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The '08 recruiting class is light primarily because of scholarship availability. We graduate only one original scholarship athlete, Eugene Lawrence. Biesty and Abit are both walk-ons and I am not positive if they later earned scholarships. Most of the high school Top 150 for 2008 is already signed and there are no listed commitments coming to St. John's. 2007 is going to be a battle with a very young team, but they will be much better in 2008, and look for 2009 to be a solid recruiting class with a lot on which to build. We haven't had a recruit of Justin Burrell in several years, and Rob Thomas will open some eyes. I disagree with the opening post that we will never return this program to prominence. Winning cures a lot, and unfortunately, a lot of the NYC kids have grown up watching St. John's play second-rate basketball, so you see them going to UConn or leaving the conference. When they see the 2007 class grow into a decent team (and they will - Burrell, Kennedy, and Thomas are all very good players and they all work hard), you will see some of the better caliber metro-area recruits stay home again and make the Red Storm into the power it once was. Have faith....
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