'17 DC SF - Naji Marshall (Xavier)

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

Naji Marshall - SF
From: Washington, DC
School: Roosevelt
Travel/AAU: DC Premier

Ht: 6'5"
Wt: 185 lbs

RANKINGS:
Rivals: 4 Star, #62 in 2017
Scout: 4 Star, #51 in 2017, #11 SF
247 Sports: 4 Star, 94 Grade, #71 in 2017, #16 SF
Future 150: 3 Star
Hoop Seen: #40 in 2017

FINAL SEVEN:
Rhode Island
Maryland
Pittsburg
South Carolina
TCU
Virginia Tech
Xavier

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... all-184319
http://www.scout.com/player/202063-naji-marshall
https://future150.com/hs/basketball-pro ... lt-md-2017
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/naji-marshall
http://247sports.com/Player/Naji-Marshall-85205
http://www.hoopseen.com/players/451

Bos8 · Unread post by **Bos8** » 8 years ago

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/recr ... offseason/

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

In Final 5:

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball ... st-to-five

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 7 years ago

That's a pretty good list -Xavier, Va. Tech, S. Carolina, Pitt (visit scheduled), and us. Let's get a visit next!

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

To state the obvious, David Cox is very good at his job.

Not sure if it's in one of the above articles, but I read that he's taken unofficials to Xavier and Virginia Tech.

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

Final 6?

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 7 years ago

EDIT: Did not see previous post stating the same thing.

In his final 5 along with Xavier, VT, Pitt, and South Carolina.

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball ... st-to-five

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

According to Twitter, Marshall is visiting June 30th. For what it's worth, he seems to be the highest ranked of those they're most involved with (with mutual interest).

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Summer session 2 starts on Monday, so Marshall's fellow DC guys will be there already. Now to get Quickley, although I hear that Calipari is following him all over the world...

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

Stats for DC Premier in UA
http://www.theuaassociation.com/stats/t ... ol=1720648

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 7 years ago

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 7 years ago

I like being in the closer's position in Marshall's recruitment. He's visited the other 4 schools on his list, seen their facilities and listened to their recruiting pitches.

He's familiar with Coach Cox and there's 3 DMV area players on the roster he probably knows personally.

I'm optimistic.

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

Marshall was a senior this past year and is expected to attend Hargrave for a reportedly academically necessary postgrad year. Enjoy your visit, Naji!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Where's the excitement for this kid? He's ranked somewhere around where Terrell was ranked in high school. And I think we had a record number of pages on Jared. Big visit today.

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 7 years ago

Agreed, doesn't seem to be much love here for Marshall who is the highest rated recruit that we are involved with. Aside from his top 5 of us, Pitt, South Carolina, VA Tech and Xavier, Georgetown keeps trying to stay involved with him and Maryland has shown interest. Here's hoping his visit goes well.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 7 years ago

I think a huge difference is where the program was at the time. Jared was the guy that would give us the three headed monster that should get us over the hump, where Naji would keep the talent line moving. Also, Jared was the highest ranked recruit we had been involved with in quite a while as far as I remember, so it created extra buzz. And let's not forget, there were two stages to Jared's recruiting.

Perfect day for a visit though. Sunny and upper 70's? Hell I wish I was visiting Kingston today!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote:I think a huge difference is where the program was at the time. Jared was the guy that would give us the three headed monster that should get us over the hump, where Naji would keep the talent line moving. Also, Jared was the highest ranked recruit we had been involved with in quite a while as far as I remember, so it created extra buzz. And let's not forget, there were two stages to Jared's recruiting.

Perfect day for a visit though. Sunny and upper 70's? Hell I wish I was visiting Kingston today!

True. But this is an important year for recruiting. I'm not saying last year's class of Thompson and Akele was a bad class. But, it definitely wasn't the quality of the previous two years. This year's freshman class is still TBD as far as quality goes. We need to replace the studs that will be leaving with a couple of new studs.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 7 years ago

No disagreement there, have to keep the line moving.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 7 years ago

What probably helps is that Jon Rothstein is due on campus today as well. Can't hurt to have a kid like this see the national eyeballs the program is getting.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 7 years ago

Koch is at the workout today as well.

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 7 years ago

Per Corey Evans today on HoopSeen.com...

"...top-50 wing Naji Marshall will take an unofficial visit to Rhode Island today, sources told HoopSeen.com. The DC Premier product would be a fabulous commitment for any of the five in pursuit due to his scoring prowess and defensive versatility."

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Naji Marshall ‏@ijan3_ · 8h8 hours ago
Rhode Island �

Show your support and go 'like' his tweet.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Naji Marshall stat line from his 1st game at UA All America:7-8 fg, 4-7 ft,0-1 on 3's,3 reb,3 ast,2 to,1 stl...18 points

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

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com ... r-marshall

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

Stats for the DC Premier - ATL express game
http://www.theuaassociation.com/game/show/14498806

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

One of the most versatile players in the nation, Naji Marshall was tremendous all week long for DC Premier in Georgia. Marshall isn’t an elite scorer, but he is capable of putting the ball in the basket, and then he does everything else at an extremely high level.

