2020 Recruiting: RJ Cole

[TheChamps990411]

Not worried. This kid is going to be a great addition for us.

 

[MDHuskFan]

He averages 15 ppg & 5+ assists his first year here. Mark it almost as good as @Chief00 certified

 

[superjohn]

Not a great athlete or all that physically gifted but he can play. I really like his pullup game, he can come down at full speed stop on a dime and hit threes or use the step back, his release is really quick (not saying he's Bazz but the shot looks Bazz-like.) He has a nice feel for the game. I really like having him learning the system for a year.

 

[intlzncster]

He averages 15 ppg & 5+ assists his first year here. Mark it almost as good as @Chief00 certified

Those are AJ Price numbers. Close to Junior Bazz numbers . Don't hold your breath.

No idea what we'll get w this kid.

 

[Road2Six]

What are you guys so worried about? R.J. dropped 28 pts and 6 assists vs Georgetown last year. Yes he won’t be getting as many minutes but he’ll be just fine.

 

[Son of Robert]

RJ is a shifty guard, little hesitations, change of speed, change of direction. He's crafty and confident and he is a natural scorer. Only needs a little bit of space and he gets his shot off.

 

[MDHuskFan]

I think R.J. unlike some low level players is getting by with skill vs ridiculous athleticism/size. That will ease the transition in its own IMO

 

[UConnStats]

@UConnStats, you're one of our best posters. But you can't seriously believe that Brendan Adams is going to take time away from RJ Cole at PG?

No, I’m not huge on him by any means, just saying you never know.

 

[husky429]

What are you guys so worried about? R.J. dropped 28 pts and 6 assists vs Georgetown last year. Yes he won’t be getting as many minutes but he’ll be just fine.

Yes. His stats vs high majors were solid, despite being the only real offensive option on his team.

This, along with his play style, make me confident he will be able to contribute. Shooting doesn't change. His passing ability will translate.

He was also recruited by some better schools. RJ is also a hell of a lot better than every one of these transfers.

A better measure (imo) of his possible a ility would be to look at transfer rankings. See where guards of a similar ranking went on to do. Never checked into this though.

Great work tcf

 

[Burnsbros23]

Here's RJ Cole's stats from Howard:

Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2017-18	Howard	MEAC	33	32	37.9	7.3	18.5	.394	4.0	9.3	.429	3.3	9.2	.359	5.8	7.5	.770	0.8	3.1	3.9	6.1	1.7	0.0	3.8	2.6	23.7		-9.75
2018-19	Howard	MEAC	34	33	35.6	6.4	15.4	.415	3.9	9.1	.435	2.5	6.4	.387	6.1	7.5	.819	0.7	3.4	4.1	6.4	1.9	0.0	3.2	2.2	21.4		-9.52

And here's some MEAC to high majors transfers:
GUARDS

Richaud Pack College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Richaud Pack - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2013-14	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	29	20	34.2	4.4	10.0	.441	2.6	5.3	.494	1.8	4.7	.382	6.4	7.9	.804	1.5	3.0	4.6	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.0	17.0		-7.40
2014-15	Maryland	Big Ten	35	27	25.7	1.8	4.7	.393	1.0	2.2	.468	0.8	2.5	.326	1.3	1.9	.697	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.3	5.8		7.63

Sterling Smith College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Sterling Smith - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2012-13	Coppin State	MEAC	30	18	23.7	2.0	4.7	.423	1.2	2.4	.514	0.8	2.3	.329	0.4	0.6	.706	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	5.2		-4.20
2013-14	Coppin State	MEAC	32	28	29.6	3.6	8.6	.423	1.8	3.7	.475	1.9	4.9	.385	1.8	2.3	.747	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.6	1.2	0.4	1.2	1.1	10.9		-4.99
2014-15	Coppin State	MEAC	31	27	30.1	4.7	10.1	.468	2.3	4.3	.538	2.5	5.9	.418	2.0	2.5	.772	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.6	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.5	13.9		-4.78
2015-16	Pitt	ACC	33	23	17.4	1.3	3.6	.367	0.2	0.9	.267	1.1	2.7	.400	0.7	0.8	.923	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	4.5		8.75

Christian Kessee College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Christian Kessee - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2013-14	Coppin State	MEAC	18	0	7.4	0.5	1.9	.265	0.4	1.1	.368	0.1	0.8	.133	0.6	0.7	.846	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.7		-4.99
2014-15	Coppin State	MEAC	31	26	23.3	3.1	7.8	.402	1.5	3.6	.407	1.6	4.1	.398	1.7	2.2	.779	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.9	2.6	9.6		-4.78
2015-16	Coppin State	MEAC	31	30	32.5	4.8	12.4	.390	2.0	5.2	.383	2.8	7.2	.395	2.1	2.6	.800	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.9	0.6	0.0	2.0	2.4	14.6		-6.06
2016-17	Memphis	AAC	29	0	7.5	0.6	2.0	.316	0.3	0.5	.533	0.3	1.4	.238	0.3	0.4	.833	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.9		3.19

