Shawn Olden - JUCO

[lange10]

Former Pepperdine player. Averaging big numbers - 17.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg - but terrible shooting percentage. Here's his game log thus far for New Mexico JUCO New Mexico Junior College

Edit: No clue if this is for spring semester or next year.

 

[tcf15]

 

[CL82]

Well, we're a young team. We could use an old 'un.

 

[UCweCONN]

Insurance policy.

 

[mauconnfan]

Nothing wrong with an all WCC freshman team kid a year later. Shows some nice toughness going to the hole and just being able to make a 3 with his ability is nice. Not saying he would be great but like what I see, especially if somehow he is eligible to get back to D1 now, like in a couple weeks?

 

[Pudge]

At Pepperdine - Last game was Dec 20, 2015 against Gonzaga. Applied for a Medical Redshirt. (he played 9 games his Sophomore year in Malibu).

ACADEMICALLY? Might be eligible for January.

Winter in Storrs, CT might be like Malibu.

 

[Horatio]

How many years would he be here if he comes?

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Said the visits going great, but wasn't sure if he was eligible for next semester.

 

[uchusky32]

How many years would he be here if he comes?

10 day contact. If he performs we could sign him to another 10 day contact. We would have to sign him for the rest of the season after that. He would qualify for the veteran minimum.

 

[James]

if there was somehow he was able to play next semester that would be crazy and a god send.

 

[UConnSwag11]

What does this do to our to scholarships for '17?

 

[Hungryhusky99]

What does this do to our to scholarships for '17?

Would have one left if he committed.

 

[mauconnfan]

Just thinking a strange time to be visiting a school unless he's hoping to play somewhere else (storrs) the 2nd semester? I mean I realize they may have had a day or so off but in season like that, must be some outside the box thinking.

 

[Fishy]

He had ankle surgery last winter and then left Pepperdine.

It can't be for the spring semester. First, you can't transfer mid-year from a JUCO and even if he was just sitting on his couch for the past year, he would have needed to spend a year in residence at his new school before becoming eligible.

He'll be a 4-2-4 transfer for next year.

Recruiting has gone in a weird direction this year.

 

[aceboon]

He had ankle surgery last winter and then left Pepperdine.

It can't be for the spring semester. First, you can't transfer mid-year from a JUCO and even if he was just sitting on his couch for the past year, he would have needed to spend a year in residence at his new school before becoming eligible.

He'll be a 4-2-4 transfer for next year.

Recruiting has gone in a weird direction this year.

Makes sense as to why you're now commenting on it

 

[Fishy]

Makes sense as to why you're now commenting on it

Eh, f--- off, brat.

 

[aceboon]

Eh, f--- off, brat.

Nah the brat is the grown man behaving like a child online. Gotta love the mousepad mobsters, always good for a laugh to see how quickly they can meltdown into something that they're not in real life.

 

[mauconnfan]

Nah the brat is the grown man behaving like a child online. Gotta love the mousepad mobsters, always good for a laugh to see how quickly they can meltdown into something that they're not in real life.

One line of which makes sense and this? LOL

 

[Fishy]

Nah the brat is the grown man behaving like a child online. Gotta love the mousepad mobsters, always good for a laugh to see how quickly they can meltdown into something that they're not in real life.

Lol....you need an editor.

 

[RipCity]

KO or Killings must think he's going to be eligible next semester. Maybe some technicality or reason why it'd be possible.

 

[UConnStats]

Did some digging and it looks like he committed to Underwood at SFA before he left for OKSt, then Olden reopened his recruitment.

The only other school I can tell is recruiting him now is UNLV.

 

[Fishy]

KO or Killings must think he's going to be eligible next semester. Maybe some technicality or reason why it'd be possible.

One way or another, a year has to elapse between the time you transfer and the time you are eligible at your new school. Pepperdine announced the transfer in the spring. If the kid actually withdrew at the end of the first semester, (not likely), maybe there'd be hope....

But the 4-2-4 transfer rules flat state that there is no mid-year eligibility for JUCO transfers basketball and baseball.

 

[RipCity]

One way or another, a year has to elapse between the time you transfer and the time you are eligible at your new school. Pepperdine announced the transfer in the spring. If the kid actually withdrew at the end of the first semester, (not likely), maybe there'd be hope....

But the 4-2-4 transfer rules flat state that there is no mid-year eligibility for JUCO transfers basketball and baseball.

Yeah I hear you and think you're right. Just a puzzling offer if it's for next year, though. Maybe they think he's a diamond in the rough. His Pepperdine numbers are solid but his JUCO stats are kind of scary.

 

[GoldCstHusky]

I'm a Pepperdine grad and fan of the basketball program. Olden was player of the year in Oklahoma but went under the radar recruiting-wise, which is how Pepperdine could land someone like him. Like many freshmen he had moments of being raw, but unquestionably he showed enough to be considered the future of the program and many were hoping for big things before his injury. The injury, combined with Pepperdine pulling the scholly for one of his best friends (and some tweeting about "loyalty") were the most we could come up with as to why he left. It's not altogether uncommon for really good players transferring out of Pepperdine for greener pastures (though it only rarely seems to work out), but following his ankle injury the timing came as a surprise when his stock could be higher and he went JUCO. Lots of Pepperdine fans were really hit hard by that news as, after so may fallow years, Olden was seen as a key in sustaining recent modest WCC success in future years.

If he joins the Huskies, I hope for the best for him. He won't be a program changer for UConn but he will certainly hold his own and could provide some good minutes. I haven't kept track of him in JUCO and not sure if he is 100% healthy, but if UConn likes what it sees he would certainly earn his scholarship given the chance.

 

[James]

anybody talking down on this recruitment is clueless



and look at the tape, athletic guard who can scorch the nets. probably better than anybody we can get in the spring other than diallo. Also , diallo is not some program changer, he could easily struggle his 1 year here, think of a worst version of drummond. If anything we need an elite big desperately, missing out on richards, bamba, and ikey is mystifying . No clue what KOs plan is there. we are going into next year with enoch durham and diarra, that should alarm everyone.