Ricardo Gathers - PF - Riverside Academy - Reserve, LA - BAYLOR

Lavin and Billy Donovan at Gathers' game yesterday. IMO Florida may be serious competition.

Lavin and Billy Donovan at Gathers' game yesterday. IMO Florida may be serious competition.

Well according to Rivals article today/yesterday- Gathers, who is 6 feet 7, 260 pounds, noted Baylor, North Carolina State, Duke, LSU and St. John's as the five schools recruiting him the hardest.

. After the STJ game he was leaving and I yelled "I love you Ricardo" and he started laughing and turned around and waved and said "I love you too!"

I really hope you are a girl

Quote from: sfgny24 on December 18, 2011, 12:25:23 PM

Lavin and Billy Donovan at Gathers' game yesterday. IMO Florida may be serious competition.

Well according to Rivals article today/yesterday- Gathers, who is 6 feet 7, 260 pounds, noted Baylor, North Carolina State, Duke, LSU and St. John's as the five schools recruiting him the hardest.

I think we're in good shape.  Nc State and LSU are garbage and going nowhere soon.  Baylor is a small fish.
And if he has any question as to what his fate would be should he choose Duke, he needs look no further than Alex Murphy and Marshall Plumlee...... invisible on the end of the bench.

With St Johns he has a chance to be a starter from day 1 for a team that will be top 20 during his freshman year and a legit Final 4 caliber squad by his 2nd year

Quote from: HowCouldUBeSoHarkless on December 01, 2011, 03:19:47 PM

. After the STJ game he was leaving and I yelled "I love you Ricardo" and he started laughing and turned around and waved and said "I love you too!"

I really hope you are a girl

Not comfortable with your masculinity?

Quote from: sfgny24 on December 18, 2011, 12:25:23 PM

Lavin and Billy Donovan at Gathers' game yesterday. IMO Florida may be serious competition.

Well according to Rivals article today/yesterday- Gathers, who is 6 feet 7, 260 pounds, noted Baylor, North Carolina State, Duke, LSU and St. John's as the five schools recruiting him the hardest.

Further confirmation that some of those main Rivals.com posters are nice persons.  A supposed UCONN insider said a few weeks back that he heard Gathers was a slight lean towards the Huskies.  He does not even mention them let alone indicate they lead.

Zags update............. http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/12/18/billy-donovan-watches-ricardo-gathers/

Per Rivals....

It was nothing short of a heavyweight battle with Ricardo Gathers leading his Reserve (La.) Riverside team against Tony Parker and his Miller Grove crew. Riverside got up big early and held on with Gathers sealing the deal.

Parker struggled early on and a dialed-in Riverside squad jumped out to a 20-7 lead after a Gathers' three-pointer to end the first quarter. Parker settled down in the second quarter, Miller Grove began its gradual chipping away at Riverside's lead.

Eventually Miller Grove, playing without the fouled-out Parker on the floor, hit a three-pointer to take a one point lead with one minute remaining in the game.

Gathers proceeded to put the finishing touch on his dominating performance. On the ensuing possession he had the assist on Riverside's game-winning shot. Then he contested a driving shot and grabbed a rebound in traffic where he was fouled. He made the frontend of a one and one and then grabbed the final rebound of the game.

End result - Riverside 59, Miller Grove 55.

Gathers' 19 points and 15 rebounds don't do justice to his full impact on the game. Choose your metaphor- Rock of Gibraltar, Spartacus, Samson with hair.

Gathers' simply brings a man's game and a man's approach to a court full of teenagers. His skill set is expanding and his physicality and competitive desire is unmatched at this level.

Florida's Billy Donovan and St John's head coach Steve Lavin were on hand to watch Gathers' performance.

Parker by no means backed away from the battle. He had an impressive six blocks and scored 14 points to go with six rebounds.

But as the game wore on, Gathers just had more explosiveness off the floor and easily matched Parker's strength. Parker's 6-of-21 shooting from the field provides evidence of his dilemma. Gathers was slightly better from the field, hitting 8-of-19 shots.

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1308301

Per Rivals....

It was nothing short of a heavyweight battle with Ricardo Gathers leading his Reserve (La.) Riverside team against Tony Parker and his Miller Grove crew. Riverside got up big early and held on with Gathers sealing the deal.

Parker struggled early on and a dialed-in Riverside squad jumped out to a 20-7 lead after a Gathers' three-pointer to end the first quarter. Parker settled down in the second quarter, Miller Grove began its gradual chipping away at Riverside's lead.

Eventually Miller Grove, playing without the fouled-out Parker on the floor, hit a three-pointer to take a one point lead with one minute remaining in the game.

Gathers proceeded to put the finishing touch on his dominating performance. On the ensuing possession he had the assist on Riverside's game-winning shot. Then he contested a driving shot and grabbed a rebound in traffic where he was fouled. He made the frontend of a one and one and then grabbed the final rebound of the game.

End result - Riverside 59, Miller Grove 55.

Gathers' 19 points and 15 rebounds don't do justice to his full impact on the game. Choose your metaphor- Rock of Gibraltar, Spartacus, Samson with hair.

