recruiting 2014 and beyond (h00ps weird0s beat off list)

[sweetriverbaines]

Southern Miss transfer G Aaron Brown will visit Boston College tomorrow. Big time shooter, would be a great get for the Eagles. Per Zack Spears...

[JimDog90]

"Sources tell BGN that two possible destinations for departing F Aaron Brown are Boston College & Rhode Island."

Our last battle with URI for a transfer went well...

Go eagles

Why not be optimistic? 10 ppg scorer on a 27 win C-USA team, 40% 3-pt shooter over his career averaging 100 attempted treys a season; sounds like a solid pick up. Let's see, anything else interesting on his bio...hmmm...
HS: St. Benedict / NJ oh
So we are competing with URI again for a player with pre-existing loyalty to Coach Hurley (again). The parallels are greater then previously presumed.
(BCI reported that he wanted to transfer to URI when he decided to leave Temple but Draconian inter-league transfer rules got in the way of that.)

[Corporal Funishment]

This week in AARON WATCH 2014

Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria 20h
Southern Miss transfer Aaron Brown is considering BC, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Iona, Southeastern, he tells @SNYtv. Visits BC tomorrow

What's a Southeastern


http://zagsblog.com/articles/aaron-falz ... e-harvard/

Nothing too surprising here

[BCSUPERFAN22]

"Sources tell BGN that two possible destinations for departing F Aaron Brown are Boston College & Rhode Island."

Our last battle with URI for a transfer went well...

Go eagles

Why not be optimistic? 10 ppg scorer on a 27 win C-USA team, 40% 3-pt shooter over his career averaging 100 attempted treys a season; sounds like a solid pick up. Let's see, anything else interesting on his bio...hmmm...
HS: St. Benedict / NJ oh
So we are competing with URI again for a player with pre-existing loyalty to Coach Hurley (again). The parallels are greater then previously presumed.
(BCI reported that he wanted to transfer to URI when he decided to leave Temple but Draconian inter-league transfer rules got in the way of that.)

Adam Zagoria saying URI has no more room for him (mentions Minnesota as well as not having room)

[twballgame9]

"Sources tell BGN that two possible destinations for departing F Aaron Brown are Boston College & Rhode Island."

Our last battle with URI for a transfer went well...

Go eagles

Why not be optimistic? 10 ppg scorer on a 27 win C-USA team, 40% 3-pt shooter over his career averaging 100 attempted treys a season; sounds like a solid pick up. Let's see, anything else interesting on his bio...hmmm...
HS: St. Benedict / NJ oh
So we are competing with URI again for a player with pre-existing loyalty to Coach Hurley (again). The parallels are greater then previously presumed.
(BCI reported that he wanted to transfer to URI when he decided to leave Temple but Draconian inter-league transfer rules got in the way of that.)

Adam Zagoria saying URI has no more room for him (mentions Minnesota as well as not having room)

Woo hoo, I'm smelling a second place finish here!

[NJM89]

Zagsblog

CHICAGO — Aaron Falzon will set visits to Northwestern, Boston College and Harvard, he told SNY.tv on Friday. Falzon said that Stanford and Creighton are also “still in the mix.”

The 4-star power forward played well at the Nike Global Challenge, holding his own against other elite opponents. Falzon created shots, knocked down threes and used his trademark vocal play during a solid weekend.

Now, the Northfield (MA) Mouth Hermon prospect can focus on making his college decision. For his visit schedule, he started with three schools that recruited him with intensity.

Northwestern and head coach Chris Collins already earned two 2015 commits in Dererk Pardon and Jordan Ash. In search of its first NCAA Tournament appearance — which seems close to happening — NU shifted the focus to Falzon. He’s their only current target for the class.

“It’s crazy. They’ve been to every single game,” Falzon said. “We were playing in a tournament in Philadelphia and there were no coaches in the stands except for [assistant coach Patrick] Baldwin. They really love me, I can tell. They’re sending me videos of their kids, saying: ‘We want Aaron.’”

Falzon grew up familiar with Boston College. And though the program struggled in recent years, new head coach Jim Christian is selling him on the rebuilding process. BC has been competitive in other top recruitments, including that of four-star small forward Terance Mann.

“[I would] have the ability to be at home and lead a program that’s been down the last four years,” Falzon said. “I live five minutes away … When I was younger, they were winning, and I could take them back to the heights so it’s very intriguing.”

He’s also looking at in-state Harvard, a program that boasts the academics and the stability. Under Tommy Amaker, Harvard has reached three consecutive NCAA Tournaments.

“If I go there, we’re going to the tournament every year,” Falzon said. “Coach Amaker has done an amazing job bringing Harvard to where it is. It’s making more kids want to play in the Ivy League.”

At the Global Challenge, with a guard-heavy rotation, Falzon was able to work on more traditional power forward play. He said he focused on “adapting to the environment” and defending the four.

The commitment to getting better explains his rapid ascent. And it explains why three schools, or more, are looking at Falzon as a potential program turning player.

[bcmurph]

Falzon's certainly not lacking for confidence...

[eepstein0]

Falzon's certainly not lacking for confidence...

