Good News: Philly Point Guard Rysheed Jordan Visiting Maryland; Narrowing List, Too?
by Ben Broman on Feb 3, 2012 4:32 PM EST
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It's not just Stefon Diggs, you know; as it turns out, Maryland will also be hosting elite 2013 point guard Rysheed Jordan this weekend for the North Carolina game. Jordan, a big point guard who's generally considered one of the class' elite lead guards, has been sitting on a Terps offer since his surprise showing at John Wall's Breakout Camp.
The news of his visit comes from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which actually seems to claim he's down to six schools.
Vaux basketball player Rysheed Jordan will attend Saturday's North Carolina vs. Maryland game in College Park, Md.
The 6-4 junior guard has narrowed his list of scholarship offers to Maryland, Temple, Rutgers, Villanova, Drexel, and La Salle. He'll pick this summer.
Again, that makes it sound like Jordan has developed a "final six" of sorts. That's a little doubtful, to be frank - Jordan still claims offers from schools like Marquette and Georgetown. Did he really cut them in favor of Drexel and La Salle? Is he that dead-set on staying close to home?
In other words, take that with a grain of salt. I'd love to be wrong, of course, and hope I am - more power to him if that's his list - but it strike me as suspicious. Still, a summer of 2013 decision is a great timeline if you ask me, and it's clear that Maryland is at the very least in the upper tier of his schools.
That's good, because Jordan is very good. Scout ranks him as a five-star, top-25 prospect; Rivals and ESPN have him at four stars, but he's still top-25 in Rivals. He has great size at around 6-3, and while he could play a bit of 2 in a pinch, all indications are that he's primarily a pure point. Scout raved about his passing ability and poise over the summer, and the Terrapins are in desperate need of that sort of player.
I'm bullish on Maryland's chances with the Harrisons and think they'd be program-changing recruits (obviously), but I'd be straight-up giddy with a class including Jordan and someone like Stanford Robinson and/or Kam Williams. None of them have the pure star power of the Harrisons, but going after pure stars is only one way of building a team. Mark Turgeon seems at ease roster building in a more traditional way, and that class would be fantastic. All the better if they're ready to wrap things up around summer.
If you want to see one account of the massive recruiting weekend on tap, check out bloodwatermission's FanPost.
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I see you joining my campaing for Robinson & Jordan Ben
Welcome.
by Charlotte NC Terp on Feb 3, 2012 4:40 PM EST reply actions
More likely than say, Andrew Harrison
But, he’s got NBA size for a PG. He’s a kid with enough skill that if he develops like he could, he could leave after 2 years.
Oh I do hope
that we start to have these problems every year.
“How long is he gonna stay?”
“I dunno 2-3 years.”
“What about that other guy?”
“Oh, he’s gone after 2 tops, maybe a 1 and done.”
It’ll be a great day when those are our recruiting discussions year in and year out!
"It’s hard to be good. It’s easy to not be good." -Coach Turgeon
Are you saying
it depends on how he progresses every year or that you need Depends because if we get Jordan and Robinson you will evacuate your bowels?
I see a three team race out of that list
Maryland, Temple and Villanova. I don’t see a top 20 player going to La Salle or Drexel. Rutgers could jump in it (they had a loaded class two years ago), but basketball at Rutgers is far behind the three schools I mentioned.
I'd put Rutgers BBall behind La Salle and Drexel.
There is a lot of talk around here about inclding Derxel in the Big 5.
Drexel's going to win reg season CAA crown
easiest scheddy of the top 4
"A new era has dawned in Maryland Athletics..."
by bball purist on Feb 4, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
That will not be his final list come June, that I can promise you. While staying in the mid-atlantic is important, there are too many big-name programs sniffing around (Kentucky being one) for him to not at least give them serious consideration should a commitable offer appear.
Stop
not every kid cherishes a Kentucky scholly. That misconception is starting to piss me off.
No disrespect at all to you though.
Here's hoping for a final 2 of MD-Kentucky
That’d basically mean that it’d just be a matter of which top-25 PG we get! Kentucky getting Jordan means the Harrisons to MD in my mind. They’d definitely compete for time too much to want to be on the same squad.
by Nihonterp on Feb 3, 2012 11:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That would be fantastic, yet, highly unlikely
but I’m hoping it happens. Its a win/win situation for us
Yeah, don't think it's likely
But I can dream. ;)
If we have even a 1 in 4 chance with both he and the Harrisons (which doesn’t sound too far off), I think that one way or the other we’ll be looking good in 2 years’ time. A bright future makes this year tolerable for me and makes tough losses like Wednesday less heartwrenching.
Oh, definitely
either way we get a damn good PG, which is what this team needs. Seeing greener pastures in the future defintiely makes the present a little more bearable, but I still can’t help myself from looking forward to what the future could be.
