Welcome Brayden O'Connor

[mkaufman1]

Brayden has committed: https://x.com/GMURecruiting/status/1780672497735626802

Welcome Brayden. a 6'5 combo guard averaged 9.9 points last year and shot 35.4% from deep. He should be an excellent addition to our backcourt and another pure shooter to go with Darius Maddox.

Was watching tape earlier on him and I really like his ability to shoot and get to the basket. He will have to be quicker in the A10 against faster and stronger players than the America East, but I am sure he will put in the work to be a solid contributor.

 

[GSII]

Gmu recruiting had it first.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Nice!!!!

 

[mkaufman1]

Gmu recruiting had it first.

You're right- updating the original post. I did not see it on my twitter feed. Thank you.

 

[Patriotsince81]

You're right- updating the original post. I did not see it on my twitter feed. Thank you.

You have 20 minutes to post another welcome thread! LOL.

 

[Patriotsince81]

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Au4Jl2Txy74

 

[Patriot8]

Gmu recruiting had it first.

I appreciate this, however Jeff Goodman announced it first.

If a kid wants the recruiting account to announce a commitment, we will, however we respect whatever the kid's wishes are in terms of an announcement. In this case, it appears that Brayden wanted Goodman to break it.

Happy to have Brayden.

 

[mkaufman1]

Ok I updated the post one more time LOL.

Anyway- happy to have Brayden, excited to see what he can do for us. I always think we never have enough guards who just say "screw you I'm going to get a bucket" and the programs that do always seem to do well in March. Hopefully he can be part of that equation.

 

[thebiasedannouncer]

Really intriguing player to get. Great improvement in stats from year one to two, and shot 48% from three in conference play. Great article from Palmer Johnson from GiantKiller on O'Connor: https://giantkiller.co/2024/04/17/brayden-oconnor-you-are-a-george-mason-patriot/

 

[GMU79]

Ok I updated the post one more time LOL.

Anyway- happy to have Brayden, excited to see what he can do for us. I always think we never have enough guards who just say "screw you I'm going to get a bucket" and the programs that do always seem to do well in March. Hopefully he can be part of that equation.

Marquise Moore.

 

[Patriot8]

Really good article on O'Connor's commitment here from GiantKiller contributor Palmer, who is a current student at Mason. Think he covers everything you need to know.

EDIT: Mr. Announcer beat me to it (just like that bastard Goodman) but this deserves all the recognition.

Brayden O’Connor, YOU are a George Mason Patriot | Giant Killer

giantkiller.co

 

[mkaufman1]

Marquise Moore.

Marquise could score and get buckets, but he wasn't really a shooter. O'connor can shoot and hopefully score like him.

 

[dr. gunnie]

Not sure what BO'C's roll will be, but having a guy with 35 minutes a game experience is a great benefit.

 

[tblack33]

Intriguing signing, I always like dudes who can shoot the hell out of the ball. Will be interested to see how he fits in the rotation.

 

[GMU79]

Intriguing signing, I always like dudes who can shoot the hell out of the ball. Will be interested to see how he fits in the rotation.

Yes. Shooters.
Now that one guy will accuse us of wanting 11 shooters and noone else.

 

[KAOriginal]

He's going to need to score a sh*t ton of points for me to be able to have the words George Mason and "O'Connor" to come out of my mouth togethet again.....

 

[Falco]

Is he going to be the PG?

 

[gmujim92]

Is he going to be the PG?

no

 

[DRK331]

Here are two Brayden O'Connor UMass Lowell Youtube highlight videos

Here are two Brayden O'Connor UMass Lowell Youtube highlight videos

 

[By George.]

Gmu recruiting had it first.

Every time, we can’t break it because players/coaches want larger accounts to break it. But GMURecruiting is locked in