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

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

Sounds like an excellent pick up. Every mention of him indicates he was underrated. Had offers from some good schools.

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

Making it Twitter (and Instagram) official-

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

Nice to beat out Tubby Smith and Larry Brown for a recruit....both at football schools...

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

Nice! Yes patience is a virtue....

Now let's get us some more.......

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 8 years ago

Ramulous wrote:Nice to beat out Tubby Smith and Larry Brown for a recruit....both at football schools...

This is a great point!

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

Here is an earlier interview with Mike.

http://www.scout.com/player/194450-mike ... 2015&s=143

Good News- Lost weight Not so good news -He likes to take threes.!

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

He won't take 3's with Dan coaching him....unless of course he shows he can make them.....pretty sure he'll be playing within 15 ft. of the hoop most times, if not all the time....

Tom98 · Unread post by **Tom98** » 8 years ago

Big!!!!! Nice commitment for Rhody!!!

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

If he has range they will let him use it. Wouldn't make sense not to. He says they want to use him (at least partially) as a stretch four and in the pick and roll/pop game due to his shooting and ball handling skills. I haven't seen him play, so I don't know. AS long as he can bang and rebound on defense.

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

Great News!!! Welcome to the team Mike!!!

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 8 years ago

Great news to wake up to. I agree with Rambone (as usual). Patience is a virgin.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 8 years ago

largest recruit in sometime. Good get

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

Great news! Welcome Big Mike!

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

Very exciting news!!!! Welcome to the Rhody Family Mike!

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

ramfan85 wrote:Great news to wake up to. I agree with Rambone (as usual). Patience is a virgin.

I guess virgins are patient when you think about it, but I think you meant virtue! Damn auto-correct!

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 8 years ago

Ramtastico wrote:
ramfan85 wrote:Great news to wake up to. I agree with Rambone (as usual). Patience is a virgin.
I guess virgins are patient when you think about it, but I think you meant virtue! Damn auto-correct!

I've been waiting a long time to get that one in....lol

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

I want to help them get to the top and compete for championships.

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/mike-lay ... est-commit

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 8 years ago

I love everything about this kid. I think he's going to do HUGE things in the A10. There aren't a lot of guys in this conference that have a front court presence like him. He'll create a lot of matchup issues, even as a freshman. Weight wise, we might have the biggest front court URI has ever had next year.

What I like most though, is where we are as a program with regards to players we can get. This sentence: "The schools I was seriously considering other than URI were SMU, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Memphis."

AGAIN. We are going up head to head against big name, big conference schools, and getting our guy. 3 years in a row with recruiting. What a damn fine job Hurley and co are doing. I know Mike made the connection with ARD, even though there were doubters in the beginning, it's quite clear these are the expectations that come from the top.

Another great day to be a ram.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 8 years ago

Blue Man wrote:I love everything about this kid. I think he's going to do HUGE things in the A10. There aren't a lot of guys in this conference that have a front court presence like him. He'll create a lot of matchup issues, even as a freshman. Weight wise, we might have the biggest front court URI has ever had next year.

What I like most though, is where we are as a program with regards to players we can get. This sentence: "The schools I was seriously considering other than URI were SMU, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Memphis."

AGAIN. We are going up head to head against big name, big conference schools, and getting our guy. 3 years in a row with recruiting. What a damn fine job Hurley and co are doing. I know Mike made the connection with ARD, even though there were doubters in the beginning, it's quite clear these are the expectations that come from the top.

Another great day to be a ram.

Beautiful glorious truth.

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

Is there a video out there showing Mike in action?

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

eli#10 wrote:Is there a video out there showing Mike in action?

Go back to page one of this thread. I posted a video. Not a lot to see in it, but it's something.

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

So happy we got this kid!

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

http://www.thelswa.com/all-state-basketball-teams

You can see Layssard made 1st Team All State Class 1A and only a Junior.

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

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 8 years ago

Sampson is going to LSU.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 8 years ago

One thing Hurley learned was that in the A10 you not only need height, you need bulk. URI wasn't being out jumped in the paint but pushed around.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 8 years ago

Iggy1979 wrote:One thing Hurley learned was that in the A10 you not only need height, you need bulk. URI wasn't being out jumped in the paint but pushed around.

I don't know that you necessarily need the bulk in the A10 - but if you have that bulk, you're going to find yourself near the top. It's still a guard dominated league, but those who have bulk up front will have a significant advantage.

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

Remember the LaSalle game last year, where Hassan got pushed around? He got no help, Biruta was a finesse player, and Watson didn't play much.....

There may be a couple of games where that happens again this season, but it looks like starting in 2016 that will no longer be the case....

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 8 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Remember the LaSalle game last year, where Hassan got pushed around? He got no help, Biruta was a finesse player, and Watson didn't play much.....

There may be a couple of games where that happens again this season, but it looks like starting in 2016 that will no longer be the case....

My point exactly. We won both those games against La Salle. We don't need wins with style points. Just wins.

In the A10 a wide big is a luxury, not a need. Unlike the B1G or old Big East. Having one or two of them in this conference gives you a significant advantage, but you can win without them. See: Wildcats, Davidson.

Getting Big Mike allows us to be a problem in so many ways on the floor.

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

The St. Louis game [which we won] on Feb. 14, was the game that stands out in my mind, where Hassan took a terrible physical beating.
Yarborough 6-6 230,and Agbeko 6-7 240, would have been arrested for assault if their activity was on the street.
Terrell carried us in the second half.

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

Not a ton in that video. BUT there is so much there. His touch. His moves are natural and fluid. He timed the ball well off the rim and showed the desire and bounce to put it down.

