General Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2022 and before

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

But, it does sound like a 6'10" guy maybe gave us a verbal?

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:I'm hearing we have a lock on a 6'10" center, but that's where it ends.
Hope it's Alexander and not the juco.

We know now that it's not Alexander. I scoured the ESPN recruiting data base and let me tell you there's not a lot of unsigned 6-10 kids out there ... and many of the ones available are unlikely to help next year. It can't be a fifth-year senior; too early for that. So it's got to be a juco.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

Iggy1979 wrote:
rodfromcranston wrote:I'm hearing we have a lock on a 6'10" center, but that's where it ends.
Hope it's Alexander and not the juco.
We know now that it's not Alexander. I scoured the ESPN recruiting data base and let me tell you there's not a lot of unsigned 6-10 kids out there ... and many of the ones available are unlikely to help next year. It can't be a fifth-year senior; too early for that. So it's got to be a juco.

How do we know that it's not Alexander?

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 9 years ago

"having a lock on" does not sound like "we received a verbal commitment." All it says to me is that someone on the staff likes our position regarding a 6'10" player. Correct me if you got a different impression Rod, but it doesn't seem to promise anything, and there certainly hasn't been anything remotely binding yet.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

sf2010 wrote:"having a lock on" does not sound like "we received a verbal commitment." All it says to me is that someone on the staff likes our position regarding a 6'10" player. Correct me if you got a different impression Rod, but it doesn't seem to promise anything, and there certainly hasn't been anything remotely binding yet.

Well, verbals aren't binding anyway.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Figured it's someone they're pretty confident of getting.
Also heard Saturday, it's likely a juco, from somebody else,
who usually knows what he's talking about.
I hope we get Alexander, but it looks like he's only in the
early stages of recruitment.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

George Mason has a 6'11' Jamaican center named Shevon Thompson.
He averages 13.5 pg and 11.6 rpg.
He had 16 rebounds tonight against VCU.
We could use someone like that. Mason was scouting someone else on
Thompson's team, when it was noticed what a good worker he was after the game,
practicing rebounds.
You can find these guys, but you have to get lucky or know where to look.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 9 years ago

Thompson is another guy that fits into that fairly common profile: raw, new to the game JUCO transfer. Those types of players can find a place in D1.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

15 double doubles so far. Nice find.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

He will be a pain in the ass for us, when we play them.

He's the only reason they have become competitive this season.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

I might be wrong, but I don't think we've had a single recruit at a game this year. It would be nice to have one or two there tonight.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

I think you are definitely wrong.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:I think you are definitely wrong.

I think I remember that Phiri was here, and maybe somebody else. I was thinking about the '15 class.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
ATPTourFan wrote:I think you are definitely wrong.
I think I remember that Phiri was here, and maybe somebody else. I was thinking about the '15 class.

Saul Phiri, Preston Santos, Terrell Brown
Plus you should could Iverson as a visitor before he officially transferred

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

ramster wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:
ATPTourFan wrote:I think you are definitely wrong.
I think I remember that Phiri was here, and maybe somebody else. I was thinking about the '15 class.

Saul Phiri, Preston Santos, Terrell Brown
Plus you should could Iverson as a visitor before he officially transferred

Yes, two '16s and an '18. I'm looking for someone who can help this team next year, like Alexander.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

We didn't have a single out of area recruit at any of the games
this year.
Unless you count Iverson.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 9 years ago

Comes with having guys locked up?

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 9 years ago

I thought Butts visited at one point

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

ramster wrote:I thought Butts visited at one point

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runninrams5 · Unread post by **runninrams5** » 9 years ago

South Kent big man Jovan Grujic (7'0" C) has reclassified to the 2015 class, maybe Rhody can get in on him

Bos8 · Unread post by **Bos8** » 9 years ago

A 2016 to keep your eye on is Joe Hampton from Oak Hill. a 6'7 forward who just de-committed from Penn State.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

I think Syracuse has to decommit on some of their recruits now. Wonder if there's anyone we might be interested in.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

Bos8 wrote:A 2016 to keep your eye on is Joe Hampton from Oak Hill. a 6'7 forward who just de-committed from Penn State.

Were recruiting him and Diagne who had signed with Syracuse….

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

Doesn't Hampton have a connection with Cox somehow?

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Doesn't Hampton have a connection with Cox somehow?

I think Cox was a coach for the DC Assault and Hampton played for them.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

Four McGlynn (Towson) will be a grad transfer, 12 ppg and a good shooter

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... ur-mcglynn

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 9 years ago

We need a Five....not a Four.....

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

He used to be named Three, before inflation.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

I was wondering if his siblings are named one, two, three, five and six.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 9 years ago

Patrick McGlynn IV, otherwise known as Four. I like it.

runninrams5 · Unread post by **runninrams5** » 9 years ago

With the news of Oliver Prunell being done at DePaul, they have 3 forwards committed 2 of which are from David Cox area. Wonder if we try and get involved with them and see if they would change their minds. One of the guys is a 4 star 6'9" F

Ashcat · Unread post by **Ashcat** » 9 years ago

Now that I have had a bit of time to decompress from our loss to Dayton and elimination from the A-10 tourney I'd like to bring up a question we bantered about last night. That is, what's the story with Mathew Butler? Is he that valuable as a practice player as Ifeanyi Onyekaba is purported to be? Butler has 135 minutes and 28 points for the season. Is he to remain a scholarship player in light of Christion Thompson coming on board next year?

