Max Murrell commits to Stanford.

NYPost_Brazille tweets:

“New Jersey guard Zion Bethea to Hofstra, source confirms. La Salle, Towson, St Joes were involved.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYPost_Brazil...6644434949

To shorten this list I will list a player one more time after they commit and then their name will be removed so we can concentrate on the players still available.

Bold is most recent activity.

CAA commits:
Charleston: D’Avian Houston 6’1 Bellaire, TX
Delaware: Andrew Carr 6'9 West Chester, PA
Elon: Brandon Harris 6'7 Savannah, GA
Hofstra: Zion Bethea 6’3 Wayne, NJ
Towson: Cory Barnes Jr. 6'1 Lewes, DE
WM: Connor Kochera 6’4 Arlington Heights, IL

Player Info (Date Offered by WM)
Visits taken since offer date; official visits denoted as such
Chronological list of offers

Burke Smith 6'11 Richmond, VA (12/18/18)
Commits to Boise State - 9/9/19
Recent visits: Cincinnati (6/8/19), Loyola Chicago (6/8/19), Ohio (Official - 8/31/19), Boise State (Official - 9/7/19), Rice (Official - 9/14/19)
Offers: Columbia, NJIT, Richmond, George Mason, WM, Samford, American, Lehigh, Rice, Elon, Furman, James Madison, Northeastern, Ohio, Delaware,

Max Murrell 6'9 Omaha, NE (5/9/19)
Commits to Stanford - 9/9/19
Recent visits: Cornell (6/5/19), Columbia (6/6/19), Princeton (6/7/19), Creighton (8/1/19), Minnesota (8/3/19), Stanford (Official - 8/9/19), TCU (Official - 8/30/19), Iowa (Official - scheduled)
Offers: UMKC, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Davis, WM, Boston University, Drake, Indiana State, Jacksonville, Creighton, Missouri State, Loyola Chicago, Virginia Tech, Kansas State, Minnesota, TCU, Iowa, Nebraska, Old Dominion, Northwestern, Stanford

Xavier Lipscomb 6'2 Alexandria, VA (7/4/19)
Offers: American, Lafayette, Mount St. Mary's, Army, Navy, Buffalo, Radford, Iona, ETSU, Howard, WM, Drexel, Cleveland State

Kaden Metheny 5'11 Morgantown, WV (7/17/19)
Offers: Drexel, Western Carolina, Youngstown State, USC Upstate, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Niagara, James Madison, Lafayette, WM, Elon, Akron, South Alabama, Lipscomb, Holy Cross, Bowling Green, Toledo

Jake Milkereit 6'5 Dallas, TX (7/25/19)
Recent visits: WM (Official - 8/30/19), Indiana State (Official - 9/20/19), Utah State (top 5), Furman (top 5), Wofford (top 5)
Offers: UMKC, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, UT Arlington, Air Force, Stephen F. Austin, Mount St. Mary's, Indiana State, Tulsa, WM, Texas State

Strong Interest (followed by WMTribeMBB account, ordered by height):
Jajuan Carr 6'1 Pender, NC
Tommy Murr 6'1 Athens, AL
Tyler Kolek 6'1 Cumberland, RI
Kam Farris 6'3 Burlington, VT
Ryan Rollins 6'3 Macomb, MI
Caelan "C.J." Jones 6'5 Los Angeles, CA
Jackson Threadgill 6'6 Concord, NC
Reece Brown 6'8 Albany, NY
Bennett Kwiecinski 6'8 Chicago, IL
Jacob Hutson 6'10 Edina, MN

