Official Maryland Terps Thread 2.0

Wizardspride · Post #681 » by **Wizardspride** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:45 pm

McGary says he's been talking Shaquille Cleare and the Harrison Twins about playing together at Maryland. #terps

http://twitter.com/#!/insidemdsports...64908596355072

Wizardspride · Post #682 » by **Wizardspride** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:58 pm

I’ve been talking to Shaquille Cleare and the Harrison Twins and they’re being recruited hard by Maryland. They talk about how cool it would be to go to a place like Maryland and raise them up to a championship level.”

Wizardspride · Post #683 » by **Wizardspride** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:44 pm

Shaquille Cleare, Mitch McGary, Seth Allen, the Harrison twins etc.

I'd cry if that happened. LITERALLY. :lol:

Wizardspride · Post #684 » by **Wizardspride** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:44 pm

Villanova Captain Isaiah Armwood Transferring, Maryland "In the Mix"

It's been a few days without any big basketball news, so this is right on cue: former Montrose Christian star and current Villanova Wildcats forward Isaiah Armwood is transferring, and Maryland might be interested. (h/t JWKTerp)

Sources told CBSSports.com that schools in the mix for Armwood are Maryland, Iowa, Texas Tech and George Washington. Armwood grew up near Maryland and GW and both Iowa and Texas Tech have former Villanova assistant coaches - Andrew Francis (Iowa) and Chris Walker (Texas Tech).

Armwood is a former four-star and was part of a loaded DC-area 2009 HS class, which included Mouphtaou Yarou, Dante Taylor, and a few other players that didn't end up at Maryland. (Gary Williams landed Jordan Williams instead.) While he's yet to live up to his billing - averaging only 2.5 ppg as a sophomore last year - he did play 17 minutes per game for a pretty good (at times) team (and possessed pretty high OReb% and Blk% rates). But he was obviously a clubhouse leader: he was Villanova's captain for the upcoming year.

More importantly, he's 6-8 and talented. Wright says he was a starter during the Wildcats' overseas trip. Recruiting prospects be damned: Maryland isn't in the position to turn down that proposition. He's a combo forward, hovering in between the 3 and the 4 much like Amile Jefferson, but size is size. (Also, I'd love be able to call a player on Maryland "Zeke.")

http://www.testudotimes.com/2011/8/1...e-mix#comments

Post #685 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:15 am

I don't see any point in going after Armwood. First of all, he's not very good and was always overrated in HS. Second, he may be 6'8, but he's too skinny to play PF in the ACC. And third, if he transfers, he has to sit out a year - unless he has some hardship reason to transfer.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #686 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:30 am

Villanova was once 19-4, but ended up 21-12. They lost their last six games (but still made the NCAAs despite going in on a 5-game losing streak). George Mason ended their run.

http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=Villanova

Armwood's stats don't stand out. I don't even know the player, so I'll go along with Ruzious' comments because that's what his stats say. Rebounds a little and can block shots, but what else? Why bother recruiting him?

http://kenpom.com/player.php?p=9845
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Isa ... 028/stats/

As to him being overrated at Montrose Christian, one thing that does stand out is he was a 12 point, 8 rebound player both seasons in HS. Not gaudy stats, and his college numbers are the same.

http://www.villanova.com/sports/m-baskb ... iah00.html

I could see Turgeon recruiting Isaiah Armwood to establish a pipeline to getting Montrose Christian players in the future. The player seems to be pretty average to me.

Wizardspride · Post #687 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:22 am

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ESPNU 100 Robert Upshaw just called and cut his list to 9 schools.Zona ,Fresno ST,Georgetown,Kansas ,L'Ville ,MD,OK ST,UNLVST,USC

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Robert Carter has cut his list to Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, and Rhode Island, according to Scout

http://twitter.com/#%21/GTuckersports

Wizardspride · Post #688 » by **Wizardspride** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:45 pm

Coach Aaron Harrison of the Houston Defenders comments on Shaq:

“Shaq is just getting back from the Bahamas today (even though school has begun at the Village School) and I am sure he and his family will be making his visit to Maryland soon. It’s always been his #1 school, and I’m not aware of any other schools he is seriously considering

doclinkin · Post #689 » by **doclinkin** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:21 pm

I like all of the new football unis. Uniformly. The black one is snazzy, looks nasty.

Wizardspride · Post #690 » by **Wizardspride** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:59 pm

Shaquille Cleare has committed.

Reports: Terps land Shaquille Cleare
The Maryland men's basketball program landed a commitment today from Shaquille Cleare, according to Scout.com.

Cleare, a 6-foot-9, 285-pound center from The Village School in Houston, picked the Terps over offers from Arizona, Baylor, Miami, South Florida, Texas and Texas A&M, among others.

Cleare, a four-star prospect and the No. 29 prospect in the 2012 class according to Rivals.com, told Recruiting Report in June that “there’s a good chance I’m going to [Maryland]. They’re No. 1 on my list right now.”

ESPN.com’s scouting report says Cleare “is a big body post with off the charts upside. He has good hands, light feet and excellent touch around the basket. Cleare uses his strength to power the ball to the rim with drops steps on both sides of the lane.”

Maryland is also involved with at least three of Cleare's Houston Defenders AAU teammates: point guard Andrew Harrison, shooting guard Aaron Harrison and shooting guard Christian Sanders. The Harrison twins are consensus Top 10 prospects for the 2013 class.

