MBB: NESCAC

[D3 Basketball912]

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)

Max Williams will not be attending Bowdoin. He decided to walk-on at DePaul this year instead. https://depaulbluedemons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/max-williams/2333

[nescac1]

Man, Bowdoin cannot catch a break.  The P'Bears lost a few committed recruits late in the process (for whatever reason) last year too, including one who looked like a future stat at another NESCAC school ... with Reynolds gone, and especially if Grad and Rucker aren't returning for a fifth year next year, 21-22 could be a very long season for Bowdoin. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Man, Bowdoin cannot catch a break.  The P'Bears lost a few committed recruits late in the process (for whatever reason) last year too, including one who looked like a future stat at another NESCAC school ... with Reynolds gone, and especially if Grad and Rucker aren't returning for a fifth year next year, 21-22 could be a very long season for Bowdoin.

How does admission work at Bowdoin?  Is it perhaps some recruits just don't end up getting in?

[JEFFFAN]

Not sure that Bowdoin is any different than the other NESCAC - or Ivy schools for that matter - in the sense that the coaches have certain spots available to them for students who might fit below the norm.   At the best institutions, of which Bowdoin is one, the coaches review the student's application and qualifications with the admissions office well before decision making time to determine whether the student-athlete has a good chance to get in.   At the Ivy level, a student-athlete is given a "likely letter" - see link below - which is as good as gold.   They do not do that in NESCAC but if a school starts not admitting kids who they have told are likely to get in, recruiting will suffer big time.  Word gets out.

http://www.tier1athletics.org/tag/ivy-league-likely-letter/#:~:text=The%20Likely%20Letter%2C%20it%E2%80%99s%20the%20Grail%20for%20athletes,as%20long%20as%20you%20don%E2%80%99t%20really%20screw%20up.

[nescac1]

Two Tufts commits:

Mohamud Ali, 6'3 F, Boston Latin
Quinn Cain, 6'3 G, Hinsdale Central (IL)

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[quicksilver]

A Bowdoin commit:

Henry Rovillard, PG/SG, 6-3, Holy Spirit (NJ) (PG year at Phelps in NJ)

[nescac1]

Updated recruiting list:

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)
--
James McGowan, 6'0 G, Westwood
Cole Hannin, 5'11 PG, Bullis (DC)
Henry Rovillard, PG/SG, 6-3, Holy Spirit (NJ) (PG year at Phelps in NJ)

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
Henry Pohle, 6'6 F, New Canaan
--
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.)
Hank Morgan, 6'5 G, Berkshire School

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)
--
Mohamud Ali, 6'3 F, Boston Latin
Quinn Cain, 6'3 G, Hinsdale Central (IL)

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)

A few notes:

- The latest Hamilton commitment, Hank Morgan, a NJ kid doing a PG year at the Berkshire School along with two Amherst commits who might contribute early in their careers, looks like he could be a really tough scorer at the NESCAC level.  Based on film, he is crafty with a ton of range and can get his shot off in very tight spaces.  I'm not sure if they will actually play any games this season, but if they do, the Berkshire School (suddenly a NESCAC pipeline as a class of 2024 guy is also headed to Hamilton) would be interesting for NESCAC fans to follow. 

- Still waiting to hear word of any class of 2025 Conn recruits, it will be interesting to see if Coach Sweeney follows up on his ridiculous first class, one of the best on paper in recent NESCAC history, with more star recruits. 

- Strahorn is clearly all in on the strategy that worked so well last year,, bringing in guy after guy with a similar profile: guards / wings between 6'3 and 6'5.  Clearly, his vision is eventually (after his small backcourt senior duo finally graduate) putting waves of mostly interchangeable perimeter guys with decent size and who can shoot the 3 at a high level on the floor together, and figure he can compensate with mismatches on offense and switching on defense for whatever his roster lacks in interior size.  Seems like he recruits very few interior-oriented guys.  With Will King potentially growing into a Harden-esque lead guard role as his shooting improves, sort of a 2020 Rockets strategy.   

