'16 LA PF Mike Layssard Jr. (URI Signed NLI)

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

Ramster, I know you like to follow our recruits' high school seasons. Do you have links to anything that shows box scores of some or all of our 4 recruits?

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Ramster, I know you like to follow our recruits' high school seasons. Do you have links to anything that shows box scores of some or all of our 4 recruits?

No, it's tough for the HS's most of the time. AAU is very good with statics, Nike EYBL, Under Armour, Adidas..........but that's in the summer. Mostly have to search for HS info.

We have a very good player coming here in Mike. No wonder that Texas A&M and SMU were interested.
Nice that we locked up 4 solid recruits before HS Senior season even started. Has not been the normal process for URI recruiting.

BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 8 years ago

http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/art ... /151129867

http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/sports ... /76547610/

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Louisiana high schools have excellent mascots.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Some thoughts on Mr Layssard.
He made 1st team all state Class1A. Brandon Sampson was Mr Louisiana Basketball last year. Sampson's teammate was Christion Thompson who made 2nd team all state Class 1A, of course he did transfer into Madison Prep his SR year.
Layssard made 1st team as only a JR and easily the tallest player on both 1st and 2nd All State Teams.
Can't wait to see Mike at URi next season.

Class 1A
Boys
FIRST TEAM
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
J.C. Younger Country Day 6-4 Jr. 17.3
Eric Brown Arcadia 6-0 Sr. 17.2
Kalob LeDoux Lafayette Chr. 6-2 Jr. 16.9
Michael Layssard Northwood-Lena 6-8 Jr. 20.0
Brandon Sampson Madison Prep 6-5 Sr. 15.9

SECOND TEAM
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Thomas Drane Covenant Chr. 6-3 Sr. 20.9
Michael Corchiani Country Day 6-0 Jr. 14.5
Christion Thompson Madison Prep 6-4 Sr. 12.1
Jacob LeDoux Lafayette Chr. 6-2 Jr. 17.2
Justin Bartie Hamilton Chr. 6-2 Sr. 21.5

OUTSTANDING PLAYER: Brandon Sampson, Madison Prep
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jeffery Jones, Madison Prep

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 8 years ago

Exactly, I think we are all loving some C Thompson. Cant wait to see next year when..... Always next year around here.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 8 years ago

Lets not forget, everyone loved Terrell and Garrett last year to. I am sure most will find a reason to turn on Thompson next year as well if he isn't the best player in the country.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 8 years ago

adam914 wrote:Lets not forget, everyone loved Terrell and Garrett last year to. I am sure most will find a reason to turn on Thompson next year as well if he isn't the best player in the country.

Oh Adam, that will only happen if CT is worse next year than this year. All we ask for is progression. Not regression. Pretty simple formula.

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 8 years ago

I still love Terrell and Garrett. I don't love Terrells inconsistent play on offense. You can expect that from him his freshman year, but being a starter from day one I expected him to improve. I still think he brings a lot of positives to this team he just needs to be more consistent.

If CT continues to improve and earns a bigger role we should expect more from him next season. If he doesn't produce are we just suppose to pretend it doesn't happen? He is getting his praise and I'm not saying we should bash our players, but I don't see why we can't be critical in a respectful way. I feel like the second someone on here says anything negative about our guys they get called out like they are giving up on them.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

It'll be a fight for minutes at the guard positions next year with EC back and Robinson eligible. Might be tough for Dowtin to get in the mix right away with all those guards available. Good year for the freshman to learn.

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 8 years ago

Can someone get an update as to how Mike's senior season is going?

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

From the coach's show-

ramster wrote:Good info on all 4 incoming freshmen and how we got commitments from all 4 within 12 days. ACC teams were starting to look at our guys especially when they had some of their primaries.
ARD just saw big Mike and he hit 3-4 three pointers in that game.
Interesting how DH and Jim Carr answered a good question from Steve Mac about what the top 3 things are that a kid looks for in being recruited. Interesting answers.
Great listen.

A 6'9" guy that hits 3s? Yes, please.

