Jake Lieberman tweets:

“ Incoming senior, Tyrese Hughley (@iamtyresehughey) tells me that he recently completed virtual visits with #Furman, Cleveland State, #Toledo, and William & Mary. Also, Virginia Tech is starting to show interest.“

https://mobile.twitter.com/jakelieberman...3018522624

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Coach Boatner and Tyler Rice’s mother are now following each other on Twitter. Coach Boatner also liked a tweet from Rice’s father about Tyler catching a largemouth bass (too bad Loewe won’t be around next year!) while visiting a family friend, the same friend who followed the WMTribeMBB account recently.

CAA COMMITS:
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OFFERS
1. Isaiah "Zay" Folkes 6'3 Manassas, VA (12/9/19)
Lead Coach: Boatner | Fischer Follow: 10/14/19
Offers: Youngstown St (6/15/19), ODU (6/23/19), Stetson (6/23/19), Norfolk St (8/24/19), Radford (8/24/19), Lehigh (10/25/19), Elon (11/3/19), WM (12/9/19), Georgetown (12/21/19), George Mason (1/5/20), Murray St (2/9/20), NC A&T (4/21/20), Southern Utah (4/24/20), JMU (4/25/20), Mount St Mary's (5/4/20)

2. Angelo Brizzi 6'3 Warrenton, VA (12/10/19)
Lead Coach: Boatner | Fischer Follow: 12/10/19?
Offers: Columbia (1/2/19), Howard (5/19/19), Pepperdine (5/31/19), Navy (6/9/19), Brown (7/17/19), Loyola MD (7/18/19), La Salle (7/26/19), Drexel (8/27/19), Fairfield (8/28/19), Lehigh (9/24/19), Yale (9/26/19), Dartmouth (10/26/19), ODU (11/3/19), GW (12/8/19), WM (12/10/19), Stetson (1/18/20), Furman (2/2/20), St Joes (2/4/20), UNCW (4/6/20), Bucknell (4/6/20), Villanova (4/8/20), Georgetown (4/8/20), Cal (4/17/20), Colorado (4/21/20), VA Tech (4/26/20), Iona (4/28/20), LSU (4/29/20), Michigan (5/8/20), Northwestern (5/20/20), Wake Forest (5/21/20), Arizona (5/26/20)

3. Jack Molloy 6'7 Greenwich, CT (12/12/19)
Lead Coach: Kemp | Fischer Follow: 12/12/19?
Committed to Yale 4/17/20

4. Matthew Nunez 6'10 Newport News, VA (1/31/20)
Lead Coach: Boatner | Fischer Follow: 2/1/20
Offers: Florida (5/12/18), Georgetown (5/13/18), VCU (6/8/18), St Louis (8/21/18), George Washington (6/20/19), WM (1/31/20)

5. Gianni Thompson 6'7 Boston, MA (2/11/20)
Lead Coach: Kemp | Fischer Follow: 5/6/20
WM did not make Thompson's Top 7 (6/3/20)

6. Tyrese Hughey 6'7 Worthington, OH (2/19/20)
Lead Coach: Kemp | Fischer Follow: 4/18/20
Offers: Miami OH (7/13/19), Duquesne (7/14/19), Youngstown St (8/4/19), Ohio (8/4/19), Eastern Michigan (8/8/19), St Francis PA (8/24/19), Kent St (9/22/19), Toledo (9/28/19), WM (2/19/20), Cleveland St (4/22/20), UNCW (4/28/20), Akron (6/5/20)

7. Garrett Johnson 6'7 Vienna, VA (2/24/20)
Lead Coach: Boatner
Offers: JMU (6/29/19), Fairfield (7/1/19), UMass Lowell (7/1/19), Quinnipiac (1/12/20), GW (2/9/20), WM (2/24/20), GMU (3/25/20), Brown (4/13/20, Vermont (4/13/20), Penn (4/18/20), Furman (4/20/20), Mount St Mary's (4/20/20), UNCW (4/24/20), Holy Cross (5/1/20), Loyola Chicago (5/13/20), Towson (5/13/20), Charleston (5/15/20), Richmond (5/19/20), Yale (5/24/20), Xavier (5/25/20), Elon (6/6/20)

