General Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2022 and before

[ramster]

Reese hit 80-191 for 41.9% on 3FGs

and 97-112 for 86.6% on FTs

His best game was against Hill College 92-83 victory when he had 41 points with 9-13 on 3FGs and 8-8 FTs

James Reese helps North Texas win their 1st NCAA Game ever as 13-Seed UNT upset 4-Seed Purdue

[bigappleram]

Abou Ousmane also made an appearance and scored a bucket or two.

[PeterRamTime]

Abou Ousmane also made an appearance and scored a bucket or two.

He's a big lad.

[Jersey77]

Mark Few keeps it going at Gonzaga, gets their highest ranked recruit ever 5* Hunter Sallis.

[SandorClegane]

Gonzaga likely to get Holmgren as well...
Love Mark Few though. The man deserves it.

[PCFriars]

Mark Few keeps it going at Gonzaga, gets their highest ranked recruit ever 5* Hunter Sallis.

Jalen Suggs from their 2020 class is their highest rated recruit ever. He was top 5 I believe and is about to be a top 3 pick in the draft.

[CamsRams]

[ramster]

#1 Ranked Recruit - Chet Holmgren announces on ESPM Sports Center at noon - Selects Gonzaga.

[Jersey77]

Found this on 247 sports

Our 25 top ranked HS/Prep recruits (not including transfers) since 2004:

#1. Jared Terrell (2014) 4* (.9750)
#2. Jermaine Harris (2018) 4* (.9693)
#3. Delroy James (2006) 4* (.9510)
#4. Jon Lucky (2004) 4* (.9482)
#5. E.C. Mathews (2013) 4* (.9423)
#6. Jordan Hare (2012) 3* (.8936)
#7. Akeem Richmond (2009) 3 * (.8903)
#8. Dana Tate (2018) 3* (.8896)
#9. Tyrese Martin (2018) 3 * (.8880)
#10. Hassan Martin (2013) 3 * (.8863)
#11. Fatts Russell (2017) 3* (.8819)
#12. Greg Hammond (2019) 3*(.8790)
#13. Jonathon Holton (2011) 3* (.8766)
#14. Mekhi Long (2019) 3* (.8723)
#15. Dominque McKoy (2011) 3* (.8707)
#16. Ishmael Leggett (2020) 3* (.8678)
#17. Marial Mading (2019) 3* (.8676)
#18. Jamal Wilson (2008) 3* (.8670)
#19. Orion Outerbridge (2008) 3* (.8625)
#20. Abdou Samb (2021) 3* (.8617)
#21. Leroy Butts (2015) 3* (.8604), never enrolled academic casualty
#22. Tachawn Mabry (2010) 3* (.8584), withdrew
#23. Kaheim Seawright (2005) 3* (.8556)
#24. Tres Berry (2020) 3* (.8556)
#25. Lamonte Ulmer (2006) 3* (.8556)

[Rhody15]

Tashawn Mabry along with PJ Lockridge were supposed to the the gems who saved Baron’s job.

Also I’ll always stand by the opinion that Jordan Hare would have been a very good player for us.

[STC]

Tashawn Mabry along with PJ Lockridge were supposed to the the gems on saved Baron’s job.

Also I’ll always stand by the opinion that Jordan Hare would have been a very good player for us.

Daniel West is another one of those “gems” although he came via the transfer route.

Would love to know what Jordan Hare is up to these days.

[SGreenwell]

Also I’ll always stand by the opinion that Jordan Hare would have been a very good player for us.

Meh - he could have been a rotation cog, but as far as I can tell he never resurfaced anywhere after URI, which is tough for a guy who's 6'10" and skilled. He would have had to earn minutes against Hassan Martin and Biruta the following two years. Of course, I do remember about a thousand message board posts for and against Hare, since there was always something going on with him. I don't think people ever questioned the talent when it came to Hare, it was everything else.

[SGreenwell]

Tashawn Mabry along with PJ Lockridge were supposed to the the gems on saved Baron’s job.

Also I’ll always stand by the opinion that Jordan Hare would have been a very good player for us.

Daniel West is another one of those “gems” although he came via the transfer route.

Would love to know what Jordan Hare is up to these days.