Layssard seems like he might have the highest ceiling and biggest chance for immediate impact out of all the bigs being brought in, but he probably also is playing against the weakest competition. His skills are legit, but it will be a transition, as it is for all bigs.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

I know this is out of character for me, but I too am excited about the possibilities with the 3 bigs coming in.
Layssard and Langevine, imo will have the most immediate impact, with Tertsea more of a project.

All will contribute. It will help Hassan tremendously.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

I'm with you Rambone! We will have a bigs! Depth!
Layssard seems to have some real skill down low.

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 8 years ago

Since Layssard is rumored to be the "big" most likely to help us next year I am very interested in how his senior year is going. Can anyone dig up some info / stats?

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

I've been looking and I can only find a few articles from random points of the season. Everyone of those he's scored over 20 and had over 10 boards though. But I haven't been able to find any good stats on him and Tertsea

BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 8 years ago

Northwood is the #2 seed in the 2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Boys' Top 28 Basketball Tournament. They won their opening game 73-47 and play again today against a 15 seed.

http://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/LM7Z ... ass-1a.htm

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Northwood Lena defeats Houma Christian 65-56 to move on to the next round game against Tensas
In video highlights Layssard hits a 3, then offensive rebound/dunk and offensive rebound/put back

http://www.kalb.com/sports/headlines/Hi ... 50601.html

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Nicd looking shot on that three. It's not a fluke, either, it seems to be a part of his game, at least at that level.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Northwood lost to Tensas tonight 62-57.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

Congrats on a great senior season, Mike!

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Mike makes 1st Team All State 1A. Averaged 24ppg

http://highschoolsports.nola.com/news/a ... all-teams/

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

Pictured: not Mike.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

TruePoint wrote:Pictured: not Mike.

Lol. I was going to ask which one of those is Mike.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
TruePoint wrote:Pictured: not Mike.
Lol. I was going to ask which one of those is Mike.

She was the girls POY that they used in the picture.

Northwood Lena’s Michael Layssard and LeDoux’s twin Jacob completed the first team. Layssard averaged 24.6 points and 2.6 blocked shots per game, while Jacob LeDoux averaged 15 points, four rebounds and three assists.

ALL-STATE CLASS 1A BASKETBALL TEAMS BOYS
First team
Kalob LeDoux Lafayette Christian 6-2 Sr. 21.0
Travious Fielding Arcadia 6-1 Sr. 16.2
Michael Layssard Northwood-Lena 6-8 Sr. 24.0
Danquarian Fields Arcadia 6-3 Sr. 16.2
Jacob LeDoux Lafayette Christian 6-3 Sr. 15.0

Second team
Dexter Dennis Southern Lab 6-3 Jr. 14.0
Devion Dunbar Sicily Island 6-2 Jr. 25.9
Greg Williams Lafayette Christian 6-3 So. 11.0
Kenan Fontenot Hamilton Christian 6-0 Jr. 16.3
Jaimarkeis Percy Delhi 6-2 Sr. 19.0
Outstanding player: Kalob LeDoux, Lafayette Christian
Coach of the Year: Marcus Jackson, Arcadia

The LeDoux twins are heading to McNeese State which is about 80 miles away.
http://theadvocate.com/sports/acadianap ... state-team

At the end of the day, it's interesting to see who makes all state teams and who gets ranked what by ESPN, Scout, Rivals 247, etc but it is a very interesting list of teams that offered Michael Layssard.................and sonciser that he signed early in November of his Senior Year

URI
Clemson - P5
Louisiana Tech
Memphis
Mississippi State - P5
Murray State
Oklahoma - P5
Old Dominion
Providence College
SMU
Texas A&M - P5
USF
Wake Forest - P5
Wichita State

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

He already shrunk an inch.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 8 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:He already shrunk an inch.

That's cause Hurley doesn't know how to coach big men!

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 8 years ago

He doesn't, but ARD does.
Anyway, a big who can score! Nice.
24 ppg.
Finally. some size coming into the program.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

Rod, it's not just size, it's size by all accounts who can actually PLAY.

