# Romad Dean, SF, Class of 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Recruiting News\ **Created:** [May 31, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204 "2021-05-31T20:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scocos8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.wakeupswig.com/scocos8/32/12_2.png) [@scocos8](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/scocos8)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/1 "2021-05-31T20:00:27Z")
Not sure if I’ve missed someone else posting this, but I’ve noticed a new recruit on our Verbal Commits page. Romad Dean, SF, Class of 2022 from Freeport, Canada. It really seems like Canada is our recruiting niche, which I’m a fan of. This season we will have 6 players from Canada. He already has offers from USC, Seton Hall, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Minnesota, and a few other smaller schools, so it seems unlikely that he will become a Bronco. Maybe our ties with Canadian players will attract him. ---
**Author:** ![HowardZinnfandel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dfb087/32.png) [@HowardZinnfandel](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/HowardZinnfandel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/2 "2021-05-31T21:18:49Z")
Tomley, Bediako and Holt were the only ones recruited from Canadian high schools. Vrankic is Croatian-Canadian and was recruited from Utah. So counting him makes 4, but I wouldn’t. Who else? Djuricic I guess but he wasn’t recruited from Canada either, he was a transfer from a US college. Also, Dean is Bahamaian and only attends a prep school in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![scocos8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.wakeupswig.com/scocos8/32/12_2.png) [@scocos8](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/scocos8)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/3 "2021-05-31T21:45:15Z")
Sorry, meant to say 6 players with some sort of connection to Canada. Vrankic, Bediako, Holt, Djuricic, Tomley, and Besselink all have some sort of connection to Canada. Vrankic pointed it out in a recent interview on Youtube. I believe someone posted it recently. [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/wakeupswig/original/1X/c26b0932ee92018a604e9b702cb2c9b75d012395.jpeg "The JOSIP VRANKIC Story: Returning to Santa Clara, Wasatch Academy, Canada, Hip Injury & Herb Sendek") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TLGJdVFVA) ---
**Author:** ![HowardZinnfandel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dfb087/32.png) [@HowardZinnfandel](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/HowardZinnfandel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/4 "2021-05-31T23:10:18Z")
I would say Djuricic, Vrankic and Besselink’s connections to Canada are largely coincidental. They weren’t recruited from Canada. And if Dean went to Oak Hill Academy rather than a Canadian prep, that wouldn’t make him a Virginian. So we have 2 guys from British Columbia (not much different from recruiting Washington state) and Bediako. No real common pipeline like a school or travel program. It’s not like what St. Mary’s did for years in illegally recruiting from one national team development program. Canada has a population of nearly 40 million and basketball is the 2nd most popular sport, and domestic college and pro opportunities are weak. Anyone not recruiting there is doing their program a disservice. ---
**Author:** ![scocos8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.wakeupswig.com/scocos8/32/12_2.png) [@scocos8](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/scocos8)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/5 "2021-05-31T23:28:35Z")
Lol nice never-mind. ---
**Author:** ![HowardZinnfandel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dfb087/32.png) [@HowardZinnfandel](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/HowardZinnfandel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/6 "2021-06-01T00:06:21Z")
I just wouldn’t want someone to pigeonhole SCU as a program focused on recruiting Canada like SMC was on Australia (again, illegally). Most of the best players from the last 5 years were recruited from US schools, and I suspect at least 1 if not more of the best incoming freshman will be from US high school as well. ---
**Author:** ![scocos8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.wakeupswig.com/scocos8/32/12_2.png) [@scocos8](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/scocos8)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/romad-dean-sf-class-of-2022/204/7 "2021-06-01T00:20:00Z")
I see your point and agree. In no way was I trying to pigeonhole the program. Just trying to point out a trend, whether it be valid or not.