Welcome Otis Livingston

[Patriotsince81]

My Man!

 

[Vurbel]

http://www.a10talk.com/preseason-top-25-player-countdown-18-otis-livingston-ii/

Welcome to A10 Talk’s Top Pre-Season Top 25 Player Countdown for the 2016-17 season. Each day, we’ll be publishing a new article counting down our best 25 players for the coming season. Today, we feature #18 Otis Livingston II of George Mason.

There's 17 players in the A10 that are better?

 

[gmujim92]

There's 17 players in the A10 that are better?

I don't think so, but I might be a little biased.

 

[MasonFanatic]

I believe he's the highest ranked sophomore on their list, FWIW. Everyone ahead of him is probably an upperclassman. But I haven't seen the full list yet.

 

[Vurbel]

Comparing power forwards and point guards is always tricky, but there is nobody in the A10 I would rather have play point guard for us. He has "coach in 10 years" written all over him.

 

[G M U]

I believe he's the highest ranked sophomore on their list, FWIW. Everyone ahead of him is probably an upperclassman. But I haven't seen the full list yet.

Yeah, they put Otis over last years A10 ROY which tells me someone else thought that Chartouny wasn't the clear ROY.

 

[smccart5]

Great press for Otis, and still amazing he was a freshman last year. Really looking forward to what this team does this year

 

[Pablo]

In the first 7 games of this season, Otis has shot 95.0% from the FT line (19-20).


Alan Retweeted
Otis Livingston ‏@OlivingstonTV 13h13 hours ago
What? You don't have an elevator named after you like me and @Slimm_4??

 

[Pablo]

Otis has made 95.8% (23-24) of his FT's so far this season. He's currently 3rd in career FT% at Mason (minimum of 100 FTA's). Note: he has 1 less FTM in the same number of attempts as Mason's career leader:

1. Bert Readyhough (1966-70) - 81.6% (111-136)
2. John Wiley (1972-74) - 81.1% (150-185)
3. Otis Livingston II (2015- ) - 80.9% (110-136)
4. Curtis McCants (1993-96) - 80.3% (351-437)
5. Amp Davis (1984-88) - 79.7% (153-192)

 

[Herndon]

1/4 of the way through his sophomore, it seems pretty clear that he was a huge hit on the recruiting end, and will likely go down as one of the better PG's to ever come through the program. He's on pace to finish 2nd in career assists at the moment.

 

[Pablo]

http://gomason.com/news/2016/12/6/mens-basketball-dynamic-duo.aspx:

"After four consecutive losing seasons, it was nice to post a fifth consecutive win Saturday, 79-68 against Mercer at EagleBank Arena. The Patriots (6-3), who play on the road Wednesday at Penn State and Saturday at Penn, are happy but not giddy.

'I won't be satisfied until we finish the non-conference 10-3,' said sophomore guard Otis Livingston II. 'I think we have the ability to do it. We play some tough teams; we can't take anyone lightly. Every game is going to be tough. If we finish out really strong, then I'll be kind of satisfied with our non-conference schedule.

I'm really happy. We're playing some great basketball. We're moving the ball. Marquise (Moore) is playing great. Everyone is playing better.'"

 

[psyclone]

http://gomason.com/news/2016/12/6/mens-basketball-dynamic-duo.aspx:

"After four consecutive losing seasons, it was nice to post a fifth consecutive win Saturday, 79-68 against Mercer at EagleBank Arena. The Patriots (6-3), who play on the road Wednesday at Penn State and Saturday at Penn, are happy but not giddy.

'I won't be satisfied until we finish the non-conference 10-3,' said sophomore guard Otis Livingston II. 'I think we have the ability to do it. We play some tough teams; we can't take anyone lightly. Every game is going to be tough. If we finish out really strong, then I'll be kind of satisfied with our non-conference schedule.

I'm really happy. We're playing some great basketball. We're moving the ball. Marquise (Moore) is playing great. Everyone is playing better.'"

I would also encourage people to read all of Dick Patrick's column linked above in Pablo's post. It's not specific to Otis, but talks in detail about the development of the team.

A sample:
On Monday, as practice ended, Paulsen called Moore and Livingston over to view on computer two highlight plays in the Mercer win. One started with Moore grabbing a defensive rebound, leading the break and passing to the middle to Livingston, who delivered a bounce pass back to Moore for a layup.

The other sequence came with Moore penetrating and finding an open Livingston, who drilled a three.

"Two really unselfish plays," Paulsen said. "We're starting to trust each other a little more, trust the system a little more."

 

[ephoops]

Nice article by Dick Patrick...

 

[MasonCrew]

Yeah I enjoyed that read. Like this quote from Paulsen

"We forced a team out of a zone, which is like groundbreaking," Paulsen said. "We turned ball over just five times and fouled only 11 times. Those are good numbers."

 

[Pablo]

Otis was 6-6 from the FT line in the 85-66 victory at Penn State tonight. He has made 96.7% (29-30) of his FT's so far this season. And, he's currently 1st in career FT% at Mason (minimum of 100 FTA's):

1. Otis Livingston II (2015- ) - 81.7% (116-142)
2. Bert Readyhough (1966-70) - 81.6% (111-136)
3. John Wiley (1972-74) - 81.1% (150-185)
4. Curtis McCants (1993-96) - 80.3% (351-437)
5. Amp Davis (1984-88) - 79.7% (153-192)

 

[Pablo]

https://twitter.com/gmuhoops/status/806667017034022913

 

[Patriotsince81]

10 assists and 0 turnovers last two times out. MY MAN!

 

[BandWagon18]

It's incredible how overlooked this guy was...

 

[gmujim92]

It's incredible how overlooked this guy was...

You can say that about almost every guy on our team.

 

[sleeperpick]

You can say that about almost every guy on our team.

nah there are definite reasons we were the only scholarship offer some of them had.....