Tuesday, June 06, 2006
CLASS OF 2010 RECRUITS: BUCKNELL
This is part two in an ongoing series
Pat Flannery and company have unquestionably been the league's best recruiters for the last three years, bringing in impact talents like Chris McNaughton, Charles Lee, and Kevin Bettencourt. While Lee and Bettencourt were not in BU's first scholarship class, McNaughton was a scholarship player who Bucknell probably would not have gotten if they didn't have scholarships, as in previous seasons.
This year BU has three guys coming in this year, two guards and a forward. Let's take a look:
Stephen Tyree looks like their best recruit. Listed as anywhere from 6'3" to 6'5", Tyree was a two sport athlete in high school, but will stick to hoops and ditch football in Lewisburg. He is the one guy here who might get some minutes if no one else on the team can step into the holes left by Charles Lee and Kevin Bettencourt.
6'8" Virginia product Pat Behan looks to fill the gaps in BU's frontcourt in the post-McNaughton era. He averaged 17 points in a weak Loudoun County league, but supposedly looked good at the Capital Classic, which unfortunately is no longer the tournament it once was now that #45 has left town. Word is he's got a decent outside game to compliment his inside presence. Don't look for him to get too many minutes this year, as McNaughton, Mastropolo and Brown will take up the majority of the post time.
Finally, Zach Evans from Encino, CA, projects to be a 3-4 player, but again, will not see much action early on. Evans was a McDonald's All-American nominee, but who knows what that means at this point, as I think they nominate over 1000 kids these days. He is also one of the chosen people, further proving my theory that Jews will one day dominate basketball. L'Chaim! Check out his HS stats from his Junior year and his senior year here.
All in all, BU's class looks better than Lafayette's, but the time tested recruiting motto in the PL ought to be "who the hell knows". While the PL has improved, the level of recruits coming in is still questionable when they arrive. @ 10:04 AM
This is part two in an ongoing series
Pat Flannery and company have unquestionably been the league's best recruiters for the last three years, bringing in impact talents like Chris McNaughton, Charles Lee, and Kevin Bettencourt. While Lee and Bettencourt were not in BU's first scholarship class, McNaughton was a scholarship player who Bucknell probably would not have gotten if they didn't have scholarships, as in previous seasons.
This year BU has three guys coming in this year, two guards and a forward. Let's take a look:
Stephen Tyree looks like their best recruit. Listed as anywhere from 6'3" to 6'5", Tyree was a two sport athlete in high school, but will stick to hoops and ditch football in Lewisburg. He is the one guy here who might get some minutes if no one else on the team can step into the holes left by Charles Lee and Kevin Bettencourt.6'8" Virginia product Pat Behan looks to fill the gaps in BU's frontcourt in the post-McNaughton era. He averaged 17 points in a weak Loudoun County league, but supposedly looked good at the Capital Classic, which unfortunately is no longer the tournament it once was now that #45 has left town. Word is he's got a decent outside game to compliment his inside presence. Don't look for him to get too many minutes this year, as McNaughton, Mastropolo and Brown will take up the majority of the post time.Finally, Zach Evans from Encino, CA, projects to be a 3-4 player, but again, will not see much action early on. Evans was a McDonald's All-American nominee, but who knows what that means at this point, as I think they nominate over 1000 kids these days. He is also one of the chosen people, further proving my theory that Jews will one day dominate basketball. L'Chaim! Check out his HS stats from his Junior year and his senior year here.
All in all, BU's class looks better than Lafayette's, but the time tested recruiting motto in the PL ought to be "who the hell knows". While the PL has improved, the level of recruits coming in is still questionable when they arrive. @ 10:04 AM
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One correction about Patrick Behan. You say that his team played in the weak Loudoun County league. In reality, they didn't even play one game vs Loudoun County teams, instead playing a fairly varied independent schedule. They played five or six MD schools (Archbishop Spalding, Aberdeen, etc), two tournaments (including one in Alaska), two PA schools, two West Virginia schools, and a bunch of VA private schools from across the state(e.g. Blue Ride Academy, New Horizons Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Norfolk Collegiate, Episcopal, Benedictine in Richmond, etc).
Here's a link to a brief bio of Behan that lists schools that recruited him: http://www.notredameva.org/athletics/downloads/behan.pdf
Also here's a copy of an article on Zach Evans from the University of Minnesota recruiting site:
http://www.voy.com/83419/1/903.html
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Here's a link to a brief bio of Behan that lists schools that recruited him: http://www.notredameva.org/athletics/downloads/behan.pdf
Also here's a copy of an article on Zach Evans from the University of Minnesota recruiting site:
http://www.voy.com/83419/1/903.html
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