If you want to amount to something in life after basketball you go to Maryland. If you just want some quick cash you go to Kentucky.
by Fear the TurGle on Feb 3, 2012 7:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Just promise great recruits Kevin Plank
Will pay you a ton of $$$ after you leave college. Or is that somehow a recruiting violation?
Then make it a very high paid internship
by oriolekid on Feb 3, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
because that's not illegal - lol
"A new era has dawned in Maryland Athletics..."
by bball purist on Feb 4, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
This is already heavily implied.
Greivis is making bank as one of UA’s lead shoe endorsers. If he didn’t go to Maryland, he’d be buying his own kicks. Instead, he’s getting several mil/year from KP.
You think that seed isn’t being planted in these types of guys? “As long as I can get to the league, I have a guaranteed multimillion dollar shoe deal waiting for me.”
I see it a 2 team race
Temple and MD have been involved the most with Jordan. He came to the MD temple game and interacted with both teams. The following weekend he went back to a Temple game. 2 weeks later he is making the trip down to MD to visit. Temple is definately building a strong program. I think it comes down to whether he wants to leave the city or stay home. The good thing about this is that he probably don’t grow up a temple fan. They really haven’t been relevant… A top program for most of his years. Correct me of I’m wrong there, but I can’t recall them being a top 25 program consistently.
by Charlotte NC Terp on Feb 3, 2012 8:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
They were very solid in the 90s, but Jordan's probably too young to remember that
Made the tournament every year from 1990-2001, with four Elite Eight appearances in that span.
They’ve made the tournament the past four years too.
Definitely one of the top 25-30 programs in the last 20 years, but the years Jordan was growing up were probably the worst of that time frame (2002-2007).
he's like a taller more physically gifted
Myck Kabongo
any chance we get
Rysheed Jordan as a combo gaurd And the Harrison Twins? Seeing that the Harrison Twins would start over anybody, would it even matter if we added 3 elite gaurds considering how many gaurds we play anyway?
If that kid is a true PG, and has great skills, I take him in a heartbeat
I have this dream of an elite PG coming to MD, wanting to learn the position from Turgeon and staying 3-4 years. And then go on to have a long career in the league and be a true ambassador for the program. I don’t know how many of the elite players these days want that, but I can dream, right?
Interesting hypothetical
If you were guaranteed that Rysheed would stay 4 years and that we get another good guard to go with, do you take him over the Harrisons?
As it stands I’d be happy with either, but the Harrisons could go a long way in getting future elite players looking our way. Not so sure that’s true with Rysheed, unless he blows up and falls in the top 10-15 or so.
by Nihonterp on Feb 3, 2012 11:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
On a recent poll on Testudo Times
60% said they’d hold out for Harrison’s no matter what. The Harrison’s versus Jordan & Robinson -I take whomever commits first.
he has that nice star name too
Rysheed Jordan. Has a nice flow. Jordan always sounds nice.
RIP Lennie Bias
Turgeon General, Fear the Turgeon, in Turgeon we trust.
Lesean is the "Real Slim Shady"
I see this as a very good thing.
We really need to open up the Philly Connection. There are some great Ballers there and we never get any of them. Amile Jefferson anyone?
Fear the Turgle!
Gtown fan
And i am pretty sure we were not cut. We had coaches to see him as recently as the 21st and the coaches have been pushing hard for him as our pg of the future. he is friends with jabril trawick one of our freshman from philly. He also visited a couple of times. But stranger things have happened and under turg i think maryland has as good of a chance as any school. I think the fear of a kentucky or unc swoopng in is legit.
You can say this about almost any recruit
I think the fear of a kentucky or unc swoopng in is legit
If we miss on the twins, I want Jordan. BAD. I love Pe’, but if this team had a true pass first PG we could have a couple more wins than we do now.
Not really
Kentucky and unc wont step in unless the kid is reallly blowing up. Jordan is and its a short jump to be the next quinn cook or kendall marshall headed to tobacco road
by bunk moreland on Feb 3, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
I meant most high end recruits
and yes you are right. Ever since the Reebok camp, Jordan has exploded onto the scene. It would defintiely upset me if they swoop in last minute and snag him after all the work other schools (i.e. MD, Temple, Gtown etc.) have put in.
I hear you- and i did forget britt
Just miles to go in jordans recruitment. Love len by the way. He and faust are the two kids i would want on gtowns roster. Stogs i am still not convinced. is he much beyond a volume shooter? Did not rebound, defend or pass when i watched but i have only seen him 3 or 4 times.
by bunk moreland on Feb 4, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
yeah i dont think unc will be involved with many pg for a while
we thought britt was crazy goin there with the guard situation. jordan and britt are the same class so u can cross unc off the list.
Welcome
So what do you think the chances are of talking JTIII into playing us in the next 5 years now that Gary’s out of the picture?
