Re: The C7 and the NBE
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:35 am
kayako wrote:DeePhence wrote:Well to be fair, he has got most of his guys from between like Trenton and DC.
I don't disagree with most of your points. But Wright's always had very solid pipeline in North Jersey and NYC. It's probably been our most important area, although MD/VA seems to be just as important lately.
Kayako, that kind of my points (or one of them I guess - I sort of went on and on...).
Wright can get almost any player he wants between about exit 7 on the NJ Turnpike and Baltimore, and east of the Susquehanna. He owns that very fertile area. He has made a few big grabs in the New England prep scene, but Southestern PA, South Jersey, Delaware and Northeastern Maryland are his bread and butter.
The NEPSAC (New England), which is also rich, and should be a good spot for PC and other northeastern schools. It has been well-hunted by Providence, and UConn's demise and Villanova's ascent has certainly helped Wright hit a few home runs there (Spellmen, Swider, Paschall, and Quirnely), but it's not yet his private hunting estate. It remains to be seen how much Hurley can reestablish UConn in New England.
My broader point was in reply to an earlier post. Wright does - and has for a while - dominate that area I described above, but it's not like the retreats of Syracuse, Pitt and UConn has handed the entire Northeast to Villanova. We have done well there, and even Xavier and Butler have got good kids in the Northeast (Chrabaszc was from Pourtsmouth RI and went to Cushing in Connecticut). Xavier has Reynolds (Brewster Academy in NH), Farr (Maine Central Institute), and Davis (Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, MA).
I am curious to see what Ewing can do in the greater DC area and Mullin has got some metro NYC talent to come to Queens.