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(03-26-2022 06:52 PM)EMUGLORYDAYSthe90s Wrote:  
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(03-26-2022 06:04 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  
(03-26-2022 09:03 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  I have to believe that Mo will go workout for PSU at some point (players can scrimmage each other in open runs and camps). So maybe PSU will evaluate Mo this spring and decide whether or not to offer him. Regardless he’s definitely worthy of a scholarship at PSU, but he’s not going to win them games.

I dunno. Penn St offering Mo reeks of a coach with a roster of smaller players deciding he needs a "tower". Similar to the reasoning Murph used when he brought Love and Okongo to EMU. They were clearly out of their element in ability, but they were indeed tall!

I truly hope I'm wrong, but I don't see Mo doing much more in the B1G than being a "scout team" player of sorts.

Then again, Mo comes from a reasonably affluent city in Ohio, and he is a business major. He may have realized that he truly has no pro future in basketball but a Penn St degree and the opportunity to play with his brother in a Power 6 program is an opportunity that he could not pass up. I would not blame him for doing so.
It might be better if the boys played together at EMU.
Listen I would almost guarantee the majority of us, if we had A D1 athlete child that choose between E Michigan, and Penn St to play any sport would choose Penn St! Also, E Michigan going 10-21, and getting embarrassed in many MAC games didn't help! I don't blame him either! I'm a proud E Michigan graduate, who has done fairly well in my life, and career, but Penn St is A top 50 university more on par academically with Michigan, Ohio St, and Purdue! That degree holds more merit! And, playing in the big 10 in front of 10-15k fans is completely different then playing at A MAC school!
Jeez, not exactly a ringing endorsement for EMU. Be proud of your school, don't apologize for it. Depressing.
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Unless there is some insider info being passed along, why is it a foregone conclusion that he is bound for Penn State? I understand that his brother is committed there, but everything I can find online says that Pitt and Murray State have been the only two in contact with him.

From what I can see PSU has one player transferring out and one player transferring in (both guards). Admittedly, I don't know a ton about Penn State's roster and the scholarship situations.
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(04-22-2022 09:06 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  Unless there is some insider info being passed along, why is it a foregone conclusion that he is bound for Penn State? I understand that his brother is committed there, but everything I can find online says that Pitt and Murray State have been the only two in contact with him.

From what I can see PSU has one player transferring out and one player transferring in (both guards). Admittedly, I don't know a ton about Penn State's roster and the scholarship situations.

Hi try,

I believe PSU has no bigs are low in numbers coupled with his brother.

I ruled out Murray State because that’s another mid major and Mo stated in the media he’s ready for a bigger stage. I believe PSU or Pitt will sign him unless he’s worked out with them and they decline accordingly.
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(04-22-2022 09:06 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  Unless there is some insider info being passed along, why is it a foregone conclusion that he is bound for Penn State? I understand that his brother is committed there, but everything I can find online says that Pitt and Murray State have been the only two in contact with him.

From what I can see PSU has one player transferring out and one player transferring in (both guards). Admittedly, I don't know a ton about Penn State's roster and the scholarship situations.

A lot of it has to do with the fact his brother is there, and may people were thinking it was a natural no-brainer for him to commit and play alongside his brother. From what I can gather, however, there is no indication that PSU is interested in extending him an offer. It does seem more likely that PSU's main in-state rival, Pitt is high on Mo though.

https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/news/pitt-...fer-center

Not sure if anyone has a rivals account and can summarize, but I have seen a number of different postings about Pitt possibly being a leader in the clubhouse, which is interesting as it is a make or break year for Capel there.
04-22-2022 09:34 AM
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(04-22-2022 09:31 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  
(04-22-2022 09:06 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  Unless there is some insider info being passed along, why is it a foregone conclusion that he is bound for Penn State? I understand that his brother is committed there, but everything I can find online says that Pitt and Murray State have been the only two in contact with him.

From what I can see PSU has one player transferring out and one player transferring in (both guards). Admittedly, I don't know a ton about Penn State's roster and the scholarship situations.

Hi try,

I believe PSU has no bigs are low in numbers coupled with his brother.

