Saw on his instagram that he signed with ROC Nation Sports today, ahead of the NBA draft. Their client list is impressive. So, is this a big deal for Rose? Do they typically sign a bunch of college players prior to the draft? A quick google search didn't turn up much.

Dana Levine to the Giants.

https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/26/usc-lives-in-an-nfl-draft-temple-of-doom/

Absolutely clueless. Go Owls!

What are the odds Temple can have multiple players drafted again next year? Did a quick look of the roster and these are the guys that I think will have the best shot to make it next year.

QB - Russo
RB - None
WR - Mack and Blue
TE - None
OL - Seems like their best lineman are all Juniors, so idk who's realistic here

DL - Archibong and Maijeh
LB - Graham-Mobley
DB - Braswell, Crump, and Freddie Johnson can work himself into the convo with a good Senior year


What do you all think??

I assume many of you are Iike me and are excited for the draft this Thursday.

Besides the Eagles, and their NFC East rivals, I’ll be watching to see if we get hopefully four picks from Temple.

Rhode Island
James Madison
Southern Illinois
North Dakota State
Tennessee State
Dayton
Lenoir-Rhyne (D2)
Washburn (D2)
Saint John's (MN)(D3)

Cool to hear Temple’s name when Matt made the Panther’s pick.

Go Owls (and Bucs!)

Go Owls!

Go Owls!

If you follow Temple basketball recruiting (I'd imagine that applies to just about everyone here), then I think you'll really enjoy this week's podcast. Lots of great insight from Ari Rosenfeld, especially when it comes to Stevie Mitchell, Zach Hicks and Sam Onu Ayomide.

In case you missed it out on the front page, you can listen here.

Also, Ari said Temple is still recruiting Archbishop Wood's Marcus Randolph. I wasn't sure how involved they were with him and said as much on another thread, so I stand corrected there.

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With Khalif Battle announcing his commitment yesterday, Temple now has at least 10 players solidly in the fold for next season. Nate Pierre-Louis is showing some signs on social media that he's looking forward to playing Battle, but we'll have to see how that plays out. There's still no definitive word yet on what he'll do, and he declined a recent interview request.

So what's next with the two or maybe three scholarships Aaron McKie and his staff have to offer?

@Sam Cohn spoke to Jeremiah Williams, and the Simeon High School standout said Temple is his No. 1 school right now and that a decision is coming soon.

In case you missed it last week, Sam talked to Williams and wrote a story about his recruitment. Williams averaged 16.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 blocks for Simeon this season and earned second-team all-city honors from the Chicago Sun-Times.

If Williams commits to Temple, he'll give McKie and the Owls some much-needed point guard depth behind Tai Strickland. Although he was the biggest guard on his Simeon High School team and played more off the ball, Williams played a lot of point guard for his Mean Streets AAU program in the Nike EYBL circuit.

In case you missed it on the front page, I talked to Pat Kraft this week for an exclusive interview about how he and his staff are working through the Coronavirus pandemic.

You can listen to the interview here.

We're making a short part of the interview available on this week's podcast, but the entire conversation will only be available to you as subscribers.

Hope you're all healthy and happy wherever you are!

How will intercollegiate athletics emerge from the virus crisis? Ops normal? Big changes? Will the NCAA ask for stimulus money? Will reconsidering become a reckoning for some? Or all?

https://apnews.com/5b8f45baa61d41c6e40508bd216ac267

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I believe I mentioned his name on a previous episode of The Scoop, but it might be the first time I've written about him here on the basketball board.

Temple has been recruiting Simeon High School's Jeremiah Williams, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound guard who can play the point or off the ball. His two latest offers have come from St. Bonaventure and Illinois-Chicago. Wichita State is set to offer soon, and he could have an offer from Temple by this weekend.

Williams was named to the Chicago Sun-Times' second-team all-city squad after averaging 16.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 blocks. His teammate, Ahamad Bynum, is a top-100 player from the 2021 class who has already committed to DePaul.

Simeon has produced some notable players over the years, including Derrick Rose, Jabari Parker and Kendrick Nunn.

Here are a few highlights from his Twitter.

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Eric Bossi wrote about Williams back on Jan. 18.

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Here's Sam Cohn's story on Windermere High School point guard Trey Moss. He's currently ranked 140th in the 2021 Rivals150.

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impressive highlights. Temple, Richmond, Lasalle, Drexel all are involved.

While transcribing an interview I just did with Rivals150 guard Tre Moss, I noticed that he mentioned Temple.

Somehow I didn't hear him say "Temple" during our phone call or I would have asked him some questions about his relationship with the staff and so forth. He was listing schools that want to do a Zoom call and he said "and Temple does too."

Trey is a pretty good interview so if your recruiting reporter wants to reach out to him his contact info is listed in the Rivals database.

ESPN story, No. 78 projected draft selection:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2020/story/_/id/29017869/2020-nfl-draft-ranking-top-100-prospects

Go Matt, GO Owls

Some great Big 5 stories here from the Athletic.

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