Interest (Followed by an Assistant Coach, starting with the most recent):
Ethan Price 6'9 Ipswich, England
Alston Andrews 6'9 Ocoee, FL
Johnny Vrdoljak 6'11 Georgetown, Canada
Keishon Porter 6'5 Pinetops, NC
VonCameron Davis 6'5 Columbus, OH
Mounir Hima 6'11 Tillaberi, Niger
Curtis Harrison 6'7 Cincinnati, OH
Zavian McLean 6'4 Fayetteville, NC
Nehemiah Benson 6'5 Streetsboro, OH
Trey Robinson 6'5 Hamilton, OH
Andre Screen 6'10 Alexandria, VA
Jalen Leach 6'4 Nyack, NY
Bol Akot 6'2 Manchester, NH
Niko Bossinakis 6'4 Colleyville, TX
Felix Kloman 6'4 South Hamilton, MA
Declan Porter 6'6 Canton, NY
Ahmil Flowers 6'5 Greensboro, NC
Asa Beyah 6'3 Utica, NY
Eric Lee 6’4 Tampa, FL
Davion Bradford 7'0 St. Louis, MO
Dylan Branson 6'5 St. Louis, MO
Mekhi Gray 6'4 Montrose, NY
Djordje Orcev 6'6 Rockville, MD
Aidan Carpenter 6'5 Hamden, CT
John Adams 6'8 Douglas, MA
Ben Callahan-Gold 6'8 Manhattan, NY
Karson Sharar 6'1 Iowa Falls, IA
Tony Perkins 6'4 Indianapolis, IN
Chris Grubbs 6'5 Fishers, IN
Jack Wetzel 6'5 Cedar Rapids, IA
Anthony Washington 6'3 Madison, WI
Will Berg 6'9 West Des Moines, IA
Caden Boser 6'7 Eau Claire, WI
Xavier Foster 6'10 Oskaloosa, IA
Connor Christensen 6'6 Eden Prairie, MN
Jvonne Hadley 6'6 Mahtomedi, MN
Kobe Busch 6'4 Huron, SD
Da'Jion Humphrey 6'2 Detroit, MI
Nick McMullen 6'9 Greensboro, NC
Josh Ogundele 6'10 London, UK
Sincere Parker 6'3 Rockford, IL
Darius Burford 6'0 Bolingbrook, IL
Cam Young 6'6 Philadelphia, PA
Alexis Antetokounmpo 6'7 Milwaukee, WI
CJ Huntley 6'9 Davidson, NC
Judson Martindale 6'4 Sudbury, MA
Obinna Anochili-Killen 6'9 Chapmanville, WV
Skylar "Sky" Wicks 6'6 Clearwater, FL
Luka Erdtmann 6'8 Berkeley, CA
Andrew Laczkowski 6'6 Dallas, TX
Malik Henry 6'8 Longview, TX
Miles Brewster 6'4 Brooklyn, NY
Cody Potter 6'5 Pikeville, KY
Vasja Pandza 6'8 Saltsburg, PA
Kenny White 6'8 Madisonville, KY
Richie Springs 6'9 Brooklyn, NY (Committed to UConn, re-classified to 2019)
Steven Crowl 6'8 Apple Valley, MN
Nate Tabor 6'6 Brooklyn, NY
Ariel Bland 6'7 Eden Prairie, MN
Nolan Dorsey 6'6 Knightdale, NC
Keshawn Williams 6'1 Chicago Heights, IL
Martice Mitchell 6'10 Chicago Heights, IL
Selwyn "Quest" Harris 5'11 Lowell, MA
Seryee Lewis 6'8 Chicago, IL
Andre Jackson 6'6 Albany, NY
Mark Sears 6'0 Muscle Shoals, AL
Baylor Hebb 6'2 Colleyville, TX (committed to Loyola Chicago)
Ryan Kalkbrenner 7'0 St. Louis, MO
Jake Cook 6'11 Latham, NY
Jordan Battle 6'2 Norfolk, VA
Amir Nesbitt 6'1 Newport News, VA
CJ Anthony 6'0 Columbus, OH
Cameron Stitt 6'8 Indian Trail, NC
Anwar Gill 6'4 Washington, DC
Tyrin Lawrence 6'3 Madison, GA
Michael Gray 5'11 Baltimore, MD
Noah Hutchins 6’0 Buffalo, NY
Mason Grigg 6'1 Rock Hill, SC
Ishmael Leggett 6'2 Washington, DC
Michael Jefferson 6'6 Sulphur Springs, TX
Dajon Dancil 6'4 Clarkston, GA
Jack Kostel 6'2 Roswell, GA
Jackson Sivills 6'6 Paducah, KY
Rahim Ali 5'11 Baltimore, MD