I ruled out Murray State because that’s another mid major and Mo stated in the media he’s ready for a bigger stage. I believe PSU or Pitt will sign him unless he’s worked out with them and they decline accordingly.

Got it, thank you.

Murray State is joining the Missouri Valley Conference, which is a much better conference than their current Ohio Valley. Not sure the Valley is tremendously better than the MAC (with Loyola leaving for the A-10), but Murray will be at the top of that conference immediately. They won in the NCAA Tournament this year and have been in 3 of the last 5 years. So I guess it depends what you consider a bigger stage.
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(04-22-2022 09:57 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  
(04-22-2022 09:31 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  
(04-22-2022 09:06 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  Unless there is some insider info being passed along, why is it a foregone conclusion that he is bound for Penn State? I understand that his brother is committed there, but everything I can find online says that Pitt and Murray State have been the only two in contact with him.

From what I can see PSU has one player transferring out and one player transferring in (both guards). Admittedly, I don't know a ton about Penn State's roster and the scholarship situations.

Hi try,

I believe PSU has no bigs are low in numbers coupled with his brother.

I ruled out Murray State because that’s another mid major and Mo stated in the media he’s ready for a bigger stage. I believe PSU or Pitt will sign him unless he’s worked out with them and they decline accordingly.

Got it, thank you.

Murray State is joining the Missouri Valley Conference, which is a much better conference than their current Ohio Valley. Not sure the Valley is tremendously better than the MAC (with Loyola leaving for the A-10), but Murray will be at the top of that conference immediately. They won in the NCAA Tournament this year and have been in 3 of the last 5 years. So I guess it depends what you consider a bigger stage.

Great information - thanks!
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Regarding Mo’s playing capability, based on his size, I felt he would be a good MAC player his sophomore year and very good his Junior and Senior years. Heard he has a very nice work ethic and once he figures out how to position his body to make up for his lack of quickness, I felt he could score and rebound at the rim. However, I sense Mo wants to play away from the rim and that was not a strength for him.

In the P5 arena, I think he will average 2-5 points his sophomore year that could bloom to a 10ppg and 6-7 rpg by his senior year. He will be a nice role player his sophomore and junior year and perhaps a major contributor his senior season. At any rate there were some of you who might have felt I was too critical of MO’s ability and I wanted to set the record straight. I wish Mo the best and I’m sure he will make a contribution to a P5 school his junior and senior seasons.
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(04-22-2022 10:28 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Regarding Mo’s playing capability, based on his size, I felt he would be a good MAC player his sophomore year and very good his Junior and Senior years. Heard he has a very nice work ethic and once he figures out how to position his body to make up for his lack of quickness, I felt he could score and rebound at the rim. However, I sense Mo wants to play away from the rim and that was not a strength for him.

In the P5 arena, I think he will average 2-5 points his sophomore year that could bloom to a 10ppg and 6-7 rpg by his senior year. He will be a nice role player his sophomore and junior year and perhaps a major contributor his senior season. At any rate there were some of you who might have felt I was too critical of MO’s ability and I wanted to set the record straight. I wish Mo the best and I’m sure he will make a contribution to a P5 school his junior and senior seasons.

Buyers beware! Until Njie vastly reduces both turning the ball over once every 10 minutes (some 30.8 percent of every time he touched the ball), and fouling once every 6.45 minutes he played, his potential in scoring and rebounding has little if any value. Without remedying his problems, his deficiencies will just be greatly magnified by his having more possessions and shooting the ball more.
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Dear Friends,
I do not find Pennsylvania State a really good basketball school. Half of the Big Ten historically is better than them. They may have a decent season here and there, but historically, not a basketball powerhouse. Eastern beat them in the tournament when we went to the sweet sixteen.
Academically they will be ranked, but I don't think that is the driving force if Mo is considering them.
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(04-22-2022 12:16 PM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
I do not find Pennsylvania State a really good basketball school. Half of the Big Ten historically is better than them. They may have a decent season here and there, but historically, not a basketball powerhouse. Eastern beat them in the tournament when we went to the sweet sixteen.
Academically they will be ranked, but I don't think that is the driving force if Mo is considering them.