Hassan, try as he might, just isn't tall enough to play at the 5.

I'm not as sure as some that he will be as effective at the 4. Unless he really works on that mid range shot.

Playing at the 4 will also reduce his blocks per game somewhat.

We'll see how soon the new bigs start getting serious minutes.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 8 years ago

Providence never really offered him.....why else would anyone ever choose another school.....money must have changed hands....

I wonder where the LeDoux twins are headed ?

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Ramulous wrote:Providence never really offered him.....why else would anyone ever choose another school.....money must have changed hands....

I wonder where the LeDoux twins are headed ?

LeDoux twins are headed to McNeese State - 80 miles from their home.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 8 years ago

Thanks Ramster.......I don't know why these local reporters don't let readers know if the kids are going on to play in college.....

3wisemen · Unread post by **3wisemen** » 8 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Rod, it's not just size, it's size by all accounts who can actually PLAY.

Hassan, try as he might, just isn't tall enough to play at the 5.

I'm not as sure as some that he will be as effective at the 4. Unless he really works on that mid range shot.

Playing at the 4 will also reduce his blocks per game somewhat.

We'll see how soon the new bigs start getting serious minutes.

Martin started at the 4 as a sophomore next to Biruta. Martin played 28.8 minutes per game, Biruta 20.8.
Martin blocked 103 shots, was All-A10 Second Team and A10 All-Defense. He scored 11.4 points per game and shot a league-best 59.8 percent from the field.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Rod, it's not just size, it's size by all accounts who can actually PLAY.

Hassan, try as he might, just isn't tall enough to play at the 5.

I'm not as sure as some that he will be as effective at the 4. Unless he really works on that mid range shot.

Playing at the 4 will also reduce his blocks per game somewhat.

We'll see how soon the new bigs start getting serious minutes.

Jesus. So according to this brilliant post Martin had been playing out of position at center which is isn't his true position, but he might not be as effective at PF? What the literal f*** are you trying to say? The logic pretzels you're willing to twist yourself into to whine about things is unreal.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

I'm not whining about anything.

What the fuck is wrong with YOU?????

I don't care if you agree or not, but what make YOU the expert?

Take a chill pill.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:I'm not whining about anything.

What the fuck is wrong with YOU?????

I don't care if you agree or not, but what make YOU the expert?

Take a chill pill.

I'm not saying I'm an expert but I don't understand the logic of your post. You're saying a guy who has been excellent in his career is not good enough to play either the position that he has been playing or his natural position. Can you break that down so I can try to understand it?

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

I never said Hassan "wasn't good enough".

Good grief. How did you manage to take it that way?

HM struggled at times in the post versus bigger players. We all know that.

As a 4, he will need to improve his outside shot and his handle. That's also common knowledge.

Dan has basically said as much. That's all I was referring to.

Hassan if healthy will play major minutes wherever he plays.

josephski · Unread post by **josephski** » 8 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:I'm not whining about anything.

What the fuck is wrong with YOU?????

I don't care if you agree or not, but what make YOU the expert?

Take a chill pill.
I'm not saying I'm an expert but I don't understand the logic of your post. You're saying a guy who has been excellent in his career is not good enough to play either the position that he has been playing or his natural position. Can you break that down so I can try to understand it?

Hassan has a center's game but he doesn't have a center's body. Hassan's body type is better suited for the 3 or 4 but he's not a greater passer/dribbler and doesn't have an outside shot. Ultimately Hassan does very well for us given what he's asked to do but to take his game to the next level I think he needs to model his game closer to someone like Draymond Green.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 8 years ago

^^^^^
Speaks the truth.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 8 years ago

josephski wrote:
TruePoint wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:I'm not whining about anything.

What the fuck is wrong with YOU?????

I don't care if you agree or not, but what make YOU the expert?