We need more of that. A lot more

[Corporal Funishment]

I feel like the weekend of the Friday night Pitt game would be a great time to have recruits on campus, as it should be a good game, night games always have the best atmosphere, and it will be early enough in the semester that the won't have tests to study for yet. Would love to see the staff try to get as many guys as possible to visit then.

[eagle9903]

Mann to FSU. Your move w31rd0z.

[mloyko]

Way to close JIm. Way to close.

[Corporal Funishment]

[NJM89]

Getting Falzon is going to make or break this class. If he ends up at Harvard or NU then im not expecting much.

[sweetriverbaines]

There must be a post out there that warned everyone about this happening. Bummer...

[twballgame9]

WHAT PLACE DID WE COME IN NERDS?

[EagleDave]

It's borderline funny incompetent this program is, regardless of who's at the helm.

[MattTheEagle]

Getting Falzon is going to make or break this class. If he ends up at Harvard or NU then im not expecting much.

We are screwed either way. We currently have a total of SEVEN empty spots for 2015 (eight if we lose Hanlan) and no idea where these players are coming from.

[eaglesfan06]

Christian's already losing leash length with fans.

I can't be mad though, it's the status quo with BC these days. We are a joke.

[HJS]

I thought we had a better chance to land Mann than we do Falzon. Gotta say that I am pretty shocked that he chose FSU. Not that he had to pick BC... but, I felt that his folks wouldn't let him go to a shit school. Guess I was wrong.

[2001Eagle]

I still think I must be having a nightmare when I see that our fucking coach is some no name baby maker named Jim Christian.

[BCEagles25]

good thing we didn't hire any of the competent coaches that expressed interest in the job.

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

Christian's already losing leash length with fans.

just one or two, or is he losing leash with all 3 fans?

[eagle9903]

Not being sirius is hard.

[twballgame9]

I still need an update on what place we came in with Mann. This is important

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

I still need an update on what place we came in with Mann. This is important

based on lists i've seen it's second. i have not received confirmation of whether that's just an alphabetical snafu but i say we take advantage of it and add it to our list of "almost" recruits. right next to patrick ewing and any one of the murphy kids

[twballgame9]

So who is almost next?

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

So who is almost next?

i assume it has to be falzon. *fingers almost crossed*

[Corporal Funishment]

So who is almost next?

Because I'm a glutton for punishment...


Southern Miss transfer Aaron Brown has a top five and hopes to make a decision in the coming few days, he told SNY.tv by phone Wednesday.

“I hope to decide this weekend,” he said.

The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Brown, who averaged 9.9 points and 4.3 rebounds last season at Southern Miss, is now considering Boston College, Iona, Oregon, Florida State and South Florida. He said some 22 schools reached out to him, but he had to narrow his list.

“Man, I don’t even know which coach is which [who's calling],” he said. “It’s crazy but it’s exciting as well.”

As a graduate transfer, Brown would be eligible immediately for the 2014-15 season, making him appealing for teams who have a late need due to injury or other reasons.

“I’m a valuable piece right now because some teams don’t have a lot of depth,” said Brown, who will be landing at his third school after previously playing two years at Temple. “I’m looking for the right fit to help me in my years after college at the next level.”

Brown, who cancelled a Thursday visit to Rutgers because it wasn’t the right fit, visited BC Monday and Iona Wednesday. He hopes to trip to Oregon this weekend and possibly Florida State at some point. He is also considering USF and head coach Orlando Antigua, who is coaching the Dominican Republic team against Team USA Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

As for FSU, he said, “I’m trying to figure out something now. They start school on Monday.”

Meantime, he heads to Oregon possibly Friday.

“I really want to out to Oregon and visit Oregon,” he said. “They recruited me when when they were at Creighton [Dana Altman's] staff.”

Meantime, Boston College may be the favorite because they’re in the ACC and relatively close to Brown’s home in Hackensack, N.J.

“BC is definitely sill there,” he said. “It’s the ACC. They’re close to home. It’s the best conference in the country in my eyes. That’s definitely up there in my top five.”

Brown also has ties to Iona, which recruited him out of high school at St. Benedict’s Prep.

“Iona was good,” he said of the visit. “I know Scott Machado and what they did for him and I know Sean Armand. Last time around I didn’t give them a look and I’m keeping all options open.”

[NJM89]

@Zacklopedia

2015 G Matt Milon (6-4) has set an official visit to Boston College for Sept4th-6th. Kid can shoot it. #BcEagles

Getting Milon up here for the night PITT game will be a plus. He also visited during the summer.

[hinghameagle]

Mann is a huge non get. Would have been an impact player at BC since day 1. Losing another fairly local kid as well. The big problem here is that although this kid is a top 75 recruit, we didnt lose him to a big time program. I wont begrudge any local kid who chooses a Duke, Unc, Kentvuky, Kansas...over BC, but we lost him to FSU. A solid, yet unspectacular program. Losing two of your top 3 recruits to URI and FSU is disgusting. I suppose Murphy and Spineeli get a grace period, but these two recruits are EXACTLY the type of kids they were paid alot of money not to let get away. full credit on diallo, elsewhere poor results.