General Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2022 and before

rhodyblue12 · Unread post by **rhodyblue12** » 5 years ago

It will be interesting to see how their 2019 class affects Cole Swider's playing time next year.

Between the 2018 and 2019 classes, there are eight Top 100 guys - and four of them are SG/SF types.
They also have 3 former Top 100 guys as sophomores, too.
This last player is more of a low block guy, but there are only 200 minutes to share.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

rhodyblue12 wrote: ↑5 years ago It will be interesting to see how their 2019 class affects Cole Swider's playing time next year.

Between the 2018 and 2019 classes, there are eight Top 100 guys - and four of them are SG/SF types.
They also have 3 former Top 100 guys as sophomores, too.
This last player is more of a low block guy, but there are only 200 minutes to share.

Cole was top 50 himself. Range to 25 feet or so. He'll play plenty.

RamStock · Unread post by **RamStock** » 5 years ago

Harvard is doing an unbelievable job with recruiting. URI should be scheduling them every year on a home and home. They had some injuries the last couple of years, but are getting top 200 players regularly and many times top 100. They also have a 6-5 small forward ranked 131 in this class. This would be the number one class in the A-10

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 5 years ago

Some kids see a life after basketball. A Harvard degree will take them a bit farther.

wpbrown8267 · Unread post by **wpbrown8267** » 5 years ago

RamStock wrote: ↑5 years ago Harvard is doing an unbelievable job with recruiting. URI should be scheduling them every year on a home and home. They had some injuries the last couple of years, but are getting top 200 players regularly and many times top 100. They also have a 6-5 small forward ranked 131 in this class. This would be the number one class in the A-10

Damn, i just looked at their 2018 & 2019 commits on 247...I guess I was sleeping a bit. I knew they were talented, had the injury bug the past few seasons, but what Amaker has and is compiling there is really impressive, quite a few 4* and 3*

UCH21377 · Unread post by **UCH21377** » 5 years ago

DC_Rams wrote: ↑5 years ago Some kids see a life after basketball. A Harvard degree will take them a bit farther.

The Ivies have appeal to some kids and more should take advantage. If you’re in the 100-200 range the Ivies are a better bet than most other schools long term. We should definitely play Harvard every year it’s a good match

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Tommy Amaker has done a great job there for a long time kind of surprised he never moved on

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 5 years ago

I wonder why NERR doesn't have him in their top 40? They have his teammate in the top 10...

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Ramulous wrote: ↑5 years ago I wonder why NERR doesn't have him in their top 40? They have his teammate in the top 10...

He's only been at NMH for a couple of months. Maybe their rankings haven't been updated.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 5 years ago

Ledlum is a very nice player, and was a late bloomer. I remember being at Gauntlet in June and the Ark Little Rock staff was all over him and felt they had a good chance bc they were the first ones giving him attention, sound familiar. Later that weekend he was already getting looks from Georgetown and Illinois and it blew up from there. Smart player, great build, can shoot it and go to the hole. Gonna be a big impact guy in the Ivy.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Interesting transfer prospect.
https://247sports.com/college/north-car ... 124492761/

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago Interesting transfer prospect.
https://247sports.com/college/north-car ... 124492761/

Yeah but I wonder his head is at. Four high schools and now wants to transfer after his first college game? Doesn’t sound like he’d be happy anywhere.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

I think the coach is encouraging a transfer. May have recruited over him for next year. I agree about all the schools in 4 years.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 5 years ago

You never know , 4 star recruit...

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Rhody does have a scholarship open right now.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 5 years ago

Watching Villanova’s PG Collin Gillespie who was a 3* PG with a weak list of offers (Maine, Fairleigh Dickinson, Albany) proves rankings mean diddly squat. If you can play, you play.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Had a Rhode Island offer at one point but jumped at the Villanova one. Sometimes it works out, other times it doesn’t

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

I should’ve posted this earlier. Last day of the event. It is in New Haven

Sunday, November 18th

9:00a.m. Cushing Academy (MA) vs. Spire Institute (OH)
10:30a.m. Sunrise Christian Academy (KS) vs. CBD Montverde Academy (FL)
12:00p.m. New Hampton School (NH) vs. Mt. Zion Prep (MD)
1:45p.m. Scotland Campus (PA) vs. MacDuffie School (MA)
3:15p.m. Woodstock Academy (CT) vs. Massanutten Military Academy (VA)
4:45p.m. Tilton School (NH) vs. Blair Academy (NJ)

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

1:45 Scotland vs MacDuffie. Scotland has Coulibaly and MacDuffie has ‘20 recruit Richie Springs.