Take a chill pill.
I'm not saying I'm an expert but I don't understand the logic of your post. You're saying a guy who has been excellent in his career is not good enough to play either the position that he has been playing or his natural position. Can you break that down so I can try to understand it?
Hassan has a center's game but he doesn't have a center's body. Hassan's body type is better suited for the 3 or 4 but he's not a greater passer/dribbler and doesn't have an outside shot. Ultimately Hassan does very well for us given what he's asked to do but to take his game to the next level I think he needs to model his game closer to someone like Draymond Green.

This debate took place two years ago -- and -- last year. Those who wrote that Martin needed to expand his game were pooh-poohed like they were idiots, that ONE-DIMENSIONAL PLAYERS EXIST IN THE NBA.
Yeah, okay, just like Mr. Green.
Except he never was, and he isn't.
Here's a link to his college stats:

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla ... een-1.html

Green was a 1st Team All-America. He also knew how to pass (nearly 4 assists per game). He also made roughly 39% of his 3-pointers (taking 134). Forget scoring, rebounding, etc., He did that. Izzo's teams are somewhat comparable to Hurley's in style.
The two players in question are not.
Hassan Martin needed to work on his "small forward's power game" a while ago to think of the NBA.
A former URI player he could have attempted to emulate was maybe Will Daniels or -- better yet -- AR-D....

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 8 years ago

josephski wrote:
TruePoint wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:I'm not whining about anything.

What the fuck is wrong with YOU?????

I don't care if you agree or not, but what make YOU the expert?

Take a chill pill.
I'm not saying I'm an expert but I don't understand the logic of your post. You're saying a guy who has been excellent in his career is not good enough to play either the position that he has been playing or his natural position. Can you break that down so I can try to understand it?
Hassan has a center's game but he doesn't have a center's body. Hassan's body type is better suited for the 3 or 4 but he's not a greater passer/dribbler and doesn't have an outside shot. Ultimately Hassan does very well for us given what he's asked to do but to take his game to the next level I think he needs to model his game closer to someone like Draymond Green.

You mean one of the Top 20 players in the NBA who plays the 4 and 5? Yeah, I'd love if he modeled his game after Draymond Green.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

josephski wrote:
TruePoint wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:I'm not whining about anything.

What the fuck is wrong with YOU?????

I don't care if you agree or not, but what make YOU the expert?

Take a chill pill.
I'm not saying I'm an expert but I don't understand the logic of your post. You're saying a guy who has been excellent in his career is not good enough to play either the position that he has been playing or his natural position. Can you break that down so I can try to understand it?
Hassan has a center's game but he doesn't have a center's body. Hassan's body type is better suited for the 3 or 4 but he's not a greater passer/dribbler and doesn't have an outside shot. Ultimately Hassan does very well for us given what he's asked to do but to take his game to the next level I think he needs to model his game closer to someone like Draymond Green.

OK, if Hassan was Draymond Green we would be better off. No argument from me there. But he isn't, he is Hassan Martin. And Hassan Martin is one of the best players in our league. I still don't understand the point of the post I originally responded to. The guy has been an elite player in the league for the last two years, even playing through injuries, and yet somehow he is varying degrees of incapable of playing the only two positions on the court that he could conceivably play?

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 8 years ago

He has been more of an elite defender than an elite player. Once you start going down the list of A10 bigs you realize he is not among the top of them. Or what has been the top of them.

Should expect him to be dominant this year coming up.

I would put all these guys ahead of HM.
D Pierre (Dayton)
Pollard (Dayton)
Miles (Joes)
Mo Allie-Cox (VCU)
Terry Allen (Richmond)
Ryan Rhoomes (Fordham)(Basically avg 15&10 this year)
Dion Wright (Bonaventure)(Basically 17&10)
Kevin Larsen (GW)
Tyler Cavanaugh (GW)(About 17&8)

I do think he is better than these guys.
TJ Cline, Shevon Thompson, Justin Tillman, Peyton Aldridge.

Shinze88 · Unread post by **Shinze88** » 8 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:I never said Hassan "wasn't good enough".

Good grief. How did you manage to take it that way?

HM struggled at times in the post versus bigger players. We all know that.

As a 4, he will need to improve his outside shot and his handle. That's also common knowledge.