Marshall showed the ability to really get to the rim, and then he made several nice decisions passing the basketball as well. At a legit 6-foot-5, he can play the point forward role, or be someone who makes plays off the bounce. With his unique skillset he is able to play in a multitude of ways, and even could be a small ball power forward if needed because of his ability to really rebound the basketball.

Though his team had a disappointing finish to the event, Marshall was still extremely impressive, and showed why so many schools are making him a priority as we head to the end of the month of July.

Recruiting: The schools tracking Marshall the most are Xavier, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Rhode Island, and Pittsburgh.

http://www.scout.com/college/basketball ... performers

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

I'm afraid that Marshall might be blowing up too much. He's our highest rated recruit and might be going higher.

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

The alternative is URI's early targets end up sucking in the summer period so nobody else any good recruits them.

Which would you prefer?
Player shows he's legit or player shows he's not as good as once thought.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

PlayMikeMotenMore wrote:The alternative is URI's early targets end up sucking in the summer period so nobody else any good recruits them.

Which would you prefer?
Player shows he's legit or player shows he's not as good as once thought.

There's a difference between showing you're legit and blowing up. I'm talking about recruiting a kid for 2 years, then blowing up a month before he makes a decision. A P5 school swoops in and recruits him for 3 weeks. I know it's the reality of being a mid major. It just pisses me off, a lot of wasted time and money.

Keaney.Blue · Unread post by **Keaney.Blue** » 7 years ago

Keep in mind this kid is going to Hargrave, a major prep school in Virginia. Getting a commitment would be great, but there's going to be a LOT of high major coaches at those workouts in the fall. A wandering eye is always an issue when a kid is surrounded by elite recruiters.

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

1. NAJI MARSHALL

Naji Marshall
Small forward
4 STARS
Eleanor Roosevelt
Greenbelt, MD
RR: N/A
Ht: 6'5"
Wt: 200 lbs
Class: 2017
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POSITION
62
NATIONAL
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STATE
Commitment status:
UNDECIDED

Recruiting wrap: Xavier, Virginia Tech, South Carolina, Rhode Island and Pittsburgh were the schools he said are recruiting him the hardest.

Performance: The four-star small forward is just a very productive player. As a scorer, he gets the majority of his points attacking the basket and finishing or going to the free throw line after drawing contact. He’s a much better shooter than this time last year, but still needs to improve. He’s great on the boards and also a very good passer.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com ... ive-period

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

I think it's safe to say that his final 5 is no longer his final 5. When a local school like Maryland shows interest, obviously he's going to listen.

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

Billyboy78 wrote:
PlayMikeMotenMore wrote:The alternative is URI's early targets end up sucking in the summer period so nobody else any good recruits them.

Which would you prefer?
Player shows he's legit or player shows he's not as good as once thought.
There's a difference between showing you're legit and blowing up. I'm talking about recruiting a kid for 2 years, then blowing up a month before he makes a decision. A P5 school swoops in and recruits him for 3 weeks. I know it's the reality of being a mid major. It just pisses me off, a lot of wasted time and money.

It's not wasted time and money. It's called recruiting. You can't sign everyone you recruit. And you can't recruit everyone. But you can't catch any fish if you don't cast your net in the water. You think it's any different if Siena, UVM, and James Madison are on a kid...and then URI swoops in to recruit the kid for a month? That's college recruiting.

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

Sooner or later one of these kids will select us even when he blows up and the big schools come calling.....it will have to be a special kid to do that however....the more sustained success we have the sooner it will happen...

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 7 years ago

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 7 years ago

Man sounds like we are all over this kid.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Everyone is raving about him. Obviously would be a huge get. Has to be our #1 target.

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

http://www.hoopseen.com/node/2725

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

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

We sure could use a great finisher at the hoop. EC is our best at that, but will he be as good as before, at least early on?

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

Who knows about EC, though have a hard time understanding what that has to do with Naji Marshall since he will be playing high school games during the early part of our upcoming season.

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 7 years ago

He posted to his Twitter account yesterday that he was cutting his list to his final schools next week.

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 7 years ago

I thought he already did that once? Is this a "new" final 5?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

I don't see that anywhere on his Twitter.

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 7 years ago

It was posted at 3:14 yesterday....

But, he just posted his final 7 schools on twitter. He added Maryland and TCU to his previously announced final 5.

I post from my cell phone so I'm unable to post a copy of his 2 tweets concerning recruiting. Perhaps someone else can.

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

He had a tentative final list and now a definite final list-

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 7 years ago

And, at 5:13 today, he posted that he'll be committing this Friday...

Go Rhody, Naji, Go Rhody!!

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

Committing with no officials? Is he jumping at his new, big-time local offer?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

I hate to say it, but I'd have to put my money on Maryland.

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

Agree, this Friday would indicate to me someone he is either very familiar with and he had made his decision some time ago or a newcomer and he is seeing his name in lights. Given he just revised his list you would have to guess its the local guys.
Either way likely not a good ending for us.

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