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WFU Hoops: Roster Construction - +LaRavia/Taylor/Walton/Monsanto/Williams/Sy/Marsh

I thought we had a thread on how former Deacs are doing, but I can't find it.

Neath (Wisconsin) - 2.5ppg, 1.6rpg, 0.5apg - 3/10 from 3 - very limited minutes
Massoud (Kansas State) - 7.3ppg, 3.3rpg, 0.4apg - 23/66 from 3 (34.8%) - 25.7mpg; started 14 of 18 games
Oguama (Cincy) - 4.8ppg, 4.7rpg, 0.5apg - 14.7mpg (no starts)
Johnson (Mercer) - 14.7ppg, 4.9rpg, 1.6apg - 55/125 from 3 (44.0%) - 31.6mpg; started 18 of 19 games
Wilkins (Longwood) - 12.6ppg, 6.0rpg, 1.8apg - 29/70 from 3 (41.4%) - 23.8mpg; started all 17 games
Adams (St. Bonaventure) - 3.1ppg, 1.4rpg, 0.5apg - 12.4mpg; started 3 of 14 games
Okpomo (Temple) - has played 25 minutes total this season
Buchanan (George Mason) - has played 2 minutes total this season

I think both Antonio and DuBose are playing in the same Czech league (on different teams).
 
I looked up Massoud's stats last night and he pretty much seems the same player that he was for us but he has turned into a dead eye foul shooter. Shooting 100% for the season on 20 attempts (not a ton of FT's , but still impressive)
 
So Forbes retweeted that Wilkins was the Big South Player of the Week.
 
good for Johnson and Wilkins - should be enough for the resume to help get a roster spot in Slovenia or somewhere
 
Blake Buchanan was a well loved walkon. Sarr went to stay at his house in Raleigh when covid hit. Of course, Forbes couldn’t get him back to Wake and he went to UK.
 
Wilkins is the 2nd leading scorer on Longwood, and they are undefeated in conference and the highest rated team in the Big South. Would love to see the Lancers with Wilkins make the NCAAs.

Also, Marcus Watson, a Manning commit, that thankfully never enrolled, played sparingly last year for a bad Western Illinois team, entered the transfer portal, and has not resurfaced with a D1 program. Hard to imagine how horrible WF basketball would be today if Currie had let Manning's contract dictate that he keep his job. At the time WF let go of Manning, this was the incoming recruiting class:

Marcus Watson - played 11 games for WIU in 2020; scored 28 points; not kidding, his shooting % were: 37% FT. 21% from 2; 6% from 3
Quadry Adams - played in 23 games for WF and St. Bonnie; has scored a total of 64 points. Shooting: 42% FT; 57% from 2; and 0% from 3; yes, Adams is a guard that has played 23 college basketball games, and he has never made a 3 point shot
Emanuel Okpomo: played in 18 games for WF and Temple: has scored a total of 20 points and is averaging 2 rebounds a game; he's buried on Temple's bench; has not played in a game since November 27th

Got to believe this would have been the worst 3 man recruiting class in ACC history, and possibly in Power V conference history. IIRC, when Currie was able to pull the trigger and dump Manning, WF was the only Power V school to make a coaching change that off-season because the pandemic had just started. Thank you god.
 
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Pilchard said:
Wilkins is the 2nd leading scorer on Longwood, and they are undefeated in conference and the highest rated team in the Big South. Would love to see the Lancers with Wilkins make the NCAAs.

Also, Marcus Watson, a Manning commit, that thankfully never enrolled, played sparingly last year for a bad Western Illinois team, entered the transfer portal, and has not resurfaced with a D1 program. Hard to imagine how horrible WF basketball would be today if Currie had let Manning's contract dictate that he keep his job. At the time WF let go of Manning, this was the incoming recruiting class:

Marcus Watson - played 11 games for WIU in 2020; scored 28 points; not kidding, his shooting % were: 37% FT. 21% from 2; 6% from 3
Quadry Adams - played in 23 games for WF and St. Bonnie; has scored a total of 64 points. Shooting: 42% FT; 57% from 2; and 0% from 3; yes, Adams is a guard that has played 23 college basketball games, and he has never made a 3 point shot
Emanuel Okpomo: played in 18 games for WF and Temple: has scored a total of 20 points and is averaging 2 rebounds a game; he's buried on Temple's bench; has not played in a game since November 27th

Got to believe this would have been the worst 3 man recruiting class in ACC history, and possibly in Power V conference history. IIRC, when Currie was able to pull the trigger and dump Manning, WF was the only Power V school to make a coaching change that off-season because the pandemic had just started. Thank you god.
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wasn't there another guy who committed to wake but changed his mind after manning got fired?
 
Pilchard said:
Marcus Watson - played 11 games for WIU in 2020; scored 28 points; not kidding, his shooting % were: 37% FT. 21% from 2; 6% from 3
Quadry Adams - played in 23 games for WF and St. Bonnie; has scored a total of 64 points. Shooting: 42% FT; 57% from 2; and 0% from 3; yes, Adams is a guard that has played 23 college basketball games, and he has never made a 3 point shot
Emanuel Okpomo: played in 18 games for WF and Temple: has scored a total of 20 points and is averaging 2 rebounds a game; he's buried on Temple's bench; has not played in a game since November 27th
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Well, kinda.

Manning's class was Marcus Watson, Quadry Adams, Jaylon Gibson (backup forward for State) and Djimon Bailey (barely playing at Richmond).

Point obviously remains, that was an awful class.
 
Okpomo was a Forbes recruit.
 
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Okpomo was a Forbes recruit.
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Yes he was. That is called filling a barren cupboard with something so you have a squad. 3 months after Covid changed the world. Glad he was here so we could practice, wish him well at Temple, glad he left to give us Sy or Marsh.
 
sportsmed86 said:
Yes he was. That is called filling a barren cupboard with something so you have a squad. 3 months after Covid changed the world. Glad he was here so we could practice, wish him well at Temple, glad he left to give us Sy or Marsh.
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actually Forbes had recruited Okpomo to ETSU before he originally committed to USF so he was more than just adding a last minute body. He had some solid offers & played for a top HS. I liked the pick up at the time & thought Okpomo had potential to contribute in a couple of years (he may still @ Temple). He was raw & fairly new to basketball but had decent physical tools & a good candidate for AK's player development.

Forbes is obviously a good recruiter but he'll certainly have a few misses along the way.
 
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actually Forbes had recruited Okpomo to ETSU before he originally committed to USF so he was more than just adding a last minute body. He had some solid offers & played for a top HS. I liked the pick up at the time & thought Okpomo had potential to contribute in a couple of years (he may still @ Temple). He was raw & fairly new to basketball but had decent physical tools & a good candidate for AK's player development.

Forbes is obviously a good recruiter but he'll certainly have a few misses along the way.
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I just knew he didn't commit to us until Late June 2020 so maybe a little bit of both.
 
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