Malcolm Bernard College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Malcolm Bernard - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2015-16	Florida A&M	MEAC	28	26	32.6	4.5	10.7	.421	4.1	8.6	.471	0.4	2.0	.211	4.9	7.5	.660	1.4	5.6	7.0	4.3	2.3	0.7	3.5	3.0	14.4		-10.66
2016-17	Xavier	Big East	38	34	28.0	2.2	5.3	.418	1.0	2.2	.452	1.2	3.1	.393	0.9	1.6	.590	1.2	2.8	4.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.7	6.6		11.51

James Daniel College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

James Daniel - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2013-14	Howard	MEAC	28	26	31.8	5.5	15.0	.368	2.3	6.8	.337	3.3	8.3	.394	6.6	8.3	.798	0.5	1.9	2.5	1.6	1.3	0.0	3.3	2.3	21.0		-5.22
2014-15	Howard	MEAC	30	30	32.4	4.7	13.8	.338	2.4	5.9	.409	2.3	7.9	.286	5.1	6.2	.817	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.7	1.8	0.0	3.6	1.9	16.7		-7.86
2015-16	Howard	MEAC	30	30	37.2	7.5	19.4	.388	4.9	11.4	.428	2.7	8.0	.332	9.3	11.0	.846	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.8	2.0	0.2	4.1	2.1	27.1		-8.33
2016-17	Howard	MEAC	2	2	35.5	5.5	17.5	.314	2.5	7.0	.357	3.0	10.5	.286	3.0	4.5	.667	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	1.0	17.0		-7.96
2017-18	Tennessee	SEC	35	3	19.7	1.7	4.6	.366	0.4	1.1	.350	1.3	3.5	.372	0.9	1.3	.727	0.4	1.1	1.4	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.6		10.12

Sam Hunt College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Sam Hunt - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2015-16	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	29	25	33.3	4.6	11.9	.388	2.3	5.2	.453	2.3	6.7	.338	3.9	4.3	.904	0.3	1.8	2.0	2.1	0.7	0.0	2.4	2.8	15.4		-8.49
2016-17	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	32	27	34.4	4.0	10.5	.383	1.7	4.0	.430	2.3	6.5	.354	2.3	2.5	.937	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.3	1.7	12.7		-9.61
2017-18	NC State	ACC	33	7	16.1	1.7	4.1	.422	0.2	0.4	.462	1.5	3.7	.418	0.5	0.5	.944	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.2	5.5		6.70

BIGS

Rashid Gaston College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Rashid Gaston - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2012-13	Norfolk State	MEAC	30	0	22.0	3.4	6.1	.560	3.4	6.1	.560	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.9	.512	2.9	3.4	6.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.0	8.3		-6.55
2013-14	Norfolk State	MEAC	20	14	23.3	3.2	6.6	.485	3.2	6.6	.485	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	.520	2.7	3.8	6.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8	2.8	8.4		-7.17
2014-15	Norfolk State	MEAC	32	28	30.7	6.4	10.2	.626	6.4	10.2	.626	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.1	.543	3.3	6.3	9.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.1	2.8	15.5		-6.35
2016-17	Xavier	Big East	38	18	18.1	3.0	5.1	.590	3.0	5.1	.590	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.4	.549	2.4	3.5	5.9	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.3	7.4		11.51

LaRon Smith College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

LaRon Smith - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2015-16	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	32	32	25.4	3.3	5.7	.585	3.3	5.7	.585	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.5	.265	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.6	0.3	3.0	1.2	3.0	7.1		-9.18
2016-17	Auburn	SEC	24	3	12.0	1.0	1.9	.533	1.0	1.9	.533	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	.517	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.6		7.33

Femi Olujobi College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Femi Olujobi - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

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Season	School	Conf	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2017-18	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	32	28	31.9	5.8	10.8	.536	5.2	8.8	.590	0.6	1.9	.290	4.2	5.4	.776	1.7	6.0	7.7	1.2	0.4	0.7	2.5	2.7	16.3		-11.20
2018-19	DePaul	Big East	36	25	26.5	4.5	7.5	.601	4.1	6.6	.626	0.4	0.9	.424	3.3	4.8	.698	2.0	3.5	5.4	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.4	12.8		4.05

Unreal break down thank you man!!!!

 

[bmayuc]

RJ Cole is the best PG on this team... right now.

 

[Scrutiner]

This doesn't make me very optimistic. But hopefully RJ is better than these guys, and the best of the bunch did average double digit points at a Big East school so, that's something.

You must not be aware of the high level of defensive play in the MEAC.

 

[methodology]

RJ Cole is the best PG on this team... right now.

Alterique is actually the best PG on the team. Expect a big year coming up

 

[bmayuc]

Alterique is actually the best PG on the team. Expect a big year coming up

Alterique is really good. But not as natural of a passer as Cole, not as decisive IMHO. Although if I'm being honest its 1A/1B so not like a huge differentiation.

The one undeniable fact is that having RJ Cole and Alterique practicing against each other every day will raise both their games. Those must be some fun scrimmages.

 

[Nebraskan18]

Alterique is actually the best PG on the team. Expect a big year coming up

'Rique is going to have a Shabazz Junior Year-esque year this season.. be ready