Going down the rabbit hole on this a bit... His Twitter account from when he was at URI hasn't had a new tweet in seven years. There is one post on an Auburn fan board in 2015 that mistakenly connects them to him, but it's almost certainly some kind of error with a machine algorithm, because of Jordan-Hare Stadium. He doesn't have any history listed on Proballers or Basketball Reference, suggesting he hasn't played pro ball at all. He could have played at the junior college level - there isn't good stat tracking for that level at times, and tons of small schools barely on the radar. Otherwise, he's one of those guys that just faded away from URI to parts unknown, like a high profile Frank Monge.

[Billyboy78]

Simple. Jordan Hare didn't like playing basketball.

[steveystuds06]

Tashawn Mabry along with PJ Lockridge were supposed to the the gems who saved Baron’s job.

Also I’ll always stand by the opinion that Jordan Hare would have been a very good player for us.

Jordan Hare would have been an absolute stud for us. I remember he looked awesome against PC and had another game where he had 10 pts and 16 rebounds. He was a high major big with a ton of potential. It's sad how it all turned out... If he had a passion for the game, he could have been one of the best bigs in the A10.

[STC]

Mike Layssard another one that seems to have disappeared into the ether.

[Rhody15]

Mike Layssard another one that seems to have disappeared into the ether.

I will always laugh when I remember posters here being 100% serious saying he would be very good for us because he dunked hard in warm ups and hit a couple elbow jump shots pregame.

[STC]

Ryan Brooks was my favorite layup line all star. That dude would be doing all sorts of slams pregame then get in the game and not have the vaguest idea how to play basketball.

If you want to see a bonkers write up on Mike Layssard, check this out from ESPN back in 2016...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ball-teams

Look at some of the names Layssard is mentioned with! He’s ranked higher than Jonathan Isaac. Has to be one of Borzello’s coldest takes.

[DevRam]

Ryan Brooks was my favorite layup line all star. That dude would be doing all sorts of slams pregame then get in the game and not have the vaguest idea how to play basketball.

If you want to see a bonkers write up on Mike Layssard, check this out from ESPN back in 2016...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ball-teams

Look at some of the names Layssard is mentioned with! He’s ranked higher than Jonathan Isaac. Has to be one of Borzello’s coldest takes.

It wasn’t a player ranking system it was the teams rank in the country.

[reef]

Ryan Brooks was my favorite layup line all star. That dude would be doing all sorts of slams pregame then get in the game and not have the vaguest idea how to play basketball.

If you want to see a bonkers write up on Mike Layssard, check this out from ESPN back in 2016...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ball-teams

Look at some of the names Layssard is mentioned with! He’s ranked higher than Jonathan Isaac. Has to be one of Borzello’s coldest takes.

Jeez they could have mentioned Dowtin and Cyril instead, he was way off indeed

[STC]

Ryan Brooks was my favorite layup line all star. That dude would be doing all sorts of slams pregame then get in the game and not have the vaguest idea how to play basketball.

If you want to see a bonkers write up on Mike Layssard, check this out from ESPN back in 2016...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ball-teams

Look at some of the names Layssard is mentioned with! He’s ranked higher than Jonathan Isaac. Has to be one of Borzello’s coldest takes.

It wasn’t a player ranking system it was the teams rank in the country.

I stand corrected, I probably should have actually re-read the five year old article before posting it.

[Jersey77]

Found this on 247 sports

Our 25 top ranked HS/Prep recruits (not including transfers) since 2004:

