General Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2022 and before

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

Prep hoops just updated their top 250 recruits for 2020, Players of note:

101 Richard Springs 6'9 PF The MacDuffie School (MA)
110 AJ Hoggard 6'3 PG Huntington Prep (WV)
121 Hassan Diarra 6'2 PG Putnam Science Academy (CT)
122 Dimingus Stevens 6'5 SF Woodrow Wilson (DC)
127 Demarr Langford 6'4 SF Putnam Science Academy (CT)
131 Darius Maddox 6'4 SG St. John's (DC)
142 Chuck Harris 6'1 PG Gonzaga (DC)
148 Kareem Reid 6'8 PF Putnam Science Academy (CT) - reclassed to 2019
151 Myles Stute 6'6 SF Gonzaga (DC)
155 Taelon Martin 6'3 PG The Master's School (MA)
170 Julian Champagnie 6'8 PF Bishop Loughlin (NY)
174 Josiah Freeman 6'4 SG Paul VI (VA)
182 Trey Hall 6'7 PF East Catholic (CT)
199 Elijah Wood 6'5 PG Bethesda-Chevy Chase (MD)
203 Ishmael Leggett 6'2 PG St. John's (DC)

https://www.prephoops.com/national-2020-rankings/

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

Good detail there. I would group most of the 100-200s together.
Just to shed light on their evaluation Taleon Martin hasn’t been at The Master’s School this entire last year. If they are updating their ranking on him that haven’t seen him play since last summer.

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

Sooo, where are the top 100 kids??

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

Boswell in Atlanta
Sutton in Dallas
Coach Cox a day at each

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

Terrence Clark played well in Expressions Elite’s 20 point victory over Team United on Friday night in Atlanta
Clark had 24 points and three rebounds

https://basketball.exposureevents.com/1 ... 830964&r=7

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

The recruiting media mentions Hurley as often as they can.
Bosewell and Cox were on hand as well. URI has made offers to Springs, Diarra & Hoggard

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

We have to get a big in the 2020 class. Have to.
I know all the talk has been PG in 2020, but we need to land a front court player as well.
Springs would be great (fantastic, really), but I'd think that UConn has the inside track.

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

rhodyblue12 wrote: ↑5 years ago We have to get a big in the 2020 class. Have to.
I know all the talk has been PG in 2020, but we need to land a front court player as well.
Springs would be great (fantastic, really), but I'd think that UConn has the inside track.

I think URI has a good chance for Richie Springs. Ty has been recruiting him for three years. I was at a Prep Tournament this year and after his game, Ty sat and talked with him upstairs for about 30 minutes. Plays for MacDuffie where Dana went. I know Booknight (UConn) goes there also.

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

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

This might the best weekend of the non-season. Just love all the offers flying in.

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

When did PC become a University

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

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago When did PC become a University

They have been for a long time

PU

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

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

ace wrote: ↑5 years ago

This is good for Rhody. Ty has a good relationship with Coach Rivera

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

I saw MacDuffie play several times. He is a character.

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

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago I saw MacDuffie play several times. He is a character.

That’s an understatement

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

So instead of coaches being able to evaluate hundreds of players at one AAU event they have to go to open gym time at individual High Schools. In addition only 18 out of 51 state high school associations have set up summer events to take the place of the AAU summer weekend showcase events.

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

Approved June events run by High School coaches.

https://www.nfhs.org/articles/approved- ... ll-events/

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

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago I saw MacDuffie play several times. He is a character.

For people who haven’t had the pleasure to see him in-person

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

ace wrote: ↑5 years ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago I saw MacDuffie play several times. He is a character.
For people who haven’t had the pleasure to see him in-person

Wow - and I thought Danny Hurley was a loose cannon!

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

Jeez how does he not get a tech for stomping on the court like that. ??

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

I was at that game. Didn’t seem that bad live.

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

For all of us that get caught up in a player being in the Top 100 (myself included). Here is a Top 100 kid who wasn’t good enough to play at a high/mid D1 school and is transferring to Quinnipiac.

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

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

Recruiting news will taking a long break now. The Quiet Period (contact only on college’s campus) starts tomorrow followed by the Dead Period (no in person contact) and then another Quiet Period. This runs from May 3 - June 12. Some vacation time for the coaches before the players return for Summer Sessions. Practices should start around June 3rd.

