MBB: NESCAC

[D3 Basketball912]

All NESCAC's have or will release ED1 by Tuesday Night with Tufts being at 7 EST so we should see a lot of commits become official in the coming days.

[D3 Basketball912]

All NESCAC's have or will release ED1 by Tuesday Night with Tufts being at 7 EST so we should see a lot of commits become official in the coming days.

Correction: Bates may last until December 20th but the other 10 will be announced by Tuesday evening.

[nescac1]

Two 5'8 guards commit to Amherst, both post-grads: Canin Reynolds and CJ Mitchell.  Canin was previously committed to Columbia so clearly followed Sears to Amherst ... perhaps a steal?   In all events interesting that the coach clearly is a fan of small, presumably quick guards.  Class of 2025 (including one player taking a gap year) will be a large one for the new coach.  The guards of course will be sitting for a year behind Robinson/Day/Allen, but will need to contribute starting their soph year.

Edit: see I was beaten to this news by 912!  Would be curious to hear more from
Amherst folks ...

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Not sure if anyone saw it, but Bates has decided as an institution to not bring students back until beginning of February, or so.

They may try and play sports at some point, but the timing won't allow basketball to be ready and play enough games to become eligible before the NCAA Tournament.

[SpringSt7]

Colby also added two guards today:

Nathaniel Godin, Central Catholic (MA

Jack Richard, Rivers School (MA)


Would have to imagine these commits are related to the early decision timeline, otherwise that is some coincidence!

[jayhawk]

Jack Boyle from Poly Prep is a two guard who is both a basketball and baseball player who ha commited to Amherst
maybe more of a baseball commit
Also heard rumors of another blg. man recruit for Amherst possibly from Florida?
not sure about this
I guess early decision letters are out

[D3 Basketball912]

I think Boyle is more of a baseball commit. He was on the varsity basketball team at Poly Prep for four years but baseball looks to be his main sport. Williams also took a two sport athlete this year in , Charles Wilmott, who seems to be more of a football than basketball commit. It will be interesting if other NESCAC basketball programs also take two-sport guys.

[nescac1]

Ryker Vance is the Amherst big man from
FL. 

[jayhawk]

yes I see two hours ago he noted on twitter his acceptance to Amherst
I knew I could count on NESCAC to fidn him

I have no idea myself but Sears in November said he was very high on Ryker Vance  6/8" with 7 foot wingspan
noted that he had two more slots and he was looking for players which I believe ended being the two guards

Canin Reynolds seemed to be highly respected in DC area

Also Sears said that felt good about Isa Maguire, the 6'10" frehsman from last year and was improving and was working with others

We will just have to see how it all pans out when they actually play games
lots of Nescac teamsn adding good players

[nescac1]

Who really knows anything for another year, but it does seem like Coach Sears brought in an at-worst solid and potentially highly impactful group in his first year recruiting, so that has to be an encouraging sign for the Amherst faithful.  Amherst should no matter what be very good next season if as reported Robinson, Day, and McCarthy are all returning for a fifth year.  The bigger question going forward is whether the incoming recruits will be able to fill their shoes on the perimeter (along with Dev Allen and Will Phelan, unless they are taking a gap year) after next season ...

[amh63]

Seems that there is a lot of chatter wrt Amherst.  Will add some more info that I have found wrt HC Sears plans...recruits, style of play, players for next season , etc.  The path is as follows....Go to Amherst.edu...Go then to the Athletic site....go to men's basketball site.   There is an interview with HC Sears...he talks on his coaching experience, the players that will be available next season, the players that he is recruiting, etc.
Sears talks about his up tempo style of play, his recruiting of big front court players that can control the boards, etc.  Some stuff wrt to assistant coaches and family.

[nescac1]

Updated list of players arriving in NESCAC hoops next year (class of 2024 recruits listed first for each school):

Amherst:
Bobby Sommers, 6'3 G/F, St. Marks (#49 in MA)
Mohammad Alausa, 6'4 G/F, New Hampton (#142 in New England, #26 in NH)
--
Noah Helmke, 6'6 F, Berkshire School (#25 in MA)
Will Scherer, 6'9 C, Gonzaga College H.S.
Jack Boyle, 6'1 G, Poly Prep (baseball recruit)
Canin Reynolds, 5'8 G, Berkshire School (#41 in D.C. area class of 2020)
Ryker Vance, 6'7 F, Community School of Naples
CJ Mitchell, 5'8 G, Hotchkiss

Bates:
Trace Gotham, 6'5 F, St. Sebastian's (#58 in MA)
Stephen Ward, 6'6 F, Beaver Country Day
Simon McCormick, 5'6 G, Cony H.S.
--
Drew Sachs, 6'1 G, Governor's Academy

