2020 Recruiting

Seems like recruiting is starting earlier and earlier in this era of social media as a means of self-promotion and the larger budgets coaches have for recruiting travel, although I doubt either was at play in this young man's recruitment.

The first offer by UP for 2020 goes to Cheick Ouattara, a 15 year-old, 6-9 power forward from Bamako, Mali.

With one native of Mali, Tahirou Diabate, already on the roster it wouldn't be surprising if Ouattara would also like to be a Pilot in three years.

It's time to think about the graduation of McSwiggan and about Walker's and Shaver's senior year, I guess, as the Pilots made offers to sophomore teammates at Pacifica Christian Orange County High School in Newport Beach, California.

Judah Brown, a 6-6/175 wing from Bermuda Dunes and Dominic Harris, a good sized 6-3/165 point guard from Murrieta each have multiple offers as 15 year-olds, so there will undoubtedly be quite a few more schools in the mix before they each make a decision two years from now.

Cheick Ouattara, the 15 year-old, 6-9 power forward from Bamako, Mali is no longer being recruited by the Pilots.

In Hartwich's one-on-one conversation on Portside, he mentioned that he has a younger brother (15) who has relocated to the US. He is already 6'7" apparently and I presume has started playing basketball much earlier than Philipp. Is he on the radar?

Also, would that make him a 2020 or a 2021? This is normally DD's job.

DoubleDipper wrote:Judah Brown, a 6-6/175 wing from Bermuda Dunes and Dominic Harris, a good sized 6-3/165 point guard from Murrieta each have multiple offers as 15 year-olds, so there will undoubtedly be quite a few more schools in the mix before they each make a decision two years from now.

Well, there were quite a few more offers for Dominic Harris, at least 12 D1 offers, but he decided he couldn't wait a couple of years to commit, so today he committed to Gonzaga!

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:In Hartwich's one-on-one conversation on Portside, he mentioned that he has a younger brother (15) who has relocated to the US. He is already 6'7" apparently and I presume has started playing basketball much earlier than Philipp. Is he on the radar?

Also, would that make him a 2020 or a 2021? This is normally DD's job.

Yeah, I've probably been neglecting the recruiting wars a bit lately, and know very little about Phil's "little" brother, 6-8 freshman (Class of 2021), Mo Hartwich.  

Mo goes to Class 2A Columbia Christian in Portland (the same school that Kameron Chatman graduated from when the school was Class 1A, and before he went to Michigan and then Detroit where his dad, UP grad Canaan Chatman, is an assistant).  As Mo is a freshman, I do not know if any schools are seriously looking at him at this point, nor do I know where he is on the depth chart.

In their classification, Columbia Christian really couldn't be doing better to this point in the season.  Overall they are 23-0 and they're 15-0 in Northwest League play.

Prep Hoops wrote:Every spring there’s a number of guys in each state that blow up, Ingraham’s 6-foot-9 power forward Mitchell Saxen is certainly one of Washington’s. Playing with adidas Gauntlet program Team Lavine 16U has greatly improved his visibility. Earlier this month, Saxen received his first D1 offer from Pepperdine. He says Portland is hot on his[…]

https://www.prephoops.com/2018/05/prospect-update-mitchell-saxen-2020/

Looks like Coach Porter offered Saxen sometime last week, making that his second D1 offer to go along with the earlier one from Pepperdine.

"One and done" Marvin Bagley left Duke and was the 2nd overall pick in the NBA Draft this past June, now his younger brother, Marcus Bagley, a 6-7 shooting guard has been offered by the Pilots....and ASU, UNLV, Nevada, USC, UOP, UCLA, and Arizona...for now.

This mixtape is from Bagley's freshman year....

what major will Marcus be pursueing at UP?

DoubleDipper wrote:It's time to think about the graduation of McSwiggan and about Walker's and Shaver's senior year, I guess, as the Pilots made offers to sophomore teammates at Pacifica Christian Orange County High School in Newport Beach, California.

Judah Brown, a 6-6/175 wing from Bermuda Dunes and Dominic Harris, a good sized 6-3/165 point guard from Murrieta each have multiple offers as 15 year-olds, so there will undoubtedly be quite a few more schools in the mix before they each make a decision two years from now.

Cheick Ouattara, the 15 year-old, 6-9 power forward from Bamako, Mali is no longer being recruited by the Pilots.

Brown has committed to SMC and Harris has committed to GU...as the rich get richer.  

Difficult to tell if this article is accurate, but according to 247 Sports, 6-8/215 Auckland native Samuel Mennenga has been offered by UP.

The article suggests power forward Mennenga should be rated a 4-star based upon his recent NBA Basketball Without Borders performance.

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/Basketball-Without-Borders-2020-forward-Samuel-Mennenga-puts-himself-on-college-radar--129226879/

His high school video suggests he's a 2019 recruit, but as the 2019 school year in New Zealand ends in December 2019, it probably means he is a 2020 recruit for college.

