'16 NH PF Wenyen Gabriel (Kentucky Verbal)

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'16 NH PF Wenyen Gabriel (Kentucky Verbal)

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BC and PC have also offered .... http://247sports.com/Player/Wenyen-Gabriel-71346
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Number 6 right behind Jones in the NERS Rankings. Love Thai offer, hoping the interest is mutual.
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Saw him play once. Big kid with decent ability.
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NOW we are talking
Legit 6'9"
HUGE upside potential
Outstanding offer this kid
Uses right and left hand effectively
Would love to see him in a URI Uniform
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I'm surprised we hadn't offered him already.
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Flashes a good looking jump shot also. Very intriguing.
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Re: '16 NH PF Wenyen Gabriel

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Yeah, he's blown up in the past few months. PC is a high major? Really???
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He's got actual P5 schools recruiting him, now.
Wonder where he'll wind up?
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He was pretty much unknown a year ago. On ESPN's new list, he's a 4* and ranked #84.
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There is such good local talent, it's a shame that most of them don't want to stay home but rather got to ACC/SEC/B1G. Some seem to think Gabriel is headed to Virginia.

You have to wonder how Donovan leaving changes the recruitment of Murphy. I had heard for at least a year it was all but certain he was headed to Florida. Have no idea who the new "leader" would be.

In 2016, you have Heron, Brown, Gabriel, Tshimanga. In 2017, there is Lawrence, Murphy, Samuels, Langford, Waters, Okeke. Hope some stay in the area. In theory, these should be the easier gets.
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There is always another "hot" school. (No pun intended.) A few years ago, it was UConn, Baylor; then Virginia, Iowa State, N.C. State, Maryland, etc. Years ago, it was Georgetown….
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Adam Finkelstein
Wenyen Gabriel one of hardest playing guys here. Heard from Duke & Coach K last night. Bill Self coming tomorrow. #adidasUprising
about 12 hours ago


Think Rhody still has a shot??????
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bressler3south wrote:Adam Finkelstein
Wenyen Gabriel one of hardest playing guys here. Heard from Duke & Coach K last night. Bill Self coming tomorrow. #adidasUprising
about 12 hours ago


Think Rhody still has a shot??????
Yeah, it sucks when schools at our level and even below our level identify talent early and then the talent blows up. The "name" schools just seem to have to wait for later in the process, then battle it out amongst themselves. As soon as we hear names like Kansas and Duke, we're done.
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Billyboy78 wrote:
bressler3south wrote:Adam Finkelstein
Wenyen Gabriel one of hardest playing guys here. Heard from Duke & Coach K last night. Bill Self coming tomorrow. #adidasUprising
about 12 hours ago


Think Rhody still has a shot??????
Yeah, it sucks when schools at our level and even below our level identify talent early and then the talent blows up. The "name" schools just seem to have to wait for later in the process, then battle it out amongst themselves. As soon as we hear names like Kansas and Duke, we're done.

I spoke to a member of a staff of one of the top schools in the country. He said they really only look at seniors because, not to be cocky or sound like a douche, but they believe they can get involved with any player at any time and still have a legit shot.
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Bos, that must save them a lot of time and energy.
So, whose list are we still on?
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Rod, I know we've beaten this dead horse to a pulp, but for a team supposedly on the rise and needing a couple of bigs desperately and soon, we don't seem to be close with anybody of note right now.

Hopefully we'll be pleasantly surprised, but as time goes by and more and more 2016's are signed, it will be harder and harder to be as confident of landing the recruits we need.
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Well, a wider blanket has been spread this year with bigs,
mostly down South, thanks to ARD.
We're also involved early with some good jucos,
unlike last year, where we were scrambling late to
get involved with players.
Time will tell how this shakes out.
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Still in the game….

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Mark Turgeon, Ed Cooley, Dan Hurley, Jim Christian & asts from Conn, ND, Nova, Creighton, Depaul, Stanford at #bbull 4 Rivals/City Rocks
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Re: '16 NH PF Wenyen Gabriel

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I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone blow up so quickly.

Evan Daniels ‏@EvanDaniels · 1h1 hour ago  Las Vegas, NV
Watching Wenyen Gabriel: Johnny Dawkins, Ed Cooley, Shaka Smart, Bill Self, Kevin Ollie, Jay Wright, Mark Fox, Bob Huggins & Mike Krzyzewski
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Kentucky offered yesterday.
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Billyboy78 wrote:Kentucky offered yesterday.
Kansas has now offered as well.
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Upgraded to a 5 star, #22 in class of '16. Latest offer is Duke. Incredible rise.
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Amazing what happens to a recruit's rank once Kentucky, Kansas, and Duke offer.

Actually, I'd take their leftovers.

