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Niagara Graduate Transfer Antoine Mason to Visit PC per Jon Rothstein
Jon Rothstein tweeted late last week that Niagara transfer Antoine Mason had cut his list down to 3 schools: Auburn, Boston College and Providence.
Providence, BC, + Auburn are all in the mix for Niagara transfer Antoine Mason, source told @CBSSports. List has been cut from 14 to 3.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 29, 2014
That report was refuted by both Antoine and his father, Anthony.
Niagara transfer Antoine Mason is 'not even close' to cutting his list, his dad tells @SNYtv
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 29, 2014
I did not cut my list down yet
— $onic_Mr. May 24th (@Antoine_Mason) May 29, 2014
Well it appears Rothstein didn’t just make this source up out of thin air as he is now reporting that Antoine Mason has scheduled 3 visits: Auburn on June 6-7, Providence June 8-9 and Boston College will get the final visit with no date set yet.
Niagara transfer Antoine Mason will visit Auburn on June 6-7 + Providence on June 8-9, source told @CBSSports. BC will be the final visit.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 2, 2014
The reasons for the Masons refuting of the initial report last week is unclear but perhaps they wanted to hold the door open for other schools to make their final pitch before announcing the visits. Whatever the reason, someone obviously let the cat out of the bag last week to Rothstein and he looks vindicated after not backing down from the initial report.
The timing of this visit is critical for Providence as head coach Ed Cooley plans to get on a plane for Colorado Springs, CO to begin his stint with USA Basketball on June 9th.
I’ll be breaking down the pro’s and con’s of these 3 schools from Mason’s perspective in an article for ScoutFriars later this week.
UPDATE 12:05pm: Jeff Borzello wrote the following about an hour ago:
“I think the official is Auburn and the others [are] unofficial,” Mason told CBSSports.com in a text message.
With so many schools showing interest, Mason could take a few more trips.
“I have more, just haven’t set them up,” he said. “I’m still narrowing the list.”
There is no set timetable for a decision.
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[…] Jon Rothstein broke the news that Niagara graduate transfer, Antoine Mason had set up 3 visits. The first will be to Auburn June 6th-7th. The second is to Providence June 8th-9th which is right in time to catch Cooley before he leaves for his USA Basketball responsibilities. Boston College will get the 3rd visit but that date has yet to be finalized. The Auburn visit will be official while the PC and BC visits will be unofficial presumably because of the closer proximity from Queens, NY. I wrote an article for ScoutFriars.com earlier this week where I did a breakdown of these 3 schools and how Mason might fit or not fit. Click here to check out that article. […]