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Boston U.’s Joe Jones, Stony Brook’s Steve Pikiell and Vermont’s John Becker know a thing or two about recruiting.

Their magic touch on the recruiting trail caught the attention of ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein, who is in the process of breaking down some of the best recruiting classes in the Division I conferences. For the America East, he dissects next year’s class for the Terriers, Seawolves and Catamounts.

Let’s start first on Long Island and see what Finkelstein has to say about the Seawolves. Jameel Warney, a 6-foot-9 big man out of New Jersey, “can change the game with his defense, rebounding and has an offensive game that projects best for the structure that the college game provides.” This is a prime time get for Stony Brook, and add point guard Caron Puriefoy with athletic swingman Ryan Burnett, the Seawolves will be in good hands, according to the recruiting guru.

Joe Jones wasted no time when he got to Boston U. to bring in a solid recruiting class highlighted by a guard tandem Maurice Watson and John Papale. The duo apparently turned down over 20 other scholarship offers to plays for Jones on Comm. Ave. Finkelstein believe these two complement each other perfectly. Finally, Nathan Dieudonne, an athletic big, could see time at both forward spots.

Let’s head up to Burlington now, where John Becker continues the tradition of bringing quality talent to UVM. Ethan O’Day, a “crafty, bouncy, and extremely efficient” post player, will bring some size to the Catamounts while swingman Brendan Kilpatrick will fit into the Vermont system quite nicely.

We still have almost a full season of basketball ahead of us and yet, next year is already a hot topic for discussion.

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