2016 Recruiting

[GMUgemini]

Yeah. That makes sense. Read it too fast.


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[masonjoe]

Retweeted by AJ Wilson, found on his twitter page -- retweet from July 9:

Former Montrose Christian F AJ Wilson playing w/ DC Premier 2017s for more HM interest while also mulling George Mason 2016 offer.

So basically we are his safety school, f this kid . Go sit on the bench at a BCS school like Ahmad Gilbert.

 

[Mason2005]

So basically we are his safety school, f this kid . Go sit on the bench at a BCS school like Ahmad Gilbert.

Lol damnnnnnnnnn

 

[Patriot8]

So basically we are his safety school, f this kid . Go sit on the bench at a BCS school like Ahmad Gilbert.

Geeze...

 

[gmujim92]

That escalated quickly...

 

[MasonSAE4]

He hasn't given us any indication he's coming. He's well within his right to take a prep year and see where it takes him. Maybe he ends up P5, maybe he ends up injuring his ACL and never playing college ball. It's his call to make though. Can't be mad at him.

 

[GiantKiller_Co]

So basically we are his safety school, f this kid . Go sit on the bench at a BCS school like Ahmad Gilbert.

In an interview, he said he just feels like he's been overlooked because his school had an off season and didn't perform well.

We may be his 'safety school', but there's nothing wrong with a kid having options.

Gilbert (Minn) and CJ Jackson (Ohio State) decommitted because Hewitt was fired -- not because they didn't have P5 offers or were overlooked by other programs. Totally different scenarios.

 

[mkaufman1]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/recruiting-insider/wp/2016/07/18/emerging-recruits-naji-marshall-and-a-j-wilson-are-using-an-extra-year-of-summer-league-basketball-to-their-advantage/

quote from AJ Wilson's mom about AJ's recruitment

 

[Mason2005]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/recruiting-insider/wp/2016/07/18/emerging-recruits-naji-marshall-and-a-j-wilson-are-using-an-extra-year-of-summer-league-basketball-to-their-advantage/

quote from AJ Wilson's mom about AJ's recruitment

Interesting. Sounds like if he can't lock up a HM 2017 offer by the end of summer he's going to pick Mason, rather than playing prep to get a HM 2017 offer.

 

[p8triotfan4life]

is AJ's commitment imminent? Looks like his AAU days are over.

https://twitter.com/Justdewit12

AJ Wilson ‏@Justdewit12 22h22 hours ago
Time for the next chapter in my life to start

AJ Wilson ‏@Justdewit12 1h1 hour ago
It's been real AAU

 

[Patriot8]

I really do think (and hope) that he will be committing soon.

 

[gmujim92]

If AJ signs and nobody transfers, we'll have 1 scholarship left for the 2017 class.

That probably would go to a PG to play behind Otis; it remains to be seen if Kier can play the point or if he'll be part of the logjam at SG.

Regardless, it would also leave us with a young, athletic, versatile roster in 2017-18:

C -- Relvao (R-So.), Dixon (Jr.)
PF -- Temara (So.), Wilson (So.)
SF -- Abram (Jr.), Mar (Fr.)
SG -- Grayer (Jr.), Murrell (Jr.), Boyd (So.), Newman (So.)
PG -- Livingston (Jr.), Kier (So.)

Good luck to the staff figuring out playing time with 200 minutes and those 12 guys on the same team.

 

[Mason2005]

I really do think (and hope) that he will be committing soon.

Is this inside info lol

 

[ephoops]

Good luck to the staff figuring out playing time with 200 minutes and those 12 guys on the same team.

That is a very high class problem.

DP had a similarly deep team at Bucknell his last years at Bucknell and he did not hesitate to play 10 guys in his rotation.

 

[GiantKiller_Co]

If not Mason then, Quinnipiac and Mew Mexico State are on the table too.

If AJ commits, then Geo Baker would most likely be the remaining 2017 PG commit. Rutgers and Mason are supposedly the two schools going after him the hardest.

Geo committing would really help O out with Marquise leaving after this season. DeVante Cross would have been a 2016 commit as a PG, but then UVA football offered.

 

[gmujim92]

That is a very high class problem.

DP had a similarly deep team at Bucknell his last years at Bucknell and he did not hesitate to play 10 guys in his rotation.

I didn't mean to suggest it was a problem, necessarily, just that it's difficult to imagine how it's all gonna unfold because half of those guys have yet to play a minute of college BB.

Even if DP is able to carve out meaningful playing time for 10 guys -- and I have no doubt he can -- that means 2-3 others will be little more than spectators.

Then take into account that the overall talent level of the roster is being raised significantly in a short period of time.

Given the transfer situation in D-I hoops these days, I'd say it's highly unlikely that all 10 of our current underclassmen are still around for the start of the 2017-18 season.

Regardless, it will be fascinating to watch it all shake out.

 

[gmujim92]

If not Mason then, Quinnipiac and Mew Mexico State are on the table too.

If AJ commits, then Geo Baker would most likely be the remaining 2017 PG commit. Rutgers and Mason are supposedly the two schools going after him the hardest.

Geo committing would really help O out with Marquise leaving after this season. DeVante Cross would have been a 2016 commit as a PG, but then UVA football offered.

I'm assuming we're gonna have at least one additional 2017 scholarship become available through attrition.

If we could somehow land Jamir Moultrie and Geo Baker to go with the guys we already have, we'd be set at the guard spots for 3-4 years.

Ryan Allen from DeMatha is another kid I really like, although not sure if he's a PG or an undersized SG.

Anyhow, all those kids are 2017s. Sorry to thread jack the 2016 class.

 

[Mason2005]

So AJ just tweeted his phone will be jumping in a couple of days, perhaps a decision soon.

 

[Washingtonian]

Well, this is allowed now: #NCAA Proposal 2015-48 goes into effect at midnight (August 1st); permits coaches to endorse (like, favorite) and republish (retweet, repost) prospects.

 

[gmujim92]

He did mention he IS going to wear #25 in college...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIkotdvjQOI/?taken-by=aj25wilson

25 is available since Royal is no longer wearing it.

That means AJ is definitely coming to Mason.

#ImAsleuthingSOB