Mookie Jones -- MU in-home visit scheduled for 9/20

[NYWarrior]

per Zags blog, Mookie has home visits this week with DePaul (Sept. 10), Rutgers (Sept. 11) and Syracuse (Sept. 13).

http://njmg.typepad.com/zagsblog/2007/09/down-to-the-wir.html

10 days of open recruiting........if TC is not in Peekskill, just yet, lets hope he's in Oak Park and suburban DC and Princeton, NJ

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

This recruitment doesn't make sense to me. Jones seems to be a talented kid whose making a hell of a jump in the eyes of the recruiting experts but he seems an odd choice for MU to pursue.

Seemingly, TC wants Shumpert at the 1 with Williams working the Matthews role of flexing between the off guard and 3 positions and rounding out the class with Ben-Eze in the middle. If he were to take a 4th (which I think is a real possibility) he has been looking at taller forward prospects in Woolridge, Swopshire, Crittle, and Goulbourne. With Jones listed at 6'6'' and most likely playing at 6'5'' if he were to land at MU (longshot I think) wouldn't that continue the criticism of TC in landing smaller sized recruits and playing them a bit out of position?

[NYWarrior]

This recruitment doesn't make sense to me. Jones seems to be a talented kid whose making a hell of a jump in the eyes of the recruiting experts but he seems an odd choice for MU to pursue.

Seemingly, TC wants Shumpert at the 1 with Williams working the Matthews role of flexing between the off guard and 3 positions and rounding out the class with Ben-Eze in the middle. If he were to take a 4th (which I think is a real possibility) he has been looking at taller forward prospects in Woolridge, Swopshire, Crittle, and Goulbourne. With Jones listed at 6'6'' and most likely playing at 6'5'' if he were to land at MU (longshot I think) wouldn't that continue the criticism of TC in landing smaller sized recruits and playing them a bit out of position?

I'd take Jones over any of the other SFs that MU is recruiting....he's a leader, great nose for the ball, clutch and can flat out score.  6'5 or 6'6 -- that's trivial.  MU has Wesley at the SF most of the time now.  The kid is a player, and would be an ideal SF IMHO

[Harrison]

I think it may have to do with the fact that he is signifcantly higher rated.

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

This recruitment doesn't make sense to me. Jones seems to be a talented kid whose making a hell of a jump in the eyes of the recruiting experts but he seems an odd choice for MU to pursue.

Seemingly, TC wants Shumpert at the 1 with Williams working the Matthews role of flexing between the off guard and 3 positions and rounding out the class with Ben-Eze in the middle. If he were to take a 4th (which I think is a real possibility) he has been looking at taller forward prospects in Woolridge, Swopshire, Crittle, and Goulbourne. With Jones listed at 6'6'' and most likely playing at 6'5'' if he were to land at MU (longshot I think) wouldn't that continue the criticism of TC in landing smaller sized recruits and playing them a bit out of position?

I'd take Jones over any of the other SFs that MU is recruiting....he's a leader, great nose for the ball, clutch and can flat out score.  6'5 or 6'6 -- that's trivial.  MU has Wesley at the SF most of the time now.  The kid is a player, and would be an ideal SF IMHO

Jones over all of them? Since you've seen them, how would you rank them? I don't think his height is trivial. Matthews is a good player who with the improvement expected this season will be a very good player. With that said, there are still some drawbacks to living and dying with him at the 3 and Hayward at the 4. Add in to that, we'll have Nick Williams coming in to takeover that Matthews spot alongside Hayward. I don't believe shooting is NW's specialty and wouldn't expect him to spend too much time at the off guard.

That leaves Matthews at the 3 for one more year with Williams behind him. If Jones were to come in you then have to fit that piece to the puzzle and if all of their reports are to be believed MU will continue to have one of the more dynamic backcourts/wings corps that can't shoot straight.

[NYWarrior]

Mookie is letting SJU back in - -  really enjoyed RU as well.......MU has in-home slated for 9/20

http://njmg.typepad.com/zagsblog/2007/09/st-johns-back-i.html

[NYWarrior]

Mookie is letting SJU back in - -  really enjoyed RU as well

http://njmg.typepad.com/zagsblog/2007/09/st-johns-back-i.html