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Date Posted: 08:20:04 04/11/06 Tue
Author: LarryL9797
Subject: Re: Recruiting
In reply to: The Recruiter 's message, "Re: Recruiting" on 22:43:19 04/10/06 Mon

Any other prospects out there in the wings???

Truman star falls for Niagara

By KEVIN COONEY
Bucks County Courier Times

LEVITTOWN — By the time Tyrone Lewis pulled the purple cap onto his head, you could almost see the relief and the joy mixed in his eyes at the same time.

The relief of having the recruiting process concluded. The joy of a lifelong dream that's about to become reality.

“People kept telling me that I could never go and play basketball in college, that I didn't have the type of game that they were looking for,” Lewis said. “We'll, there's a certain amount of satisfaction that I proved them wrong.”

Yes, he did. Lewis, the talented guard from Harry S Truman who was the all-time leading scorer in Lower Bucks County history with 2,211 points, announced Monday that he will attend Niagara University in the fall.

Niagara edged out Central Connecticut State, one of the first schools to contact him.

“I really wished I could go to both schools,” said Lewis, who plans on majoring in education. “Both schools had shown tremendous interest in me all along. Both coaches were great guys. Both programs were top-notch. But I knew that I had to make the choice.”

What convinced Lewis to head to Niagara was the strength of the Purple Eagles' schedule. Under former La Salle assistant Joe Mihalich, who coached Truman coach Mike Stock in the late 1980s as an assistant on Speedy Morris' staff, Niagara has been among the top teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference the past seven years.



“It's a tougher conference [than CCSU's Northeast Conference], and you have a chance to go into the NCAAs every year,” Lewis said. “It just felt like the right fit for me.”

Despite his gawdy high school numbers, Lewis was not exactly a hot commodity on the Division I recruiting front up until the end. The main reason was his 6-foot size and his status as a “tweener” between shooting guard and point guard.

Temple contacted Stock, but there wasn't a fit. Ditto with La Salle, which was actively looking for big men in this recruiting class. Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli reportedly was in attendance at the Tigers' game against Neumann-Goretti (which featured Hawks' recruit D.J. Rivera), but never showed interest.

“There are small guys who can play at any level,” Lewis said. “I know there were some schools who didn't really recruit me because of that, and that's fine. I just have to prove them wrong.”

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[> [> Re: Recruiting -- J.J., 08:46:07 04/11/06 Tue

We tried hard. He would have been a nice fit! I hate to say it, but it is very hard to recruit in the NEC, yet I am impressed with what we pull off each year. But this is the quote I hate:

“It's a tougher conference [than CCSU's Northeast Conference], and you have a chance to go into the NCAAs every year,” Lewis said. “It just felt like the right fit for me.”

Of course we have the same shot to make it to the NCAAs as Niagara, but the NEC reputation sucks!


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