Interesting New Hoops Recruiting Target
The Texas A&M staff has scheduled an official visit with Salt Lake CC point guard Cameron Mack . He's a redshirt freshman JUCO who has three years to play three. He signed with St. John's last November, but with Chris Mullin relieved of head coaching duties, Mack was released from his LOI a couple of weeks ago and is back on the market. JucoRecruiting.com rates him as the No. 3 JUCO prospect in the 2019 class.Now for the interesting part. Well, there are several interesting connections here. First, Mack played three years of high school ball at Aggieland Homeschool in College Station. There's another interesting connection that is more of a coincidence than anything else. As a junior, Mack led the No. 2 ranked Aggieland Homeland into the state championship game against No. 1 ranked Satch School, led by former Aggie point guard J.J. Caldwell. Mack scored 25 points against Caldwell despite losing to Satch. Mack would transfer to play at Christian Life Prep in Fort Worth for his senior year.https://www.kbtx.com/content/sports/1-vs-2-showdown-sees-SATCH-top-Aggieland-Home-School-367937331.htmlNeed another "it's a small world" nugget? After graduating in 2017, Mack went to play for Kyle Keller at SFA. He didn't play in the fall semester of his freshman year and transferred to Salt Lake Community College. He flourished at Salt Lake averaging 19.1 pts., 5.9 rebounds, and a whopping 7.5 assists per game. His shooting percentages were marginal with a 46% field goal percentage and a 34% three-point make rate. His free throw shooting is also an issue for a point guard (65%).If you look at his highlight reel from this past year, he's got a very nice vertical and his passing ability is elite. I think he needs to add some bulk and get a little stronger. He's quick, but not cat quick like the two under-6-foot point guards the staff is recruiting (Cone, Wheeler). Mack took two official visits last fall to St. John's and Washington State. He's scheduled to visit Nebraska this coming weekend, and then Texas A&M the following weekend. He's looking at Arkansas and Gonzaga for his last visit. This one will be interesting to follow. Also, the A&M staff is recruiting three point guards for likely one remaining PG spot so it may be a first come, first served situation. We'll have to see.