Recruiting is what I do best in HD and I am damn proud of it. Unfortunately, this season my recruiting class wasn't ranked among the CI Top 32 classes in D-II. You know what I say to that? They can go f**k themselves because this class is pretty damn good.
I signed 4 recruits, 3 of them from HS and 1 was transferred from a D-I school. Here is my breakdown on each of those 4 recruits.
PG Nolan Jackson
6'0" 176 lbs #193 PG
St Anthony HS Wailuku, HI
My take: I was amazed at how easy it was to get this guy and how nobody challenged me for him. He is definitely a sleeper and will become a very good guard after a redshirt year and a couple seasons on the bench due to his great WE. When he finally starts playing next season, I will probably play him at SG since I have plenty of PGs on my roster already. If everything goes as planned, I could see him in the starting lineup by his redshirt junior year, but hopefully he can make an impact off the bench sooner.
SF Mark Shoemake
6'8" 239 lbs NR
Greenway HS Phoenix, AZ
My take: The transfer from D-I school Tennessee-Chattanooga is a stud defender that will hope to make an instant impact as the backup SF this season. I highly doubt he will ever be able to develop any offensive ability due to his low WE and having only 3 years of eligibility left, but he will be a defensive force, which is invaluable in a team that will mostly consist of offensive playmakers.
SF Vincent Stivers
6'7" 210 lbs #140 SF
Andover HS Andover, KS
My take: Being an academic non-qualifier this year, he will have to wait until next year before he can practice, let alone play in a game. He is easily the most athletic player of the team and, combined with great a scoring ability and even better defense, he might turn out to be the best recruit in this class when it's all said done. If he improves his FT shooting, he could be an unstoppable force. Depending on where I play him, he should be the starter by his senior and will no doubt be in the starting lineup by the time he's a 5th-year senior.
C Samuel Girard
6'11" 228 lbs NR
St. Joseph HS Westchester, IL
My take: He will be the only one of the 3 freshmen in this class that will be playing this year, and ironically he is the only 1 of the 3 that wasn't ranked. He will be backing up Shanley at C this year and looks to take the starting job at C by sophomore year. He has great core abilities, but he isn't a very good defender or FT shooter and he isn't very athletic. That being said, he did run SPU's offense and defense in HS, so it will be easier for him to make that instant impact that I need him to make.
All in all, this is a very good starting class at SPU and hopefully the class that starts my dynasty at SPU.
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I wanted Nolan and was awaiting him to drop, but when I saw you on him I made no effort and I got my guard fairly cheap and Im happy with how mine turned out.
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