Ken,

You’re like me relishing our golden era of basketball. Since our 1998 NCAA year I would bet PSU has a better record than us and achieved more as well. Bad ADs hiring bad coaches had us stagnant but Heath will hopefully get us on track this season.
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Pitt signs 6’11” JUCO…….does Mo sign too? If so minute’s might be hard to come by. Did Mo workout at Pitt and they went with big JUCO? If so does Mo turn to PSU or Akron?

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/04/...ecruiting/
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Personally, I wouldn’t sign with Penn State for all the money in Hades.
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(04-22-2022 10:28 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Regarding Mo’s playing capability, based on his size, I felt he would be a good MAC player his sophomore year and very good his Junior and Senior years. Heard he has a very nice work ethic and once he figures out how to position his body to make up for his lack of quickness, I felt he could score and rebound at the rim. However, I sense Mo wants to play away from the rim and that was not a strength for him.

In the P5 arena, I think he will average 2-5 points his sophomore year that could bloom to a 10ppg and 6-7 rpg by his senior year. He will be a nice role player his sophomore and junior year and perhaps a major contributor his senior season. At any rate there were some of you who might have felt I was too critical of MO’s ability and I wanted to set the record straight. I wish Mo the best and I’m sure he will make a contribution to a P5 school his junior and senior seasons.

Honestly Lucky, I think you are far too optimistic in projecting Mo's potential. He was an "extreme project" filling an "extreme need" on a very untalented team. BSU's Sparks ate him alive, Golson did a far better job defending him. He has a surprisingly good shooting touch for a man his size but he is slow, clumsy, not very strong and his substandard leaping ability made his 6'10" size play more like 6'8". Please do not apologize for being critical, Mo was not very good.

Nevertheless, if Mo's objective was to get a scholarship at a bigger school, he did well to choose EMU where he got a lot of playing time due to severe need. If he wants to maximize his basketball accomplishments, however, his transfer decision is a different story. Two more years at EMU under a pro coach could have provided him with the playing time and development attention to actually compete in the B1G or ACC as a senior. I going to call it as I see it, Bud Jones and Jalen King showed just as much upside, they just arrived when our need was less extreme in nature.

Mark it down, I will gladly eat my words if proven wrong.
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(04-22-2022 12:16 PM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
I do not find Pennsylvania State a really good basketball school. Half of the Big Ten historically is better than them. They may have a decent season here and there, but historically, not a basketball powerhouse. Eastern beat them in the tournament when we went to the sweet sixteen.
Academically they will be ranked, but I don't think that is the driving force if Mo is considering them.
Don't think I've EVER heard them called Pennsylvania State. Like...ever.
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Pitt coach Jeff Capel had this to say:

Jeff Capel is envisioning a 2022-23 front court of Akok and sophomore John Hugley in the post for the Panthers.

Looks like if Mo signs with Pitt, he’s fighting for minutes off the bench.
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Dear Bob,
I have always called them Pennsylvania State because I hate abbreviations. We don't go around and call it Mich State, or Illi State or whatever for other schools. Why Penn State? People can't spell Pennsylvania?
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(04-25-2022 09:25 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Bob,
I have always called them Pennsylvania State because I hate abbreviations. We don't go around and call it Mich State, or Illi State or whatever for other schools. Why Penn State? People can't spell Pennsylvania?

I learned how to spell it the hard way. After the spell checker corrected me (too) many times.

Seriously, people (including me!!!!) never learn. why do I misspell words? Because I don't pronounce them or pronounce them correctly (kind of like a spelling bee). or divide the word into syllables.

Isn't Pennsylvania = Penn + sylvania? If so, doesn't that make it easier to spell?
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Mo tweeted about a recent visit to SMU… not a committed tweet, but may be indicative of some kind of connection made…wouldn’t be surprised if there is a “100 committed” tweet soon.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MONJIE_5/stat...8408345609
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BYu also looking for our Mo Njie :-)

https://www.vanquishthefoe.com/platform/...fer-portal
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(05-09-2022 04:31 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  BYu also looking for our Mo Njie :-)

https://www.vanquishthefoe.com/platform/...fer-portal

He certainly is getting good looks. The responses to his SMU tweet seemed like some of them really want him. Seems like he won’t be able to pick and choose, but should land somewhere decent nonetheless.
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