Stonehill Scouting Report

[formerlurker]

Stonehill’s Shamir Johnson is the son of former Danbury High School stand out Vonsell Johnson. He was part of that great Anthony “Snake” Harris team and went on to play at University of Hartford and SCSU. That’s all I got.

Thanks for posting that, Horatio. I used to be pretty tight with Vonsie and Donnell Diggs back in HS, they both started out at UHart. Good to hear he's got a kid who's carrying on the torch.

 

[auror]

Their heaviest player is 215. Good luck stopping Adama, Stonehill.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Your reports are the next best thing to the game - thanks!

 

[HooperScooper]

I posted this in another thread but figured I'd post this here also. Dauster's latest show starts out with an in-depth scouting report on Stonehill. He says their team is basically still a D2 team with 6-6 guys who weigh around 200 pounds. UConn should kill them inside and on the boards.

 

[husky429]

I posted this in another thread but figured I'd post this here also. Dauster's latest show starts out with an in-depth scouting report on Stonehill. He says their team is basically still a D2 team with 6-6 guys who weigh around 200 pounds. UConn should kill them inside and on the boards.

That's even pretty small for a D2 team. When I was playing D2, we had at least a few 6'8-6'10 guys on the roster every year. Most teams did that we played. Usually those guys were either to heavy for D1 or too lanky and raw. They're the most likely to transfer to D1 though. Can't teach size.

I would like to see Clingan and Johnson get a bunch of run in this game. Sanogo isn't going to learn much of anything abusing 6'6 kids. Get the young player's confidence up these first few games before we have tougher games where they won't be able to have a dunk contest with each other.

 

[imno1]

Maybe a Buick Skylark? A Skyhawk is a plane, never too old for me to learn something new - yet.

Are you sure because I think Andre Dyson use to drive a Skyhawk around campus

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Are you sure because I think Andre Dyson use to drive a Skyhawk around campus

Who?

 

[UCbcm]

I graduated Stonehill in '13. We had a team that went to the D2 Final Four in '12. That team would lose to this UConn team by 30. This Stonehill team isn't as good as the '12 team, and they obviously haven't closed the talent gap between D1 and D2 yet. I fully expect this to be a long night for the Skyhawks. Go Huskies!

 

[imno1]

Who?

It’s a long running joke

 

[auror]

They weren't a very good D2 team last year and they graduated a couple of their best players, but did add a couple D2 All-Star-type guys I wish Andre were playing, because then he would be taller than their center with a higher vert than their wings and playing point guard.

 

[CL82]

My bad, wonder why it was discontinued it was quite unique looking.

Meh, it is a fairly obvious attempt at a knock off of the AMC pacer.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Their players, and school, might be small, but good for the students to fill the gym!

Wow, I think the Franklin High gym is bigger than that. The Field House certainly was.

Thanks for the write up @Hey Adrien!, much appreciated as always.

 

[MTBingNinja]

I don't know anything about Stonehill, but Stonehill's in trouble.

I think Hey Adrien! knows more about Stonehill than Stonehill knows about Stonehill.

 

[XLCenterFan]

It’s a long running joke

Also a long running joke is I called him Andre Dyson once and they’ve never let me forget.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Is Stonehill one of those schools where their only diversity on campus comes from 6 basketball players?

 

[navery12]

Clearly favorites in the Big East based on this

 

[husky429]

Is Stonehill one of those schools where their only diversity on campus comes from 6 basketball players?

And football. And a couple foreign kids on the soccer team.

 

[Ewekon]

Back in my 70s HS stone age, Stonehill used to play U Bridgeport and were often ranked in DII, as was UB. I'd pretty much go to any Ffld. U, SHU or UB ball I could get to.

Anybody else remember Bruce Webster?

 

[formerlurker]

Stonehill’s Shamir Johnson is the son of former Danbury High School stand out Vonsell Johnson. He was part of that great Anthony “Snake” Harris team and went on to play at University of Hartford and SCSU. That’s all I got.

Thanks for posting that, Horatio. I used to be pretty tight with Vonsie and Donnell Diggs back in HS, they both started out at UHart. Good to hear he's got a kid who's carrying on the torch.

@Horatio I was a Baseball/Football guy so I'm not in this pic but I dug my yearbook out last night to snap this.

Four kids from this team earned D1 rides back in the day. Vonsell, Donnell and Snake for hoops and Robby Clarke played Football at UConn. Tony Thayne still holds baseball records at WCSU as well.

Vonsell was by far the most successful when you turn the clock ahead.

 

[UConnDad]

Back in my 70s HS stone age, Stonehill used to play U Bridgeport and were often ranked in DII, as was UB. I'd pretty much go to any Ffld. U, SHU or UB ball I could get to.

Anybody else remember Bruce Webster?

And Dave Bike?

 

[mauconnfan]

@Horatio I was a Baseball/Football guy so I'm not in this pic but I dug my yearbook out last night to snap this.

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Four kids from this team earned D1 rides back in the day. Vonsell, Donnell and Snake for hoops and Robby Clarke played Football at UConn. Tony Thayne still holds baseball records at WCSU as well.

Vonsell was by far the most successful when you turn the clock ahead.

Anthony Harris was pretty damn good too wasn’t he? Played at the Dome then transferred to be a Rainbow.

 

[formerlurker]

Anthony Harris was pretty damn good too wasn’t he? Played at the Dome then transferred to be a Rainbow.

Yes he was and yes he did. He’s referenced in my post. He’s Snake.

 

[IllinoisHuskie]

Maybe a Buick Skylark? A Skyhawk is a plane, never too old for me to learn something new - yet.

Buick made both a Skyhawk and a Skylark, which preceded the Skyhawk. My first car was a Skylark. I was happy as a lark cruising in it.

 

[mauconnfan]

Yes he was and yes he did. He’s referenced in my post. He’s Snake.

I remember a lot of the recruiting stories of JCs days but don’t remember much about Anthony Harris and UConn. I know he was a scorer for the Hatters averaged 33 a game his senior year but don’t remember JC going hard after him, wonder why?

 

[formerlurker]

JC was just getting started at UConn when Anthony graduated. I honestly don’t remember if Coach Calhoun recruited him, I’m sure he did because every major program in the country was in our gym on Friday nights. Booger picker was top dog in the NE back then and it was a big deal when Snake committed there.