So, since the coaching staff has liked Milkereit's top 5 school post, I assume that puts to bed the thought that Connor's commitment ended Jake's recruitment here.

Also noticed on Instagram that Coach Kemp is in Dallas. Perhaps an in house visit for Milkereit? He's also followed by Milkereit's stand out 2021 teammate PG Imo Eissen. A Bishop Lynch package deal?

Coach Howland is in Wilmette, IL watching Loyola Academy’s open gym (checking on Bennett Kwiecinski I presume).

@LAMensBBall tweets:

“Great to see William and Mary AC Mike Howland at Open Gym today. Really exciting to watch Mike’s college career progress.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/LAMensBBall/s...4179577856

Kwiecinski takes an official to Lipscomb this Thursday. He already took his official to Siena and has one at Yale coming up.

(09-10-2019 06:51 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Coach Howland is in Wilmette, IL watching Loyola Academy’s open gym (checking on Bennett Kwiecinski I presume).

@LAMensBBall tweets:

“Great to see William and Mary AC Mike Howland at Open Gym today. Really exciting to watch Mike’s college career progress.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/LAMensBBall/s...4179577856

Kwiecinski takes an official to Lipscomb this Thursday.

Really like Kwiecinski, though I'm not sure he fills the big man void. He is listed as a SF, but IMO his skillset is more of an undersized power forward. Though comfortable on the perimeter, he is at his best when he can maneuver around the post. Ultra skilled with great hands and footwork. Has a wicked spin move that he uses all over his highlights to great effect. He will struggle in the college post until he can beef up a good bit. I wonder if they are looking at him as Milkereit insurance? As noted earlier, plays on David Cohn's former AAU team and is friends with Connor Kochera - so definitly some strong ties.

https://youtu.be/_W1Mt5dMor0

Curious what Bennett will do if Drake offers him to join his twin, Jordan. Or, if we offered Bennett, if Jordan would open his recruitment back up if we offered a slot to join his brother?

Drexel and Northeastern picked up their first 2020 commitments yesterday:

Drexel: Lamar Oden Jr. 6'6 Atlanta, GA
Other offers according to VC: Kennesaw State, Presbyterian, Florida A&M, Tennessee State, Charleston Southern, New Orleans, NJIT

Northeastern: Andre Weir 6'10 Hollywood, FL
Other offers according to VC: Appalachian State, Mercer, New Orleans, Bryant, Florida Atlantic, Missouri State, Jacksonville, Kent State, ETSU, Southern Illinois, Georgia Southern, McNeese State, Bradley, Furman, Ohio, Wofford

Two names of interest off the board:

Cam Young 6'6 Philadelphia, PA -> Bowling Green
CJ Huntley 6'9 Davidson, NC -> Appalachian State

Boatner now following 6'0 PG, C J Anthony, out of Ohio. May not be 6'0", but built like a LB. Strong, high energy, hardnosed, and really can get to the hole with either hand. Ohio Division III POY. Class President with 3.56 gpa. Impact on defense, as well as, offense. Love to have him.

https://youtu.be/-7NxcjV7znc

https://www.10tv.com/article/athlete-wee...y-2019-mar

(09-11-2019 01:24 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Boatner now following 6'0 PG, C J Anthony, out of Ohio. May not be 6'0", but built like a LB. Strong, high energy, hardnosed, and really can get to the hole with either hand. Ohio Division III POY. Class President with 3.56 gpa. Impact on defense, as well as, offense. Love to have him.

https://youtu.be/-7NxcjV7znc

https://www.10tv.com/article/athlete-wee...y-2019-mar

Coach Kemp and Anthony started following each other at the end of April so this is not just another new name for the list but someone they are looking at with increasing interest. I remember his highlights standing out among the many players the new coaches followed in April. He holds offers from Towson, Toledo, Stony Brook, Robert Morris, and Air Force.

