madison, Delware, WM

Kaden Metheny 5'11 Morgantown, WV (7/17/19)
Offers: Drexel, Western Carolina, Youngstown State, USC Upstate, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Niagara, James Madison, Lafayette, WM, Elon, Akron, South Alabama, Lipscomb, Holy Cross, Bowling Green, Toledo

Jake Milkereit 6'5 Dallas, TX (7/25/19)
Recent visits: WM (Official - 8/30/19), Indiana State (Official - 9/20/19), Utah State (?)
Offers: UMKC, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, UT Arlington, Air Force, Stephen F. Austin, Mount St. Mary's, Indiana State, Tulsa, WM, Texas State

Strong Interest (date followed by WMTribeMBB):
7/11/19
Jajuan Carr 6'1 Pender, NC
Kam Farris 6'3 Burlington, VT
Jackson Threadgill 6'6 Concord, NC (unfollowed 8/22/19)
Reece Brown 6'8 Albany, NY
Jacob Hutson 6'10 Edina, MN
7/15/19
Tommy Murr 6'1 Athens, AL
Tyler Kolek 6'1 Cumberland, RI
Caelan "C.J." Jones 6'5 Los Angeles, CA
7/19/19
Ryan Rollins 6'3 Macomb, MI
Luke Kasubke 6'5 St. Louis, MO (Committed to Kansas State 9/3/19)
Bennett Kwiecinski 6'8 Chicago, IL

Interest (Followed by an Assistant Coach):
Da'Jion Humphrey 6'2 Detroit, MI
Michael Gray 5'11 Baltimore, MD
CJ Anthony 6'0 Columbus, OH
Mason Grigg 6'1 Rock Hill, SC
Amir Nesbitt 6'1 Newport News, VA
Jack Kostel 6'2 Roswell, GA
Anthony Washington 6'3 Madison, WI
Sincere Parker 6'3 Rockford, IL
Judson Martindale 6'4 Sudbury, MA
Dajon Dancil 6'4 Clarkston, GA
Anwar Gill 6'4 Washington, DC
Jack Wetzel 6'5 Cedar Rapids, IA
Connor Christensen 6'6 Eden Prairie, MN
Skylar "Sky" Wicks 6'6 Clearwater, FL
Nolan Dorsey 6'6 Knightdale, NC
Andrew Laczkowski 6'6 Dallas, TX
Jackson Sivills 6'6 Paducah, KY
Michael Jefferson 6'6 Sulphur Springs, TX
Casen Boser 6'7 Eau Claire, WI
Malik Henry 6'8 Longview, TX
Vasja Pandza 6'8 Saltsburg, PA
Nick McMullen 6'9 Greensboro, NC
Will Berg 6'9 West Des Moines, IA
Josh Ogundele 6'10 London, UK
Karson Sharar 6'1 Iowa Falls, IA
Ishmael Leggett 6'2 Washington, DC
Jordan Battle 6'2 Norfolk, VA
Kobe Busch 6'4 Huron, SD
Tony Perkins 6'4 Indianapolis, IN
Chris Grubbs 6'5 Fishers, IN
Aidan Carpenter 6'5 Hamden, CT
Jvonne Hadley 6'6 Mahtomedi, MN
John Adams 6'8 Douglas, MA
Ben Callahan-Gold 6'8 Manhattan, NY
Cameron Stitt 6'8 Indian Trail, NC
Xavier Foster 6'10 Oskaloosa, IA
Jake Cook 6'11 Latham, NY
Ryan Kalkbrenner 7'0 St. Louis, MO
Baylor Hebb 6'2 Colleyville, TX
Seryee Lewis 6'8 Chicago, IL
Andre Jackson 6'6 Albany, NY
Mark Sears 6'0 Muscle Shoals, AL
Rahim Ali 5'11 Baltimore, MD
Selwyn "Quest" Harris 5'11 Lowell, MA
Keshawn Williams 6'1 Chicago Heights, IL
Martice Mitchell 6'10 Chicago Heights, IL
Ariel Bland 6'7 Eden Prairie, MN
Cody Potter 6'5 Pikeville, KY
Kenny White 6'8 Madisonville, KY
Richie Springs 6'9 Brooklyn, NY
Steven Crowl 6'8 Apple Valley, MN
Nate Tabor 6'6 Brooklyn, NY
Miles Brewster 6'4 Brooklyn, NY
Luka Erdtmann 6'8 Berkeley, CA
Obinna Anochili-Killen 6'9 Chapmanville, WV
CJ Huntley 6'9 Davidson, NC
Alexis Antetokounmpo 6'7 Milwaukee, WI
Tyrin Lawrence 6'3 Madison, GA
Noah Hutchins 6’0 Buffalo, NY
Cam Young 6'6 Philadelphia, PA
Darius Burford 6'0 Bolingbrook, IL
Mekhi Gray 6'4 Montrose, NY
Davion Bradford 7'0 St. Louis, MO
Dylan Branson 6'5 St. Louis, MO
Eric Lee 6’4 Tampa, FL
Niko Bossinakis 6'4 Colleyville, TX
Felix Kloman 6'4 South Hamilton, MA
Declan Porter 6'6 Canton, NY
Asa Beyah 6'3 Utica, NY
Ahmil Flowers 6'5 Greensboro, NC
Bol Akot 6'2 Manchester, NH
Jalen Leach 6'4 Nyack, NY
Andre Screen 6'10 Alexandria, VA
Nehemiah Benson 6'5 Streetsboro, OH
Trey Robinson 6'5 Hamilton, OH
Djordje Orcev 6'6 Rockville, MD
Zavian McLean 6'4 Fayetteville, NC
Curtis Harrison 6'7 Cincinnati, OH
Mounir Hima 6'11 Tillaberi, Niger
VonCameron Davis 6'5 Columbus, OH
Keishon Porter 6'5 Pinetops, NC
Johnny Vrdoljak 6'11 Georgetown, Canada
Ethan Price 6'9 Ipswich, England
Alston Andrews 6'9 Ocoee, FL

