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SE: For UConn fans that haven’t seen them play, what do each of the incoming freshmen bring to the team next year?
OLLIE: Well, Alterique is the ultimate leader, ultimate winner. He’s won I think his third state championship a couple of weeks ago, so he’s an ultimate winner. A great leader on and off the basketball court, a great young man, that’s going to give us that point guard leadership, him and Jalen, which, when we won our championships, we had that two-point guard attack. And I think we’re going to get back to that, when we had Shabazz and Kemba, we had Ryan Boatright and Shabazz, we’ll get back to that attack with those two guys.
Vance Jackson is a prolific shooter, out of Los Angeles. But he can do so many other things. He’s 6-9, he can post up, underrated passer. So he’s going to bring a great dimension to our team, especially our spacing, where he can stretch the floor. He can shoot the ball out to 35 feet on threes. He’s just a great shooter.
Mamadou Diarra is coming in giving us that rugged four that we need. Just dunking the ball, rebounding the basketball, and still honing his skills. I think he’s going to give us a great boost.
We have a versatile, four, slash 3 man, slash 2 man, slash 5 man in Juwan Durham. He’s coming off of two torn ACL’s that kind of set him back this past year, but I think he’s going to be ready to play come November, and we’re looking forward to having him in the fold.
A lot of people don’t even know about (VCU transfer) Terry Larrier. They don’t even put him in that class, and I’d definitely put him in that class.
SE: What does Terry bring?
OLLIE: He’s 6-9 and can shoot the basketball, he’s an athlete, he can run the court. I mean, he’s the prototypical pro that they’re looking for. Just the length that he’s going to bring to the court for us. And the toughness he’s going to bring, an inner-city Bronx kid, so he has that toughness that we love, especially through the connections that we have in New York. So it’s going to be a welcome sight, and I think a lot of people at UConn and the country is going to really love Terry Larrier.
SE: For UConn fans that haven’t seen them play, what do each of the incoming freshmen bring to the team next year?
OLLIE: Well, Alterique is the ultimate leader, ultimate winner. He’s won I think his third state championship a couple of weeks ago, so he’s an ultimate winner. A great leader on and off the basketball court, a great young man, that’s going to give us that point guard leadership, him and Jalen, which, when we won our championships, we had that two-point guard attack. And I think we’re going to get back to that, when we had Shabazz and Kemba, we had Ryan Boatright and Shabazz, we’ll get back to that attack with those two guys.
Vance Jackson is a prolific shooter, out of Los Angeles. But he can do so many other things. He’s 6-9, he can post up, underrated passer. So he’s going to bring a great dimension to our team, especially our spacing, where he can stretch the floor. He can shoot the ball out to 35 feet on threes. He’s just a great shooter.
Mamadou Diarra is coming in giving us that rugged four that we need. Just dunking the ball, rebounding the basketball, and still honing his skills. I think he’s going to give us a great boost.
We have a versatile, four, slash 3 man, slash 2 man, slash 5 man in Juwan Durham. He’s coming off of two torn ACL’s that kind of set him back this past year, but I think he’s going to be ready to play come November, and we’re looking forward to having him in the fold.
A lot of people don’t even know about (VCU transfer) Terry Larrier. They don’t even put him in that class, and I’d definitely put him in that class.
SE: What does Terry bring?
OLLIE: He’s 6-9 and can shoot the basketball, he’s an athlete, he can run the court. I mean, he’s the prototypical pro that they’re looking for. Just the length that he’s going to bring to the court for us. And the toughness he’s going to bring, an inner-city Bronx kid, so he has that toughness that we love, especially through the connections that we have in New York. So it’s going to be a welcome sight, and I think a lot of people at UConn and the country is going to really love Terry Larrier.