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I'd welcome Prince back in a second. Can't blame the kid for going with what he thought was best. A redshirt year potentially with a mentor like Purvis would be great for him.
 
CGarr said:
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SEASON    TEAM    MIN    FGM-FGA    FG%    3PM-3PA    3P%    FTM-FTA    FT%    REB    AST    BLK    STL    PF    TO    PTS
2015-16   UCLA    11.8   1.4-3.6   .388    0.4-1.4   .300    0.7-1.3   .568    1.1    0.4    0.1    0.4    1.2   0.8   3.9
 
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Shabazzkets said:
I forget...was it entirely Ali's decision to de-commit, or was this a mutual deal?
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It seemed shady, he was worried we had too many 2g/wings, I think he blew up (KO reeled him in when he was top 50-75 and he had a big tourney and started getting a lot of high major interest. If u follow college football, recruitment of kids from South Florida often can get dicey.
 
auror said:
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SEASON    TEAM    MIN    FGM-FGA    FG%    3PM-3PA    3P%    FTM-FTA    FT%    REB    AST    BLK    STL    PF    TO    PTS
2015-16   UCLA    11.8   1.4-3.6   .388    0.4-1.4   .300    0.7-1.3   .568    1.1    0.4    0.1    0.4    1.2   0.8   3.9
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Buddy Hield as a freshman: 38.8% FG, 23.8% 3P. Things can turn around quickly...

As for recruiting, Alford is notorious for recruiting committed players. Compton Magic is like a farm team for them and fringes on forcing kids to commit there.
 
Shabazzkets said:
I forget...was it entirely Ali's decision to de-commit, or was this a mutual deal?
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My impression is it was one-sided. Ali's stock was exploding and it seemed like he wanted the attention of an open recruitment and to attract "bigger" names.

Will Jackson was the one whose fortunes were trending the other way, it was becoming apparent he wouldn't be more than an end of the bench guy for us, and that de-commitment was mutual. He ended up at Georgia. It looks like we were right -- last year Jackson averaged 1.6 ppg on 29% shooting in 8 mpg.
 
He is an athlete and has talent but he did nothing at UCLA, it is also a dumpster fire there so kind of hard to judge. Seemed at the time he was scared about Jalen being recruited after he had committed.
 
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Next year he'd be fighting for minutes with Ball (5 Star Stud Freshman), DHam's bro and the coach's son. With Jalen, Alterique and possibly Hami, I don't think we're a fit this time around. He'll probably go to where the cupboards are bare: St John's, Michigan, etc.
 
CTBasketball said:
I don't want anymore transfers that slighted us the first time around. This isn't a homeless shelter.
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Lol.

That said, I don't really have a problem myself. Purvis has been successful (despite some grumblings here), and I have high hopes for Larrier. Ali would be a nice addition, I think. We'll have space for him, and even if we have Diallo I think he'll have playing time.

I would be surprised if we're his top option, though.
 
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I don't think I'm going to say an 18 year slighted Ollie when all the kid was trying to do was trying to figure out his future. No easy task, and at that point Purvis was being called a Ferrari in waiting at the 2, and we were favorites to land Adams too.

If he's afraid of competition we aren't a good fit. There's also the chance that he just realized his coach was awful and wasn't helping him develop. Obviously Diallo is going to be the priority, but there's room for both.
 
tzznandrew said:
Lol.

That said, I don't really have a problem myself. Purvis has been successful (despite some grumblings here), and I have high hopes for Larrier. Ali would be a nice addition, I think. We'll have space for him, and even if we have Diallo I think he'll have playing time.

I would be surprised if we're his top option, though.
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To be fair neither Purvis nor Larrier actually publically committed to UConn to my knowledge.
 
No thanks. We have that position covered next season. Need a low post scorer and some rebounding beef. Even as a freshmen, 38/30/50 shooting is not good for a shooting guard.

Gimme another Shonn Miller. Gimme one 3 inches taller, all the better.
 
We under-filled Adams' class, so it makes sense to add another back in (via transfer). But probably should be a big.
 
RipCity said:
I don't think I'm going to say an 18 year slighted Ollie when all the kid was trying to do was trying to figure out his future. No easy task, and at that point Purvis was being called a Ferrari in waiting at the 2, and we were favorites to land Adams too.

If he's afraid of competition we aren't a good fit. There's also the chance that he just realized his coach was awful and wasn't helping him develop. Obviously Diallo is going to be the priority, but there's room for both.
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I agree, but I just wish he didn't decommit a whole year after he verbaled and frequently posted pro-UConn stuff, especially during the championship run. I am sure that Ollie had other irons in the fire, but nonetheless, it is also true that kids committed elsewhere while he was committed to UConn, and it's also true that UConn didn't land a shooting guard in that class. So... we can still use one extra body at shooting guard next year.
 
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CTBasketball said:
I don't want anymore transfers that slighted us the first time around. This isn't a homeless shelter.
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No, but we are a school that wants the best basketball players available. If he is one of them, I want him. If not, I don't. Whether he jilted us in the past would be of no consequence in my decision.
 
The irony is, while he probably wouldn't have averaged too many minutes more than he did for UCLA this year, next year he would have been lined up to receive probably a great many minutes, and especially so if Purvis does end up leaving. I'm not convinced that we are going to see Larrier at the 2 very much.
 
tzznandrew said:
Lol.

That said, I don't really have a problem myself. Purvis has been successful (despite some grumblings here), and I have high hopes for Larrier. Ali would be a nice addition, I think. We'll have space for him, and even if we have Diallo I think he'll have playing time.

I would be surprised if we're his top option, though.
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Purvis didn't verbally commit to Ollie and the program. Big difference IMO.
 
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