3:15 Woodstock vs Massanutten. Woodstock is loaded w D1 prospects and Rhody has a pipeline to Massanutten (Martin & Long). They have a really good ‘20. I am guessing Rhody coaches will be there

URIRecruitingInfo · Unread post by **URIRecruitingInfo** » 5 years ago

Hammond and Mading are each two-star options while Long is rated a three-star recruit according to composite rankings compiled by Verbal Commits.

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... -sign-nlis

Verbal Commits Composite Ranking? Even if someone stumbled on this without knowing any better, you would only have to read the footnote to see that it is not updated along with the fact that 1/3 of the composite is Scout which doesn't even exist anymore. Anyway, both Hammond and Mading are 3 stars on both Rivals and 247 Sports (the only 2 ratings which are usable at this point). In fact, Hammond is higher on 247 and in Rivals position rankings than Long.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

URIRecruitingInfo wrote: ↑5 years ago
Hammond and Mading are each two-star options while Long is rated a three-star recruit according to composite rankings compiled by Verbal Commits.
http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... -sign-nlis

Verbal Commits Composite Ranking? Even if someone stumbled on this without knowing any better, you would only have to read the footnote to see that it is not updated along with the fact that 1/3 of the composite is Scout which doesn't even exist anymore. Anyway, both Hammond and Mading are 3 stars on both Rivals and 247 Sports (the only 2 ratings which are usable at this point). In fact, Hammond is higher on 247 and in Rivals position rankings than Long.

I saw that too. I figured we've been beating on Koch enough this week, so I left it alone.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

He had Long at the wrong high school for his Sr year too.

sevegny7 · Unread post by **sevegny7** » 5 years ago

The projo is a joke. Literally no effort is put into any of the work that they do on that sports page. No research, editing, fact checking or insightful information we already do not know. If you read the projo once a day you would find serious errors in every article and every sports page. These errors show up on a daily basis, from grammatical errors to improper spacing. Or even proper scores being listed or accurate game times. It comes across as half a** material but yet continue to raise prices. I liked Koch initially but seems like the projo ways have gotten to him. How long does it take to correctly list a players ratings and high school they will attend for their senior year? Especially seeing how this is their livelihood. No insightful opinions about the games. Used to read the paper once a day. Now it has become like pulling teeth to read through one article due to grammatical or factual errors consistently making it an unreliable source of information. Especially, with Will G and Chris d as stiff competition and a great alternative.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 5 years ago

Anyone see in Reynolds’ column on Saturday saying Jared has a “ten day contract” instead of the correct “two way contract?”

Joke.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 5 years ago

Alternative facts....

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago
rhodyblue12 wrote: ↑5 years ago It will be interesting to see how their 2019 class affects Cole Swider's playing time next year.

Between the 2018 and 2019 classes, there are eight Top 100 guys - and four of them are SG/SF types.
They also have 3 former Top 100 guys as sophomores, too.
This last player is more of a low block guy, but there are only 200 minutes to share.
Cole was top 50 himself. Range to 25 feet or so. He'll play plenty.

