September 1, 2015
It's been a good month for recruiting.
Darwin Alessi was, indeed, waiting for an offer, and when he receives one, he immediately declares us his number one choice. Darwin also gets an offer from Drexel; their prestige is higher than ours (54-43), but
Graham Sims and
Steven Manion are much better recruiters than Drexel's staff. And, because Darwin didn't have us in his top five, we couldn't invite him to campus last month. We'll play that card this month, as well as sending our coaches to visit him.
Daniel Warnock receives at least four offers besides ours in August: Pennsylvania, Fordham, Monmouth, and Delaware. Penn, a similarly prominent program, could tempt him. Hopefully our recruiting team will receive positive news when they visit him this month.
Pacifism is a central tenet of the Quaker faith, but the Penn Quakers recruit relentlessly. We're competing with them for
Jack Senn's commitment, too. Monmouth, Iona, and NJIT have also offered the sharpshooting guard. Like Daniel, Jack considers us his first choice. Let's lock this one down, too. Both coaches will pay him a visit this week.
What shall we do with our fourth offer? It should probably go to a big man. Two of the post players we like best are
Jeffrey Gray and
Dan Langdon.
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#42 C Jeffrey Gray
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Height: 6-8
Weight: 226
High School: Stissing Mountain High School
Hometown: Pine Plains, NY
GPA: 2.92
Test Score: 1290
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: 72 46 36 28 41 13 53 26 16 21 36 4 8 70 22 37
Potential: A C D C B F C C D D B D
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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19.4 3.0 10.2 0.9 1.8 0.50 1.2 1.0 2.7
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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8.4 13.9 .604 2.4 4.9 .495 0.2 1.1 .182
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Lafayette: Very High
Rankings: East Region #20 C
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: Lafayette, *St. Francis-NY, *New Hampshire, Quinnipiac, Hartford
Jeffrey has the ability to get to the rim and create his own shot. He's a good rebounder, but his defensive abilities are nothing special. A two-star recruit, Jeffrey lists us first despite having offers in hand from two other schools.
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#44 C Dan Langdon
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Height: 6-9
Weight: 254
High School: John Jay High School
Hometown: Cross River, NY
GPA: 2.35
Test Score: 1030
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: 44 44 29 0 43 15 33 13 58 19 32 46 33 67 30 34
Potential: C C D F B F D D A D C B
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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17.6 2.1 6.5 1.3 1.3 1.00 2.0 2.8 2.2
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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7.3 13.2 .551 3.1 5.9 .521 0.0 0.0 .000
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Lafayette: Average
Rankings: #25 C, East Region #21 Overall, East Region #4 C
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Fairfield, *Hofstra, *La Salle, *Massachusetts, Iona
Dan has the potential to be an elite defender, and it looks like his offensive game has some upside. He's a very high three-star recruit (#102 in the nation). Dan would be a reach for us, since he holds offers from four schools with slightly higher prestige. Fairfield and Hofstra's head coaches are nearly irresistible recruiters.
So, here's the plan. I'll offer the scholarship to Langdon first. If he doesn't show significant signs of interest in our program by October 1, we'll back off. At the same time, I'll continue to recruit Gray, and hope he'll be willing to wait for us.