8. Langdon Hatton 6'10 Ramsey, IN (3/16/20)
Lead Coach: Howland | Fischer Follow: 5/9/20
Offers: Ohio (6/7/19), Ball St (6/12/19), Bellarmine (7/10/19), Evansville (9/20/19), Furman (10/19/19), Lehigh (12/14/19), Wofford (12/15/19), WM (3/16/20), Elon (4/21/20), Toledo (4/30/20), Lipscomb 5/14/20

9. Tyler Rice 6'0 Columbia, SC (3/19/20)
Lead Coach: Howland | Fischer Follow: 3/20/20
Offers: Penn St (9/2/18), USC Upstate (1/18/19), Elon (6/19/19), WCU (10/24/19), WM (3/20/20), NC A&T (5/1/20), Dartmouth (5/27/20), Lehigh (6/1/20)

10. Julian Lewis 6'5 Ann Arbor, MI (3/28/20)
Lead Coach: Kemp
Offers: Youngstown St (7/13/19), Oakland (7/19/19), WMU (7/30/19), EMU (8/6/19), Toledo (8/22/19), Duquesne (9/18/19), Denver (9/22/19), Ohio (12/30/19), CMU (1/25/20), Wright St (2/9/20), WM (3/28/20), Siena (4/3/20), Robert Morris (4/21/20), Miami OH (5/8/20), Brown (5/18/20), Rice (6/10/20

11. Will Tschetter 6'8 Stewartsville, MN (4/27/20)
Lead Coach: ???
Offers: NIU (6/16/19), North Dakota St (6/17/19), South Dakota (7/8/19), Colorado St (12/29/19), Loyola Chicago (3/8/20), Toledo (4/14/20), Wyoming (4/16/20), JMU (4/22/20), WM (4/27/20), App State (5/7/20), Richmond (5/16/20), Arkansas (5/27/20), Michigan (6/1/20), Nebraska (6/1/20), Minnesota (6/1/20), VA Tech (6/6/20)

12. AJ Smith 6'5 Charlotte, NC (5/5/20)
Lead Coach: Howland
Offers: Hampton (4/23/18), Charlotte (10/13/18), App State (6/15/19), Texas A&M (7/5/19), Winthrop (?), UNCW (4/5/20), Elon (4/21/20), WM (5/5/20)

13. AJ Braun 6'9 Middleton, OH (5/6/20)
Lead Coach: Kemp
Offers: Ohio (6/20/19), Lehigh (1/29/20), Boston U (4/1/20), Bucknell (4/6/20), Elon (4/23/20), WM (5/6/20)

14. Ben Schwieger 6'6 Waubonsie Valley, IL (5/13/20)
Lead Coach: Howland
Offers: Robert Morris (6/23/19), IUPUI (6/24/19), UIC (4/1/20), UC Riverside (4/4/20), Loyola Chicago (5/4/20), Milwaukee (5/5/20), WM (5/13/20), SIU (5/20/20)

15. Noah Harris 6'0 Somerset, NJ (5/22/20)
Lead Coach: Boatner
Offers: Rider (4/30/19), Robert Morris (6/21/19), Stony Brook (6/21/19), Bryant (6/22/19), Columbia (6/22/19), St Peter's (6/24/19), NJIT (6/25/19), St Bonaventure (7/2/19), La Salle (7/9/19), Penn (7/23/19), Duquesne (7/23/19), Holy Cross (7/25/19), Drexel (8/23/19), Marist (9/11/19), Lehigh (9/18/19), American (4/23/20), WM (5/22/20)

