May 1, 2016
The increased prestige of the Patriot League has helped all eight programs recruit more highly regarded players. When
Graham Sims arrived at Lafayette, at least one Patriot League team's class was ranked in the 300s...and usually two or three fared that badly. This year, only Navy has a truly terrible incoming class, and six teams landed in the top half of the rankings.
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2015 Recruiting Rankings
# Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1*
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37. Lafayette Patriot League C Todd DeHaven *** 0 0 3 0 1
71. American Patriot League SG Joseph Alexander *** 0 0 2 1 1
112. Army Patriot League SG Chris Buckley *** 0 0 1 1 1
124. Lehigh Patriot League SG Timothy Pinto *** 0 0 1 2 0
129. Holy Cross Patriot League PF John Cruce *** 0 0 2 0 2
170. Bucknell Patriot League C Martin Whiteley *** 0 0 2 0 1
229. Colgate Patriot League SF Richard Lapointe ** 0 0 0 3 0
286. Navy Patriot League PF Andrew Bugg ** 0 0 0 1 2
And look whose class is rated the best in the conference!
The experts think this is the best group of newcomers Coach Sims has ever recruited. And, according to the player rankings, they're right.
Todd DeHaven (#155) and
Daniel Warnock (#196) are both among the top 200 players in the nation, and
Jack Senn (#215) aren't far behind.
DeHaven arrives on campus as an Orange/Green player. Senn is Red/Green, and Warnock is Red/Yellow. Our fourth recruit,
James Standard, is Red/Orange.
Now that we have them on campus, I can see that we did a decent job scouting them. DeHaven is a more polished player than he appeared to be in high school. Senn isn't quite as good a passer and ballhandler as we thought, at least right now, and his long-range shooting turns out to be more of a work in progress. Warnock, on the other hand, is a better shooter and a much more promising defender. We did the worst job evaluating Standard. His inside game is much less promising than we thought, and he might be more prone to turnovers.