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2015 C Jessie Govan In-Home Visit

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I didn't even know Stanford or Georgetown were recruiting him. Not that it matters anyway.
 
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upstater said:
Quite frankly, he better commit on the spot, because other bigs are going to want that scholarship. I mean, cheese and crackers, Cheick Diallo is looking at St. John's seriously. Say wha?
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I'd take both in a heartbeat. Govan is a true 5, while Diallo is a natural 4. They would be beastly together. I don't think we've been recruiting Diallo super hard, but I would love to see us ramp up the effort on him. He's a 6'9" force, right in our backyard. Personally, I'm pretty much done with Guards until 2016 (but I'd still take Briscoe; he's the only one. I think we have a legit shot at him, too). Give me
Ali, Jackson, Govan, Diallo/Boatwright, and possibly Briscoe and I'd sleep well the night of a Final Exam.
 
UConNick said:
I'd take both in a heartbeat. Govan is a true 5, while Diallo is a natural 4. They would be beastly together. I don't think we've been recruiting Diallo super hard, but I would love to see us ramp up the effort on him. He's a 6'9" force, right in our backyard. Personally, I'm pretty much done with Guards until 2016 (but I'd still take Briscoe; he's the only one. I think we have a legit shot at him, too). Give me
Ali, Jackson, Govan, Diallo/Boatwright, and possibly Briscoe and I'd sleep well the night of a Final Exam.
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Jalen Adams, I don't care that he's not ranked very high, the kid is spectacular. I would take him instantly.
 
UConNick said:
I'd take both in a heartbeat. Govan is a true 5, while Diallo is a natural 4. They would be beastly together. I don't think we've been recruiting Diallo super hard, but I would love to see us ramp up the effort on him. He's a 6'9" force, right in our backyard. Personally, I'm pretty much done with Guards until 2016 (but I'd still take Briscoe; he's the only one. I think we have a legit shot at him, too). Give me
Ali, Jackson, Govan, Diallo/Boatwright, and possibly Briscoe and I'd sleep well the night of a Final Exam.
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Briscoe is a very good player. Similar type player to Prince Ali though. Could use a few more bigs as you pointed out. Diallo would be my #1, followed by Govan. Chance Comanche or Jared Reuter. Jalen Adams is a big-time player as well.
 
Govan would be a good get for us. Especially if Brimah is still here for his Junior year. Govan would be able to play a limited role while adjusting to the college game and working on his strength and explosiveness. It doesn't look like he really plays above the rim so I'm sure some strength training would go along with him. He does however appear to have good hands and some nifty moves around the basket.

As far as other recruits, unless people transfer or go pro, we don't have any other scholarships available if Govan commits. With that said, I'm firmly on the Jalen Adams bandwagon, i think he's a stud and would thrive in our offense. I think KO loved him as well but after his early aggressive recruiting of Adams didn't pay off with a commitment, KO offered Will Jackson. Not to say that Jackson was a plan B, i think when KO saw him down in Georgia recently he must have made a huge impression for him to offer, especially after spending so much time on Adams.
 
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I get the feeling that this class will be wrapped up by the summer, so kids better not wait before it's too late. Don't know how many spots are left but we seem to be all set at guard, maybe a center and PF. Can anyone chime in?
 
I can't imagine how it would feel to be 18 and sitting across from you is a charismatic ex nba player who was all over tv and twitter the last 3 weeks with unbelievable success telling you how he thinks you fit in with his program. Must be pretty cool and very tempting.
 
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tcf15 said:
From TOS:

The No. 60 junior in the nation, Jessie Govan of Wings Academy (NY), hosted Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins and Georgetown coach John Thompson III. He will have an in-home with UConn's Kevin Ollie next weekend as the National Championship winner will come in with a lot to boast.
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Wings Academy - good enough for me!
 
Absolutely love reading this stuff. Makes me want to go out, get some popcorn, and sit back and enjoy the summer "show", so to speak... starring our very own Kevin Ollie!
 
Dynasty said:
I didn't even know Stanford or Georgetown were recruiting him. Not that it matters anyway.
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Georgetown has a basketball team? I thought they, and St Johns, went intramural for BB. :rolleyes:
 
UConn has always excelled by taking the types of players that stay for 3-4 years. Top 10 recruits such as Villanueva, Gay and Drummond failed to impress as much.

I'll keep taking players ranked between the 40's and 100 over the McD types.
 
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uconNYC said:
UConn has always excelled by taking the types of players that stay for 3-4 years. Top 10 recruits such as Villanueva, Gay and Drummond failed to impress as much.

I'll keep taking players ranked between the 40's and 100 over the McD types.
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Villanueva won a ring and Rudy was a finalist for national player of the year. I'll take them any day of the week
 
uconNYC said:
UConn has always excelled by taking the types of players that stay for 3-4 years. Top 10 recruits such as Villanueva, Gay and Drummond failed to impress as much.

I'll keep taking players ranked between the 40's and 100 over the McD types.
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It's best having a mix of 3 and 4 year players and mix in one or two short-timers. I hope we don't get many one-and-dones. I'm okay with a two year one if they are the piece that puts us over the top. You want to have a core of upper-classmen at all times which is hard to do.

For example, if Boat and Daniels return, we'll have another nice mix of experience and talented youth.

It's got to be hard to recruit towards that. Would a coach take a talented 3 to 4 year player over an elite one that wants to attend his program? That would be a nice problem to have. With this said, I'm not sure many one year players will be interested in UConn. I think KO and UConn tends to attract the take-the-stairs type of hard worker recruit over the ones that see college as a one year stop-over.
 
Matrim55 said:
Donyell, Rip, Khalid, Kemba, DeAndre...
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Sorry - McD was just an easy way to write top 10 talents.

The above players all played 3 years. McD's these days are usually one and done.
 
husky99 said:
Uconn is in good shape
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