The coaches returning to a player identified back in April makes me think Metheny and Lipscomb aren’t looking promising but Anthony would be a good get.

Agree about Metheny and Lipscomb. Anthony apparently has a lot of family members who were Air Force, so, may or may not be a hurdle. Air Force is like the Ivies, though, with a gazillion players on the roster.

6'10" Jacob Hutson had officials scheduled to Bradley, UNI, Loyola-Chicago and GW, with one open. By my count, Loyola and GW no longer have an available schollie, but Loyola still is showing interest. Being from MN, I would assume Fischer is the lead on any involvement still, so, hard to know anything. Hope he is in play.

(09-10-2019 06:51 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Coach Howland is in Wilmette, IL watching Loyola Academy’s open gym (checking on Bennett Kwiecinski I presume).

@LAMensBBall tweets:

“Great to see William and Mary AC Mike Howland at Open Gym today. Really exciting to watch Mike’s college career progress.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/LAMensBBall/s...4179577856

Kwiecinski takes an official to Lipscomb this Thursday. He already took his official to Siena and has one at Yale coming up.

I like how Loyola Academy's tweet wasn't simply "William & Mary is at our open gym tonight" but gushed about Coach Howland. He must have built some great relationships during his time at St. Viator.

Kwiecinski liked the tweet, by the way.

(09-11-2019 01:44 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(09-11-2019 01:24 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Boatner now following 6'0 PG, C J Anthony, out of Ohio. May not be 6'0", but built like a LB. Strong, high energy, hardnosed, and really can get to the hole with either hand. Ohio Division III POY. Class President with 3.56 gpa. Impact on defense, as well as, offense. Love to have him.

https://youtu.be/-7NxcjV7znc

https://www.10tv.com/article/athlete-wee...y-2019-mar

Coach Kemp and Anthony started following each other at the end of April so this is not just another new name for the list but someone they are looking at with increasing interest. I remember his highlights standing out among the many players the new coaches followed in April. He holds offers from Towson, Toledo, Stony Brook, Robert Morris, and Air Force.

The coaches returning to a player identified back in April makes me think Metheny and Lipscomb aren’t looking promising but Anthony would be a good get.

With transfer Bryce Barnes and then interest in Kaden Metheny, Jalen Moore, and CJ Anthony, who are all under 6’0 tall, I think we're starting to see a preference for a certain kind of point guard.

(09-11-2019 02:03 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Agree about Metheny and Lipscomb. Anthony apparently has a lot of family members who were Air Force, so, may or may not be a hurdle. Air Force is like the Ivies, though, with a gazillion players on the roster.

6'10" Jacob Hutson had officials scheduled to Bradley, UNI, Loyola-Chicago and GW, with one open. By my count, Loyola and GW no longer have an available schollie, but Loyola still is showing interest. Being from MN, I would assume Fischer is the lead on any involvement still, so, hard to know anything. Hope he is in play.

Good observation regarding Anthony's Air Force connections.

This is certainly the time to sneak back into Hutson's recruiting with his initial preferred schools running out of scholarship spots. Coach Boatner followed two bigs, Ethan Price and Alston Andrews, on 9/8 (and these were the first new 2020 players that any coach had followed since following Johnny Vrdoljak, also a big, at the end of July) which makes me think they are also looking for new names. Price is interesting; around the same time as Boatner following Price and his coach the coach tweeted that the first of several D1 college coaches would be soon coming over to England to watch practices. I hope Boatner is on a plane flying over soon!

https://mobile.twitter.com/IBA_CoachDran...2306920453

(09-11-2019 03:09 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  With transfer Bryce Barnes and then interest in Kaden Metheny, Jalen Moore, and CJ Anthony I think we're starting to see a preference for a certain kind of point guard.