STRONG INTEREST (followed by WMTribeMBB):
Jason Nelson 5'10 Richmond, VA
Imo Essien 6'0 Dallas, TX
Javian McCollum 6'1 Fort Myers, FL
Jayden Nunn 6'1 Flint, MI
D'Angelo Stines 6'2 Baltimore, MD
Hysier Miller 6'2 Philadelphia, PA
Jalen Miller 6'2 Washington, DC
Elijah Jamison 6'2 Louisburg, NC
Reese McMullen 6'3 Memphis, TN
Trae Benham 6'3 Concord, NC
Kobe Johnson 6'3 Canton, OH
George Smith 6'4 North Andover, MA
Nick Marshall 6'4 Clarksville, MD
Jared Billups 6’4 Baltimore, MD
Josh Beadle 6'4 Columbia, SC
Cameron Palesse 6'4 Waukesha, WI
Derrick Jones Jr 6'5 Charlottesville, VA
Aaron Lemon-Warren 6'5 Philadelphia, PA
Wes Peterson Jr 6'5 Alexandria, VA
Ed Holland 6'6 Philadelphia, PA
James Graham III 6'6 Milwaukee, WI
Jamiya Neal 6'6 Toledo, OH
Mason Romano 6'6 Newington, CT
Casey Simmons 6'7 Milton, MA
Bryson Spell 6'8 Virginia Beach, VA
Cade Meyer 6'8 Monroe, WI
Ileri Ayo-Faleye 6'8 Lebanon, PA
Alijah Kuehl 6'10 St Augustine, FL
Jordan Wildy 6'10 Rock Hill, SC

INTEREST (followed by a coach or interest was tweeted):
Simon Wheeler 5'8 Detroit, MI
Kyrell Luc 5'10 Scituate, MA
Jaquan Carlos 5'10 New York, NY
Kody Williams 5'11 Plymouth, MN
Kimahri Wilson 5'11 Mundelien, IL
Cyncier Harrison 5'11 Charlotte, NC
Alex Wade 6'0 San Diego, CA
Kamari McGee 6'0 Racine, WI
Sean Pedula 6'0 Oklahoma City, OK
Tom Hart III 6'0 Humble, TX
Anthony "AJ" Williams 6'0 Henrico, VA
Zion Russell 6'0 Upper Marlboro, MD
Bensley Joseph 6'0 Arlington, MA
Tyrese Hunter 6'0 Racine, WI
Jamarii Thomas 6'0 Hickory, NC
CJ Anthony 6'0 Columbus, OH
Grant Hurst 6'1 Cleveland, TN
Luke Brown 6'1 Hartford City, IN
Ben Nau 6'1 Milwaukee, WI
Jalen Blackmon 6'1 Marion, IN
Brayon Freeman 6'1 Washington, DC
Allen Strothers 6’1 Menchville, VA
Reid Patterson 6'1 Lakeville, MN
Karson Sharar 6'1 Iowa Falls, IA
Aisaiah Phillips 6'2 High Point, NC
Bez Mbeng 6'2 Olney, MD
Michael Myrie 6'2 Gaithersburg, MD
Elvin Edmonds IV 6'2 Hopewell, VA
Tyler Seward 6'2 Sicklerville, NJ
Tanner Selkirk 6'3 Roanoke, VA
Eric Reynolds 6'3 Potomac, MD
Jayden Taylor 6'3 Indianapolis, IN
Jaden Thomas 6'3 Indianapolis, IN
Nate Johnson 6'3 Liberty Township, OH
Jadin Johnson 6'3 Council Bluffs, IA
Marcus Morgan 6'3 Iowa City, IA
Tyler Whitney-Sidney 6'3 Somerville, MA
Ethan Okwuosa 6'3 New Haven, CT
Devon Savage 6'4 Washington DC
Garner Wallace 6'4 Pickerington, OH
Shane Dezonie 6'4 Tobyhanna, PA
Tahron Allen 6'4 Brooklyn, NY
Tyler Lundblade 6'4 Grapevine, TX
Will McCracken 6'4 Cincinnati, OH
