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2020 Recruiting Rankings
# Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1*
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71. Cal Poly Big West PF Jarod Hicks *** 0 0 2 2 1
118. Hawaii Big West PF Terry O'Neil *** 0 0 1 1 0
141. UC Riverside Big West SG Kenneth Carlisle *** 0 0 2 0 1
162. Cal State Northridge Big West SG Bogdan Gonchar *** 0 0 2 1 0
166. UC Santa Barbara Big West SG Joseph Friesen *** 0 0 1 2 0
194. UC Irvine Big West PG Clay Graybill ** 0 0 0 2 4
206. Long Beach State Big West PF Eutropio Hernandez *** 0 0 1 0 0
226. UC Davis Big West PG William Runion *** 0 0 1 1 1
283. Pacific Big West PG Gregory Smith ** 0 0 0 1 2
297. Cal State Fullerton Big West C Chris Kenner ** 0 0 0 1 2
Our best class since the
Thomas Hadden year (#161) and the first time since Year 1 we've landed two 3* players. We got a 2* PG from the Czech Republic as a very late add, but only
Gonchar looks authentically good of our all-internationals class.
Speaking of, time to update!
We ranged further afield this cycle of four years, with only three LA-area recruits, and a lot more digging into the Mountain West. Not that it's landed us good players or anything.
We also recruited far more heavily abroad, due largely to the most recent class netting us three of these.
3*: 4
2*: 3
1*: 6
200-300: 1 (#294
Geoffrey Blodgett - our highest ranked recruit)
301-400: 2
401-500: 1
501-600: 2
601-700: 1
1000+: 5
All-State: 2 (Both 1*)
Mr. Basketball: 1 (Montana 1* -
Truman Crain
Grim, grim picture for sure. Especially with our big men class completely bombing that one year. It's setting us way back.
Gonzaga moves to the Pac-12;
Washington State to the WCC. As expected, really.
Kenneth Connolly somehow lucks in to the
Northern Arizona job despite 100-145 career record with
CSU-Fullerton, though he did turn the Titans into a mid-pack Big West team and an NCAA tournament appearance a few years ago (winning the conference tournament in a 15-19 (9-9) year).
The Titans hire
Don Slagle, a 53 year old assistant with stops in Boston, Portland, and Fresno, moving with his mentor to each new destination. Average all-around coach with pretty good offensive coaching ability. Decent hire.
1 for 2 in recruiting, losing a big man to
CSU-Bakersfield.
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#34 SG Jeromy Harrington
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Height: 6-3
Weight: 184
High School: Upland High School
Hometown: Upland, CA
GPA: 2.96
Test Score: 1270
Rating: **
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 34 66 48 53 29 45 37 36 46 9 33 52 61 51 93 18
Potential: C B A C A C C D C D D C
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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17.8 1.3 5.2 2.5 1.7 1.52 1.1 0.9 3.9
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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7.2 13.1 .546 3.2 5.1 .627 0.3 1.3 .240
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Cal State Northridge
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Cal State Northridge, UC Riverside, Loyola Marymount, Cal State Fullerton
Probably better suited as a smallball 3 or 4 due to lack of perimeter defense, but hey, we fared okay with
Joseph Velarde as a PG. Honestly, I didn't intend to offer him if I caught that poor perimeter D, but whatever.
I overruled my assistants to start
Muhammed Owen at PF over
Brian Lowry, who is a poor system fit. If you squint, the freshman British Muslim looks a bit like the
Chevalier Knight. Impressive camp by
Truman Crain, who now qualifies as an exceptional blocker. Our perimeter defense looks amazing this year and there's a lot of ballthieves. Here's to hoping this is a good year. AD still wants Big Dance.
@ Utah Valley
The Wolverines have great post defense, but that's about all they have. They were a decent Great West team from 2016-18 but have fallen back on hard times the last couple years.
And sometimes that's good enough, as they hold a 26-22 lead at halftime. We're really struggling with our shooting. It gets worse in the second half as we lose by 14 in a truly terrible night.
@ North Carolina Central
I accidentally missed this game, but we won 72-68 despite
Muhammed Owen going out after 10 minutes.
Dennis Luther scores 18 with 4 steals to win Player of the Game.
Geoffrey Blodgett adds 14 and 2 steals,
Truman Crain scores 16 with 2 steals, and the
Butterfly Man flits in with 11 points, 1 steal.
Butterfly Man scores 18 in a 57 point loss to Maryland,
Truman Crain 11 in a blowout defeat to Baylor, and
Butterfly Man 21,
Dennis Luther 15, and a 9, 8, 1, 4 line for
Owen in a surprisingly competive loss to #2 Ohio State.
We suffer a shock recruit loss to UC-Santa Barbara, but we in turn steal a big man from UC-Santa Barbara.
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#21 C Tim Grey
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Height: 6-10
Weight: 215
High School: Washington High School
Hometown: Fresno, CA
GPA: 2.42
Test Score: 1120
Rating: **
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 36 31 26 16 40 26 31 53 23 8 28 61 19 64 27 16
Potential: D C B D C C D C B F D B
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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17.5 3.3 11.1 1.2 1.7 0.70 0.9 3.1 3.0
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.5 11.7 .556 4.4 6.6 .672 0.1 0.5 .111
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Cal State Northridge
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: UC Irvine, *Cal State Northridge, Cal State Bakersfield, UC
Riverside, New Mexico
If the scouting is accurate, I feel like this is a pretty good steal. Definitely a position of need at any rate, even if he's only Red/Yellow.