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

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

Was hoping we'd get some visits from the '20s this spring.

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

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago Was hoping we'd get some visits from the '20s this spring.

Recruits don’t typically visit campuses in the Spring. They are playing in AAU Tournaments every weekend and still in school.
We could get some visits in June when the team is back for summer classes and practices. July is mostly a Dead Period (no in person contact) except for the weekends that are Evaluation Periods (AAU tournaments & coaches on the road).

Mekhi Long visited the end of June last year and made an early verbal at the end of his visit (June 29th).

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/eligib ... lendar.pdf

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

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago Recruiting news will taking a long break now. The Quiet Period (contact only on college’s campus) starts tomorrow followed by the Dead Period (no in person contact) and then another Quiet Period. This runs from May 3 - June 12. Some vacation time for the coaches before the players return for Summer Sessions. Practices should start around June 3rd.

Does that mean that coaches can't attend the two Nike EYBL sessions in Indianapolis (next weekend) and Dallas (May 24-26)? Would seem counterproductive to have these sessions if coaches can't attend.

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

bkoeppen wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago Recruiting news will taking a long break now. The Quiet Period (contact only on college’s campus) starts tomorrow followed by the Dead Period (no in person contact) and then another Quiet Period. This runs from May 3 - June 12. Some vacation time for the coaches before the players return for Summer Sessions. Practices should start around June 3rd.
Does that mean that coaches can't attend the two Nike EYBL sessions in Indianapolis (next weekend) and Dallas (May 24-26)? Would seem counterproductive to have these sessions if coaches can't attend.

That is correct. They couldn’t attend the AAU sessions in May in past years either. It is still development and good competition for the players. Teams qualify for their championship (in July) based on the April-June performance.

Prior to this year there were three weekends in April and three weekends in July that coaches could attend AAU events. That has been reduced to one weekend on April and one weekend in July.

Summary of changes from the NCAA:
In response to recommendations from the Commission on College Basketball, the NCAA made changes to the recruiting calendar to increase the role of high school programs and reduce the involvement of third parties in the recruiting process:

An Evaluation Period at sanctioned AAU events (April 26-28) was kept. Down from 3 weekends in April.
They added the recent 4 day period that coaches could go to open gyms (April 29-May 2)
An Evaluation at NBAPA Top 100 Camp (June 13-14)
Two Evaluation Periods run by High School Coaches Associations or JUCO Coaches Associations (June 21-23 & June 28-30).
An Evaluation Period at sanctioned AAU events (July 11-14) was kept (this is Nike Peach Jam w/e) down from 3 weekends.
An Evaluation Period at development camps run by NCAA schools/conferences (July 23-28). I think this is for players not invited to Top 100 Camp in June.

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

thanks for sharing - haven't read the details yet, but that's interesting with how they are managing the schedule. can certainly understand why they want to limit the 3rd party or basically sneaker company involvement, but sounds like high schools weren't prepared this year to handle evaluations for colleges in a lot of states. should be interesting to see if if at has an impact on the lower level recruits, but would think not much of an impact for the top 100 or so.

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

Only 13 of 50 states have listed events. The complaints for the hundreds of recruits outside the Top 100 are real. Let’s see what the participation and exposure is for the NCAA run Evaluation Period the last week of July. If Cox has his basketball camp at that time, he could invite their to targets to the Elite Camp. It might be tough for them to show up.

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

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
reckless jake wrote: ↑5 years ago If we're talking about Hutchinson CC, let's hope we're talking about James Rojas, a JC All American, ranked the #5 Juco in the country. Rojas is a 6-8 PF from Jamestown, NY and recently got his release from Buffalo and is uncommitted. He was Hutchinson's leading scorer, averaging 18.8 points per game on 55% shooting (33% on threes) and averaged 5.8 rebounds per game.

If you're gonna dream, dream big.
That was my first hope/dream. But I believe URI is done recruiting for next year’s team.

