'14 JUCO SG - Ayinde Sprewell (Grambling)

BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 10 years ago

Ayinde Sprewell - SG
From: Orlando, FL
School: Daytona State College
Travel/AAU:

Ht: 6'3"
Wt: 195

RANKINGS:
Rivals: 3 Stars
ESPN: 1 Star, 70 Grade, #55 SG in 2012

OFFERS:
Creighton
Kent State
St. Bonaventure
Western Kentucky

INTEREST:
Rhode Island

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... ell-132116
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/baske ... e-sprewell
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p= ... id=7580383
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/ayinde-sprewell
http://247sports.com/Player/Ayinde-Sprewell-14112

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Super athletic. Signed with Richard Pitino at FL. Int.
Was a three star in high school. Must've been academic problems.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob__4tfp7nk

BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 10 years ago

JUCO Stats: 15.1 ppg, 52.9 FG%, 47.4 3FG%, 67.7 FT%, 8 rpg
http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2013 ... rewellpwxt

BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 10 years ago

Just to clarify, nothing definitive connecting us to him but his VerbalCommits page has a tweet from him that gives an answer of "Rhode Island and Western Kentucky" to a question (I don't know the question). He is scheduled to visit Western Kentucky this weekend.
Also, everything is showing him being from Florida but his Twitter page shows his hometown as Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Certainly fits what the need is for a wing scorer. 47.3% from 3, 53% overall.
He rebounds well, too.
Starting to see a slew of new names, some of whom seem very interesting.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

How bizarre would this be. The son of the player who choked P.J. Carlemiso, who almost drove Hurley over the edge.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

sorry. Nephew.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Hey, maybe Latrell and Bill Murray could hang out together. Here's more recent video of him.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Coach Carr just recently started following him on twitter. I'd say there's interest.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

Since we know he's visiting Western Ky., the question to the answer "Rhode Island & Western Kentucky," had to be either what schools will you be visiting or what schools are you considering. I don't like reading between the lines on Twitter, but that seems pretty safe to me.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Yes, he was ready to make an announcement about a week ago, but put it off to make more visits, WKU this weekend and ??????, maybe us?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

and WKU fans are tweeting him like crazy....I don't think that rule is ever enforced.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 10 years ago

I like the NBA star relation. Tons of influence and resources for a young player.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote:I like the NBA star relation. Tons of influence and resources for a young player.

Yeah, well his uncle was very talented. He was also absolutely crazy.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 10 years ago

This could be interesting...really good %s, but didn't take a whole lot of 3s, it doesn't seem to be a major component of his game.

He just jumped to the top of my personal list of 2/3s that we're looking at, given how bleak that picture seems to be right now.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Not that it means anything, but I really like
Kanayo Obi-Rapu.
His handle is off the charts, he shoots at a high percentage,
and he's a four year player without any baggage.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

sf2010 wrote:This could be interesting...really good %s, but didn't take a whole lot of 3s, it doesn't seem to be a major component of his game.

He just jumped to the top of my personal list of 2/3s that we're looking at, given how bleak that picture seems to be right now.

Yeah, he looks like more of a slasher, but he's very athletic going to he rim.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Down to two...

Ms.My❤ ‏@RealBlountWorld · 30m
@Spree_Breezy thank you ! What schools you looking to choose from ?

Bruce Wayne ‏@Spree_Breezy · 28m
@RealBlountWorld Western Kentucky or Rhode Island #CUSA or #ATLANTIC10

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

And immediately a tweet from a WKU fan....we can't sit back and let this happen!!!

Darrell C○●mes ‏@heybanner · 7m
@Spree_Breezy Are you kidding? WKU in Hoop-crazy state. NCAA record is 15-23 with several Sweet 16s and 1 Final Four. Rhode Island is 6-8.

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BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 10 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Down to two...

Ms.My❤ ‏@RealBlountWorld · 30m
@Spree_Breezy thank you ! What schools you looking to choose from ?

Bruce Wayne ‏@Spree_Breezy · 28m
@RealBlountWorld Western Kentucky or Rhode Island #CUSA or #ATLANTIC10

The good news is he favorited Koch's tweet about Garrett signing, the bad news is he retweeted some old Western Kentucky guy's tweet comparing their Tournament record to ours (lets be honest, neither is impressive).

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

I like how recruits are following Koch, and Bill doesn't
even like to get into recruiting.
I'd rather have WKU's NCAA record to be honest.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Who cares about the past? It's the future of the program that matters.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

Latrell's nephew playing for Hurley could possibly make my head explode. It would also make me smile, as would beating out Western Kentucky ('93 NCAA tournament).

