UConn among 4 schools prioritizing Jaiden Delaire

[UChusky916]

Jaiden Delaire: Four schools prioritizing emerging 2019 forward

On the recruiting front, Delaire said Connecticut, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Yale have prioritized him.

“Recruiting process is good, there are schools always coming into play,” Delaire said. “I definitely just want to give it until the end of the summer before I make up my mind but yeah I like the schools that I’m talking to.”

Thus far, Delaire has only taken unofficial visits to UConn and Yale. Both trip were last June. Delaire said he’s hoping to make more trips in May or June.​

 

[UC313]

The fresh prince of delaire needs to be a Husky.

 

[husky99]

The fresh prince of delaire needs to be a Husky.

Nice

 

[superjohn]

It's pretty simple, if he wants an NBA career UConn is his best choice. If not and wants to work in something like finance then maybe Stanford or Yale will be right for him.

 

[JMick]

It's pretty simple, if he wants an NBA career UConn is his best choice. If not and wants to work in something like finance then maybe Stanford or Yale will be right for him.

Let's hope we can convince him he can make money playing basketball, then

 

[BFieldHusky]

Heard we lead and are in the drivers seat.

 

[superjohn]

Let's hope we can convince him he can make money playing basketball, then

I would be surprised if he's not a Husky.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Heard we lead and are in the drivers seat.

I like you.

 

[Wordbomar]

This is a must get. Kid grew up a husky fan, we can’t let him get away.

 

[jazyj]

It's pretty simple, if he wants an NBA career UConn is his best choice. If not and wants to work in something like finance then maybe Stanford or Yale will be right for him.

Thats not even remotely true nowadays as long as you perform you will get NBA looks.

 

[JMick]

I would be surprised if he's not a Husky.

I hope so. He seems to do everything well

 

[Bezzz]

Thats not even remotely true nowadays as long as you perform you will get NBA looks.

Jeremy Lin says hello.

 

[kansashusky]

Other schools are not even trying to get involved because the sense is he is UConn's.

As mentioned before, the academics is the only issue, but Stanford is a long ways away, and being close to home is important for him.

 

[ctchamps]

It's pretty simple, if he wants an NBA career UConn is his best choice. If not and wants to work in something like finance then maybe Stanford or Yale will be right for him.

I would be surprised if he's not a Husky.

Or maybe someone tells him about Mek!

 

[ctchamps]

Heard we lead and are in the drivers seat.

@UConnStats claims Lecque no longer in play. Can you Con_irm?

 

[JMick]

@UConnStats claims Lecque no longer in play. Can you Con_irm?

Lecque is basically done from what I heard. We pressed for '18 and couldn't get a commitment so we moved on before Kentucky & Duke start making their push for '19. Someone did say we're still trying to get a big name reclass for '18 but I think there are a lot of moving parts involved with that and I heard it's not Lecque but someone different

 

[Whtdmd]

Jeremy Lin says hello.

Tommy Amaker has not spoken yet. Delaire is at Loomis because of the academics. His brother also goes there and several of his teammates were IVY- league bound last yr. Calhoun was at Loomis in October 2017 to scout him

 

[BFieldHusky]

Lecque is basically done from what I heard. We pressed for '18 and couldn't get a commitment so we moved on before Kentucky & Duke start making their push for '19. Someone did say we're still trying to get a big name reclass for '18 but I think there are a lot of moving parts involved with that and I heard it's not Lecque but someone different

@JMick just said what I have heard in regards to Lecque. We have backed off for that reason.

 

[fatlucy]

Thats not even remotely true nowadays as long as you perform you will get NBA looks.

And you can certainly get an undergrad from UCONN then go to an Ivy for grad school and make just as much as if you went to Ivy undergrad. Actually more if you count the difference in cost from UCONN to Yale undergrad.

 

[WrenchFan69]

And you can certainly get an undergrad from UCONN then go to an Ivy for grad school and make just as much as if you went to Ivy undergrad. Actually more if you count the difference in cost from UCONN to Yale undergrad.

Yale makes huge-to-full financial aid contributions to pretty much all admitted students; Yale is probably the same or cheaper for most financially-average folks

 

[Bezzz]

I don't know man, I love UConn for it's athletics and academics, but if I'm a school-head and a great athlete and Yale says come on down I'm going. Future NBA or private sector business you're all set.

I applied to Yale out of high school. Really really wanted to go. Interviewed with a local bank president. Big office, perfect suit, totally intimidated. Little kid from Wolcott. Got tripped up on a trick question about drugs (pot) of which I had zero experience (1972). Prolly got labeled immature, pass.

Ended up at RPI which worked out.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Go to Cornell, then transfer to us as a Grad student.

 

[superjohn]

Thats not even remotely true nowadays as long as you perform you will get NBA looks.

UConn is better for your basketball career than Yale. I know we've stunk for a couple of years but come on.

 

[cohenzone]

Go to Cornell, then transfer to us as a Grad student.

Thats what my son did. But his game was biology.couldnt shoot or dribble worth a damn. Go Big Red.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It would shock me if a kid with this kind of talent went Ivy. Vandy, Stanford, Duke? Sure. But Ivy? UConn isn't a slouch academically, so it's not like Yale vs Memphis here.