- There is a long list of guys who could make an immediate impact in NESCAC.  While even more speculative than usual, a guess at some of the recruits who might be worth watching include a few of the Amherst guys (a lot of solid recruits without one who stands out as obviously the best of the bunch, hard to say which recruits will play early for a new coach but certainly several of them will), Gotham at Bates, McGowan at Bowdoin, O'Connell and Baier at Colby, Flynn, Rogers, Hartel, Rice and Murray at Conn, Michaels and Morgan at Hamilton, Bobbett and Stevens at Midd (depending on which seniors take a gap year for Midd, easy to imagine either of these guys potentially starting as frosh), Dieterle and Murphy at Tufts, Dorion at Trinity, Oladitan, Bryant and Johnson at Wesleyan, and Roughley, Porter and Glatzer at Williams.   This list is not meant to be exhaustive, I'm surely missing some ...

If I had to compile an early ROY watch list, I'd go with Baier, Flynn, Rice, Hartel, Morgan, Bobbett, Stevens, Dorion, Bryant, Roughley, Porter, and an Amherst guy TBD ...

[JEFFFAN]

Pretty good article on Duncan Robinson in SI:

https://www.si.com/nba/2020/12/25/duncan-robinson-heat-pelicans-christmas-day

[D3 Basketball912]

Jared Langs, a 6'8 Forward from the Dallas area is heading to Wesleyan in the class of 2025. He was originally in 2024 but is currently taking a gap year.

[D3 Basketball912]

Tufts has just landed Makai Murray, an athletic 5'8 guard from St. George's in Rhode Island.

Any news on Conn College 2021 recruiting class?
Their 2020 class was really strong.

Updated recruiting list:

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)
--
James McGowan, 6'0 G, Westwood
Cole Hannin, 5'11 PG, Bullis (DC)
Henry Rovillard, PG/SG, 6-3, Holy Spirit (NJ) (PG year at Phelps in PA)

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, Bridgton 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
Henry Pohle, 6'6 F, New Canaan
--
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.)
Hank Morgan, 6'5 G, Berkshire School

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)
--
Mohamud Ali, 6'3 F, Boston Latin
Quinn Cain, 6'3 G, Hinsdale Central (IL)
Makai Murray, 5'8 G, St. George's (#8 in RI)

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.)
Jared Langs, 6'8 F, Lovejoy High School (TX)
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)

[nescac1]

Good stuff 912.  I'm curious about Conn too.  The last two years its main recruits seemed to come very very late.  Perhaps the strategy is to wait on guys who are hoping for D1?

This is a major bummer:  https://herald-review.com/sports/college/basketball/illinois-guard-austin-hutcherson-out-for-the-season-with-a-stress-fracture-in-back/article_038f2930-a2a3-50c4-9068-6c38d85ca1df.html

[nescac1]

In a normal year, we'd still be recapping week one of league play.  Alas ...

Two NESCAC alum notes.  First, congrats to former Hamilton hooper Ephraim McDowell '12, who was named Deputy Associate Counsel for the Biden White House.  He's already had quite a legal career, to match his awesome name, having been a Supreme Court clerk before this:

https://buildbackbetter.gov/press-releases/president-elect-biden-and-vice-president-elect-harris-announce-additional-members-of-the-office-of-the-white-house-counsel-2/

Great Heat feature on Duncan Robinson, featuring interviews with Crotty, Greenman, Maker, Dick Quinn, and a ton of great footage from his time at Williams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssO6VVjzbsI&feature=youtu.be

Surprised no one has yet posted the D3 all decade hoops team.  Congrats to well-deserving NESCAC representatives Toomey, Mayer, and Sharry! 

https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-decade/2010s/men/announcing-mbb-all-decade-team

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Duncan was also on the JJ Reddick podcast yesterday, where he got to confront Malcolm Gladwell directly for the digs he took at Williams and d3 basketball back in the Spring.  Gladwell didn't come entirely around, but he did retract some of the more ridiculous statements.

They also announced Duncan would be getting his own podcast to focus on people who overcome large odds to achieve success.

[nescac1]

Glad Duncan pushed back on Gladwell, who makes ridiculous statements in more than just this context. 

Davis Reid, a former Wesleyan (and Exeter) hoopster, will be co-hosting Duncan's podcast.  Once Duncan gets $$$ this off-season, he is gonna have the preppiest entourage in NBA history.