#1. Jared Terrell (2014) 4* (.9750)
#2. Jermaine Harris (2018) 4* (.9693)
#3. Delroy James (2006) 4* (.9510)
#4. Jon Lucky (2004) 4* (.9482)
#5. E.C. Mathews (2013) 4* (.9423)
#6. Jordan Hare (2012) 3* (.8936)
#7. Akeem Richmond (2009) 3 * (.8903)
#8. Dana Tate (2018) 3* (.8896)
#9. Tyrese Martin (2018) 3 * (.8880)
#10. Hassan Martin (2013) 3 * (.8863)
#11. Fatts Russell (2017) 3* (.8819)
#12. Greg Hammond (2019) 3*(.8790)
#13. Jonathon Holton (2011) 3* (.8766)
#14. Mekhi Long (2019) 3* (.8723)
#15. Dominque McKoy (2011) 3* (.8707)
#16. Ishmael Leggett (2020) 3* (.8678)
#17. Marial Mading (2019) 3* (.8676)
#18. Jamal Wilson (2008) 3* (.8670)
#19. Orion Outerbridge (2008) 3* (.8625)
#20. Abdou Samb (2021) 3* (.8617)
#21. Leroy Butts (2015) 3* (.8604), never enrolled academic casualty
#22. Tachawn Mabry (2010) 3* (.8584), withdrew
#23. Kaheim Seawright (2005) 3* (.8556)
#24. Tres Berry (2020) 3* (.8556)
#25. Lamonte Ulmer (2006) 3* (.8556)

Based on this list of our top ranked recruits since 2004, around half had little/no impact or left early.
EC, Jared, Fatts, Delroy, and Hassan were star players.
Lamonte, Kaheim, Orion, and Jamal were steady and finished with nice careers here.
Ish, Tres, and Abdou time will tell.

[SGreenwell]

Found this on 247 sports

Our 25 top ranked HS/Prep recruits (not including transfers) since 2004:

#1. Jared Terrell (2014) 4* (.9750)
#2. Jermaine Harris (2018) 4* (.9693)
#3. Delroy James (2006) 4* (.9510)
#4. Jon Lucky (2004) 4* (.9482)
#5. E.C. Mathews (2013) 4* (.9423)
#6. Jordan Hare (2012) 3* (.8936)
#7. Akeem Richmond (2009) 3 * (.8903)
#8. Dana Tate (2018) 3* (.8896)
#9. Tyrese Martin (2018) 3 * (.8880)
#10. Hassan Martin (2013) 3 * (.8863)
#11. Fatts Russell (2017) 3* (.8819)
#12. Greg Hammond (2019) 3*(.8790)
#13. Jonathon Holton (2011) 3* (.8766)
#14. Mekhi Long (2019) 3* (.8723)
#15. Dominque McKoy (2011) 3* (.8707)
#16. Ishmael Leggett (2020) 3* (.8678)
#17. Marial Mading (2019) 3* (.8676)
#18. Jamal Wilson (2008) 3* (.8670)
#19. Orion Outerbridge (2008) 3* (.8625)
#20. Abdou Samb (2021) 3* (.8617)
#21. Leroy Butts (2015) 3* (.8604), never enrolled academic casualty
#22. Tachawn Mabry (2010) 3* (.8584), withdrew
#23. Kaheim Seawright (2005) 3* (.8556)
#24. Tres Berry (2020) 3* (.8556)
#25. Lamonte Ulmer (2006) 3* (.8556)

Based on this list of our top ranked recruits since 2004, around half had little/no impact or left early.
EC, Jared, Fatts, Delroy, and Hassan were star players.
Lamonte, Kaheim, Orion, and Jamal were steady and finished with nice careers here.
Ish, Tres, and Abdou time will tell.

It wouldn't surprise me if it is pretty similar for other programs - After all, you can only start five players, and usually, only seven or eight get good minutes each year. It is interesting to me that the better players are generally more clustered to the top. Like, you'd rather have the top 12 than the bottom 12. I'm also curious as to what the lowest star rating / quality score is for a player that's made an All-A10 team - I couldn't find a good list of all of the recent teams, so I'm guessing it's Seawright, if he made a team.

[rhodylaw]

Did Jimmy Baron make an all A10 team?

[Rhody15]

This can probably be said about a lot of players here, but if Jamal Wilson had Hurley for his whole career, he had enough talent to have made multiple All A10 teams.

[SGreenwell]

Did Jimmy Baron make an all A10 team?

Per Wikipedia, first team in 2009. He was probably an outlier in terms of the recruiting rankings though - I think it was known pretty early on that he was signing up for Jim Baron at URI, so I don't think he had a ton of scouting done on him. Billy Baron was a three-star recruit, but Jimmy doesn't even have an entry on Rivals.

