'20 VA PF Richie Springs

[Billyboy78]

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[Billyboy78]

Mistake by me. Not from Virginia. From NY and playing at MacDuffie.

[Billyboy78]

UConn offered right after we did.

[Rhody83]

UConn offered right after we did.

UCONN has offered most of the MacDuffie team

[Rhody83]

Brooklyn, NY
AAU with PSA Cardinals
6’9” skinny

[reef]

All name team !!!

[STC]

Nothing new, but here is the tweet linking Richie Springs to URI....



Offers:
URI
UConn
Illinois

Interest:
Villanova
Marquette
Ohio State
DePaul
Bryant

[RhowdyRam02]

Can you really be that underrated with those schools being interested?

[Rhody83]

Can you really be that underrated with those schools being interested?

Vetbal Commits Composite Rating is 2 star. I am guessing that is why the tweet says he is underrated.
247 Sports has him as a 4 star and ranked 73rd Nationally.

I pay less attention to the stars and rankings especially for recruits that are two years out from college.
I pay more attention to what schools are offering.

[Rhody83]

[Rhody83]

Richie Springs ranked #2 in New England for class of 2020.

[Rhody83]

Ty Boswell was at National Prep Showcase today in CT to watch Richie Springs. Saw Ty talking with Richie after the game.

[Rhody83]

[Slim]

Did Mcduffie have any other good 2020 or 2021 kids? Thought they had good young big, but can remember what year he is. Thanks

[Rhody83]

MacDuffie has a lot of underclassmen.
#32 Tuscan Onuoha is a ‘22. He is 6’9” from Australia. He had a good game.
#33 Chad Venning is a ‘20. He is 6’9” 265 from Brooklyn. He is listed as a starter on the score sheet and played one minute. I don’t recall him. Maybe he got hurt the first minute in.

[reef]

Is ismail Mahmoud on the team ??

[Urifan91]

Is ismail Mahmoud on the team ??

Check the box score above. Mahmoud played the most minutes for them and had a bad shooting game

[Ramulous]

I can see his recruitment now......wash, rinse, repeat.....

[Rhody83]

Is ismail Mahmoud on the team ??

Check the box score above. Mahmoud played the most minutes for them and had a bad shooting game

If you mean Ismael Massoud, yes. He did nothing. Wasn’t impressed with him last year either when he played with Dana. He is committed to Wake Forest.

[Rhody83]

[ace]

Jason Smith might be the best recruiter in the northeast!

[79RhodyFan]

Lets hire him to fill open assistant coach position!!! We can fund raise his salary if need be lol

[Rhody83]

Richie Springs had an unofficial visit to UConn Sunday. Reporters covering UConn are expecting Springs to reclass to ‘19 and commit to UConn today. They have an open scholarship. I have seen him play a lot. Went to prep school in my area and played with Dana Tate and James Bouknight. I think Richie is a rotational role player. Even watching him this AAU season playing with ‘20s he didn’t stick out at all. Good rebounder with not much on offense. Not very strong and definitely doesn’t look 6’10” to me. Boswell was the connection with Richie which Rhody lost. Average player.

[Rhody83]

I am not sure he would’ve started for Brewster Academy

[ramster]

I believe Dan Hurley got a good late addition with Springs

Hurley was at Peach Jam throughout so got a good look at players going against the best competition
Springs saved his best AAU Play for the most important Final 5 Games of the EYBL AAU Season. Most impressive was his Rebounding at 13.4 rpg with strong performance on the Offensive Glass

• 13 games During the EYBL Season compared to the 5 games at Peach Jam in July with Top 24 Qualifying Teams

• 20.1 mpg increased to 28.2 mpg

• 10.0 ppg increased to 12.8 ppg

• 26-57 FT for 45.6% increased to 22-33 for 66.7%

• 54-85 FG for 63.5% decreased to 21-50 for 42%

• 6.1 rpg increased to 13.4 rpg

• .8 bpg increased to 1.4 bpg

In the 5 July Peach Jam Games:
Game 1: PSA Lost to Houston Hoops (70-76)

• Springs 32 minutes, 6-13 FG, 5-8 FT, 12 rebounds (5 offensive), 17 points, 1 block, 1 steal

• Hassan Diarra #65 ESPN, 33 min, 9-16 FG, 6-12 FT, 5 reb, 25 points

For Houston Hoops:

• Langston Love #21 ESPN Class 2021, 30 min, 27 points, 7-14 FG, 3-4 on 3FG, 10-11 FT, 3 rebounds

• Reuben Fatheree 24 min, 3-9 FG, 13 rebounds, 6 points

Game 2: PSA beat Team Durant (73-66)

• Springs 30 minutes, 1-4 FG, 4-5 FT, 10 rebounds (3 offensive), 6 points,2 blocks

