BIG EAST RECRUITING UPDATE: GEORGETOWN

May 17, 2008


Verbal Commitment ALERT: DaShonte Riley, 6'11 (C) of Detroit Country Day

Projected 2008-2009 Roster:


Seniors: Jesse Sapp (G)
Juniors: Dajuan Summers (F)
Sophomores: Austin Freeman (SG), Chris Wright (PG), Omar Wattad (F), Nikita Mescheriakov (F), Julian Vaughn (PF)
Freshmen: Jason Clark (G), Henry Sims (BF/C), Greg Monroe (BF)
2009 Commitments: Hollis Thompson (SF), DaShonte Riley (C), Chris Braswell (PF)

After losing quality reserves in Vernon Macklin and Jeremiah Rivers, Georgetown fans really could have used some good news. So, when word spread that the Hoyas Nab Eliete Junior (FoxSports.com) Dashonte Riley, the good vibes returned around John Thompson III's program.


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Long, lean and athletic, 6'11 Dashonte Riley has all the tools that schools are looking for in a big-time potential prospect. Riley, out of Detroit Country Day, choose Georgetown over Michigan State and Ohio State. Riley had long been considered a heavy Georgetown lean and he pulled the trigger and committed to the Hoyas.

Like most big men, Riley's defense has always been regarded as his strength and greatly ahead of his offense. Playing with a loaded Family AAU program, he still is not called up to score a lot. He averaged less than 10 points this past season and still needs to improve his offensive skill level, but the natural talent is definitely there to develop quickly with the Hoyas.

Riley visited Georgetown back in October for Midnight Madness and again recently. It was the recent visit that sealed the deal with Riley and his family and they decided to end the process.

Riley joins Hollis Thompson as commitments in the class of 2009. Thompson will come across country from Loyola High School in Los Angeles (CA) to join the Hoya program. Like Riley, the 6'6 wing is long and lean at his position and is a player with tremendous upside to grow as he works to put all his natural tools togetherwith a developing skill set.

The class of 2009 for Georgetown actually could be at three as Chris Braswell, a 2008 commitment, is likely to spend more tme at Hargrave Prep Academy before enrolling in Georgetown. Despite not yet signing a letter of intent, despite an early commitment, Braswell still insists he is 100% committed to Georgetown and once the academics are in order he will be a Hoya.

With the commitments of Thompson and Riley and Braswell still in the picture, the scholarship situation is pretty tight at Georgetown for the class of 2009. John Thompson III has been very involved with the Montrose Christian trio of Isaiah Armwood, Terrell Vinson and Tristan Spurlock, although, based on the makeup of their potential roster, perimeter help could be more of a priority than the forward position.

One thing is for certain, John Thompson III is definitely turning Georgetown back into a national power, not only on the court, but on the recruiting trail very quickly.

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TOP BIG EAST SCHOOLS AFTER ISAIAH ARMWOOD

One of the best prospects in the class of 2009 is Montrose Christian's 6'8 small forward Isaiah Armwood. The smooth wing turned in a strong performance playing for the WPC Elite at the recent DC Assault AAU Tournament 'Take Your Best Shot' in Virginia.

Saturday at the DC Assault AAU Tournament (NBE Basketball Report), Armwood scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a win over Potomac Pride. Armwood mentions Big East schools such as Georgetown, Louisville, Syracuse and Villanova in the recruiting process as schools of interest. He also is looking at Maryland, North Carolina and Texas at this stage of the process.

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GEORGETOWN ASSISTANT A CANDIDATE AT MEMPHIS

CBS Sportsline's Gary Parrish is reporting that Memphis head coach John Calipari is Looking at Big East Assistants Orlando Antigua of Pitt and David Cox of Georgetown to complete his coaching staff that saw Derek Kellogg (new head coach at UMass) and Chuck Martin (new head coach at Marist) leaving for head coaching positions. Bit the Pitt and Georgetown staffs have had a lot of turnover the last couple seasons with former assistants moving on for head coaching positions themselves.

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MORE CHANGES AT GEORGETOWN

May 12, 2009


While John Thompson III may be Calmly Weathering the Losses (Washington Times) on the court that ended the Hoya season and off the court that have surprised many since their season ended, the Hoyas will have much less depth and a new look in the brutal Big East.

Since we last updated the Hoya roster, sophomore guard Jeremiah Rivers has transferred out of the program and incoming recruit Chris Braswell looks to be headed for another year of prep school.

Seniors: Jesse Sapp (G)
Juniors: Dajuan Summers (F)
Sophomores: Austin Freeman (SG), Chris Wright (PG), Omar Wattad (F), Nikita Mescheriakov (F), Julian Vaughn (PF)
Freshmen: Jason Clark (G), Henry Sims (BF/C), Greg Monroe (BF)
2009 Commitment: Hollis Thompson

Georgetown is currently down to nine scholarship players on the roster for next season and seven of them will be freshmen and sophomores. Making the roster even thinner is the probability that Omar Wattad and Nikita Mescheriakov are most likely another seasons or so away from contributing significantly at the Big East level.

The Hoyas still have some serious talent. However, in a conference with serious talent all over, the lack of depth and experience will but this Hoya team to the test night in and night out in 2008-2009.

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BIG EAST ROSTER UPDATE: GEORGETOWN

INCOMING TRANSFER ALERT: Julian Vaughn, 6'9 BF from Florida State

Projected 2008-2009 Roster:



Seniors: Jesse Sapp (G)
Juniors: Jeremiah Rivers (PG), Dajuan Summers (F)
Sophomores: Austin Freeman (SG), Chris Wright (PG), Omar Wattad (F), Nikita Mescheriakov (F), Julian Vaughn (PF)
Freshmen: Chris Braswell (PF), Jason Clark (G), Henry Sims (BF/C), Greg Monroe (BF)

Georgetown is Picking Up a Big Transfer (Washington Post) as Juliuan Vaughn will move from Florida State back home and play for the Hoyas to close out his college career.


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Growing up playing for DC Assault, Julian Vaughn formed a relationship with one of the program's coaches, David Cox. Now, after one season in Tallahassee playing for Florida State, Vaughn and Cox will be reunited as Vaughn has left FSU and will transfer into Georgetown.

As a freshman, Vaughn averaged 3 ppg and 2.3 rebounds while playing in 31 games. Vaughn averaged 13 minutes a game and missed some time around the holidays as he underwent a battery of medical tests, but no official word on his health was ever released. After missing two games and two weeks of practices, Vaughn returned to the team.

The Reston (VA) native played at three different high schools in the DC/VA area, including a season at powerful Oak Hill Academy. Vaughn will have three years of eligibility left after sitting out the 2008-2009 season.

In effect, Vaughn fills the roster spot opened by the transfer of Vernon Macklin, who left Georgetown earlier this spring for the University of Florida. Vaughn will be another 6'10 player in a class that includes Greg Monroe, Henry Sims and Chris Braswell, who will also be sophomores during the 2009-2010 season. Braswell has yet to qualify academically, however, and could end up with another prep season before heading to Georgetown. That situation is not expected to be cleared up for some time yet.

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