St John's to Add 2 Big Transfers

[misterbob]

That nice to see. We need a stronger St.John's team going forward for this league to continue to grow and prosper,and it looks like they're heading in the right direction!! -

[Devil's Advocate]

PC just had a visit from Clark and they were interested in Simon.

PC seems to have major recruiting issues after a hot start when Cooley was hired.

Solid pick ups for SJU.

Yeah, PC and Georgetown have seemed to drop the ball in recruiting recently. Depaul has never really recruited well so they don't count.

Really, Georgetown? Maybe do some research.

Copeland, Peak, White, Derrickson, Govan all top 100 in the past two years. Agau was too, come to think of it.

Congrats Johnnies, keep on building.

[REDMEN1415]

If we get Livingston, then i'll say nit next year.
Never thought I'd say that after last year.

Keep on building Brick by Brick

Zach BrazillerVerified account ‏@NYPost_Brazille 12h12 hours ago Brooklyn, NY
Told the visits with transfers Justin Simon and Marvin Clark Jr. went very well. Commitments could be coming in next few days. #sjubb

[JohnW22]

St. John's is trending upward pretty fast

[Noonzy]

I thought Georgetown has done a great job in recruiting. Now they pick up a transfer and they should be really good next year. The loss of Simon really set the Friars backs in recruiting. It seem like the whole staff is out there recruiting now.

[Bill Marsh]

PC just had a visit from Clark and they were interested in Simon.

PC seems to have major recruiting issues after a hot start when Cooley was hired.

Solid pick ups for SJU.

Yeah, PC and Georgetown have seemed to drop the ball in recruiting recently. Depaul has never really recruited well so they don't count.

Huh? Providence?

Just 2 years ago Providence brought in a class that included Bentil, Lindsey, and Chukwu. All 3 were top 100 recruits

[SJUBBALL]

ESPN has a list of the top 10 transfers in the country -- http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... nsfer-list



Georgetown got the #5 on the list in Pryor

SJU is going to get #9 on the list in Simon

St John's also getting a visit from #8 on the list in Livingston, and DePaul is targeting #6 on the list in Caleb Martin.

Some good BE representation in the transfer market

[ChelseaFriar]

PC just had a visit from Clark and they were interested in Simon.

PC seems to have major recruiting issues after a hot start when Cooley was hired.

Solid pick ups for SJU.

Yeah, PC and Georgetown have seemed to drop the ball in recruiting recently. Depaul has never really recruited well so they don't count.

Huh? Providence?

Just 2 years ago Providence brought in a class that included Bentil, Lindsey, and Chukwu. All 3 were top 100 recruits

Yeah, but after signing Bentil they have missed probably a dozen of their top targets and have not signed another Top 100 kid. They completely struck out in the late spring period, on both transfers and HS players, when trying to get a big man to replace Chukwu.

The class last year had 4 guys and only Fazekas and Edwards saw the floor on a team that needed depth and shooting. None of the 4 guys last year were highly rated. I do like having Fazekas on the roster – shooter with height. And Edwards shows potential to be a tough, scrappy guard.

Right now, with or without Bentil, they have minutes at Center to give away and they can’t seem to do it. A guy like Taurean Thompson could come in and get 25 MPG but he seems to be leaning towards SH, UConn or Syracuse. They tried to get JUCO Kavell Bigby-Williams and lost him to Oregon last week - another guy who could have logged close to 30 MPG for PC. Sedee Keita was another big we lost, to South Carolina, who could have logged major minutes at PC. There are others as well.

On the bright side, they did get a verbal from 2017 Dajour Dickens who should be a Top 150 at a minimum. They also continue to land in the final school list with really high caliber recruits who have gone elsewhere (Wenyen Gabriel, Shamorie Ponds, Donovan Mitchell, etc.).

I think the inability to land a big after losing Chukwu is what jumps out at Friar fans the most. But again, I like the Dickens verbal for 2017.

[Jet915]

Im mostly talking about the 2016 and 2017 classes. I know Georgetown brought in a very nice class last year and prior but given their history, academics, location, they should be getting top 50 recruits regularly IMO. They are bringing in nice recruits but they are mostly top 150 guys, jucos and transfers now. Maybe I think too highly of them but teams like Villanova, Marquette and Georgetown should be bringing in those type of recruits and I just dont see it from the Hoyas recently and before u flame Creighton recruiting which I actually think is on the uptick, other than the support, we dont have the history, academics and location that Georgetown has.

[Burrito]

The Hoyas entered the new Big East with some solid guards (Starks & DSR) but a weak frontcourt. JT3 was then able to get commitments from front court guys (Copeland, White, Derrickson & Govan) but he missed out on some guards. That hole was just filled with the commitments from Rodney Pryor and Jon Mulmore (transfers). They needed a primary ball handler. They've been lacking there since Starks graduated.

Congrats to St John's on their transfers.