• Hassan Diarra 33 min, 7-13 FG, 5-5 FT, 4 reb, 21 points

For Team Durant:

• Earl Timberlake #38 ESPN, 35 min, 18 points, 6-14 FG, 3-5 on 3FG, 3-7 FT, 8 rebounds

• Ace Baldwin 29 min, 2-9 FG, 0-3 on 3FG, 4 rebounds, 4 points

• Ishmael Leggett 23 min, 2-9 FG, 0-2 on 3FG, 2-2 FT, 4 rebounds, 6 points

• Darius Maddox #99 ESPN, 31 min, 9-17 FG, 0-3 on 3FG, 2-2 FT, 4 rebounds, 20 points

• Paul Smith - DNP

Game 3: PSA beat Alabama Fusion (82-57)

• Springs 17 minutes, 4-11 FG, 4-4 FT, 16 rebounds (7 offensive), 12 points,3 blocks. His 16 rebounds were double the next closest player in the game and played only 17 minutes in easy win

• Hassan Diarra 24 min, 4-13 FG, 4-4 FT, 3 rebounds, 12 points

• Jamal Mashburn JR #92 ESPN, 25 min, 10-17 FG, 6-9 on 3FG, 2-2 FT, 3 reb, 28 points

Game 4: PSA beat Seattle Rotary (78-69)

• Springs 32 minutes, 5-11 FG, 2-6 FT, 14 rebounds (5 offensive), 12 points,1 block

• Hassan Diarra 34 min, 5-11 FG, 1-3 on 3FG, 5-6 FT, 5 reb, 16 points

• Jamal Mashburn JR 31 min, 9-17 FG, 4-7 on 3FG, 8-10 FT, 1 reb, 30 points

For Seattle Rotary:

• Paolo Banchero #5 ESPN Class 2021, 36 min, 16 points, 5-18 FG, 1-2 on 3FG, 5-7 FT, 17 rebounds

Game 5: PSA lost to Texas Titans (80-89)

• Springs 30 minutes, 5-11 FG, 7-10 FT, 15 rebounds (9 offensive), 17 points,1 block. Springs had 15 rebounds with the next closest player in the game with 7 and #2 ESPN Cade Cunningham only had 5 rebounds going against Springs

• Hassan Diarra 32 min, 3-16 FG, 0-2 on 3FG, 0-2 FT, 4 reb, 6 points

• Jamal Mashburn JR 32 min, 9-19 FG, 4-8 on 3FG, 6-8 FT, 1 reb, 28 points

For Texas Titans:

• Cade Cunningham 31 min, 18 points, 6-8 FG, 6-7 FT, 5 rebounds

• Springs 17 minutes, 4-11 FG, 4-4 FT, 16 rebounds (7 offensive), 12 points,3 blocks

[ace]

Akok, Bouknight, Cole, Gaffney, and Springs is a great first class. Top 25.

[Rhody83]

I watched him a lot in person and streaming at PJ. He did a good job rebounding. A lot of his FGs come from O Rebounds (nothing wrong with that). He is not a good shooter and is a weak FT shooter. The big question is will his rebounding transfer to college against bigger & stronger players. He did well vs 6’7” players.

Dan is building a team for 20-21. I talked to him in Jan at Hoop Hall Classic and he told me that.
He tried to get a big that could help this year and it didn’t work out.
They were going to land Richie for the ‘20 class so with an open scholarship he took him now (Springs reclassed).
It will give him a year to develop in a college program and gain strength. Similar to what the did with Akok except Springs can see some playing time. UConn is very happy with the advances Akok has made with the extra half year. I think Springs will be a good rotational player beginning his Soph or Jr year.

Interesting that UConn has picked up two of Dana’s teammates from MacDuffie. I watched them a lot Dan’s Sr year (their Jr year). There was no doubt that Dana was the best player of the three. Bouknight hurt his hand that Jan but I saw them play before. UConn fans are acting like they landed two super stars. I realize they were one yr behind Dana. I think Dana will be better than Springs and closer to Bouknight than people are projecting.

[ramster]

This from UConn blog

Mentions how Springs’ ranking dropped at start of AAU but also how he came on very strong in the 5 Peach Jam games averaging 13.4 rpg
Dan was at Peach Jam even on the last Championship Sunday when only 2 teams were left, when 90-95% percent of HC’s have already departed.

https://www.theuconnblog.com/2019/8/6/2 ... fy-to-2019

[rhodyblue12]

'83 was right - Dan building for 2020-21':

UConn's Richie Springs to redshirt after being declared academically ineligible

[Rhody83]

Interesting. UConn was looking for a big man who could play a backup role this year. Springs could’ve just committed to the ‘20 class. Now UConn starts the season with only 10 scholarship players. They have one transfer and were shorted one scholarship as a penalty for Ollie’s recruiting violations.