Re: Did someone say today is first day spring signing period?

by DoubleDipper on Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:39 pm

I saw Amadi Udenyi play earlier in the year at De La Salle in Concord, and liked what I saw enough to drop Rev an email about him using some "Orange Express" recruiting comments:

Amadi Udenyi is a smart and tough PG prospect who needs to work on his mid-range game, can sink the trey, can dish with consistency and can shut down the opponent’s best back court player. He should transition easily into a program which runs the back door offense since he’s been successfully leading his team in that very scheme. But he also wants to go where they get out and run when they get the chances.

Anyone know of a school which fits that mold?

This is what his AAU coach Phil Handy had to say about Amadi and his recruitment:

He is an extremely hard working kid on and off the court. He fully understands his potential and puts in a lot of time trying to improve daily. I see him as a mid-low major D1 talent. He is getting looks from American, Columbia, Pepperdine, Portland, USF, Princeton, Yale, Navy and a few other west coast schools. I believe he could play in the Pac-12!

As DTLegend said, "it probably has little to no actual value, but it's always fun to speculate right?"

by oh brody on Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:11 am

"it's always fun to speculate right?" ....absolutely! Keep it up.

by wccfan on Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:21 pm

I watched a few DLS games this year and saw Amadi play.
Very strong and quick, plays with very good control, and shoots well.
DLS palys a very successful and disciplined scheme which does not always showplace some players skills.
This is the school and coach Ethan Niedermeyer ( UP), John Macarthur (Santa Clara) and Beua Levesque (St Mary's) played for.
Also, two current players on Cal Berkeley, and in recent years players on UC Santa Barbara, Princenton, Cal, UC Davis.

by DoubleDipper on Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:09 am

Well, there he goes again, making us get excited -- Rev's Tweet this morning:

Telling myself I wouldn,t even except a complimentary upgrade on flight to Dallas because it will make me soft for flight to Spain

(I'm sure the Stanford grad meant to say "accept", but it's not easy to tweet on the run at 6 in the morning!)

by wrv on Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:58 am

I read that Mark Few is flying to Poland to secure an LOI from a center--it's posted on the Don's board. If Few can fly to Poland to secure an LOI, our coach can well fly to Spain to do the same.

This appears to be Rev's second documented--via tweets-- trip to Spain, thus the likelihood of securing an LOI might be higher with each successive trip.

I am interested to know whether his connection with the Canarias Basketball Academy will play a part. If so, obviously we would be signing two players in two years from there: nice connection for Rev and the Pilots.

by DoubleDipper on Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:24 am

wrv wrote:I am interested to know whether his connection with the Canarias Basketball Academy will play a part. If so, obviously we would be signing two players in two years from there: nice connection for Rev and the Pilots.

I think you can count on it!! Smile

by shallwemaui10 on Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:08 am

2011 CBA graduate Thomas Van De Mars goes for 19 points, and 7 rebounds in 30 minutes for the Portland Pirates.

ARRRR, Guess we aren't as well known with those guys as we think.

http://cbacademy.org/index.asp?modulo=23&id=87&idioma=en

by NoPoNeighbor on Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:52 am

Perris Blackwell, transferring from USF, is about to sign with the Washington Huskies. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

by **up7587** on Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:09 pm

shallwemaui10 wrote:2011 CBA graduate Thomas Van De Mars goes for 19 points, and 7 rebounds in 30 minutes for the Portland Pirates.

ARRRR, Guess we aren't as well known with those guys as we think.

http://cbacademy.org/index.asp?modulo=23&id=87&idioma=en

Hey, at least it's a guy on a ship, not a plane!

by DoubleDipper on Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:15 pm

up7587 wrote:Hey, at least it's a guy on a ship, not a plane!

Really? This is the patch I often wore on my flightsuit in Vietnam:

by NoPoNeighbor on Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:06 pm

And now it's official. Blackwell, one of six USF players who is transferring, is going to UW. He has to sit out the coming season.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskymensbasketballblog/2017996390_perris_blackwel.html

by DoubleDipper on Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:56 pm

NoPoNeighbor wrote:And now it's official. Blackwell, one of six USF players who is transferring, is going to UW. He has to sit out the coming season.

I've reported on other USF and WCC players under the thread "Zags Player to Transfer" in the West Coast Conference section, and will continue to post there as I hear of transfers involving the WCC.

by **upsailor** on Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:25 pm

I would think that if Rev signs a PG from the netherlands he will six ft or better, which would be great

by DoubleDipper on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:05 pm

Timmy to PSU!

by oh brody on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:09 pm

How many good players have we lost over the years to PSU? Mad