CaliHoya
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Post by CaliHoya on Mar 25, 2015 15:18:39 GMT -5
After playing two teams in the tourney that had success finding solid players internationally (Jakob Poeltl, Venky Jois, Bogdan Bliznyuk), I started to wonder: why doesn't Georgetown better utilize it's international brand and reach to get more international talent?
I've followed our recruiting fairly closely the past several years, and I can't even remember once that we were involved with a recruit who lived abroad (we have recruited recent immigrants, but they have all been playing high school ball stateside). While I love our assistants and think they've done a good job the past couple classes, I hope they take a lesson from Utah & EWU that there are a lot of gems abroad that likely could fit our offense really well.
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Mar 25, 2015 15:33:19 GMT -5
Yes, please! It could be perfect for our half-court offense.
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Post by daymondmyles on Mar 25, 2015 15:53:40 GMT -5
Agreed. MD has even gotten into the action.
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 26, 2015 9:24:21 GMT -5
A flight to Australia is a lot harder and more expensive then a flight to Mississippi.
Would be nice if we could find a "recruiter" to deal with initial contact in that hemisphere (Asia is an untapped market as well, although not as much potential).
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IDenj
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Post by IDenj on Mar 26, 2015 10:28:12 GMT -5
Three letters. GTA.
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CaliHoya
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Post by CaliHoya on Apr 10, 2015 18:02:29 GMT -5
For those in the know, are we planning to do any international recruiting this summer? Again, given how global the game (NBA & college) have become, I feel like Georgetown is missing a huge opportunity. Even creating ties with international scouts would be big.
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CaliHoya
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Post by CaliHoya on Apr 10, 2015 18:03:38 GMT -5
We're playing in Italy in August for crying out loud. With St. John's working to get Mussini from Italy (playing this weekend with Diallo in Portland), we need to start making inroads to the global talent that's out there.
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EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 10, 2015 19:12:39 GMT -5
We're playing in Italy in August for crying out loud. With St. John's working to get Mussini from Italy (playing this weekend with Diallo in Portland), we need to start making inroads to the global talent that's out there. I agree 100% Cali.. |
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Jun 27, 2015 12:38:32 GMT -5
Is Italian 6'9" L. Tote eligible for US college basketball? If so, JT3 should have a sitdown with him during the trip to Italy.
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hoyainla
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Post by hoyainla on Jun 27, 2015 13:09:07 GMT -5
These days in a lot of these international recruiting cases the coach/mentor/dad of the players has played with the college coach where the kid ends up so its not traditional recruiting.
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