Don’t think we are finished recruiting for 2019 based on recent news

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

ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
reckless jake wrote: ↑5 years ago If we're talking about Hutchinson CC, let's hope we're talking about James Rojas, a JC All American, ranked the #5 Juco in the country. Rojas is a 6-8 PF from Jamestown, NY and recently got his release from Buffalo and is uncommitted. He was Hutchinson's leading scorer, averaging 18.8 points per game on 55% shooting (33% on threes) and averaged 5.8 rebounds per game.

If you're gonna dream, dream big.
That was my first hope/dream. But I believe URI is done recruiting for next year’s team.
Don’t think we are finished recruiting for 2019 based on recent news

You are never done recruiting at anytime if the right opportunity presents itself. I think we would need to find a can’t miss player whether freshman, transfer or juco with the transfer route being the most likely as they could sit a year and help replace Dowtin and Cyril in 2020

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

RamStock wrote: ↑5 years ago
ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago

That was my first hope/dream. But I believe URI is done recruiting for next year’s team.
Don’t think we are finished recruiting for 2019 based on recent news
You are never done recruiting at anytime if the right opportunity presents itself. I think we would need to find a can’t miss player whether freshman, transfer or juco with the transfer route being the most likely as they could sit a year and help replace Dowtin and Cyril in 2020

Ramster, what is the recent news you are referring to?

Ramstock, partially true. However, there is a process that Cox has in place. They follow that process. If the plan is to hold an open scholarship for a Fall/Winter transfer, they move forward with that plan. Their current focus is on evaluating ‘20s and ‘21s. If you hang on too long trying to fill ‘19s it will have an impact on ‘20s & ‘21s.

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

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

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
RamStock wrote: ↑5 years ago
ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago

Don’t think we are finished recruiting for 2019 based on recent news
You are never done recruiting at anytime if the right opportunity presents itself. I think we would need to find a can’t miss player whether freshman, transfer or juco with the transfer route being the most likely as they could sit a year and help replace Dowtin and Cyril in 2020
Ramster, what is the recent news you are referring to?

Ramstock, partially true. However, there is a process that Cox has in place. They follow that process. If the plan is to hold an open scholarship for a Fall/Winter transfer, they move forward with that plan. Their current focus is on evaluating ‘20s and ‘21s. If you hang on too long trying to fill ‘19s it will have an impact on ‘20s & ‘21s.

One example of a 2019, Hason Ward, from yesterday reported by Corey Evans....
Makes obvious sense to attend the EYBL and other AAU Events for 2020 candidates but all doors should remain open

ace wrote: ↑5 years ago

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

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com ... ssociation

minor updates on Hason Ward and John Ojianko

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

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

Now the Christion Thompson is graduating and transferring, Rhody needs to bring in another player.
Hoping they land a Grad Transfer or a transfer available immediately.

phipsiGD'11 · Unread post by **phipsiGD'11** » 5 years ago

I would be shocked if the staff wasn't already aware for at least the past month that CT was leaving if he was able to graduate and become a grad transfer. I'm sure plans were put in place for this.

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

I would prefer a transfer who sits a year and has 2 or 3 years eligibility when Jeff and Cyril graduate

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

phipsiGD'11 wrote: ↑5 years ago I would be shocked if the staff wasn't already aware for at least the past month that CT was leaving if he was able to graduate and become a grad transfer. I'm sure plans were put in place for this.

Of course they knew, it’s not liked they learned this last minute on Twitter, they were preparing
Never believed that Thompson was returning without a doubt as was often indicated here by some.

Recruiting never stops, never stopped for 2019’s either
Roster has 2 openings... as of now

Recruiting never stops

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

In postseason player interview with Coach Cox, Christion communicated that he planned to stay at URI for next year.

Not sure what changed his mind. It could’ve been the recruitment of Sheppard or other factors.

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

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

We have 2 open scholarships this year. Hello.

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

theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago We have 2 open scholarships this year. Hello.

You think because it’s not posted here means it’s not a work in progress?

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

Expressions shot blocker

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

83, got anything on 19's? Like for next year? We have two open schollies.

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

theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago 83, got anything on 19's? Like for next year? We have two open schollies.

I think they will get one more player. The second scholly might not be available until the Fall. I think they will hold that for potential mid year transfer. No idea who they use the scholarship on (‘19, grad transfer or transfer).