Players Committed Elsewhere:
Djimon Bailey 6'5 Wilson, NC (Wake Forest)
Noah Jager 5'9 Bloomington, IN (Army)
Ben Li 6'6 Markham, Canada (Lehigh)
Julian Champagnie 6'7 Brooklyn, NY (St. John's; reclassed to 2019)
Nijel Pack 6'0 Indianapolis, IN (Kansas St)
Lukas Frazier 6'3 Mentor, OH (Dayton)
Brandon Noel 6'8 Chillicothe, OH (Wright St)
Colin Smalls 6'0 Upper Marlboro, MD (American)
Jacobi Wood 6'1 Cleveland, TN (Belmont)
Alex Capitano 6'4 Philadelphia, PA (Colgate)
Jimmy Scholler 6'3 Grand Rapids, MI (Ferris St)
Kyle Jenkins 6'7 Higganum, CT (Lafayette)
Myles Wilmoth 6'9 Chestnut Ridge, NY (Butler)
Daillon Johnson 6'2 Andover, MA (Penn St)
Hayden Stone 6'8 Carey, OH (Findlay)
Chris Conway 6'9 Naperville, IL (Oakland)
Kalib Mathews 6'4 Henderson, NC (Queens NC)
Charlie Katona 6'4 Shakopee, MN (Minnesota-Duluth)
Cairo McCrory 6'5 Hartford, CT (UMass)
Garrett Hien 6'8 Concord, NC (Furman)
Kiyron Powell 6'9 Evansville, IN (Houston)
Colby Jones 6'4 Pinson, AL (Xavier)
Andrew Carr 6'9 West Chester, PA (Delaware)
Caleb Lohner 6'7 Flower Mound, TX (Utah)
Jordan Geronimo 6'5 Concord, NH (Indiana)
Bowen Born 5'11 Norwalk, IA (Northern Iowa)
Josh Banks 6'4 Charlotte, NC (VCU)
Andrew Welage 6'7 Greensburg, IN (Wright State)
Alyn Breed 6'3 Powder Springs, GA (Providence)
Matt Knowling 6'5 Manchester, CT (Yale)
Quadry Adams 6'3 Edison, NJ (Wake Forest)
Colin Granger 6'9 Suwanne, GA (Ohio)

CAA commits:
Charleston: D’Avian Houston 6’1 Bellaire, TX
Delaware: Andrew Carr 6'9 West Chester, PA
Elon: Brandon Harris 6'7 Savannah, GA
Towson: Cory Barnes Jr. 6'1 Lewes, DE
WM: Connor Kochera 6’4 Arlington Heights, IL

(09-08-2019 03:52 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  Collin Granger to Ohio U.

