St Louis landed two studs, with its best recruiting class yet under coach Chapelhillne. Missouri Mr. Basketball George Winer was persuaded to stay in his own back yard, ten miles from his Hometown of Town & Country Missouri. This was the first 4-Star player recruited at St. Louis under the term of Chapelhillne, and possibly the first one ever. Mosher, the other player that coaches are high on, is a 3-Star recruit from Iowa that has huge potential. The third player, David Serafin, has good potential but will be more of a defensive specialist and probably a backup for most if not all of his career at St. Louis. The team spent about $1,000 on him. This year St. Louis had a "B" prestige.

George Winer  - #15 PF, #58 Overall, 4 Star, Missouri Mr. Basketball: Town & Country MO  Overall 709 Rating.

Athleticism	86	Low		Perimeter	21	High
Speed	45	Low		Ball Handling	56	Low
Rebounding	74	Average		Passing	45	High
Defense	73	High		Stamina	64	High
Shot Blocking	68	Low		Durability	41	Low
Low-post	71	Low		FT Shooting		High

He is High-High in PE, so if he can build that up he should be a great scorer. The 86 Ath and 73 DEF with High potential is huge. He was only 10 miles from me, which I think discouraged Minnesota from making a strong run at him.

Paul Mosher #27 PF # 98 Grinnell, Iowa  Overall 633 Rating

Athleticism	67	Average		Perimeter	52	High
Speed	28	High		Ball Handling	26	High
Rebounding	68	High		Passing	39	Average
Defense	79	Low		Stamina	70	High
Shot Blocking	62	High		Durability	41	Average
Low-post	52	High		FT Shooting		High

He might end up better than Winer because of the higher potential. 67 Ath is really nice to start with too, and he should end up in the 90s in REB. he is high-high in PE and BH. If he is high-high in LP and PE, look out. He could be in the 80s or 90s in both. And he should be pretty fast, probably around 50. He and Winer may be high high in other areas. I didn't do many scouting trips. Kansas State was on Mosher early, but I had a distance advantage of a little, although he was still 250 miles away in Iowa. I did like 15 CVs before 11 PM and after that he was only considering me.

With Winer, even though his potential is not that great, he starts at such a high level. Both should end up in the 80s and 90s in stamina too, which is great.

David Serrafin #66 C  Cincinnati, OH 551 Overall

Athleticism	66	Average		Perimeter	33	Low
Speed	21	Low		Ball Handling	27	Average
Rebounding	69	High		Passing	12	High
Defense	51	High		Stamina	70	Average
Shot Blocking	60	Average		Durability	56	High
Low-post	36	Average		FT Shooting		Average

His main drawback is speed because we run the press. 21 is slow. But he will be a very good RB, and good defender and has good ath, and he only cost me $1000. His scoring ability leaves a lot to be desired.

It's only my 3rd season at St. Bonaventure, but I think this will be a good class for us.  Robert Hammond is the highest ranked player I've ever been able to land as the #19 PG.  He's a JUCO but is coming in as a soph, so there is still plenty of time for him to hit his potential.  I needed some depth for my bigs, so that's where I focused most of my effort after locking up Hammond.  Capra should be the best of the bunch of those three - I was able to take him from out of nowhere on the last cycle before signings as Minnesota was locked up in battles across the board.  My money was going to be wasted anyways since I was taking at least one walk-on, so I went all in and got him.  This is our haul with the D+ prestige hinderance...

Robert Hammond - #19 PG, #130 Overall, 2 star, Soph JUCO - 634 OVR

Athleticism	43	Low		Perimeter	84	Low
Speed	77	High		Ball Handling	73	Average
Rebounding	8	Low		Passing	79	Average
Defense	49	Low		Stamina	84	Low
Shot Blocking	1	Low		Durability	60	Average
Low-post	14	High		FT Shooting		Average

I wish his defense was at least average, but have to take what I can get with the D+.  He should wind up with mid 80's BH and low to mid 90's in P, so combining that with the mid to high 90's speed, he should be a great offensive PG for us or could slide over to SG depending on the matchup with his good PER rating.

Rodney Capra - #98 C - 534 OVR

Athleticism	45	High		Perimeter	14	Average
Speed	26	High		Ball Handling	11	Low
Rebounding	63	High		Passing	13	Average
Defense	57	High		Stamina	58	High
Shot Blocking	72	Average		Durability	34	High
Low-post	67	High		FT Shooting		High

He's high-high in ATH, REB, DEF and LP, which is just awesome to go with his 74 WE.  I'm going to be possibly starting him since this season isn't going to be a huge success for us regardless.  I'm building for next season and hoping to have a shot at the NT two seasons from now, so he should be approaching his max potential by his junior year I'm hoping in those four core categories.  I dropped 25 CV's on him out of nowhere on Minnesota - didn't feel good about doing it from an ethical standpoint as I usually shy away from that sort of thing, but I know it's part of the game and can be useful, so all's fair until the player is signed.