Dan has basically said as much. That's all I was referring to.

Hassan if healthy will play major minutes wherever he plays.

and in other news, water is wet

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 8 years ago

Seawrightspostgame wrote:He has been more of an elite defender than an elite player. Once you start going down the list of A10 bigs you realize he is not among the top of them. Or what has been the top of them.

Should expect him to be dominant this year coming up.

I would put all these guys ahead of HM.
D Pierre (Dayton)
Pollard (Dayton)
Miles (Joes)
Mo Allie-Cox (VCU)
Terry Allen (Richmond)
Ryan Rhoomes (Fordham)(Basically avg 15&10 this year)
Dion Wright (Bonaventure)(Basically 17&10)
Kevin Larsen (GW)
Tyler Cavanaugh (GW)(About 17&8)

I do think he is better than these guys.
TJ Cline, Shevon Thompson, Justin Tillman, Peyton Aldridge.

And given that defense is half the game, I'm going to argue when you say he's not an elite "player." Nearly all of the players you listed as being "better" than Hassan are stronger offensive players, but far weaker than he is on the defensive end (with the exception of Alie-Cox). A point prevented is as valuable as a point scored. To say Hassan is not among the five best front court players in the A10 is untrue.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

I keep thinking there is news about Mike...

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I keep thinking there is news about Mike...

Agree Billyboy, so here is some news on Mike to bring this recruiting thread back on track, maybe Mods can remove the unrelated discussion..................

from today's Projo Xavier Munford article:

Munford totaled eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals in the loss to Golden State. He’s shooting 47.8 percent from the field through 11 games and has seen his minutes rise over his last six, averaging 21.8 per game. Munford’s signing adds him to the list of St. Benedict’s players who were helped by Hurley in the early stages of their careers, including Tristan Thompson, J.R. Smith, Lance Thomas and Samardo Samuels.
It’s Hurley’s hope to grow that list during his remaining years at URI, with guard E.C. Matthews popping up on potential draft boards before his season-ending right knee injury last fall and Kuran Iverson earning positive reviews from scouts thanks to his length and passing ability at 6-foot-9.
Rams’ assistant coach Antonio Reynolds-Dean believes incoming freshman Mike Layssard could also have the tools to one day play at the next level, a professional path out of URI kick-started by Munford after a 17-year drought.

“He’s offering them a realistic perspective on what it is,” Hurley said. “He gives a reality to their dreams and goals. He gives a reality to those things for them.”

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... l/?Start=2

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 7 years ago

So just browsing this it seems like everyone was extremely high on this kid. Every single article about our recruits Layssard was our best get... He was offered by better schools than Cyril and Dowtin....ARD said he could potentially play in the NBA...... Does anyone have any idea why we wasted a year? Does anyone know what stopped him from literally never playing? It's the one thing I just don't understand and if someone has inside knowledge about what it is I would love to know.

the_one_mike · Unread post by **the_one_mike** » 7 years ago

steveystuds06 wrote:So just browsing this it seems like everyone was extremely high on this kid. Every single article about our recruits Layssard was our best get... He was offered by better schools than Cyril and Dowtin....ARD said he could potentially play in the NBA...... Does anyone have any idea why we wasted a year? Does anyone know what stopped him from literally never playing? It's the one thing I just don't understand and if someone has inside knowledge about what it is I would love to know.

I'd assume it's because he's not thin enough. Hurley wants a team that runs the whole game. Probably has a hard time getting back on defense...

Pure speculation here. And I don't necessarily agree with it either... but it's a question I proposed all year.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 7 years ago

I don't think "thin-ness" was the issue. It was fitness. He just didn't appear to be in good enough shape, at least to me as an observer from afar. The goal is not to get him skinny, it's to get his body harder and leaner.

He also just didn't have the opportunity that Dowtin or Langevine had, who both initially got meaningful minutes when starters went down. Layssard didn't have that happen in front of him.

I'm looking forward to seeing what this guy can do if he gets himself ready to play and gets the opportunity.

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