BB Recruiting 2023 PG Jamichael Davis commits to Rutgers Hoops
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It's literally impossible to be under the radar if the kid visited in June, was offered in June and was at the RAC last night.
Let's just say the basketball coverage is very spotty at best or lacks basics. Or we can go back to the round table and obsess about the FCS follows on Twitter for football players who have literally no chance to play at this level and wait another 48 hours or 2 months before we hire an OC.
The kid didn't even have a Rivals On3 or 247 profile when he committed according to NJ.com. That is 100% under the radar
"The Rossville native is unranked — as of the moment he committed, he did not have a profile on any of the major recruiting websites like 247Sports, Rivals or On3 — and unheralded"
Exactly, but you just cant tell some people. The fact that he plays with a kid that's a 5 star recruit means that plenty of scouts have seen him.
Looks good to me…that’s the type of speed and driving ability we can use
We’ll take Bailey and the other two.
2023 Georgia PG Jamichael Davis commits to Rutgers Hoops
Rutgers Basketball lands a commitment from 2023 guard Jamichael Davis on Monday night.rutgers.rivals.com
Someone mentioned a boot off, so he might have been injured over the summer evaluation period. Possibly why he wasn't ranked, no play to evaluate, like Derek Simpson being under ranked not playing AAU ball.
He got injured recently. Played summer AAU no issues it seemed and played early season with HS program but out currently.
Maybe the kid will turn out to be a steal. But generally you’re better off with an above the radar he than an under. Would like to get more of those.
If he's as good as Derek Simpson, we should all be thrilled. I trust the staff.
McEachern High School (his team this year) is in my county and they are always good. MaxPreps has them as a top 50 team nationally and 12th in the state. He transferred in for his senior year and has a big role on the team. To do that, I assure you he's talented.
Welcome to Rutgers!
Welcome to Rutgers!
He just started playing with Ace Bailey this season. He transferred to McEachern this year.
My take is that he could be good but I'm still not a fan of more than half the roster being players with 0-2 other high major offers. Bac talked about threading the needle in his last recap and this is an offshoot of that. How many teams are consistently successful with that kind of roster construction?
Again, a lack of coverage or reporting does not make a player under the radar. It means the player or agency have extremely limited resources. There are 360+ programs in CBB.....if there are 1800+ starters in CBB, and most profiles stop at the 150 to 250 kids per for recruiting class, that means the system is very limited in coverage or an ability to determine anything for the majority of starters in CBB, let alone players who play off the bench.
The ratings system is not too relevant in accuracy, once you get beyond the Top 100 to 150. As soon as a kid commits, then it's a scramble to determine a rating, without any idea about the kid.
There was an unrated kid out of the Houston area less than a year ago who earned a Villanova offer (Brendan Hausen) and none of the rating services had any idea who he was.
Within days of earning his offer and committing to Nova, the systems then discovered who he was and asked him who was recruiting him from a Power 5 level......he went from NR (not ranked) or 2* kid to the Top 50 to start his ranking. There can't be such a thing as under the radar, if the system ignores the entire topic for over 80 to 85% of every kid playing CBB. I only linked the Nova kid because I was following the Mark Armstrong recruitment and who Nova and Jay Wright and the staff offered.
As soon as Jay Wright offers, suddenly the Nova fans questioned why the kid received the offer because he wasn't on any radar.....then after the offer, there was a mad dash to rate the player as highly as possible. The linked profile shows he was NR.
I would say there is a lack of coverage that makes the kid under the radar, not the lack of abilities. The entire sport of CBB can't all be under the radar, but reality is, it is 100% lack of coverage.
So you chose to make your triumphant return by trashing a kid that just committed?
F*ck you.
Fluoride, you are getting way too excited over an opinion. Lol. Thanks for the kind words
According to Jerry the staff discovered him by accident while scouting the 5 star.
That’s how they found Mag isn’t it?
Yup scouting other kids at Prolific Prep
His performance in the film clip reminds me of the Illinois star guard Ayo Dosunmu from two years ago who created shots off the dribble and also was a very good 3 point shooter.
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I trust in Pike and his staff. The eye test is so important. I think too many posters on here still have little or no faith and a way too negative. I am glad that Jamichael has faith in RU and gave us his commitment. Best of luck to him. He will look good in scarlet. I love his speed and taking it to the basket as well as his 3 point shooting.
Obviously you never know how it’ll translate but we can absolutely use more guys who can beat guys off the dribble and attack the rim which seems to be this guy’s game
This kid is supposedly a lights out 3 pt shooter. Drained 3 threes in 16 min Saturday.
Great story but:
TOS created a page for Hausen on 11/15/20 and graded him as the #187 prospect going into his junior season of high school. By the time fall of his senior year rolled around he was ranked #95 Your problem seems to be with Rivals only who was be late on Hausen.
Oklahoma offered 9/28/2019
Texas Tech offered 11/20/2019
Houston offered 6/15/2020
Texas A&M offered 6/16/2020
Minnesota offered 5/18/2021
Butler offered 6/7/2021
Vanderbilt offered 7/27/2021
Creighton offered 7/19/2021
Penn State offered 7/19/2021
Arizona State offered 7/20/2021
Oregon offered 7/20/2021
Virginia Tech offered 7/27/2021
Villanova offered 7/27/2021
You can't pretend that a player with one high-major offer entering his senior season is anything like a player with 13 of them who was rated as a top 100 prospect by TOS going into his senior season. And let's be honest, how committable do we think Auburn's offer is by itself? If he comes with Ace Bailey, sure, they'll take him. If Bailey goes somewhere else Auburn would've told this kid "thanks but no thanks."
He might be good. I'm not even opposed to taking him. We certainly need the actualized version of what he could be. But the narrative you're creating is fictional.
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JaMike was being projected as an impact player on a high-mid major team…the same mid-majors that often destroy majors during the first weekend of March Madness because of good undersized guard play. If he’s 6’4 1/2” he’d be “on everyone’s radar.” My guess is that he will provide a good solid handle, play good D, and become a high volume 3 point threat. I think the acrobatic finishes he can do now will be useful in transition but will largely be taken away by big BIG10 players he’ll be playing against.
Think you are on the money knight owl, Offers from VCU, UAB, and to a lesser degree Wichita St. are not shabby these guys are right on the edge of the tournament every year and They raise hell at the bottom of the brackets against power 5 teams. UAB has beaten Pitt tis year and dropped a ten pt game to Huggins and WVU. These high mid major teams are not shabby, and once scouted he will probably end up a high 3, plus he plays on a strong team and seemingly fits with that level of talent. Als agree that he will lose some of his around the basket finishes although as you suggest will still be solid in the transition game.
Let’s hope he grows an inch or two. I like his frame. I think he will find it pretty easy to put on muscle once he gets into the weight program.
Welcome to the banks, Jamichael!
What a great name! If he has a fraction of Morant and Jordan in him, we'll all be thrilled.
What a great name! If he has a fraction of Morant and Jordan in him, we'll all be thrilled.
Yeah, Tom Izzo wouldn’t recruit this kid no doubt…but bringing in large guards who can’t play offense isn’t a formula for success either. The 49% from three point range he put up last year is intriguing but I do know it was on relatively light volume…(he’s averaged two 3pt attempts per game in his entire high school career at a 36% clip.)
Edit…Found it… He was 23 of 47 on threes last season…49%.
His 3 pt accuracy improved dramatically with each season.
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