Welcome Otis Livingston

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Hope that means to the next game.

It may mean he's watching the Kardashians with his girlfriend.

 

[By George.]

We will be doing a live twitter interview with Otis tonight at 7:30.
His Twitter - @Slimm_4
My Twitter - @ByGeorgeMason

 

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By George. ‏@ByGeorgeMason 6m6 minutes ago
10 minutes until interview with Otis Livingston II.

Nickname: Slim

 

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   By George. ‏@ByGeorgeMason 2m2 minutes ago
   @Slimm_4 Give us a a glimpse of your day during finals. Are you practicing as well? Does the program supply tutors or set up study groups?
   

Otis Livingston II‏@Slimm_4
@ByGeorgeMason yes we have practice and weights and there is mandatory study hall and tutors set up to give us the best chance to succeed

 

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   By George. ‏@ByGeorgeMason 2m2 minutes ago
   @Slimm_4 Awesome, as a former teacher, I applaud coaches stance on academics. What helps you study? Music, study groups, re-writing, sleep?
   

Otis Livingston II‏@Slimm_4
@ByGeorgeMason just re-reading, I have a pretty good memory so once I read something about 5 times its stuck, I like listening to Mozart too

 

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   By George. ‏@ByGeorgeMason 6m6 minutes ago
   @Slimm_4 Good to hear! What brought you to Fairfax? Did you enjoy your first semester away from home and living on campus?
   
   

Otis Livingston II‏@Slimm_4
@ByGeorgeMason great opportunity to play basketball for a great school, and I love campus and Fairfax it's really chill which is how I am

 

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   By George. ‏@ByGeorgeMason 7m7 minutes ago
   @Slimm_4 Love it, I also see your shot fake baseline drive and pull up. What shooting drills do you do? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b5-iJUuPWis…
   
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Otis Livingston II‏@Slimm_4
@ByGeorgeMason we do a lot of shooting drills in practice for pull-ups, spot up 3's and shooting threes on the move

 

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   By George. ‏@ByGeorgeMason 18m18 minutes ago
   @Slimm_4 What about former players?
   

Otis Livingston II‏@Slimm_4
@ByGeorgeMason I've started a relationship with Lamar Butler and I know Paris Bennett who is from my hometown of Linden, New Jersey

 

[DAK]

After the game, Otis went over to Doc Nix and gave him a hug....then he slapped the hand of every band member in the first row. It didn;t seem like he was ordered to do so as he was really the only one to make that gesture. Point being he seems like a really good dude on top of looking like a building block for years to come!

The kid is a leader. In Otis, I trust!! Take us back to the promised land.

If we can bring someone in who is a stud anchor down low for next season...we could be a contender every single night.

 

[GMUgemini]

The kid is a leader. In Otis, I trust!! Take us back to the promised land.

If we can bring someone in who is a stud anchor down low for next season...we could be a contender every single night.

We have Relvao on the roster right now, but he might be more of a stretch 4 type then a low post player. Dixon has the instincts of a low post player, but he's not strong enough yet to give us any real minutes there. Give him another 20-25 pounds in the offseason and he might be our answer d0wn low. I think Jenkins might actually benefit from being closer to the basket, I could see a scenario where he's starting there his senior season.

Still, we are most likely two years away given our inexperience and roster turnover.

 

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Otis Livingston II Retweeted
Alan ‏@MasonFanatic 15h15 hours ago
Otis with a jawdropping pass to Dixon for a wide open layup and its 59-48.

 

[psyclone]

I think I heard on radio that Otis' father is on the Ravens' telecast today. The Espn radio (980) guys--Steve Czaban, Chris Cooley--mentioned in passing that they didn't know who OL I was. Naturally they didn't mention the connection to Mason.

 

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Otis Livingston II Retweeted
Mason Athletics ‏@MasonAthletics 4h4 hours ago
@Slimm_4 Otis making sure every kid gets an autograph.

 

[gmujim92]

Congrats to Otis, who picks up his first A-10 Rookie of the Week award and Mason's 4th this season.