Herbert Jurado - #75 PF, #284 Overall - 562 OVR

Athleticism	41	High		Perimeter	44	Low
Speed	30	High		Ball Handling	28	Low
Rebounding	59	High		Passing	15	High
Defense	44	High		Stamina	73	Average
Shot Blocking	38	Low		Durability	57	Average
Low-post	79	Average		FT Shooting		High

He's high-high with his ATH and DEF.  I wish I could say the same for his REB, but he should still wind up with low 80's there and low 90's LP, so he'll be a good big to pair up with Capra in a few seasons.  I'm hoping he'll take a RS, but it's not the end of the world if he doesn't.

Alex Scott - #80 C - 542 OVR

Athleticism	58	Average		Perimeter	11	High
Speed	19	Low		Ball Handling	16	High
Rebounding	70	High		Passing	37	Average
Defense	46	Average		Stamina	57	High
Shot Blocking	75	Average		Durability	55	High
Low-post	28	High		FT Shooting		High

He's high-high in LP, PER and REB, so I picked him up planning to use him as a backup for Capra/Jurado, which I think he'll pull off nicely.  He'll probably make for a better PF, but we'll see.  Again wish the DEF was high and the speed was at least average, but I needed the big depth and he was my best available option that I wouldn't have to battle a big six school for.  He signed for a little over $1k, so no complaints given that.

Well this was a just good enough year for UR.  Will be interesting to see if it's just enough to get back to the NT this year.  UR missed out on the immediate star it sought and instead got 2 solid role players and 1 SF with the potential to be a mid-major stud.  UR tried a new strategy of going hard for 1 player, a guard, early and looking to defend him. It was working well at first, keeping Michigan at bay, but then OSU came in, with a 10 mile distance, A+ prestige, and 8 schollie openings and it was all over.  It was a large waste of money that put the entire recruiting effort behind the 8-ball. UR is ok with the recruits but the big question is now what to do with the inevitable 2 walk-ons.  1 possibility is to offer scholarships to both to keep the open year next year and the extra recruiting money heading into a big recruiting class.  The other is to just let them go and take the extra recruiting year.  It will be a late season decision (if the conference looks to make some NT noise and get extra money, may well sign the walk-ons).  Most likely, though, we'll take the 2 scholarships for next season and target 1 stud player with the 2 scholarships.

PG - Charles Wolfe - FRESHMAN
Ath: 65 - high
Sp:  58  -high
Reb:  15  - l
Def:  50 - avg
SB: 1 - l
LP: 3 - l
Per: 57 -avg
BH:  41 -h
Pass:  41  - h
W/E:  31 -
Sta:  59 - h
Dur:  64
FT:  62  - high

Wolfe will be a solid backup guard capable of contributing at PG or SG (or SF in a pinch).  Defense will never be high enough to be starter worthy (assuming a solid roster) but with very high ath and high speed plus very high BH and good Pass, he will be able to contribute

C- Neil Kelley - JUNIOR (but an academic ineligble so actually has 3 more years left potentially)
Ath:  57
Sp:  30
Reb:  77
Def: 51
SB: 83
LP: 55
Per:  16
BH:  46
Pass:  19
W/E:  43
Sta:  61
Dur: 90

Kelley is actually one we scouted and recruited 2 seasons ago but lost out to NC State.  NC State decided to let him go and he came to us cheap.  IIRC, he will still be high in Ath/Sp (caping out in upper 70 on Ath) and LP and should hit 90 on rebounding with 60+defense.  Again, solid contributer off the bench for 2-3 years

SF - Richard Stehle - FRESHMAN
Ath:  66   -h
Sp: 40  - h
Reb: 34 - h
Def: 82 -avg
SB: 29 - low
LP: 10 - high
Per: 46  -  low
BH: 27  -high
Pass: 21  - high
W/E: 50
Sta: 65  -high
Dur:29

Stehle has the potential to be a stud.  It required a battle with a sim but it was worth it.  The biggest question with him is if his LP can get high enough to matter.  All of his high categories are high-high, so he will hit 90+ ath, 69+ speed, 60+ rebounding, and defense should hit 90+.  Assuming he doesn't leave early, he will be a nice anchor junior and senior years.  Any scoring he contributes will be a plus.

It was an uneventful recruiting cycle for Temple highlighted by the return of Eddie Jones to Temple.  Not only is it great irony that Eddie Jones is back on campus but he also has a unique combination of categories and eventually will find minutes at both Sg and Sf.   The second recruit, K. Bradley is not exciting but has agreed to a redshirt and should be a pretty interesting point guard prospect with an added season of development.

Name	Pos.	GPA	FG%	FT%	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	TOT
Kenneth Bradley	PG	2.68	62.4	77.0	46	69	15	43	1	14	81	57	43	61	65	37	532
Eddie Jones	SF	2.67	70.0	69.5	71	51	45	57	34	18	68	54	72	26	69	44	609
Average		2.68	66.2	73.3	58	60	30	50	17	16	74	55	57	43	67	40	570

You'll get them eventually but Kelley is avg in ath and LP, which is one of the big reasons I let him go.

Posted by tkimble on 8/18/2012 10:32:00 AM (view original):
You'll get them eventually but Kelley is avg in ath and LP, which is one of the big reasons I let him go.

I see that now (figured he wasn't a star or you would have kept him) but sadly, if he hits 70 Ath, with his near 100 rebounding, he'll still be a very good role player for my team