Joe Girard has committed to Syracuse
https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/9o7dfn/2019_g_joe_g…
Credit u/WasteOffer on reddit, credit @TiptonEdits....
October 14th, 2018 at 7:40 PM ^
Joe Girard. Keep up.
October 14th, 2018 at 7:43 PM ^
Who cares is more like it.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:01 PM ^
JOE GIRARD
October 15th, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
Eh? Once more in my good ear please.
October 14th, 2018 at 7:43 PM ^
That's too bad, but Gerardo is still Rico.....Suave....
October 14th, 2018 at 7:56 PM ^
still don't know who this is.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:02 PM ^
3 star combo guard. Borderline top 200 composite per 247. One of the few 2019 BB recruits with a Michigan offer.
October 14th, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
Some unranked 2019 PG.
October 15th, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
That Duke was recruiting.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
Beilein offers like 6 people and this was one of them (even though we cooled after getting Bajema). The numbers are low enough that if you don't know someone that Beilein has offered then you don't follow basketball recruiting, which is fine, but why comment a meaningless "who?"
October 14th, 2018 at 8:11 PM ^
Besides, the kid is in fact a very good player and one helluva shooter. He averaged nearly 50 points a game as a junior if I remember correctly.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:12 PM ^
There's big audience here and maybe a more informative "goodbye" post would be in order.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:21 PM ^
Girard has gotten significant mentions in 5 different main page posts. Folks are following basketball recruiting and have never heard of him?
October 14th, 2018 at 8:28 PM ^
"Who?" isn't meaningless. It is a question regarding the identity of the person being referred to. You'll find it is a very common question, once you get out in the world.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:12 PM ^
Oh did the Yankees fire him then?
October 14th, 2018 at 8:33 PM ^
Isn't Michigan out of spots for this year anyways?
kid seemed like the kind of kid that Beilein turns into a dead eye shooter...
but it seemed like he might have waited too long?
October 15th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
Michigan is technically out of spot for the current recruiting class but JB continues to recruit 2019 kids so take it FWIW.
Bajema took Girard's spot the moment he committed to Michigan and Bajema is a better player.
October 14th, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
Welcome to obscurity....
October 14th, 2018 at 9:28 PM ^
I'll never understand why any player with an ounce of scoring ability would even look at Jim Boehiem's program. I mean, yuck...
October 14th, 2018 at 9:42 PM ^
Good luck kid.
October 14th, 2018 at 10:10 PM ^
He set the New York all time points record,early in his Junior year ,he will end up as a top 10 all-time high school in career scoring (according to Max Prep)
He is currently 14th on the high school all time scoring list 3633 career points ,outside chance to be top 3 all time scorer if he avgs 38.4 as a Senior (next year)
His 50.6 is 4th highest single season avg all time, is a 4-star (ranked 117 overall)
Duke offered 12 players in this cycle,11 (5 stars) and Girard
He has football offers from Penn St
Said he wants to play basketball and football in college
Max Prep and 247 list him as 2019 "players they expect to make major rankings jumps" during the next cycle .He went from 338 to 117 in the last update according to 247
He will end up top 50 recruit borderline 5* on some services,during his Senior year
October 15th, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^
Nice summary. I'll add that his father played at LeMoyne College where he was recruited and coached by John Beilein. According to the local press, proximity to home was a major factor for him but I wouldn't be surprised if his dad was in Michigan's corner.
October 15th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
Idk why, he's not hyper athletic, doesnt get great elevation on his JS, he isn't long and he's a middling defender. He is a great pure shooter but in the college game is he gonna be able to create seperation himself to get his shot off? He will be a liability on the defensive end. Dominating high school is one thing dominating Big Ten/ACC combo guards is another.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
I'll say this - I have no idea why anyone would look at Syracuse and think "that's a program and coach I want to play for."
October 15th, 2018 at 9:48 AM ^
My favorite Boeheim moment other than knocking off MooU last year as a play-in, is when he lied and said he knew who Spike was and they prepared for him...Oops
October 15th, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
Great shooter, great scorer, but wouldn’t have been able to excel defensively at this level. Best of luck to him in the future.