Gathers' simply brings a man's game and a man's approach to a court full of teenagers. His skill set is expanding and his physicality and competitive desire is unmatched at this level.

Florida's Billy Donovan and St John's head coach Steve Lavin were on hand to watch Gathers' performance.

Parker by no means backed away from the battle. He had an impressive six blocks and scored 14 points to go with six rebounds.

But as the game wore on, Gathers just had more explosiveness off the floor and easily matched Parker's strength. Parker's 6-of-21 shooting from the field provides evidence of his dilemma. Gathers was slightly better from the field, hitting 8-of-19 shots.

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1308301

We need this kid next to Mo in the frontcourt.  He's guaranteed lions share of minutes and will have a good cast around him.  He's a big piece to this puzzle.  Hope we can keep him on board.

Marcus,
I agree that we need Gathers to work up front with Mo-a front line of Mo, Gathers and GG would be very solid-with Mo playing SF he would be playing in a more natural position IMHO, and the added beef of Gathers would help GG battle the bigger front lines we will face.  Would like Obekpa as a backup to GG for a year as well-could always use a defensive minded center with rebounding skills as well-which I've heard Obekpa has.
We do seem to need a shooter or two as well-I hope the "mystery" player really is a good to excellent shooter.

Marcus,
I agree that we need Gathers to work up front with Mo-a front line of Mo, Gathers and GG would be very solid-with Mo playing SF he would be playing in a more natural position IMHO, and the added beef of Gathers would help GG battle the bigger front lines we will face.  Would like Obekpa as a backup to GG for a year as well-could always use a defensive minded center with rebounding skills as well-which I've heard Obekpa has.
We do seem to need a shooter or two as well-I hope the "mystery" player really is a good to excellent shooter.

Harkless is an excellent rebounder as is from the SG spot.  Gathers makes him that much better.  Would really love gathers, Sampson and Obekpa but that might just be me being greedy.  The "mystery" player is a better than good shooter.

Thank you Marcus.

How are our chances with him?

 Can someone please fill me in, or point me in the direction, in regards to this" Mystery"  recruit. Is this a cruel joke  or something?

 Come on now.  Didn't we go down this road before, a few years ago, and it was all a sham.

Can someone please fill me in, or point me in the direction, in regards to this" Mystery"  recruit. Is this a cruel joke  or something?

 Come on now.  Didn't we go down this road before, a few years ago, and it was all a sham.

Makes a lot of sense actually. Administration spreads this rumor. Maybe they sell a few more season ticket packages. So we really believe a savior is coming? I'd be thrilled if we get Garrett. That's a lot right there.

Quote from: boo3 on December 19, 2011, 11:39:32 PM

Can someone please fill me in, or point me in the direction, in regards to this" Mystery"  recruit. Is this a cruel joke  or something?

 Come on now.  Didn't we go down this road before, a few years ago, and it was all a sham.

Makes a lot of sense actually. Administration spreads this rumor. Maybe they sell a few more season ticket packages. So we really believe a savior is coming? I'd be thrilled if we get Garrett. That's a lot right there.

The mystery transfer is not a savior. 

There's only one "savior", and that's "El Savior".

Quote from: Poison on December 19, 2011, 11:51:11 PM

Quote from: boo3 on December 19, 2011, 11:39:32 PM

Can someone please fill me in, or point me in the direction, in regards to this" Mystery"  recruit. Is this a cruel joke  or something?

 Come on now.  Didn't we go down this road before, a few years ago, and it was all a sham.

Makes a lot of sense actually. Administration spreads this rumor. Maybe they sell a few more season ticket packages. So we really believe a savior is coming? I'd be thrilled if we get Garrett. That's a lot right there.

The mystery transfer is not a savior.

Moose, you seem to have some information regarding this mystery transfer based on your posts on the subject, correct?  If true, and if you can't reveal his identity for whatever reason, can you at least give us an idea of the type of player he is (e.g., high major transfer PF between 6'7 and 6'9)?

Quote from: Moose on December 20, 2011, 12:06:14 AM

Quote from: Poison on December 19, 2011, 11:51:11 PM

Quote from: boo3 on December 19, 2011, 11:39:32 PM

Can someone please fill me in, or point me in the direction, in regards to this" Mystery"  recruit. Is this a cruel joke  or something?

 Come on now.  Didn't we go down this road before, a few years ago, and it was all a sham.

Makes a lot of sense actually. Administration spreads this rumor. Maybe they sell a few more season ticket packages. So we really believe a savior is coming? I'd be thrilled if we get Garrett. That's a lot right there.

The mystery transfer is not a savior.

Moose, you seem to have some information regarding this mystery transfer based on your posts on the subject, correct?  If true, and if you can't reveal his identity for whatever reason, can you at least give us an idea of the type of player he is (e.g., high major transfer PF between 6'7 and 6'9)?

I don't have much concrete information.  But I do know for a fact he isn't a savior.  He will serve a rolea and a purpose if it comes to fruition.