Cooper Flagg sets official UConn Visit!

[M.S.G.]

 

[giddyup]

The football game matters in a way of trying to give him the best possible experience while on campus for a visit.

Watching a team get their butts kicked in an empty stadium does not help have the best visit experience possible. Especially when the team that did the butt kicking is the favorites.

Weird time to visit and I hope we get him back during hoop season.

Utter disaster. No marching band or fight song. Empty stadium by half. Total my demolished. Miserable day. I can’t imagine the kid has a good feeling walking away from that crap show.

 

[CL82]

LOL. Well, that would say something about you, wouldn’t it?

He's an optimist?

 

[CL82]

And he has a Samoyed as his beloved family pet

Great. If we lose him to Duke, I'm going to blame it on the switch to the blue wolf.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Utter disaster. No marching band or fight song. Empty stadium by half. Total my demolished. Miserable day. I can’t imagine the kid has a good feeling walking away from that crap show.

Meanwhile he’s going to go to Duke and experience the Cameron Crazies during the first night… then somehow is suppose to feel good about a terrible football game visit.

 

[RichCTBB]

Meanwhile he’s going to go to Duke and experience the Cameron Crazies during the first night… then somehow is suppose to feel good about a terrible football game visit.

The football game doesn’t matter. I’m sure Cooper’s parents will have great influence over his decision….infinitely more than the football team. Family matters here.

 

[wingsfan055]

Insiders say we had even odds with Duke to land Flagg. After this weekend 's disaster on all fronts, our odds took a big hit. Our AD should be under fire for his recent performance.

 

[Waquoit]

Our AD should be under fire for his recent performance.

He just signed a home and home with Pitt. He deserves a bonus.

 

[Rico444]

Insiders say we had even odds with Duke to land Flagg. After this weekend 's disaster on all fronts, our odds took a big hit. Our AD should be under fire for his recent performance.

No insider has said we had even odds with Duke coming into this weekend.

 

[jibsey]

How does our basketball center facilities and campus compare with Duke's I've never been there? I can only guess it's pretty nice.

 

[HooperScooper]

Insiders say we had even odds with Duke to land Flagg.

Show us where anyone said that. I must have missed it.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

The football game doesn’t matter. I’m sure Cooper’s parents will have great influence over his decision….infinitely more than the football team. Family matters here.

It’s not about how good our football team is or not. Of course he doesn’t care how good our football team is. But we just had him watching them as his experience. So that’s now part of the impression he has of the school overall. An empty stadium is a part of his impression of our fans. We let his favorites add to his impression of how good of an overall sports program they are.

It’s not going to be the straw that breaks that camel’s back but it doesn’t help move the needle at all for him when the purpose was to wow him. Maybe we did an amazing job everywhere else to make up for it who knows. But it doesn’t feel good.

 

[Devland]

It's got to be a crap shoot to recruit. I'm sure every recruit has something different that pushes their buttons. Some may be flipped by facilities. You hear some say they committed to a school because the coach didn't promise him anything and told him he had to earn a spot. There are probably others that commit because they're promised playing time and significant minutes. Then there's the nil. I'm sure how much of an effect nil has varies from recruit to recruit.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

It’s not about how good our football team is or not. Of course he doesn’t care how good our football team is. But we just had him watching them as his experience. So that’s now part of the impression he has of the school overall. An empty stadium is a part of his impression of our fans. We let his favorites add to his impression of how good of an overall sports program they are.

It’s not going to be the straw that breaks that camel’s back but it doesn’t help move the needle at all for him when the purpose was to wow him. Maybe we did an amazing job everywhere else to make up for it who knows. But it doesn’t feel good.

Good lord.

 

[NJHoops]

It’s not about how good our football team is or not. Of course he doesn’t care how good our football team is. But we just had him watching them as his experience. So that’s now part of the impression he has of the school overall. An empty stadium is a part of his impression of our fans. We let his favorites add to his impression of how good of an overall sports program they are.

It’s not going to be the straw that breaks that camel’s back but it doesn’t help move the needle at all for him when the purpose was to wow him. Maybe we did an amazing job everywhere else to make up for it who knows. But it doesn’t feel good.

I really need you to think critically for just a second. Guys who are going to be high lottery picks, who have been very specific and clear about compensation/NIL, who want nothing but development and offenses designed around their strengths, who want a program where the off the court professional connections are just as real as the on the court stuff do not care one iota about “vibes.” They don’t. At all. People were met and conversations were had at the game, that was the purpose. Business decisions. He is going to be on whatever campus he chooses from July to March, that’s it.