Jalen Lake 6'4 Mansfield TX
Hunter Sallis 6'4 Omaha, NE
Jayson Fain 6'5 Martinsville, VA
Brian Johansson 6'5 Flemington, NJ
David Brown III 6'5 Baltimore, MD
Brandin Podziemski 6'5 Delafield, WI
Blake Wesley 6'5 South Bend, IN
Jayden Brewer 6'5 Avon, IN
Brayden Dailey 6'5 Cuba City, WI
Aaron Cooley 6'5 Boston, MA
Foster Wonders 6'5 Iron Mountain, MI
Troy D'Amico 6'5 Niles, IL
Chris Grubbs 6'5 Fishers, IN
Tyriek Weeks 6'5 Warwick, RI
Maximus Edwards 6'5 Stratford, CT
Tristan Jeffries 6'6 Edison, NJ
Nate Tabor 6'6 Brooklyn, NY
Cade Haskings 6'6 Minneapolis, MN
Derrius Ward 6'6 Philadelphia, PA
Parker Day 6'6 Saginaw, MI
Owen Dease 6'6 Evansville, IN
Bryce Harris 6'6 Brentwood, NY
Brooks Barnhizer 6'6 Lafayette, IN
Kooper Jacobi 6'6 Sellersburg, IN
Julius Rollins 6'6 Country Club Hills, IL
Hasson Massenburg 6'6 Baltimore, MD
Jorn Everson 6'6 Williston, ND
Henry Raynor 6'6 Cleveland, OH
Odin Lium 6'6 Oswego, IL
Ian Motta 6'6 Allen, TX
Kunga Tsering 6'7 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
RJ Keene II 6'7 The Woodlands, TX
Reece Sproul 6'7 Stoughton, WI
Luke Turner 6'7 Temecula, CA
Owen Lobsinger 6'7 Flint, MI
IJ Ezuma 6'7 Raleigh, NC
Omarion Bodrick 6'7 Charlotte, NC
Sheer Akot 6'7 Manchester, NH
Francis Nwaokorie 6'7 Champlin, MN
Joshua Streit 6'7 Eden Valley, MN
Shea Doherty 6'7 Acton, MA
Drissa Traore 6'7 Harlem, NY
Lucas McEachern 6'7 Exeter, NH
Matthew McCool 6'7 Amherst, MA
Isaiah Eggleston Axton, VA
Markus Ilver 6'8 Tallinn, Estonia
Sam Sherry 6'8 Mechanicsburg, PA
Cedric "CJ" Kelley 6'8 Texarkana, TX
Nate Santos 6'8 Geneva, IL
Blake Sisley 6'8 Lincoln City, IN
Jalin Billingsley 6'8 Hudson, OH
Logan Duncomb 6'8 Cincinnati, OH
Eric van der Heijden 6'8 Raleigh, NC
Ryan Riggs 6'8 West Des Moines, IA
Angelo Winkel 6'8 Algona, IA
Chris Rubayo 6'9 Skillman, NJ
Shemani Fuller 6'9 New York, NY
Chase Courbat 6'9 Cedar Falls, IA
Marlon Lestin 6'9 Montreal, Canada
Payton Sparks 6'9 Winchester, IN
Jameson "JT" Dougherty 6'9 River Falls, WI
Nathan Claerbaut 6'9 Zeeland, MI
Will Henderson 6'10 Richmond, VA
Roosevelt Wheeler 6'10 Hampton, VA
Nick Davidson 6'10 Mission Viejo, CA
Trey James 6'10 Inez, KY
Noah Barnett 6'10 Sydney, Australia
Logan Landers 6'10 Brookfield, WI
Zach Clemence 6'10 San Antonio, TX
Gus Larson 6'10 New Canaan, CT
Saliou Nguer 6'10 Senegal/Beckley Prep
Franck Kepnang 6'10 Cameroon
Tyler Warner 6'11 Rochester, NY
Efton Reid 7'0 Richmond, VA
Clayton White 7'0 Fort Worth, TX
Connor Redrow 7'0 Plano, TX