At this point, he has to be a prohibitive favorite for Rookie of the Year. While Grayer and Abram have had bigger scoring games, Livingston has been unbelievably consistent for a freshman playing the most demanding position on the court.

How consistent? Here are his per-game scoring totals:

8, 17, 10, 9, 11, 7, 14, 10, 12, 13, 9, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11

That's 12 out of 16 games in double figures, plus 2 other games with 9 points.

His low for the season has been 7.

He also has a 46:29 assist-to-turnover ratio, which is pretty damn strong when you consider 8 of his turnovers came in that one nightmare game at Manhattan. Eliminate that outlier and he's averaging only about 1.5 TOs per contest.

The kid is a flat-out stud. Frankly, there's nobody on any other conference team that's even close.

 

[GMUgemini]

Congrats to Otis, who picks up his first A-10 Rookie of the Week award and Mason's 4th this season.

At this point, he has to be a prohibitive favorite for Rookie of the Year. While Grayer and Abram have had bigger scoring games, Livingston has been unbelievably consistent for a freshman playing the most demanding position on the court.

How consistent? Here are his per-game scoring totals:

8, 17, 10, 9, 11, 7, 14, 10, 12, 13, 9, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11

That's 12 out of 16 games in double figures, plus 2 other games with 9 points.

His low for the season has been 7.

He also has a 46:29 assist-to-turnover ratio, which is pretty damn strong when you consider 8 of his turnovers came in that one nightmare game at Manhattan. Eliminate that outlier and he's averaging only about 1.5 TOs per contest.

The kid is a flat-out stud. Frankly, there's nobody on any other conference team that's even close.

I hope he's one of the guys who is "obsessed with becoming a better shooter" as Paulsen said after the Bonnies game. He can be a real anchor for us moving forward if we can get some more consistent shooters around him.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Frankly, there's nobody on any other conference team that's even close.

Joseph Chartouny (Fordham) might beg to disagree - but he's missed the last 3 games with injury.

 

[gmujim92]

Joseph Chartouny (Fordham) might beg to disagree - but he's missed the last 3 games with injury.

No offense to Chartouny, but his stats have been bolstered by the fact that Fordham plays fast, played a terrible OOC schedule and he has several teammates who can really score.

He's also had the luxury of merely being a facilitator, not having to carry the load of being a primary scoring option for a team that struggles to shoot the ball.

Put Otis alongside Mandell Thomas, Ryan Rhoomes and Christian Sengfelder, and he'd average 8 assists a game without breaking a sweat.

 

[gmujim92]

What's even more remarkable about Otis is that midway through his senior season, he still didn't have a commitable D-I offer. Prior to signing with Mason, his best offer was from Robert Morris.

Coaches who are responsible for scouting the NY/NJ area seriously screwed the pooch by not offering this kid, and we should feel thankful they did. He never should've been available for DP to sign him so late in the process.

Just goes to show that you can't accurately judge the quality of an incoming recruit by his other offers. Kids do still fall through the cracks for whatever reason.

 

[ephoops]

What's even more remarkable about Otis is that midway through his senior season, he still didn't have a commitable D-I offer. Prior to signing with Mason, his best offer was from Robert Morris.

Coaches who are responsible for scouting the NY/NJ area seriously screwed the pooch by not offering this kid, and we should feel thankful they did. He never should've been available for DP to sign him so late in the process.

Just goes to show that you can't accurately judge the quality of an incoming recruit by his other offers. Kids do still fall through the cracks for whatever reason.

Otis also played at a very highly-regarded public school hoops program in NJ (Linden) for a well-respected coach (Phil Colicchio). He was the best player on a team that won the Union County championship.

I too am amazed that he did not have more offers and that DP and his staff were able to recruit him to Mason.

As I think I mentioned in a previous thread, when DP became the coach at Williams, he started a freshman at PG. That player started all four years for DP at Williams, he was an All American and a key player on DP's team that won the D3 Nat'l Championship. I would love to see Otis have similar success.

 

[psyclone]

Nice article just posted on the main message boards--reading list:

http://www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/598564