DoubleDipper wrote:

@jakeweingarten wrote:Portland HC Terry Porter has offered 2019 G Nick Blake, per his AAU coach.

Not the first offer for the 6-5/180 guard from Durango High School in Las Vegas.

Nick Blake, previously identified as a 2019 recruit, but now a 2020 recruit, received over 30 D1 offers, including a number from high-major schools, but he's decided to stay in his hometown and play at UNLV...

It would appear that for the moment the staff only has two open scholarship slots to use for this class, will be interesting to see what direction the go with them.

SoCal_Pilot wrote:It would appear that for the moment the staff only has two open scholarship slots to use for this class, will be interesting to see what direction the go with them.

Point guard would make sense here with JoJo and Ferebee entering their senior seasons in 2020-21, and it looks like the staff agrees.

@Compton_Magic wrote:Paris Dawson @Cen10Hoops has picked up another offer from Portland @parisdawson19 ✔️

6-0 PG from Corona, CA. Other offers from Southern Utah and Portland State.

And another...

@mountsihoops wrote:Congrats to 2020 G Jabe Mullins on receiving an offer from the University of Portland ❗️❗️#GoPilots ⚓️⚓️

6-6 G/F from Snoqualmie but lots of competition for him. Oregon State, Colorado State also have recently offered him.

It will be interesting to see how the staff proceeds with grad transfers beyond this year, I would think it may depend on how effective the two we currently have are this season

Dean Murdoch wrote:

@Compton_Magic wrote:Paris Dawson @Cen10Hoops has picked up another offer from Portland @parisdawson19 ✔️

6-0 PG from Corona, CA. Other offers from Southern Utah and Portland State.

Paris Dawson wrote:Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Portland

From a getting to know Paris Dawson interview, he believes it's very important to have a coach who has "played point guard."

Kendall Munson wrote:After a good talk with Coach Terry Porter, Blessed to receive another offer from the University of Portland

Kendall Munson is a 6-8/215 PF with known offers from USD, UW, WSU, Mississippi Valley and Montana...

His Twitter page indicates he's living in Sacramento, but he's shown on some sites as being from Puyallup and Chicago,   and it looks like he's playing for a Seattle AAU team this summer.

Kendall missed his entire sophomore year while recovering from an ACL tear which caused schools like Cal, Stanford and UCSB to apparently discontinue his recruitment.

PrepHoopsWashington wrote:2020 6’4 G Tanner Toolson (Union HS) has received an offer from Portland.

PrepHoopsWashington wrote:2020 6’4 G Tanner Toolson (Union HS) has definitely helped his stock at the @WIBCA D1 viewing event.

Union High School Coach Conley wrote:Kid played C-team as a 9th grader. Played JV as a 10th grader. He NEVER stopped working, he never whined, he didn’t transfer, and he stayed a great teammate. Now the fruits of his hard work, maturity, and perseverance are paying off!

Finally, an offer to a local kid, Tanner Toolson, from Union High in Vancouver, USA.

Foohill Christian Boys Basketball wrote:Terry Porter and the Portland Pilots are the latest to extend an offer to 2020’ Yassine Gharram[

Yassine Gharram, a 6-2 point guard from San Diego, also has offers from at least 10 other schools, including Rice, Air Force, Yale, and Seattle U.

DoubleDipper wrote:Yassine Gharram, a 6-2 point guard from San Diego, also has offers from at least 10 other schools, including Rice, Air Force, Yale, and Seattle U.

Gharram announced this evening that he has verbally committed to Yale!

Seems like a wise choice...

DoubleDipper wrote:"One and done" Marvin Bagley left Duke and was the 2nd overall pick in the NBA Draft this past June, now his younger brother, Marcus Bagley, a 6-7 shooting guard has been offered by the Pilots....and ASU, UNLV, Nevada, USC, UOP, UCLA, and Arizona...for now.

It's no surprise that Bagley, from Phoenix, has trimmed his list to just Arizona, Cal, and ASU...eliminating at least 10 others schools, including seven majors and Portland.

Zac Triplett wrote:Pleased to announce that i have received an official offer from the University of Portland

Zac Triplett, listed as a 6-5/165 SG from Melbourne, Australia, recently received offers from UP, Hartford, Drexel, and the UMKC Kangaroos.

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Leyi Adebayo wrote:Pleased to announce that I have received an official offer from the university of Portland

Leyi Adebayo is listed as a 6-8/195 SF from Melbourne, Australia, and is a youth club teammate of Zac Triplett.

This past weekend Adebayo received offers from Cal Riverside, Hofstra, UMKC, and UP.

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Australians? Huh, interesting.

I can think of Chier Maker and Adam Quick in Pilots history, but no others...

It certainly seems we are looking to get longer at the 2 and 3, 6'5" and 6'8" respectively