CLK wrote:

Anthony Mack on unofficial visit today

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/anthony-mack

 

Looks like there has been a steady stream of prospects with solid offer sheets visiting the bluff lately. Hopefully we can get one or two of them to bite.

I am just looking forward to Ray Goss saying that name repeatedly 

CLK wrote:

From Pittsburgh Sports now:** Last week, we told you that Proctor Academy forward Tshiefu Ngalakulondi was making an official visit to Duquesne last weekend and it looks like he was very impressed with what he saw.I talked with Ngalakulondi last night about the visit and where the Dukes now stand with him.“They are now in my top two schools (St. Bonaventure) and Yes, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. The city was really eye opening. I like the coaching staff and right away they welcomed me. The campus was nice because it has that isolation of a real campus but also the city is right there too,” said Ngalakulondi.Ngalakulondi tells me that he plans on deciding before the end of the month.  He’d be a tremendous get for Jim Ferry and his staff.http://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2016/09/07/wednesday-psn-notes/

He will visit the Bonnies on 9/23

 

Any chance we can conjure up a freak early blizzard for Olean on the 23rd?

A St. Bonnie poster on the A10 board says he's visiting there today and then will choose between the Bonnies and Duquesne.

I'd feel a little better about our chances if he was visiting here now and had been to Olean earlier. I like getting that verbal while they are still on campus. I'm sure our coaches are keeping in close contact with him.

Thanks Rick Saw this. From Pittsburgh Sports Now:

"A recruiting note for the Duquesne basketball program. Last weekend, Tshiefu Ngalakulondi (Proctor Academy) made an official visit to the campus and it appears he’s close to making a decision. Ngalakulondi (6-6, 205) is going to make an official visit to Saint Bonaventure on Wednesday and then will make his college decision next week. Sources tell me that the Duquesne assistant Danny Lawson made a visit to Ngalakulondi last week and a member of Duquesne’s staff will do so again sometime this week. Ngalakulondi is a player that Jim Ferry and his staff would really like to land and are doing everything they can to make that happen."

http://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2016/09/12/monday-psn-notes/
 

Last edited by CLK (9/14/2016 11:13 am)

While I admire St. Bonaventure and Dayton faithful, well, I don't know how else to put this but unless you want to watch paint dry or snow melt neither locality offers much more.

To their credit, they've kept the basketball at a good level.

I can't speak knowledgeably about Dayton but I grew up in Olean, took a bunch of classes at Bonaventure & still make it home for a few games each season. There is an awesome social life in Allegany, (the little burgh west of campus) in a close-knit university community that supports its basketball team with passion. The players are treated like gods by students, faculty, & townies alike. There are also a disproportionate amount of deep-pocketed alumni that financially support the Bonnies. Finally, it doesn't hurt that the academics are much less challenging than most A-10 schools including DU.

Combined with a basketball tradition as long & proud as Duquesne's, a fantastic game day experience, & their recent successes this is a much more attractive destination than you might expect. (If you can handle the constant grey skies & snow; I couldn't.)

Last edited by phil95 (9/20/2016 10:58 am)

Phil, I remember reading in one of the articles about him that he is from a very rural area like olean, and questioning whether he would be comfortable in a relatively large city. I don't think this is a usual case where it would be an upset to lose a recruiting battle to the Bonnies based on geography and location.

Committed to the Bonnies

DC Blue Devils Congrats to Tshiefu Ngalakulondi on his commitment to St. Bonaventure University today. Proud of how far he has come

Last edited by CLK (9/21/2016 4:11 pm)

The killer is that now he can torture us twice a year for 3 or 4 years.

I think, based on CLK's posts, that a PF type is on the list, but getting a 2G/SF type who can score doesn't hurt, especially with two scholarships to give.

If nothing else, he is phonetically daunting. I wish him luck against everyone but us. I'd like to see that we're after top tier targets.