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NEW YORK — After winning just one Big East game last season in his first year coaching at his alma mater, Chris Mullin is hoping for a significant jump as he enters his sophomore season.
With the additions of players like Marcus LoVett, Bashir Ahmed and Shamorie Ponds, the Johnnies have an improved roster and should make a leap from last season’s 8-24 finish, 1-17 in the Big East.
“I hope to smile more, I hope to drive home with a better feeling,” Mullin said Thursday at St. John’s Media Day.
As much as the Johnnies want to improve for their own sake, it should also help recruiting going forward if they can get better on the court.
St. John’s technically has no scholarships available for the Class of 2017, but is eyeing a huge recruiting class in 2018, including targets like Moses Brown, Naz Reid, Luther Muhammad, Anthony Nelson, Sid Wilson and Jordan Brown.
Here’s a look towards this weekend’s recruiting visits and other news. This list will be updated throughout the weekend.
**Villanova will a loaded group Friday night for “Villanova Midnight Madness,” including Class of 2017 prospects Lonnie Walker and Quade Green, 2017 commits Dahmir Cosby Roundtree and Jermaine Samuels, 2018’s Jahvon Quinerly, Cameron Reddish, Jalen Smith, Prentiss Hubb, Brandon Slater, Eric Ayala, Immanuel Quickley, Montez Mathis, Matt Cotton, and Nate Roberts, 2019’s Bryce Wills, Bryan Antoine, Scottie Lewis, Isaiah Wong, and Donte Scott and 2020 Lynn Greer III.
**Quade Green, the 6-foot-1 point guard from Neumann-Goretti (PA) High School, trips to Temple Thursday night for an unofficial visit at their Midnight Madness before going to Villanova on Friday. Green has taken officials to Kentucky (Oct. 14) and Syracuse (Oct. 21). He is also considering Duke.
**Gary Trent Jr., the 6-5 shooting guard from Prolific Prep (CA), is on his official to Michigan State this weekend. He’s also considering UCLA and Duke and visited Duke last weekend for “Countdown to Craziness.”
**Mohamed Bamba, the 6-11 power forward from Westtown (NY) School, takes his first official visit to Texas this weekend (Oct. 28). Bamba has already taken unofficial visits to Harvard (Sept. 24) and Kentucky (Oct. 14), and an official to Michigan. He has no other visits planned.
**Brandon McCoy, the 6-10, 220-pound center from Cathedral Catholic (CA) High School, will take his second official visit to UNLV this weekend (Oct. 28). He also has plans to visit Oregon (Nov. 11) and Michigan State (Nov. 18). McCoy has already taken an official to Arizona (Oct. 8).
**Matt Coleman, a 6-1 point guard from Oak Hill (VA) Academy, trips to Texas this weekend (Oct. 28) for his second official visit. Coleman has already taken an official to Kansas (Oct. 14) and an unofficial to Duke for Countdown to Craziness (Oct. 21). He has no other visits planned and is also considering Stanford and Syracuse.
**Kevin Knox, the 6-8, 205 pound small forward from Tampa Catholic (FL) High School, will take his first official visit to Duke this weekend (Oct. 28). Knox visited Kentucky earlier this month (Oct. 14) for Big Blue Madness. He has visits planned for Florida State (Jan. 7), Kentucky (Jan. 28), and UNC (Feb. 4).