Other thing with kids is you have to provide for the fact they get better every day. Progress for teenage athletes is day to day, week to week.

I think he's a stud. If they add Langevine! Whoa!

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

They would also get an up close and personal intro to the college game by Hassan Martin in his senior year. Wow.

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

Yes, Blueman, but see what happened to skinny Davisdon when they got to the dance.
Crushed.
Winning the A-10 is nice, but not the real goal.
Our Elite 8 and Sweet 16 teams didn't win the A-10.
They were built for the NCAAs, because they had great guard, but
solid, and in Kenny Green's case, great inside players.
You don't beat Syracuse, Missouri, and Kansas, and play Duke
to a standstill with only guard play.
You need balance if you want to think big.
Go big or go home.

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 8 years ago

I concur with Rod, hopefully this is the first of three total front court recruits.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 8 years ago

I agree rod, you need guys like the Mike towers to win the NCAAs. Years of watching this team suck has lowered my goals considerably. Obviously this isn't our old rams. That said...I still want to see us win the a10 before the ncaa.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 8 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Yes, Blueman, but see what happened to skinny Davisdon when they got to the dance.
Crushed.
Winning the A-10 is nice, but not the real goal.
Our Elite 8 and Sweet 16 teams didn't win the A-10.
They were built for the NCAAs, because they had great guard, but
solid, and in Kenny Green's case, great inside players.
You don't beat Syracuse, Missouri, and Kansas, and play Duke
to a standstill with only guard play.
You need balance if you want to think big.
Go big or go home.

I think it's fact not opinion. Even as recently as 2 years ago, people looked at the UCONN teams with Kemba and Shabazz and said "See it's a guards game." Think those people are missing the point, and also that UCONN did have some good players in their frontcourt those years.

Even last year if you looked at the Elite 8 teams, many of them had at least 1 potential NBA caliber big playing prominent roles for them. Some of them 2 or 3. Okafor, Kaminsky, Dekker, Lyles, Cauley-Stein, Sabonis, Tarczewski, Johnson, Auguste, etc.

I think we all agree that many of those guys are strong players, and it's up to the schools who can't get the Okafors or Cauley-Steins to develop guys like Kaminsky and Auguste to be able to compete with them.

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

From ESPN-

Strengths:
Michael is a big bodied low post player. He can score some on the low block and has solid hands and a nice touch in the paint. He scores mostly on putbacks and dump offs in the lane but can face and hit 12 to 15 footers. He can be effective clogging the lane defensively with his width and girth.

Weaknesses:
Michael is not a great athlete but he does know how to use his size to his advantage.

Bottom Line:
He can be effective at the next level because of his ability to take up space in the middle defensively, score some on offense and rebound his position.

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

I've read somewhere that he has lost about 100 pounds over the last year and that he has good jumping skills....can't remember where I read it....

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

10/07/2014

It’s not often you see a junior in high school down to 267 pounds, but that’s the case for 2016 power forward Mike Layssard (Northwood HS, Lena), who at 6-foot-8 has trimmed his frame 30 pounds from this time a season ago.

Blessed with quick feet for a player his size, the thinner Layssard recorded a standing vertical of 24 inches and a max vertical of 30 inches.

http://www.scout.com/college/lsu/story/ ... e-layssard

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

Wait 'til Marshall gets a hold of him!

brady1 · Unread post by **brady1** » 8 years ago

Hurley and THE RAMS STAFF just doing a fantastic job!

GO RHODY!

The Dude · Unread post by **The Dude** » 8 years ago

Loving these recruits! Kudos to Hurley!

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

Where the heck have you been Dude?? Seriously!!

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

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

Nice to have Mike sitting in first row behind the URI Bench Saturday night for the URI - PC Game, great atmostphere whereby Mike could envision himself playing in next year.

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

I think of the newbies Layssard is the most ready to contribute next season.
For various reasons Tertsea and Langevine probably get spot minutes most of the year, but Layssard could earn a lot of minutes if he can guard the 5. Offensively he is by far the most advanced.

860_rhody · Unread post by **860_rhody** » 8 years ago

As PC and Bentil were bullying their way to the basket on Sat, the thought crossed my mind that Meezy could probably help stop these big guys like Bentil, Jarelle Wright, that Euro TCU guy, even Vashil. Even if hes not exactly Mutombo on D, he could be very useful when big HM guys try to bully us down low.

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

Big game for Mike and Northwood Lena (8-1) today against Leesville in Tioga Tournament.
Leesville is Northwood's only loss this year in the Rapides Tournament. Lost 68-64 and Mike had 32 points!
Mike and Northwood Lena will be fired up for this one.
Can't wait to see Mike in RHODY Blue next year.
Saw him close up at the URI - PC game. For sure he is a legit 6'8" (at least) and strongly/solidly built. Looks in great condition. We got a good one here, a steal.
Consider Mike made 1st team last year as only a Junior with Sampson who went to ST John's but then changed mind to go to LSU.

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

It was a very good idea to get Layssard in to see that game against PC. He's probably the most polished (although far from finished) of the recruits, with Langevine and then Tertsea at the other end.

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

ace wrote:It was a very good idea to get Layssard in to see that game against PC. He's probably the most polished (although far from finished) of the recruits, with Langevine and then Tertsea at the other end.

Absolutely, pure genius move!

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

Layssard's tip in of a missed 3 point attempt at the buzzer forces OT enabling Northwood Lena to beat Leesville in double OT. Mike finished with 26.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/sports ... /77202388/

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