PG/SG Jake Babic (6′ 5″ 185) of Kiski Preparatory School in Saltsburg, PA has signed a NLI to App. Video is available on the Main Page.

Jake Babic ‏@JBabs15
I am very proud to finally announce that I have signed my NLI to attend Appalachian State University! # mountaineer

firemoose wrote:PG/SG Jake Babic (6′ 5″ 185) of Kiski Preparatory School in Saltsburg, PA has signed a NLI to App. Video is available on the Main Page.

Jake Babic ‏@JBabs15
I am very proud to finally announce that I have signed my NLI to attend Appalachian State University! # mountaineer

Methinks this will become a "big freakin' deal" over the next four years. Fox is showin' us some stuff.

6'5" and 185 lbs. Good thing the NCAA just approved unlimited meals. Need to get him in Welborne and the weight room.

T-Dog wrote:6'5" and 185 lbs. Good thing the NCAA just approved unlimited meals. Need to get him in Welborne and the weight room.

Quoting from Captain America-The First Avenger "Someone get that kid a sandwich"

Anybody got a scouting report/recent video?

6'5" 185 sounds good to me. He'll probably add some muscle, but that sounds like he's just got a long frame that should be good for defending smaller guards.

EastHallApp wrote:Anybody got a scouting report/recent video?

6'5" 185 sounds good to me. He'll probably add some muscle, but that sounds like he's just got a long frame that should be good for defending smaller guards.

Two video clips on the Main Recruiting Page.

Here's one video, with a several others linked on the side:




Pretty impressive IMO. Quick release, tight handle, solid athleticism and very slick passing. Of course, no defensive highlights here, so that might tell us something.

I've seen the kid listed at 6-3 as late as 2013, so I'm taking 6-5 with a grain of salt until he's on our campus and enrolled for classes. Still, from the anecdotal evidence I've seen, he's a great pick-up for us; especially this late in the spring. I think some folks backed off a step because he was sitting on a full ride to Dartmouth for the last six months. They thought he'd go for the Ivy League prestige in the end because of his prep school/boarding school upbringing. Well, he obviously knows a good deal when he sees one!

We finally have another 3 point shooter in the fold! Kinney, Kostic and Babic makes a very solid recruiting class (probably better than Flomo/Worrell). Now let's grab Potter and get ready for the season!

T-Dog wrote:6'5" and 185 lbs. Good thing the NCAA just approved unlimited meals. Need to get him in Welborne and the weight room.

Good god that's pencil thin.

Gonzo wrote:

T-Dog wrote:6'5" and 185 lbs. Good thing the NCAA just approved unlimited meals. Need to get him in Welborne and the weight room.

Good god that's pencil thin.

to be fair, he's only 18 with plenty of time to grow. but yeah, he could use a sandwich or 2

mtnjax wrote:

Gonzo wrote:

T-Dog wrote:6'5" and 185 lbs. Good thing the NCAA just approved unlimited meals. Need to get him in Welborne and the weight room.

Good god that's pencil thin.

to be fair, he's only 18 with plenty of time to grow. but yeah, he could use a sandwich or 2

He's gonna be OK!

Color me impressed.

Loving this signing! Babic may not be, or become, a world-beater but you can just look at him and know he has a head on his shoulders. I can appreciate a high-character signing and this sure looks like one. My first thought was: can he drawn threes like his fellow Canadian national Nash could back in the day? Not to mention, I like seeing us expand our recruiting territory, especially into the Northeast...and that certainly appears to be a pipeline Coach Fox is exploring.

shouldn't be a surprise Fox is concentrating his recruiting, and doing well, in the Northeast, I believe his father has built his career as a coach in the area, and Im sure he has been helpful in recruiting. Looks like Fox is developing a pipe line into the Northeast, early, but Im getting excited about the basketball program.

asu66 wrote:

mtnjax wrote:

Gonzo wrote:

T-Dog wrote:6'5" and 185 lbs. Good thing the NCAA just approved unlimited meals. Need to get him in Welborne and the weight room.

Good god that's pencil thin.

to be fair, he's only 18 with plenty of time to grow. but yeah, he could use a sandwich or 2

He's gonna be OK!

The black attire may make him look slimmer. It normally does.

I love our new coach!