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

I've heard there will be at least 1 additional scholarship open after the season (plus the 1 we have now)

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

twisted3829 wrote:I've heard there will be at least 1 additional scholarship open after the season (plus the 1 we have now)

I wonder who's leaving?

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Has to be the case, because they're acting like they
have more than one to work with.
You have three players who could leave.
Rieschel could be a post grad player somewhere at a lower level D-1
school.
Butler might want to play somewhere else, because he's not going to
play here.
Ditto, Oneykaba.
Reischel, Oneykaba, Watson and, Minnis represent four scholarships for 2016 recruiting.
Dan might want to use one of those for this year, to balance classes.
Who knows.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

I think we need to keep Watson and Biggie.

Watson's a big. We don't have many of those.

Biggie's a PG. Same situation.

The rest? They can go [sorry if that's crude].

Butler, JR, and Oneykaba are expendable.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 9 years ago

I prefer balanced recruiting to avoid being like SLU.

Dayton has a 2016 commit already? In the A10. Crazy stuff.

RIFan · Unread post by **RIFan** » 9 years ago

Isn't Iffy considered a Junior this year? would people want him for 1 year? What are the chances he can get another year if he was to transfer. That may affect the market for his services.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 9 years ago

Iffy?? He could be a big get for Maine.

I dont like for any of these kids to have to transfer. I like any URI student to be able to graduate.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:I think we need to keep Watson and Biggie.

Watson's a big. We don't have many of those.

Biggie's a PG. Same situation.

The rest? They can go [sorry if that's crude].

Butler, JR, and Oneykaba are expendable.

I would prefer Reischel over Biggie, FWIW. More importantly, though, you can maybe get away with counseling a player or two out of the program every few years but you can't just start whacking people's scholarships three-at-a-time after every season. Maybe they do encourage someone to consider playing elsewhere and maybe another guy wants to go elsewhere on his own. But I think it is a mistake to look at members of your own team (a team which is exceptionally close, BTW) and call some of those guys "expendable." If it works out that both parties are better off if a guy transfers, so be it. But we aren't going to be a program that brings in guys on a probationary scholarship and runs them off in droves after a year or two. We owe our kids better than that.

Stop! Rammer Time · Unread post by **Stop! Rammer Time** » 9 years ago

TruePoint wrote: But I think it is a mistake to look at members of your own team (a team which is exceptionally close, BTW) and call some of those guys "expendable." If it works out that both parties are better off if a guy transfers, so be it. But we aren't going to be a program that brings in guys on a probationary scholarship and runs them off in droves after a year or two. We owe our kids better than that.

+1

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

I thought Reischel had a pretty good year (let's be honest he's a role player and contributed many times this year) and Biggie is a serviceable back up (always good to have). Iffy hasn't played much this year at all (38 min) and the same for Butler (135 min)

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Too "Poly Purebred". Sorry, real world big programs don't operate
like they're run by Mary Poppins.

In other real recruiting news, Dan was at Vermont Academy recently.
They have some Expressions Elite players attending Vermont Academy.

Did you see Reischel play against Dayton? He didn't.
In a tiny bit against GW, he turned it over trying to dribble,
missed a layup, which didn't even hit the rim,
and missed two free throws.
A friend of mine calls it the Reischel hat trick.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 9 years ago

Only way our team beats the best in the A10 and some good teams in the OOC is if our core four take a step forward each and are healthy. Also figure out how to replace Gil/TJ(which I have no idea).

Reischel if he built on everything in his game and became stronger would probably be very good against mediocre competition and help us cruise past weaker teams.

Looked for some Butts stuff today, I like him. I think Butts might contribute next year.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Best thing I heard was Dan telling me Thompson was like a taller Xavier Munford.
Keep hearing about the mystery big man, who we'll announce in
a couple of weeks.
I have my hopes, but I'm probably off base.
Whoever it is, is likely still playing somewhere, which accounts for the silence.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Best thing I heard was Dan telling me Thompson was like a taller Xavier Munford.
Keep hearing about the mystery big man, who we'll announce in
a couple of weeks.
I have my hopes, but I'm probably off base.
Whoever it is, is likely still playing somewhere, which accounts for the silence.

If this mystery man is truly a solid big that can come in and help right away on next years team then thing could really be looking up.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

Is NC St. still playing?.....

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZkAxbLrXQ

Da_Process_Survivor · Unread post by **Da_Process_Survivor** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Too "Poly Purebred". Sorry, real world big programs don't operate
like they're run by Mary Poppins.

In other real recruiting news, Dan was at Vermont Academy recently.
They have some Expressions Elite players attending Vermont Academy.

Did you see Reischel play against Dayton? He didn't.
In a tiny bit against GW, he turned it over trying to dribble,
missed a layup, which didn't even hit the rim,
and missed two free throws.
A friend of mine calls it the Reischel hat trick.

Did you see him single handedly keep us in the Nebraska game in the 1st half? Finished with 8 and 5 (4 offensive boards)
Did you see him go for 10 and 3 against VCU, keeping us in that one too
Or go for 5 and 5 in a tough road game @Richmond

But, we all know what happens when Rod gets a hard on for hating specific players.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

bressler3south wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZkAxbLrXQ

Or Bruce Brown, or both...

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