This year will tell a lot. Swider is not off to a great start and there is a lot of competition currently but then next year the class is loaded
Game 1: Morgan State: 13 min, 1-6 FG, 0-4 on 3FG, 1-2 FT
Game 2: Quinnipiac: 11 min, 0-5 FG, 0-2 on 3FG, fouled out in 11 minutes
Game 3: Michigan: 15 min, 2-3 FG, 0-1 on 3FG, 1-3 FT
Game 4: Furman: 7 min, 1-2 FG, 1-2 on 3FG

So a combined: 4-16 FG for 25%, 1-9 on 3 FG for 11%, 2-5 on FT for 40%
It's early but a shooter like Swider needs to shoot it. Lot's of players current and future who will be fighting for playing time

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 5 years ago

Can we sit on this last opening and wait for a high level transfer mid-season or even after the season. We’ll have more opportunities at high major talent at that point in time.

wpbrown8267 · Unread post by **wpbrown8267** » 5 years ago

Wiseman commits to Memphis

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... ts-memphis

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Penny Hardaway getting it done

RhodeIslandBorn · Unread post by **RhodeIslandBorn** » 5 years ago

Love seeing some of the big recruits switching it up, college basketball could use some program parody.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

Good news Ace.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

Interesting to look back at the recruits the staff spent the most time watching this summer and where they ended up. The staff set their sights high.

Dahmir Bishop Xavier
Yavuz Gultekin Va Tech
Anthony Walker Miami
Naheem McLeod FSU
Qudus Wahab ??
Mo Diawara ??
Ray Summerville Cal-St Bakersfield
Marial Mading URI
John Bol Ajak Syracuse

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 5 years ago

McLeod commits to Florida State

Walker transfers to Rhode Island

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 5 years ago

Epic post

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote: ↑5 years ago Epic post

Only thing wrong with it there was only one person jumping out and back in. Awesome post!

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

Haha I react like that guy sometimes.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Just thinking about recruiting as I drive (actually ride, no worries) north for Thanksgiving. There’s something fun and energizing about beating out an ACC or BE team for a player, but it obviously doesn’t really matter as long as the guys a team gets are good.

What we have to look at is rankings and other offers a player gets. There are always examples of under-recruited guys who end up as stars and guys who out perform or under perform relevant to their rankings. The three guys they signed have decent enough rankings but not many other great offers. I think this staff overall is good and qualified, and so are many other staffs. The nature of recruiting talk is we’re making judgements on something that we won’t have enough information to talk about in an informed manner for a couple years. And yet, we persist!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

This kid just had a great game against Virginia as a Fr. He had no offers his Sr year of high school and did a year of prep. He grew 4 inches in high school to 6’9”. The point is kids can develop all different times and ratings mean nothing. This kid will be A10 first team all Freshmen.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 5 years ago

Waiting for something like this from our freshmen.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Damn how close did we come to getting him ???

Bos8 · Unread post by **Bos8** » 5 years ago

Wasnt he the one at his rec center wearing URI gear?

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

I thought we didn't take him because he was an academic risk. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago I thought we didn't take him because he was an academic risk. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.

That was in 2017. He sat out last year at Dayton as an academic redshirt. He is a redshirt Freshmen this year.
He graduated HS in 2016. He had only played one year of varsity basketball. He was 6’2” as a Jr and 6’5” as a Sr.
He did a year of prep at Mt Zion in MD. Finished there at 6’8. Had academic problems but Dayton took him.
He is a 20 year old Freshmen and now 6’9”. He will be 21 years old in March.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Sounds like Dayton got lucky with this kid.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

One of the Top Players in DMV
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... 26d58e601c

Dre3000 · Unread post by **Dre3000** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago I thought we didn't take him because he was an academic risk. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.

We didn't take him because he wasn't going to be ready to contribute that year. There were mixed emotions on the staff with him but everyone thought the skill set was there he was just a few years out. By all accounts he wanted to be a Rhode Island Ram. We instead took Ryan Preston.

RamStock · Unread post by **RamStock** » 5 years ago

Dre3000 wrote: ↑5 years ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago I thought we didn't take him because he was an academic risk. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.
We didn't take him because he wasn't going to be ready to contribute that year. There were mixed emotions on the staff with him but everyone thought the skill set was there he was just a few years out. By all accounts he wanted to be a Rhode Island Ram. We instead took Ryan Preston.

Swing and miss on that one for sure.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

I thought we took Preston instead of Shakur Juiston?

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