Josh Carlton moves up 60 spots

[King Husky]

Now ranked at 169.

 

[Matrim55]

Now ranked at 169.

Niiiiiiiiiiice.

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

Hehehe

 

[BUHusky]

Nice.

 

[Huskies4ever]

Now ranked at 169.

Don't they usually drop when they commit to UConn?

 

[UConnStats]

140th on Rivals list now.

 

[uchusky32]

He's almost to the ranking for him to be a good player for us.

Sarcasm here fellas.

 

[JSM1970]

Back way back we'd be pissed with anyone outside top 35 and now we're pumped we've landed a top 175 player

I should have a failing off the cliff gif but I don't

He's almost to the ranking for him to be a good player for us.

Sarcasm here fellas.

 

[AntG168]

Back way back we'd be pissed with anyone outside top 35 and now we're pumped we've landed a top 175 player

I should have a failing off the cliff gif but I don't

This statement is just not true. Lol. Jim Calhoun recruited and landed many players outside the top 35. Shabazz, Jeremy lamb, and Niels Giffey ring any bells to you...

 

[Tenspro2002]

This statement is just not true. Lol. Jim Calhoun recruited and landed many players outside the top 35. Shabazz, Jeremy lamb, and Niels Giffey ring any bells to you...

That is true. But, to be honest, when I read "moves up 60 spots" I expected to see a jump from, like, 130 to 70.

Going from 240 to 169...are we really tripping over ourselves to be excited about a guy who's not a small distance outside the top 100?

Rankings don't mean everything, but there is a strong correlation between recruiting ranking and college success.

 

[Stainmaster]

This statement is just not true. Lol. Jim Calhoun recruited and landed many players outside the top 35. Shabazz, Jeremy lamb, and Niels Giffey ring any bells to you...

Yeah, JSM's view of history is 100% false.

 

[AntG168]

That is true. But, to be honest, when I read "moves up 60 spots" I expected to see a jump from, like, 130 to 70.

Going from 240 to 169...are we really tripping over ourselves to be excited about a guy who's not a small distance outside the top 100?

Rankings don't mean everything, but there is a strong correlation between recruiting ranking and college success.

Understood. But unless I mistaken the word on Carlton is he has improved tremendously and is expected to possibly be a top 100 recruit by the time it's all said and done. Not saying he's going to dominate from day one. But I think most rational posters here think he'll be a good 4 year big for us. @JSM1970 has this weird obsession with downing this kid. It's strange

 

[Matrim55]

That is true. But, to be honest, when I read "moves up 60 spots" I expected to see a jump from, like, 130 to 70.

Going from 240 to 169...are we really tripping over ourselves to be excited about a guy who's not a small distance outside the top 100?

Rankings don't mean everything, but there is a strong correlation between recruiting ranking and college success.

A few years back we recruited a kid by the name of Kyle Kuzma, a PF who was ranked 180th on the 247 list. Lost him to Utah, and he had a nothing first year - 3.3 points, 1.8 rebounds in 8 MPG.

Last year he did 11/6 and this year he's putting up 15/10/3 with some early entry NBA Draft buzz. Imagine if we'd gotten him instead of having to settle for Lubin.

The point is: Once you get outside the top 40 or so, all of these guys take a ton of faith and patience and development, and in order to achieve some stability we'll have to have fringe 4-stars who develop over the course of 3 or 4 years as the foundation of the team. Ollie was perhaps a little slow learning this lesson and concentrated on one high-ranking guy (Abu) and, in the process, missed out on a pair of lower ranked PFs from 2014 (Kuzman & Colson) who are now better players. And we are now suffering as a result.

There is no guarantee, of course, that Carleton will develop as well as Kuzma or Colson, but every roster of ours from here on out should have 4-5 guys in that recruiting range, all steadily improving over the course of their respective careers.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I was underwhelmed with him at first, but now he's putting up really nice stats on a very good team. The 60 spot jump might be the beginning of his rise. The people pretending he'll play serious min as a freshman need to calm down though.

 

[King Husky]

Understood. But unless I mistaken the word on Carlton is he has improved tremendously and is expected to possibly be a top 100 recruit by the time it's all said and done. Not saying he's going to dominate from day one. But I think most rational posters here think he'll be a good 4 year big for us. @JSM1970 has this weird obsession with downing this kid. It's strange

Lmao it's true. I can see his side of the argument, but at the end of the day every recruit isn't going to be a home run, top 50 player. The bottom line is that he is the lowest ranked player in our 2017 recruiting class, he had offers from a bunch of other high end programs, and his stock continues to rise. Mild excitement is warranted.

 

[Mr. French]

JSM doesn't have a specific issue with Carlton.

He has an issue with every single thing on the planet.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

I was underwhelmed with him at first, but now he's putting up really nice stats on a very good team. The 60 spot jump might be the beginning of his rise. The people pretending he'll play serious min as a freshman need to calm down though.

Someone has to play the 5.

 

[King Husky]

Someone has to play the 5.

I would be shocked if Enoch didn't start at the 5 next year, with Diarra or Durham sliding in if he still gets into foul trouble issues. He's our best option and he'll have to develop to fit the role we need him to play for us.

And if I were KO I would have Larrier working on his post game ASAP!

 

[Hungryhusky99]

I would be shocked if Enoch didn't start at the 5 next year, with Diarra or Durham sliding in if he still gets into foul trouble issues. He's our best option and he'll have to develop to fit the role we need him to play for us.

And if I were KO I would have Larrier working on his post game ASAP!

Diarra is 6'7 and hasn't played a minute of college. Durham is no where near strong enough to play at the 5. Carlton is going to have to be primary back up as of now.

 

[King Husky]

Diarra is 6'7 and hasn't played a minute of college. Durham is no where near strong enough to play at the 5. Carlton is going to have to be primary back up as of now.

If he is ready. But if he's not (and I don't think he will be) then I'm sure Ollie would rather go small most of the time Enoch is out, if it means having competent players on the floor.

 

[zyron]

JSM doesn't have a specific issue with Carlton.

He has an issue with every single thing on the planet.

He hates firefighters, old people and poor people from what he says on the Cesspool

 

[upstater]

Back way back we'd be pissed with anyone outside top 35 and now we're pumped we've landed a top 175 player

I should have a failing off the cliff gif but I don't

Yeah, I hated it when UConn landed Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Jake Voskuhl, Jeremy Lamb, Shabazz Napier, Jerome Dyson, etc. That pissed me off.

 

[upstater]

This kid is the next Tim Coles.

Well, he should be introduced to Tim Coles so that he can have some more fire in his belly.

 

[JSM1970]

I don't, I like the kid and his potential, I'm just pointing out where the program is relatively as compared to the ones we used to like to compare ourselves to

Understood. But unless I mistaken the word on Carlton is he has improved tremendously and is expected to possibly be a top 100 recruit by the time it's all said and done. Not saying he's going to dominate from day one. But I think most rational posters here think he'll be a good 4 year big for us. @JSM1970 has this weird obsession with downing this kid. It's strange

 

[JSM1970]

BG, Shabazz, Dyson all top 35, Voshukl, Lamb, Okafor top 60

Yeah, I hated it when UConn landed Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Jake Voskuhl, Jeremy Lamb, Shabazz Napier, Jerome Dyson, etc. That pissed me off.