You mean the kind of point guard that has killed us over the years? All jokes aside, it is exactly the type of PG I prefer too. Athletic, with the ability to distribute. But, needs to be able to penetrate and keep a defense honest. Being able to hit the open 3 is gravy on top.

According to his Instastory Jake Milkereit is on Furman’s campus currently.

Player of interest Aidan Carpenter (6’5 Hamden, CT) commits to Siena.

Zach Fleer tweets:

“William & Mary is expected to visit '20 Harvest Prep PG CJ Anthony and '20 Dublin Coffman PG Keaton Turner today

Both guards were standout performers last week at the
@270Hoops Fall League”

https://mobile.twitter.com/ZachFleer270/...8893137921

We were just talking about Anthony but the 6’0 Turner is a new name.

Highlights:
https://mobile.twitter.com/coffmanhoops/...3071803392

I don’t see any offers so far for Turner but I see coaches from Lafayette, Ohio, Chattanooga, WCU, and NKU following him.

(09-11-2019 12:26 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Drexel and Northeastern picked up their first 2020 commitments yesterday:

Drexel: Lamar Oden Jr. 6'6 Atlanta, GA
Other offers according to VC: Kennesaw State, Presbyterian, Florida A&M, Tennessee State, Charleston Southern, New Orleans, NJIT

Northeastern: Andre Weir 6'10 Hollywood, FL
Other offers according to VC: Appalachian State, Mercer, New Orleans, Bryant, Florida Atlantic, Missouri State, Jacksonville, Kent State, ETSU, Southern Illinois, Georgia Southern, McNeese State, Bradley, Furman, Ohio, Wofford

Two names of interest off the board:

Cam Young 6'6 Philadelphia, PA -> Bowling Green
CJ Huntley 6'9 Davidson, NC -> Appalachian State

Kaden Metheny and Cam Young are now following each other. Metheny’s twitter account has been pretty inactive but maybe, of all his offers, he’s leaning towards Bowling Green.

(Although Bowling Green did pick up a PG commit today, as did WCU, another school that has offered Metheny).

(09-12-2019 06:15 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(09-11-2019 12:26 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Drexel and Northeastern picked up their first 2020 commitments yesterday:

Drexel: Lamar Oden Jr. 6'6 Atlanta, GA
Other offers according to VC: Kennesaw State, Presbyterian, Florida A&M, Tennessee State, Charleston Southern, New Orleans, NJIT

Northeastern: Andre Weir 6'10 Hollywood, FL
Other offers according to VC: Appalachian State, Mercer, New Orleans, Bryant, Florida Atlantic, Missouri State, Jacksonville, Kent State, ETSU, Southern Illinois, Georgia Southern, McNeese State, Bradley, Furman, Ohio, Wofford

Two names of interest off the board:

Cam Young 6'6 Philadelphia, PA -> Bowling Green
CJ Huntley 6'9 Davidson, NC -> Appalachian State

Kaden Metheny and Cam Young are now following each other. Metheny’s twitter account has been pretty inactive but maybe, of all his offers, he’s leaning towards Bowling Green.

(Although Bowling Green did pick up a PG commit today, as did WCU, another school that has offered Metheny).

A Bowling Green assistant followed Metheny so maybe there is still space for another PG. Metheny and recent Drexel commit Lamar Oden Jr are now following each other so add Drexel to the mix; they were in on him early and he took an unofficial there a while ago.

Two names of interest off the board:

Tyler Kolek 6’1 Cumberland, RI -> George Mason
Nick McMullen 6'9 Greensboro, NC -> Murray State