[steveystuds06]

I remember Jimmy being a 3-star recruit after he did his year at Worcester. I also remember playing against Jimmy in a summer league, and he told us he'd only shoot with his left hand, and he still absolutely murdered us.

[Rhody19/21]

Whose DJs replacement?

[PeterRamTime]

Whose DJs replacement?

I'm thinking it's going to be someone already on the roster...by the name of Ileri.

[ramster]

Mid Major Wisconsin Milwaukee lands #4 Ranked ESPN Patrick Baldwin Jr - will play for his dad

[reef]

Love seeing those !!

[4Diffs]

Whose DJs replacement?

I'm thinking it's going to be someone already on the roster...by the name of Ileri.

This is interesting. Be nice if it is true. What is this based on? Is this an informed opinion or just rank speculation? I would love it for it to be the former but I am not hearing that. And there is nothing wrong with speculation, just asking.

How long has the 5 stars dad been the head coach? Curious if he has been there for like a decade and this is just a fortunate occurrence, or was he just hired with the expectation that his son would follow him. If the latter, at least he did not pull a Lamar who I love. Hire Jerry D and I will come back Lamar says, and then smartly bolts.

[ramster]

Whose DJs replacement?

I'm thinking it's going to be someone already on the roster...by the name of Ileri.

This is interesting. Be nice if it is true. What is this based on? Is this an informed opinion or just rank speculation? I would love it for it to be the former but I am not hearing that. And there is nothing wrong with speculation, just asking.

How long has the 5 stars dad been the head coach? Curious if he has been there for like a decade and this is just a fortunate occurrence, or was he just hired with the expectation that his son would follow him. If the latter, at least he did not pull a Lamar who I love. Hire Jerry D and I will come back Lamar says, and then smartly bolts.

Pat Baldwin Sr will be going into his 5th season as HC at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee of the Horizon League. He was a PG for 4 years at Northwestern, Assistant Coach for 16 years from 2001 to 2017.

His son narrowed his college choices to a final 3 of Duke, Georgetown and Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002 Lincoln (MO) (assistant)
2002–2004 Green Bay (assistant)
2004–2011 Loyola (IL) (assistant)
2011–2013 Missouri State(assistant)
2013–2017 Northwestern (assistant)
2017–present Milwaukee

Of course it's easily, but Pat Baldwin JR is predicted to go #16 in 1st round in NBA Draft.net 2022 draft.

[ramster]

[giovanni]

[STC]

[ramster]

[Rhody74]

In case you were wondering (as I was) here is what’s allowed during the different recruiting periods:

https://new.berecruited.com/resources/r ... ms-defined

[Jersey77]

Fordham can't catch a break.
Shemani Fuller 6'8'' F from Woodstock Academy decommitted.

[Jersey77]

[Billyboy78]

Who are we looking at?

[Jersey77]

Who are we looking at?

My guess is Justyn Fernandez ('22) from VES.

Also


Probably watching:
Christian Watson (22' St. Johns)
Amani Hansberry (23' St. Johns)
Denver Anglin (22'Gill)
Naas Cunningham (24' Gill)

[theblueram]

Fordham can't catch a break.
Shemani Fuller 6'8'' F from Woodstock Academy decommitted.

Why should they catch a break? They should be in the Patriot League.

[Jersey77]

Fordham can't catch a break.
Shemani Fuller 6'8'' F from Woodstock Academy decommitted.

Why should they catch a break? They should be in the Patriot League.

As long as they are in the A10, I wish them the best and hope Kyle Neptune finds some success there.

[giovanni]

[Jersey77]

[Jersey77]

Nice get for DH

[Jersey77]

Nice pickup for Rhoades and VCU.
Christian Fermin ('22) is a 3* center (6'10") from Pa.

[Jersey77]

St. Joe's got a big commitment from '22 PG/CG Christian Winborne.
He is a solid 3* (126 ranking) from Baltimore with many high major offers including: Xavier, KState, LSU, Virginia Tech, Nebraska, Rutgers, Seton Hall, plus Ivy League schools including Harvard so he is very smart. He even visited Rutgers.

[theblueram]

So when do we get a recruit who moves the needle on the national level? Seems like we have Baron recruiting here. This is getting depressing.