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I saw this line in the article: "He will obviously face better competition, and often older players, at prep school."Just curious, is it typical for a highly rated bball recruit to transfer from three different schools in such a short time?
Where are people finding the news about a potential reclass? I can't find anything that even mentions it.I think the comments about a potential reclass are interesting news.
I just saw it on twitter but I think it was being posted by posters here, so I wouldn't say I'm necessarily getting concrete sources, but what I read said he is "eligible to reclassify" not that he willWhere are people finding the news about a potential reclass? I can't find anything that even mentions it.
@EvanDaniels 2h2 hours ago Kentucky, USAWhere are people finding the news about a potential reclass? I can't find anything that even mentions it.
It did, momentarily.I thought Putnam Science closed?
I don't know much outside of East Coast schools, but PSA must have one of the most talented rosters in the nation right?All I can say is that if Putnam Science stinks, we're in trouble.
One would think, I can't imagine a better one. That being said, there probably is.I don't know much outside of East Coast schools, but PSA must have one of the most talented rosters in the nation right?
Ah thanks.It did, momentarily.
On March 28, Putnam Science Academy announced it was closing its doors in May for two years to find new investment and fix its infrastructure. The successful post-graduate basketball program that Espinosa had created at the school was left dangling. On the same day, Espinosa received a call from Woodstock Academy headmaster Chris Sandford offering the Academy as a possible place for the basketball program. The Woodstock Board of Trustees accepted the proposal in April and the PSA program had a new home. But, according to Espinosa, in the middle of May, employees of Putnam Science Academy, including himself, were offered their jobs back as a new ownership group, backed by Chinese investors, had been found. “They bought the name and bringing the basketball program back was one of the top priorities,” Espinosa said.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20150629/SPORTS/150629455/2000/NEWS
Oak Hill and Montverde are on a completely different level. New England schools like Brewster Academy, St. Thomas Moore, and Vermont Academy are all more talented.I don't know much outside of East Coast schools, but PSA must have one of the most talented rosters in the nation right?
What if brown comes in and just learns and practices every day? I think he'll learn more during practice and any time he gets on the floor than staying at Putnam. But maybe he will develop more at Putnam who knows. At least at uconn he can be in the weight room and have a nice diet plan to get him in shapeIt'll be great to have him closer to Storrs and hopefully playing with a couple of future UConn teammates at PSA. I think the comments about a potential reclass are interesting news. As of now, the front court next year has Brimah (Sr.), Facey (Sr.), Enoch (So.), Larrier (RSo.), Diarra (Fr.), and Durham (Fr.). It's a lot of bodies but really only Brimah as a true center with Enoch also capable of minutes there. Aside from the handful of truly elite freshmen, I basically assume you can't count on Freshmen big men but this would allow him to take his lumps in a pretty low-pressure situation and then come in to 2017 with a year of experience, at which point you have a team with a junior Adams, sophomore Gilbert, junior Larrier, junior Enoch, and sophomore Brown along with a bunch of other very talented players with at least a year of experience. Holy crap...
To go from regular HS competition where you tower over everyone, to sitting out for a year without playing an actual game, to playing high major ball is definitely not ideal. I don't think he'll reclassify unless he is going to see some action at a minimum.
We'll see how Brimah closes out the year and how Durham classifies.
How many more scholarships do we have for next year? We couldn't have him and Hamidou (if he commits) both reclassify to 2016 could we?@EvanDaniels 2h2 hours ago Kentucky, USA
2017 UConn pledge Zach Brown will have the option to reclassify to 2016, per Michael Lipman. "Option this summer if he is ready. Not now."
Only 1 available for next year with the new guys coming in and the guys returning.How many more scholarships do we have for next year? We couldn't have him and Hamidou (if he commits) both reclassify to 2016 could we?
say that either purvis or hamilton leaves ( i honestly dont that happening or think they should but it happens), could diallo reclassify after they declare and can't come back?Only 1 available for next year with the new guys coming in and the guys returning.
I had the same question when that report first came out. Months later, I learned via one of their Twitter accounts, a local doctor (who happens to be Asian) spearheaded the whole reopening for simply philanthropic purposes. It was a while ago so I don't remember all the details.Serious question. What would Chinese investors want to do with a private school in CT? It can't be that lucrative of a business deal, or is it one of those Chinese "buy as much American property and equity as possible" philosophies we are seeing here?
Yeah, players can reclassify as late as August. Drummond did it the day before the fall semester started.say that either purvis or hamilton leaves ( i honestly dont that happening or think they should but it happens), could diallo reclassify after they declare and can't come back?