We need to hear some good news soon, and not wait until November if possible.....
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Chicken and the egg. Actually Gabriel kicked butt in the AAU circuit this summer and he played himself into this picture. That is why Kentucky, Duke, etc are involved - Gabriel performed outstandingly on the College Basketball center stage.
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Now offered by North Carolina
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JoelFranESPN Joel Francisco
The more I watch Wenyen Gabriel the more I like...Luol Deng-like ...affects the game with his energy/shooting/rebounding..#adidasuprising
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@AdamFinkelstein: ESPN 100 PF @WenyenGabriel tells @ESPNRNHoops he has cut his list to 5 - Duke, Kentucky, UConn, Providence & Maryland
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RT @ebosshoops: 2016 Wilbraham & Monson (MA) forward Wenyen Gabriel is down to Duke, Kentucky, Maryland, Providence and UConn.
4 retweets 3 favorites
Beau-ti-foooooooooooooooooooool…………..
PC must have the third nicest campus in the country.
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Haha what the hell is Providence selling to get on these lists? This list is like if I was going to get a new car, and I told someone my choice was down to five: Mercedes, Audi, Range Rover, Mazda and Cadillac.
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rjsuperfly66 wrote:@AdamFinkelstein: ESPN 100 PF @WenyenGabriel tells @ESPNRNHoops he has cut his list to 5 - Duke, Kentucky, UConn, Providence & Maryland
Here's another case of a kid who could go somewhere and play right away (PC), or go to other places and sit, at least for a while. Unfortunately for URI and PC, when you see those other schools mentioned, it's over.
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Billyboy78 wrote:
rjsuperfly66 wrote:@AdamFinkelstein: ESPN 100 PF @WenyenGabriel tells @ESPNRNHoops he has cut his list to 5 - Duke, Kentucky, UConn, Providence & Maryland
Here's another case of a kid who could go somewhere and play right away (PC), or go to other places and sit, at least for a while. Unfortunately for URI and PC, when you see those other schools mentioned, it's over.
Yeah, well apparently it's not over for PC yet, and URI didn't make his final cut. At least they have "hope." URI had another invisible guy until everyone else and his mother got to see him.
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TruePoint wrote:Haha what the hell is Providence selling to get on these lists?
"Wenyen Gabriel may have been the largest stock-riser in the class of 2016 this grassroots season. The 6’9 combo forward possesses an offer list that reads like a who’s who of college basketball elite. Then there is Providence and Ed Cooley. Cooley has been on Gabriel the longest of any high major school. Providence became Gabriel’s first high major offer back in July 2014. Gabriel’s only other offer at that time was from in-state New Hampshire. On Wednesday Gabriel cut his list down to a final 5 schools. That list is comprised of Duke, Kentucky, Maryland, Providence and UConn, according to a tweet from Adam Finkelstein."

http://pcbb1917.com/2015/08/12/2016-wen ... list-to-5/
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High major..... geesh.
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Except Providence isn't a high major. But otherwise, OK. Cooley is obviously a terrific recruiter, at least in terms of the relationship building part of it.
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And their "Crystal Ball" sees…...


http://247sports.com/Bolt/Top247-five-s ... e-38699923
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It's great to be with that kind of company on the consideration list, but it also means PC likely has a very very very small chance at landing him.
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Congrats to the Friars for making the cut......
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I know Cooley was at every Game that Abu played in his Jr to Sr year summer and then the same for Gabriel. He makes an impression on these players and the entire team for that matter. He may lose out on Gabriel, but then you never know. Look how Terrell changed his mind, then how Iverson came our way.
Wenyen played himself into this position during AAU this very summer, so in a sense Cooley has to keep recruiting him since its been two years already - he can't quit now. But it also helps PC to be mentioned in the Final 5 like this, just as it helped St Louis to be in the Final 4 with Tatum this summer.
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TruePoint wrote:Haha what the hell is Providence selling to get on these lists? This list is like if I was going to get a new car, and I told someone my choice was down to five: Mercedes, Audi, Range Rover, Mazda and Cadillac.
Cooley is selling himself, and his mantra since Day One -- at Fairfield -- has been: "Recruit, recruit, recruit." He doesn't care who he's going up against, though, I do question his background checks on a good number of his signees…..
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Committed to Kentucky
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YESSSSSS!!!!

Now if Marfo goes to GWU and somehow Keita picks South Carolina or Temple...

just sayin'
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Another one played em all and went for 1 and done with the Wildcats.

No thanks.

Friars are better off.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketb ... -over-duke

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sp ... /73144368/
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Geesh, another kid PC didn't want...
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Billyboy78 wrote:Geesh, another kid PC didn't want...
Well, according to some, they're better off without him.

How, I have no idea.

See, "The White Effect" is already making an ugly impact.
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"Who else wants him at this point? Kentucky by default" - KMac, probably.
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Some national writer recently tweeted that being a successful recruiter requires you to know who you can sign and who you cannot....and not waste a whole lot of time on those you cannot....

....I think Hurley was lucky that big time guys like Gabriel and Fultz and others eliminated us early and we chose to concentrate our time on those guys the staff liked......I have to think that they valued our signees as much as they valued Marfo and Bracey, etc. and accepted their commitments after their visits..
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bressler3south wrote:
TruePoint wrote:Haha what the hell is Providence selling to get on these lists? This list is like if I was going to get a new car, and I told someone my choice was down to five: Mercedes, Audi, Range Rover, Mazda and Cadillac.
Cooley is selling himself, and his mantra since Day One -- at Fairfield -- has been: "Recruit, recruit, recruit." He doesn't care who he's going up against, though, I do question his background checks on a good number of his signees…..
So let's see if I got this straight your coach recruits a guy convicted in the drive-by shooting of a single mother. Yet you question the character of the players Cooley recruits. Lol only on Keaney blue board. Lol
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