PG Alterique Gilbert (McDonald's All-American)

[UConnSwag11]

Bullshlt

 

[UConNick]

Damn.

 

[UConn17]

thats sucks

 

[Dove]

re: Jason Tatum...who has money on the Billikens?

 

[Walker11]

I think that was Ozzie from the other board getting some serious screen time talking to KO in the crowd.

 

[jibsey]

Big surprise Duke, Tatum.

 

[Tommyboy]

re: Jason Tatum...who has money on the Billikens?

Puke. Blecch.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Duke getting all of these guys is scary. With Calipari there's always been the presumption that he'd find a way to waste it all away in a big tournament game, but K is arguably the greatest tournament coach of all time, and now he's getting 3-4 top 15 guys a year.

Perimeter defense will always be a concern for them, but they'll be loaded for a while.

 

[jibsey]

Duke getting all of these guys is scary. With Calipari there's always been the presumption that he'd find a way to waste it all away in a big tournament game, but K is arguably the greatest tournament coach of all time, and now he's getting 3-4 top 15 guys a year.

Perimeter defense will always be a concern for them, but they'll be loaded for a while.

Hasn't he been getting top 15 guys? Don't get me wrong I'm happy with what we've been getting but when you get these #1 position players this isn't exactly a fair fight but it is what it is.

 

[Rocktheworld]

He just had a 2-question halftime interview with Goodman, and gave delightfully meaningless, Crash Davis-style non-answers.

Maybe he just didn't want to get fined

 

[Tampahusky]

Coach K doesn't have the best backcourt the next 2/3 years. I'll put my faith in Gibbs/Adams/Gilbert and others

 

[HooperScooper]

Coach K doesn't have the best backcourt the next 2/3 years. I'll put my faith in Gibbs/Adams/Gilbert and others

And as we've seen many times in college basketball, good guard play combined with some role players who do at least 1 thing well (e.g. rebound, shoot threes, or play defense) wins championships.

 

[mauconnfan]

CP himself had a bunch of nice things to say about Gilbert. Said basically he can do it all but just needs to be a little more assertive vocally as a PG leader. Said he leads quietly but "going to UConn to follow Kemba and Boatright.." he will need to step up the leadership. The game is all there CP said - nice recruiting piece actually.

 

[jibsey]

Coach K doesn't have the best backcourt the next 2/3 years. I'll put my faith in Gibbs/Adams/Gilbert and others

We should be in the conversation but if he keeps pulling top 5 players it's tough to say at this point who will have the best backcourt.

 

[mauconnfan]

We should be in the conversation but if he keeps pulling top 5 players it's tough to say at this point who will have the best backcourt.

He has had plenty of other "great" backcourts according to the rankings and they didn't turn out all that great. Last years was only because it took Cook 4 years to become what he was supposed to be and Jones had a very good freshman year. No matter who he gets I always like our chances vs his teams.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Named one of the Honorable mentions for the All Peach Jam teams. Probably would've been atleast second-team if CP3 didnt lose in that heartbreaking fashion

 

[UConnSwag11]

He has had plenty of other "great" backcourts according to the rankings and they didn't turn out all that great. Last years was only because it took Cook 4 years to become what he was supposed to be and Jones had a very good freshman year. No matter who he gets I always like our chances vs his teams.

Jones flopped so much it was getting nauseating. against us there was one where he ran into his guy, flopped, and purvis got called. Cook became a very good shooter and leader. Still the backcourt was good, nothing special.

 

[intlzncster]

Jones flopped so much it was getting nauseating. against us there was one where he ran into his guy, flopped, and purvis got called. Cook became a very good shooter and leader. Still the backcourt was good, nothing special.

Idk, about the season, but in the ncaas Jones looked like one of the best PG's in college basketball.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Idk, about the season, but in the ncaas Jones looked like one of the best PG's in college basketball.

Agreed. He was nice in the tourney. But I couldn't stand him

 

[jibsey]

Good points have moxy and if they play for Duke we hate them, naturally. Adams has it and Gilbert does too. Jones was amazing, the key to their title.

 

[jibsey]

So watching Gilbert on Sunday he's physically solid with good athleticism and basketball skills. Driving into the trees is not going to work at the next level and that's one of the many things that they all have to learn. Pretty excited to have him as a Husky. He's 5'11"?

 

[Mooch82]

So watching Gilbert on Sunday he's physically solid with good athleticism and basketball skills. Driving into the trees is not going to work at the next level and that's one of the many things that they all have to learn. Pretty excited to have him as a Husky. He's 5'11"?

He definitely looks bigger than Boat when I watched him. Looks much more like Kemba size wise than Boat, which is a good thing. That inch or two can make a huge difference.

 

[tcf15]

He definitely looks bigger than Boat when I watched him. Looks much more like Kemba size wise than Boat, which is a good thing. That inch or two can make a huge difference.

Him and Boat are identical in size.

At the NBA combine, Boat measured in at 5'11" (w/ shoes) with a 6'0.5" wingspan: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ryan-Boatright-6269/
At the Nike Skills Academy, Gilbert measured in at 5'11" (w/ shoes) with a 6'0.5" wingspan: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Alterique-Gilbert-76424/

But Gilbert does weigh more. Boat was 152 at the 2010 NBA Top 100 Camp and Gilbert weighed in at 175 at the Nike Skills Academy.

 

[aceboon]

They're pretty much the same size as of right now, Gilbert is much more muscular and stronger coming into college than Boat was

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ryan-Boatright-6269/

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Alterique-Gilbert-76424/

 

[Mooch82]

Him and Boat are identical in size.

At the NBA combine, Boat measured in at 5'11" (w/ shoes) with a 6'0.5" wingspan: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ryan-Boatright-6269/
At the Nike Skills Academy, Gilbert measured in at 5'11" (w/ shoes) with a 6'0.5" wingspan: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Alterique-Gilbert-76424/

But Gilbert does weigh more. Boat was 152 at the 2010 NBA Top 100 Camp and Gilbert weighed in at 175 at the Nike Skills Academy.

Maybe my eyes were deceiving me or the relative size of the other players was smaller (could very well be the case). Just looked bigger to me. Boat always looked like a shrimp...didn't get that from looking at Alterique.