Recent Commits:
Malcolm Dread 6'4 Washington, DC -> Richmond

Following the continued trend, Elon has offered Julian Lewis

(06-14-2020 10:48 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Following the continued trend, Elon has offered Julian Lewis

Of Elon’s 41 (!) offers, seven overlap with WM’s 15 offers: Lewis, Hatton, Johnson, Folkes, Smith, Rice, and Braun. WM offered Lewis, Johnson, and Hatton first; Elon offered Folkes, Smith, Rice, and Braun first.

Angelo Brizzi is now speaking with UVA, UNC, and Iowa State according to Paul Biancardi.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PaulBiancardi...3800456197
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Coach Kemp liked a Foster Wonders tweet.
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Matthew Nunez followed back a Tribe fan account

Shame, I thought we were in a strong position with Nunez for 2021. Still may be good, but it opens the door for more exposure.
https://twitter.com/houston_wilson1/stat...1672068096

(06-16-2020 11:19 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Shame, I thought we were in a strong position with Nunez for 2021. Still may be good, but it opens the door for more exposure.
https://twitter.com/houston_wilson1/stat...1672068096

Yeah, unfortunately, I don't think you take an extra postgrad year to come back to an offer you already had, unless you don't progress. I think we move on, regardless.

(06-16-2020 06:02 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  

(06-16-2020 11:19 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Shame, I thought we were in a strong position with Nunez for 2021. Still may be good, but it opens the door for more exposure.
https://twitter.com/houston_wilson1/stat...1672068096

Yeah, unfortunately, I don't think you take an extra postgrad year to come back to an offer you already had, unless you don't progress. I think we move on, regardless.

I think it depends on the reason for re-classifying; if it’s solely about getting more offers that’s one thing but if there are personal or pandemic reasons then maybe the door is still open.

I wonder if Coach Fischer knew about this last month; I thought WM was in a good position with Nunez, whom was the only offered big man Fischer was following, and then Fischer started following Hatton out of the blue. Based on Fischer following Hughey not long after Molloy committed to Yale, I’ve hypothesized that Fischer follows one player for each position/scholarship spot and when that player becomes unlikely to commit he follows the next offered player at that position. Fischer’s most recent follows for each position:

PG: Rice
(Previously followed Folkes and Brizzi and he still does but the assistants and even WMTribeMBB have unfollowed Brizzi)
Wing: Hughey
(Previously followed Molloy, who committed, and Thompson, who removed WM from his list)
Big: Hatton
(Previously followed Nunez who is reclassifying)

Garrett Johnson picks up an offer from East Carolina.

Tyler Rice mentioned this evening on Instagram that his commitment date is coming "real soon".
I feel like he is the PG we have put the most energy towards. It should be interesting if we can secure him as our 1st 2021 recruit.

Hughey offered by Bowling Green

Fischer and Lewis are now following each other, and Fischer, also, started following Lewis' dad. Lewis is the 6th ranked player in the Michigan 2021 class. Known for his defense and would be a great fit at W&M.
https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2...ssion=true

Tyler Rice announced he is committing on Wed., June 24th at 5:06pm. In addition, Bucknell offered him.

Scrolling through the 123 accounts that liked Tyler Rice’s tweet about his upcoming commitment I saw that Coach Boatner and DoBO Bollinger liked it as did a WCU assistant. I did not notice any other coaches from schools that have offered him.
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Langdon Hatton picks up an offer from UMKC.
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Tyrese Hughey liked a tweet about Coach Fischer‘s interview appearing in the Xavier newsletter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/XUNewsletter/...4553084928
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Julian Lewis told Jake Lieberman that Wyoming and Dartmouth have contacted him recently.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jakelieberman...2690800640

Garret Johnson Q&A-
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A SCHOOL?

“Definitely a school where I’m getting a good degree - academics are definitely important to me and my parents too. And then also a place basketball-wise where I feel like I’ll fit in their style of play, and a school where I have a good relationship with the coaching staff and I feel like they're going to develop me and be able to get me to the best version of myself and get the most out of my potential.”

(06-20-2020 05:00 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Garret Johnson Q&A-
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A SCHOOL?

“Definitely a school where I’m getting a good degree - academics are definitely important to me and my parents too. And then also a place basketball-wise where I feel like I’ll fit in their style of play, and a school where I have a good relationship with the coaching staff and I feel like they're going to develop me and be able to get me to the best version of myself and get the most out of my potential.”

I hope he means it and that he sees us as a play style fit.

Julian Lewis picks up an offer from UIC
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A JMU coach is now following AJ Braun.
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Jordan Battle, a 6’2 G from Norfolk that Coach Kemp followed last April as part of the 2020 class, is reclassifying to 2021 and enrolling at Hargrave.

Interesting that Drae Rice initiated following the W&M Sports Blog account. A good sign? Lezzgo Tyler!

Brooks Barnhizer, a 6’6 wing from Lafayette, IN whom Coach Kemp started following last June, committed to Northwestern.
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Coach Kemp liked a Julian Lewis tweet.

(06-21-2020 01:01 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Interesting that Drae Rice initiated following the W&M Sports Blog account. A good sign? Lezzgo Tyler!

For those not as in the weeds on recruiting, Drae is Tyler's father. Following W&M related accounts unsolicited seems a great sign.