Cleare joins Fredericksburg (Va.) Christian guard Seth Allen as part of Maryland’s 2012 recruiting class. The Terps could give up to five more scholarships in this class.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/recruiting/2011/08/reports_terps_land_shaquille_cleare.html

Wizardspride · Post #691 » by **Wizardspride** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:07 pm

With Cleare in the fold, it seems possible that Maryland Coach Mark Turgeon and his staff could be on the verge of adding commitments from some of the other top prospects they have been recruiting.

“I think so,” Harvey said. “I think a lot of guys were waiting on him. By him going ahead and getting it over with, I think you’ll see some of the other guys start to fall and go that way as well.”

Maryland began recruiting Cleare early in the process, with former coach Gary Williams and his staff making inroads.

“He fell in love with Gary Williams and when Gary Williams left, Shaq was devastated,” Harvey said. “What pulled Shaq to Gary Williams was his ability to put players at the next level. But the school that was next on his list was [Texas] A&M and we know how that ended up. They hired Turgeon and Maryland was even higher on his list.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/rec ... _blog.html

Post #692 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:41 pm

I'd say the value in getting Clear is that he might attract other highly rated recruits. Unfortunately, I think he's highly overrated as a player.

7-Day Dray · Post #693 » by **7-Day Dray** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:04 pm

Ruzious wrote:I'd say the value in getting Clear is that he might attract other highly rated recruits. Unfortunately, I think he's highly overrated as a player.

I also think he's overrated from what I've seen from him, but at least he's a 4-star, and like you said, it might attract other players (mainly the Harrison twins) into commiting.

MF23 · Post #694 » by **MF23** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:34 pm

Never seen Cleare play but from the clips it looks like he should drop 20lbs.

I like Terry Henderson, Maryland could probably land him if they recruit him hard. His jump shot is going to make him a weapon on the college level.

Watched the Harrisons and Nate Britt play on ESPN a few weeks ago. If they end up at UMD their going to be a really good team.

I'd rather Maryland end up with Prince Ibeh than Mitch McGary. Ibeh could be good if he has some solid coaching.

Wizardspride · Post #695 » by **Wizardspride** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:00 pm

MF23 wrote:Never seen Cleare play but from the clips it looks like he should drop 20lbs.

I like Terry Henderson, Maryland could probably land him if they recruit him hard. His jump shot is going to make him a weapon on the college level.

Watched the Harrisons and Nate Britt play on ESPN a few weeks ago. If they end up at UMD their going to be a really good team.

I'd rather Maryland end up with Prince Ibeh than Mitch McGary. Ibeh could be good if he has some solid coaching.

I like Ibeh....but not like McGary.

Post #696 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:59 am

Wizardspride wrote:
MF23 wrote:Never seen Cleare play but from the clips it looks like he should drop 20lbs.

I like Terry Henderson, Maryland could probably land him if they recruit him hard. His jump shot is going to make him a weapon on the college level.

Watched the Harrisons and Nate Britt play on ESPN a few weeks ago. If they end up at UMD their going to be a really good team.

I'd rather Maryland end up with Prince Ibeh than Mitch McGary. Ibeh could be good if he has some solid coaching.

I like Ibeh....but not like McGary.

I've never seen someone as big and awkward as McGary is be as skilled as McGary is. He's not going to be a good college player; he's going to be a GREAT college player. In this video from July http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKnKBhAS ... re=related he says Maryland's been recruiting him far harder than everyone else. The negative is that playing him and Clear together, that's not the most athletic pairing.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #697 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:14 am

While I was watching Mitch McGary''s youtube clips, I reminded myself of the coaches in the movie "The Blind Side" as they were recruiting "Big Mike". As they watched the things he did on film and at practice, they were shaking their heads. "Wow." As Philip Fulmer said "I want him!"

I agree with Ruzious, that Mitch will be very successful in the NCAAs--if he doesn't skip them and go straight to the NBA, that is. Kid kinda reminds me of Enos Kanter.

Wizardspride · Post #698 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:01 pm

McGary planning another visit to MD

I know some of us have been sweating the fact that McGary's Summer visit to MD could fade after he takes his upcoming visits to UK, Mich, UNC and Duke, but according to Dave Telep, he's planning to take an official visit to College Park once those are done:

McGary visited Florida in August and Maryland in June; he plans on taking officials to both.
Per Telep, he would also like to take an official to UK (the one coming up is just an unofficial), but for those of you counting at home, that would be 6, so someone is going to get left out.

http://www.testudotimes.com/2011/8/26/2 ... isit-to-md

Wizardspride · Post #699 » by **Wizardspride** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:34 pm

Just a reminder that the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game is tonight at 7 on ESPNU. Most of our big recruiting prospects are playing and should be nice to see how they play with (or against) each other.

Notable Players:

Mitch McGary, Aquille Carr, Andrew & Aaron Harrison, Savon Goodman, Robert Carter, Nate Britt, Justin Anderson, Shabazz Muhammad

7-Day Dray · Post #700 » by **7-Day Dray** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:02 pm

Wizardspride wrote:
Just a reminder that the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game is tonight at 7 on ESPNU. Most of our big recruiting prospects are playing and should be nice to see how they play with (or against) each other.

Notable Players:

Mitch McGary, Aquille Carr, Andrew & Aaron Harrison, Savon Goodman, Robert Carter, Nate Britt, Justin Anderson, Shabazz Muhammad

Aquille Carr was forced to withdraw. http://m.yahoo.com/w/sports/home/blogs/ ... S&.lang=en