Ohio only has one scholly left, so, I imagine Granger took Burke Smith's option there.

Saw Wofford & Furman are now following Milkereit on Instagram in the wake of losing Kuchera. I'm very curious if it was an either/or between the two, or if we are still a strong contender. My gut says the slot is filled, but I'd love to stack up talent.

Jake Milkereit just listed his top 5 a couple of minutes ago. Still lists W&M along with Utah State, Wofford, Furman, and Indiana State. I guess Connor's commitment didn't officially end things. He just needs to decide if he wants to share the class with another guard with a similar tool set.

Imagine we may know next week, one way or the other, regarding our status with Burke Smith, after his official to Rice this weekend.

Coach Howland is following soph 5'9" Juco PG, Jalen Moore, at Olney Central. Started all 30 of their games last year, averaging 19+ points and almost 8 assists. He averaged 38.5 points and 5 assists as an Indiana HS senior.

https://youtu.be/UbdYD0q4iZk

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/hi...082546001/

(09-09-2019 06:20 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Coach Howland is following soph 5'9" Juco PG, Jalen Moore, at Olney Central. Started all 30 of their games last year, averaging 19+ points and almost 8 assists. He averaged 38.5 points and 5 assists as an Indiana HS senior.

https://youtu.be/UbdYD0q4iZk

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/hi...082546001/

Would love this guy. The way he plays reminds me of JWF especially with the silky step back jumper.


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(09-09-2019 06:20 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Coach Howland is following soph 5'9" Juco PG, Jalen Moore, at Olney Central. Started all 30 of their games last year, averaging 19+ points and almost 8 assists. He averaged 38.5 points and 5 assists as an Indiana HS senior.

https://youtu.be/UbdYD0q4iZk

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/hi...082546001/

Yes, please. I know he is undersized, but how can a kid have that kind of production out of high school and not be on a D1 roster?

(09-09-2019 06:46 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(09-09-2019 06:20 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Coach Howland is following soph 5'9" Juco PG, Jalen Moore, at Olney Central. Started all 30 of their games last year, averaging 19+ points and almost 8 assists. He averaged 38.5 points and 5 assists as an Indiana HS senior.

https://youtu.be/UbdYD0q4iZk

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/hi...082546001/

Yes, please. I know he is undersized, but how can a kid have that kind of production out of high school and not be on a D1 roster?

It looks like he lead the entire state of Indiana in scoring as a senior.

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(09-09-2019 04:52 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Jake Milkereit just listed his top 5 a couple of minutes ago. Still lists W&M along with Utah State, Wofford, Furman, and Indiana State. I guess Connor's commitment didn't officially end things. He just needs to decide if he wants to share the class with another guard with a similar tool set.

I find it interesting that 3 of Milkereit’s top 5 (Furman, Wofford, and Utah St) have not offered him yet. And Burke Smith took an official to Boise St who had not offered him at the time (did they offer him during his visit this past weekend?)

It makes you wonder what players the Tribe coaches are still strongly pursuing and bringing to campus despite no public offer.

Burke Smith just committed to Boise State!!

(09-09-2019 08:01 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  Burke Smith just committed to Boise State!!

Ugh....Really worry about our big man situation.

(09-09-2019 04:52 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Jake Milkereit just listed his top 5 a couple of minutes ago. Still lists W&M along with Utah State, Wofford, Furman, and Indiana State. I guess Connor's commitment didn't officially end things. He just needs to decide if he wants to share the class with another guard with a similar tool set.

Interesting assortment. I feel like WM, Holy Cross, and Wofford have some degree of similarity, but can't say Utah State is a school we get into many recruiting battles with

(09-09-2019 08:01 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  Burke Smith just committed to Boise State!!

Let's see.....both his parents went to W&M and played varsity sports. He lives in Richmond. So...........he commits to Boise State??????

Must have REALLY wanted to get far, far from home. Maybe he'll transfer back after one year.