Nothing's stopping a person from writing a tweet like "Player X (but don't use their handle) would look great in the backcourt next to EC"
Then, a player searches for himself (because they do that) and finds it.

But personally, I don't choose to use social media like that- too weird for me.

Rhody4012016 · Unread post by **Rhody4012016** » 10 years ago

Is the person tweeting him a booster because they said RI was heaven on earth. the handle is clarkie57

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

"On the defensive end Sprewell spends night in and night out defending the other team's best offensive perimeter threat."

Perimeter defense? It's certainly on the wish list.

http://jucoreport.com/jucoreporttv-play ... ona-state/

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

No clue who clarkie57 is, but he's making some nice points.
He also got into it with some UAB rubes over tweeting to Gustys.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 10 years ago

Wku is just Kentucky's hick step brother. Come to the ocean state Ayinde

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 10 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:No clue who clarkie57 is, but he's making some nice points.
He also got into it with some UAB rubes over tweeting to Gustys.

Pretty sure clarkie57 = BillyBoy78, based on his references here to a few of his tweets.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

You can ban me. I don't care. I'm tired of fans of other schools smooching up to our recruits, and us sitting back and watching them get scooped up. The NCAA is doing nothing about this. I believe in a level playing field.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

You are right. This goes on unabated, despite NCAA
regulations.
When a law or rule is impossible to enforce, it leads to a general disrespect of whoever
made the law.

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 10 years ago

I'm with you billyboy, keep tweeting.

Who cares about the NCAA and there assanine rules, they can't even control coaches and schools so it would be ludicrous for them to start putting sanctions in place over tweets. If they do start then the NCAA better be prepared to put sanctions in place for every D1 football and basketball program.

Also, the folks here defending the no tweeting rule are a bunch of wet blankets. Like tweeting to prospective recruits doesn't happen at every school.

To hell with the NCAA and there idiotic rulebook. For the record, I don't even have a twitter account, I'm just sick of hearing about this bullshit rule.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

I know there were other reasons that Terrell went to OK St., but their tweets certainly didn't hurt while we sat back and watched.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

STC wrote:
Also, the folks here defending the no tweeting rule are a bunch of wet blankets. Like tweeting to prospective recruits doesn't happen at every school.

Who's defending the rule?

Rhody4012016 · Unread post by **Rhody4012016** » 10 years ago

When i asked if anyone knew who it was i just wanted to make sure they knew the ramifications if the NCAA were to follow through. Didnt mean for it to go this far Billyboy.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

If they punish my school, they better punish every school.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 10 years ago

Whoops, sorry BillyBoy, didn't mean to out you - I missed 4012016's earlier post. I only saw Rod's saying you were making some good points so I wanted to make sure you got credit where credit was due.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

And I know that tweets make very little difference to a recruit's decision. But if it's .000001% of a decision, it needs to be, like I said, an even playing field.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Yay, Billyboy!!!

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 10 years ago

Wonder why higher level schools besides URI aren't recruiting this kid?

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

Smarty tweeted that it's down to WKy and URI. I would assume URI will get a visit next week and then he'll make up his mind.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 10 years ago

Got that from here:

Bill Koch had tweeted the same, and even had some quotes from Sprewell about it (I believe one was, "There's no timetable for his decision."), but those tweets have mysteriously disappeared? Weird.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

I am pretty sure that I saw he visited Western Kentucky. Any word on if he is planning to visit Kingston any time soon?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Jordan Wells ‏@JWellsScout · 46m
RT @Spree_Breezy: I'm Making My Decision At 1pm Tomorrow I'm Down To Western Kentucky & Rhode Island ! A10 V.S. CUSA

Section104 · Unread post by **Section104** » 10 years ago

just visited WKU...not looking good

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

This is weird. Did he visit here or not?

If he's choosing between us and WK, I would think he has, but no clue.

I'm having a deja vu moment, and it's not good. My feeling is, it's not us. Hope I'm wrong.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Another one who never even visited and
goes somewhere else.
That's going to be two in three days.
Geez, we can't even get people to visit, let alone
commit.

RoadyJay · Unread post by **RoadyJay** » 10 years ago

Yea, how is this much of a decision if he hasn't visited Kingston?

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rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Yes, why even mention Rhode Island?
Just bizarre.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

105, just because he just visited them, doesn't mean it is them. He has the info he needs now to make a decision.

Of course, if he hasn't visited us, then it's not us.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

Maybe he Googled us.