Flynn, Bode leave Dartmouth team

Terry Dunn’s frontcourt absorbed a pair of blows this summer when junior Chuck Flynn and senior Paul Bode left the team. As a sophomore in 2005-06, Flynn averaged 5.5 points and 4.9 rebounds in 20.3 minutes per game for the Big Green. Dunn said of Flynn in the August 26 edition of the Valley News, “I think he wanted to concentrate on his studies. He wanted more time for that, and we respect his wishes.” The 6-9 Bode, who missed his entire freshman season with a knee injury, averaged 3.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game as a junior last season.

2006 recruiting breakdown: Cornell

The recruits:
PG Louis Dale III – 5-11, 170 lbs – The Altamont School (Birmingham, AL)
PF Jon Jaques – 6-7, 210 lbs – Harvard-Westlake School (Los Angeles, CA)
G/F Geoff Reeves – 6-5, 185 lbs – Burlington HS (Burlington, KS)
PF Pete Reynolds – 6-8, 210 lbs – Blair HS (Blair, NE)
PF Alex Tyler – 6-7, 240 lbs – Mercersburg Academy (Clear Spring, MD)
SF Ryan Wittman – 6-6, 190 lbs – Eden Prairie HS (Eden Prairie, MN)

NJ forward Fitzgerald headed to Harvard

NJHoops.com is reporting that Kyle Fitzgerald has given a verbal commitment to Frank Sullivan’s Harvard program. The 6-5 Red Bank, NJ, native averaged 16.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per contest as a junior and was named to the B North First Team. Fitzgerald becomes the first high school senior in the Ivy League’s recruiting class of 2007.