Bowdoin:
Burke Chebuha, 6'7 F, Walker H.S. (Marietta, GA)
Max Williams, 6'2 G, IMG Academy (Brandenton, Florida)
--
James McGowan, 6'0 G, Westwood
Cole Hannin, 5'11 PG, Bullis (DC)

Colby:
David Basich, 6'0 G, Green Farms Academy
Henry Westrich, 6'4 G/F, Bangor (#24 in Maine)
Liam O'Connell, 6'4 G, Brighton Academy (#17 in Maine)
Lucas Green, 6'5 F, Princeton Day (NJ)
Eric Baier, 6'3 G, Summit (NJ)
Clay Bolster, 6'1 G, Cushing Academy
--
David Stewart, 6'8 G, Mt. Zion Prep
Ben Kaczmarek, 6'4 G, St. Sebastian's
Nate Godin, 6'2 G, Central Catholic
Jack Richard, 6'4 G, Rivers School

Conn College:
Jarron Flynn, 6'3 G, Kimball Union Academy (#128 in New England, 24 in NH)
Billy Whelan, 6'0 G, Williston Northampton (#60 in MA)
Nathan Rogers, 6'10 C, Bromfield (MA)
Andrew Hartel, 6'9 C, Kimball Union Academy (#118 in New England, #21 in NH)
Ben Rice, 6'7 F, Whitman-Hanson (MA) (#106 in New England, #30 in MA)
David Murray, 6'6 C/F, Collegiate School (NYC)
Henry Fine, 6'2 G, BB&N

Hamilton:
Julius Nagin, 6'3 G, BB&N
Ryan Michaels, 6'6 F, Berkshire School
--
Graham Robinson, 6'10 C, St. Paul's (#9 in NH)
Max Freishtat, 6'4 G, Sidwell Friends (D.C.)

Middlebury:
David Brennan, 6'5 F, Roxbury Latin
Adrian Watts, 6'4 F/G, St. Andrew's (DE) (not listed on 20-21 roster?)
Lamine Cisse, 6'2 G, Success Academy (NY)
Dean Smith, 6'6 F, Delbarton (NJ)
--
Jaden Bobbett, 6'0 PG, Cushing Academy (#22 in MA)
Sam Stevens, 6'5 G/F, Willison Northampton (#45 in New England, #17 in MA)

Tufts:
Jay Dieterle, 6'4 G, Rivers School
Liam Murphy, 6'5 F, Wilbraham & Monson (#54 in MA)

Trinity:
Will Dorion, 6'1 G, Needham (#47 in MA)
Charlie Campbell, 6'2 G/F, Canterbury
Garrett Kirk, 6'2 G, Northfield Mount Herman
Sean Okpoebo, 6'4 G/F, Cushing Academy
Gilbert Otoo, 6'5 F, Perkiomen School (PA)
---
Sean Macarchuk, 6'5 G/F, St. Thomas Moore

Wesleyan:
Kiran Kling, 6'9 C, Maret (D.C.)
Olu Oladitan, 6'6 F, Brooks (#56 in MA)
Dylan Ward, 6'5 G, Williston Northampton
---
Cole Bryant, 6'4 G, St. Luke's School (#47 in New England)
Nicky Johnson, 5'9 G, The Rivers School
Shane Regan, 6'3 G, Williston Northampton
Jacob Pofsky, 6'1 G, Shalhevet H.S. (CA)

Williams:
Brandon Roughley, 6'8 F, Salisbury (#103 in New England, #42 in CT)
Noah Dinkins, 6'4 G, Andover (#50 in MA)
Declan Porter, 6'6 G/F, Exeter (#116 in New England, #19 in NH)
Dan Lee, 6'1 PG, Dublin Jerome (OH)
--
Evan Glatzer, 6'3 PG, Friends Seminary
Charles Willmott, 6'1 G, Lincoln (OR) (football / hoops)

[amh63]

Nice summary of "recruits"  nescac1 .  Now we all will await the plans for a Nescac MBB season.

[nescac1]

This isn't NESCAC related, but I thought interesting nonetheless and nothing else going on anyway.  Swarthmore has clearly prioritized reversing decades of athletic apathy and building itself into a basketball powerhouse.  On the men's side, that has worked out insanely well thanks to an unbelievable hoops hire.  But on the women's side, the road seems to be a bit bumpier ...

https://www.inquirer.com/education/swarthmore-coach-basketball-complaints-vassar-women-20201205.html

[saratoga]

WOW!
Thanks Nescac1.
Really creepy that those kids have to put up with that crap.
Talk about taking the joy out of a game they've loved since they were little.
How ironic that a school known as a bastion of liberalism and enlightenment would even tolerate putting up with these accusations and findings.
For the long term good of this program, the big S better reconvene & rethink this one.
Red lights are flashing, take the blinders off.