 

[Dove]

My memory is shot but went to a football game years ago with same exact scene. Rodney The Ferrari was hangin' with DHam, IIRC. Worked out.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

I really need you to think critically for just a second. Guys who are going to be high lottery picks, who have been very specific and clear about compensation/NIL, who want nothing but development and offenses designed around their strengths, who want a program where the off the court professional connections are just as real as the on the court stuff do not care one iota about “vibes.” They don’t. At all. People were met and conversations were had at the game, that was the purpose. Business decisions. He is going to be on whatever campus he chooses from July to March, that’s it.

But what happens when most things are equal? We’re talking about three premier programs here.

Those same conversations are going to be had at both Kansas’s and Duke’s first night events while he watches their basketball teams be celebrated by their rabid fan bases.

Crazy thing is our first night is Oct 13th. Right in the middle of Kansas’s and Duke’s. There was probably a scheduling conflict for that time. But man I wish he could’ve came in for that instead with how good this team is and how riled up our base is going to be then.

 

[BlueMAB]

But what happens when most things are equal? We’re talking about three premier programs here.

Those same conversations are going to be had at both Kansas’s and Duke’s first night events while he watches their basketball teams be celebrated by their rabid fan bases.

Crazy thing is our first night is Oct 13th. Right in the middle of Kansas’s and Duke’s. There was probably a scheduling conflict for that time. But man I wish he could’ve came in for that instead with how good this team is and how riled up our base is going to be then.

When most things are equal he definitely thinks “well, Duke’s football team is better than UConn’s, so that settles it”.

Clearly it’s the tie breaker here and we’re now out on Cooper Flagg.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Before you ask UConn has had two five stars in Hurley's tenure:

Akok Akok (2019, injuries ruined his promising start)
Stephon Castle (2023)

So Scheyer has had 5, 2, and at least 2 in three recruiting years, with one de-committing, for a total of 9 (10).

For fun, for UConn to match the same number of five stars Scheyer has signed/had commit in three classes (as of September 24, 2023) you have to go back 20 classes:

Hurley has had two, as mentioned.
Ollie had Jalen Adams (2015) and Daniel Hamilton (2014) as five star freshmen.
Calhoun had Andre Drummond (2012), DeAndre Daniels (2011), Kemba Walker (2008), Rudy Gay (2004), Charlie Villanueva (2003)

Technically Scheyer had one more signed with Mgbako but that evens out with Bynum (2005) as neither played for Duke or UConn respectively.

I don't think I missed any.

Was Akok a five star? I thought the projections said he could be great given the physical tools but he was somewhat raw from a BB perspective. Unfortunately the Achilles injury changed everything. He came back but even the last couple years ar Georgetown he was an ever age player.

 

[UCONNRPh]

Insiders say we had even odds with Duke to land Flagg. After this weekend 's disaster on all fronts, our odds took a big hit. Our AD should be under fire for his recent performance.

Just out of curiosity, who are these "insiders'" ?

What did AD do wrong?

( I do not mean to sound like I am challenging this. Learned some bad news--had negative family issue weekend--am sorry )

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

When most things are equal he definitely thinks “well, Duke’s football team is better than UConn’s, so that settles it”.

Clearly it’s the tie breaker here and we’re now out on Cooper Flagg.

I’m not sure why this keeps being said when that’s not what anyone is saying.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Just out of curiosity, who are these "insiders'" ?

They don’t exist. This was never going to be anything other than an uphill battle. Posters are just playing to their identities.

 

[HuskyHawk]

When most things are equal he definitely thinks “well, Duke’s football team is better than UConn’s, so that settles it”.

Clearly it’s the tie breaker here and we’re now out on Cooper Flagg.

Nah, but development, exposure, those are a wash at best. Chance to win? Wash. I do think he will focus on the guys he’d be on the floor with. Also, where the coach needs him to play. It’s not clear which school best fits. That is most likely the deciding factor. Can he coexist with Power at Duke?

Does the football game matter? Unlikely. But it certainly doesn’t help any. Kansas won at home against BYU in front of a good crowd yesterday. Duke is solid. If that culture matters at all, it hurts us.

 

[Kenny11]

The football game experience and other activities on visits probably do matter to most recruits in some way. They want to see wild fans, pretty girls, a packed stadium etc.

cooper Flagg is already at a level that surpasses all of that and likely has completely different considerations.

 

[HuskyFich]

Duke is going to get SMOKED by Florida State during his visit.

Looks like we can cancel Duke out of the running.

/s