OT: Loyola (MD) Recruiting

[Hey Adrien!]

I was browsing the most recent 247 '19 commits and noticed that the 62nd ranked player of '19, Spaniard power forward Santiago Aldama, signed with Loyola Maryland of the Patriot League. Looking into it more, Loyola also signed another Spaniard, power forward Golden Dike, the 154th ranked player of '19.

In addition to these two incoming freshmen, Loyola returns four 10+ ppg scorers from last season, including senior Andrew Kostecka who scored 21.3 ppg last year.

Back to the point of this thread, with adding Aldama and Dike, Loyola is ranked the 61st best recruiting class of 2019. 247's algorithm tends to rank schools higher when the volume of prospects are higher, so on that note, Indiana is the only other team ranked higher than Loyola that also secured just two prospects, while other two prospect schools classes (Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Marquette, UCLA) are ranked lower than Loyola's class.

Has anyone seen this before? A under-the-radar mid-major team nab two highly acclaimed prospects in the same class?

 

[Walker11]

Western Kentucky has $igned 5* kids.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I was browsing the most recent 247 '19 commits and noticed that the 62nd ranked player of '19, Spaniard power forward Santiago Aldama, signed with Loyola Maryland of the Patriot League. Looking into it more, Loyola also signed another Spaniard, power forward Golden Dike, the 154th ranked player of '19.

In addition to these two incoming freshmen, Loyola returns four 10+ ppg scorers from last season, including senior Andrew Kostecka who scored 21.3 ppg last year.

Back to the point of this thread, with adding Aldama and Dike, Loyola is ranked the 61st best recruiting class of 2019. 247's algorithm tends to rank schools higher when the volume of prospects are higher, so on that note, Indiana is the only other team ranked higher than Loyola that also secured just two prospects, while other two prospect schools classes (Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Marquette, UCLA) are ranked lower than Loyola's class.

Has anyone seen this before? A under-the-radar mid-major team nab two highly acclaimed prospects in the same class?

Not really under-the-radar but Buffalo signed Jeenathan Williams and Ronaldo Segu in 2018

 

[Guapo]

Western Kentucky has $igned 5* kids.

Memphis

 

[navery12]

That small commuter school in Texas has been bringing in some under the radar classes recently

 

[Rocktheworld]

Maybe it’s the Jesuit angle for a pair of Spaniards

 

[Robertelamin]

Didn’t Colgate beat out Syracuse for Adonal Foyle?

 

[whaler11]

Didn’t Colgate beat out Syracuse for Adonal Foyle?

his parents taught there didnt they

 

[Robertelamin]

his parents taught there didnt they

That’s what I remembered but it was his legal guardians. Close enough.

 

[whaler11]

That’s what I remembered but it was his legal guardians. Close enough.

yeah his parents taught there.

 

[uconngb]

Didn’t Colgate beat out Syracuse for Adonal Foyle?

Not a fair comparison. He wanted an education.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Wow, didn't know much about his personal story, but Adonal Foyle is a very interesting and honorable dude. Looking at his wikipedia page, he graduated magna cum laude from Colgate and during his playing career he founded Democracy Matters, a non-partisan student organization that focused on election finance reforms. He's also a poet, is on the board for Common Cause, inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, wrote a kids book, is the community ambassador for the Golden State Warriors...what a rich life this guy has lived.

 

[Robertelamin]

Wow, didn't know much about his personal story, but Adonal Foyle is a very interesting and honorable dude. Looking at his wikipedia page, he graduated magna cum laude from Colgate and during his playing career he founded Democracy Matters, a non-partisan student organization that focused on election finance reforms. He's also a poet, is on the board for Common Cause, induced into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, wrote a kids book, is the community ambassador for the Golden State Warriors...what a rich life this guy has lived.

And to top it all off he declined Syracuse!

 

[navery12]

And to top it all off he declined Syracuse!

The most honorable and noble thing on the list