Hoyas Find Right Fit at Point Guard with Local Star Waters

              With a little less than a month to go before young players can sign early letters of intent for Men's basketball, verbal commitments are coming in quickly and a summer's worth of speculation and conversation in internet chat rooms devoted to college basketball will change as fans begin to sort out recruiting fact from fiction.

              Much of the cyber chatter has, no doubt, centered on where the most highly ranked prospects will go and who will end up at Kentucky and Duke, the two teams  that have used the "one and done" rule to greatest advantage. At this time of year it's also worth noting that some of the best work done on the recruiting trail happens when a coaching staff succeeds in landing a player who's not only talented but fits the roster perfectly; a player who not only adds to the team's strengths but could well help them address aspects of play that need improvement.

              With the announcement today of Tremont Waters' commitment to Georgetown, JTIII and the Hoyas may well have found just such a player. The speedy point man who will play this season at Notre Dame High School in West Haven Ct. is, at 5'11", a guard who combines the scoring ability of a new aged point guard with the playmaking and game management ability of an old school floor general.

              He sees the floor extremely well, is a more than willing passer, and a creative scorer who can make shots both off the catch and off the dribble. But more than his individual talents, it's what he can add to a talented team that makes this such a good fit between program and recruit. Georgetown has had as talented and deep a roster as any since the current Big East began three years ago. And talented players such as New York center Jessie Govan, explosive wing L.J. Peak and all purpose power forward Marcus Derrickson all  figure to be back when he arrives next season. That's plenty of scoring punch but the Hoyas under JTIII have been a team that tries to generate offense from a system that uses motion and passing that the coach learned at Princeton under Pete Carill. At times, especially in tournament play, the Hoyas have struggled to make plays when the offense breaks down and at the end of the shot clock.

  As much or more than any guard the Hoyas have brought in recently, Waters could give them both the ability to score within the offense with his shooting  and the ability score at the end of the shot clock with his ability to use the dribble to make plays for himself and his teammates. It's always difficult to ask a young player to assume a leadership role so time and patience will be needed to make this work. But with the system and talent  in place at G-town, Waters could be just the kind of player they need for a return to tournament success. He's simply a tough and talented kid who we think has found just the right fit.