I think theres a very good chance as long as it does not involve a trip to comcast
If its verizon with 50/50 tickets JTIII would be on board.
by bunk moreland on Feb 4, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
I don't get GT and there fear of a home and home
If you guys would take the series at Verizon, why not take the home and home? At first the reason was JTII was scared there would be no home court advantage at Verizon with MD so close and on the metro line, and now you’d take it at verizon but won’t come to Comcast. Seriously, it really makes GTown look scared of playing competition out of conference
I get your point and would make the same if i were a terp
But look at it from gtowns perspective. md has five times the under grad enrollment, and their alum base is mostly local and probaly 15 to 20 times gtowns local alum base. Plus a lot of Md folks cheer for the local state school, not so much with gtown. Furher verizon is an off campus nba arena where we are the 4th tenant and we typically avg 12k in a building that holds 19k. There would be no homecourt advantage for us.
It has nothing to do with being scared. Under jtiii, we play one of the toughest non conference schedules. It really get down to what makes sense for the school. And from gtowns perspective there is not much upside to giving up a verizon home game for right to go to comcast. If you were a gtown guy youd probably agree
Under jtii and gw there was bad blood from the cap center game. With jtiii and turg hopefully they can get past old history and get the series going but there is the hurdle of venue
by bunk moreland on Feb 4, 2012 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
I think the fear is that MD fans would buy more tickets...
at Verizon now that I think about it. Owell, it’d be a great series too
How is the kid from ho county doing
If a player doesn't chose Maryland it doesn't make him a bum
by valenciais1 on Feb 4, 2012 3:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Solid, second guy off the bench, gets 10 to 15 minutes a game
Jtiii recently said he has the potential to be the best defensive player in gtown history and he is good as a 6’9" off guard in menacing passing lanes. Outside shot at getting drafted if he continues to develop. But this season he is like most freshman, needs to gain muscle, be more assertive on the boards and learn what a good shot is.
I like him a ton and he will be competing with trawick to start next year.
I really like Len by the way. Would not be surprised if he gets drafted. And have fun with your new rival in pitt. They have a stud in steve adams coming in next year.
by bunk moreland on Feb 4, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
Are you guys forgetting Nate Britt?
UNC has there elite PG for 2013, they are not going for another. They already have the #2 PG from last years class sitting on the bench to begin with
we are not going to go anywhere if we dont get a pg in this years class.
by proudterp on Feb 3, 2012 11:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yeah, I think we can gimp through another year if needs be, but we absolutely have to have a real PG in the 2013 class. That gives them at least one year to get acclimated before having to take over the offense. Ideally, we’d want one every 2 years or so I guess.
PeShon isn't having a very good season,
and part of that is clearly on him. The other part is on the supporting cast. If the people to whom you’re passing the ball can’t catch it, you’re NOT going to get an assist, and you MIGHT get the TO.
I don't know about that
With Allen, Cleare, and Layman all coming on board, and probably another player capable of scoring, and Stoglin, Faust, Len, Pankey, Padgett, and Parker all hopefully taking steps forward, Pe’Shon will look much better as a PG.
Is Pe’Shon an ACC level starting PG? Maybe. No, he’s not going to be one of the top PGs in the conference. He isn’t incredibly athletic, he doesn’t have a great shot, and he’s not a great defender. But, if we surround him next year with capable scorers and big men that can catch passes and rebound, we can be a very good team next year.
Agreed...
Last year when we had Jordan Williams our guards could easily hurl passes in there too him…his hands were like a vacumn and that made whoever was playing point guard’s job easier. We will still be vulnerable at point guard but we should see improvement with the team having more offensive options (Layman, Shaq) and options at the point (Seth, Peshon, Stoglin).
While I’ll be tempering expectations for freshmen, I agree that a good surrounding makes any PG look better, and sticky hands mean that you can put more on a pass and still expect it to be caught. I’m sure Pe’ could put more zip on a few passes, but would be worried about it just going off their hands and out of bounds.
One thing supporting cast won’t help though are the handles. I believe the passing ability and vision is there, he just needs to polish it and work on holding onto the ball better himself. Some of his TOs are bad receptions, but maybe half are on just plain sloppy play on his part.
He’ll get better and should be a passable ACC PG over the next 2 years, but I think we all agree that he’s not above being recruited over. When we have a *4-5 true point come in his senior year, I have a feeling he’ll be splitting minutes and/or fighting for his starting spot with the freshman.
Like layman
Hopefully Jordan is so blown away this weekend that he calls Turgeon and commits when he gets home. I know it will not happen but I am an eternal optimist when it comes to the Terps bball.
Can't think of any advantages to taking Jordan and Robinson OVER the twins...
…but our plan B is still pretty DAMN good!!!
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