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2017 Recruiting: Chris Efretuei (7'1'' C)

JMick said:
don't we have four open right now? I count 9 scholarship players

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Yeah 4 open, but the question was about if Efretuei committed
 
JMick said:
don't we have four open right now? I count 9 scholarship players

FR Polley
FR Carlton
FR Gilbert
FR Diarra
SO Vital
JR Adams
JR Larrier
JR Cobb
SR Anderson
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He was replying to this question.
"How many open scholarships would we have next year with him if he committed?"
He would take up 1 of the 4 current open scholarships, leaving 3 open for next year... if he commits.
 
Sonofabeach said:
What does this mean? about Anderson maybe no Scholarship for him?
David Borges‏ @DaveBorges 2h2 hours ago
#UConn has received signed financial aid agreement from Antwoine Anderson.
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Same difference.

They're agreeing to give Anderson a basketball scholarship.

Just different than a letter of intent in that it is a promise by the school to provide a scholarship, but there is no obligation on the part of the student to actually show up and accept it.

The tall kid appears to be 2018.
 
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Come on guys, we all know if he comes here and is awful and there are kids who want to come in, the staff will just squeeze him out politely like is done with projects at most good basketball schools around the country

we need bigs!!!
 
The only guys UConn will get for 2017 at this point are role players. They need front court depth so I'm all for this add.
 
Matrim55 said:
His twitter bio says 2017. Looks like he reclassed sometime in the past year.

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"durable and protects the rim at a high level. He also sets great screens making it easy for guards to create switches or get off uncontested shots. He also slips and rolls really well in high screen situations. Lastly he also finishes at a high level and seldom fumbles the basketball in traffic."

Looks like he has West Virginia interest as well. Not sure the VerbalCommits list is 100% up to date.

Kid ran with Rens in the AAU circuit, so he's not an unknown.
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But this isnt your preference at all right? If not mistaken you are all in on the grad transfers right? There have been better 2017's out there late.

I would have preferred Ondigo over this guy. Purdue was going after Ondigo pretty hard before his commit to Texas Tech. Then again Tech is landing some decent players late in 2017. None of them will start or play a ton of minutes either because of a solid returning nucleus at TT.

SMDH...lol
 
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BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
But this isnt your preference at all right? If not mistaken you are all in on the grad transfers right? There have been better 2017's out there late.
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I'd like us to add a big man grad transfer and am concerned we haven't. I'd like to add another high-upside big like this kid or some other as well.

We have room for both now because of the defections.
 
CTisballers said:
He looks to be coachable and have tremendous upside. You put him aside Mamoudou D and there's a lot of rebounds blocks shots and easy buckets. Sign him asap
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I know a good penny stock selling at .oooo1 cents per share on the Pink Sheets. Interested in buying? Lol
 
BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
I know a good penny stock selling at .oooo1 cents per share on the Pink Sheets. Interested in buying? Lol
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Sounds like you've seen this kid play. Any insights.
 
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CTisballers said:
He looks to be coachable and have tremendous upside. You put him aside Mamoudou D and there's a lot of rebounds blocks shots and easy buckets. Sign him asap
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Agree, he attempts to keep his hands straight up on defense and keeps the ball up high when he gets an offensive rebound and seems to be making a deliberate attempt to avoid traveling...clearly seems to be listening to his coaches, a very good sign!
 
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CTisballers said:
Can he be any worse than Briamah.
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This narrative is so unbelievably tired. He made one of the biggest plays in UConn history, won conference defensive player of the year, and was considered to be one of the best shot blockers in the country throughout his college career. There are going to be plenty of future UConn players that have much worse careers than him.
 
Another big raw African kid that's a fluid runner but perhaps a bit clumsy otherwise. Can't imagine he'd be as good as Amida was as a shot blocker at least as a freshman, but has a lot to like. Seems he could end up thicker than Amida. Would be a good fit for the 2017 class, as it seems no quality grad bigs are coming
 
4xChamps said:
This narrative is so unbelievably tired. He made one of the biggest plays in UConn history, won conference defensive player of the year, and was considered to be one of the best shot blockers in the country throughout his college career. There are going to be plenty of future UConn players that have much worse careers than him.
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True to an extent. Brimah was nothing short of a disappointment his last 2 seasons. So tho he may have accomplished some good things in his career we'd better hope and pray we have bigs better than Brimah in the future because je wasnt all that good. Lovable, hard worker ABSOLUTELY. Great? No...
 
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KSC94 said:
Another big raw African kid that's a fluid runner but perhaps a bit clumsy otherwise. Can't imagine he'd be as good as Amida was as a shot blocker at least as a freshman, but has a lot to like. Seems he could end up thicker than Amida. Would be a good fit for the 2017 class, as it seems no quality grad bigs are coming
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He already has a better post game than amida. And better rebounding instincts. This is not hyperbole either. Amida may have been the worst big man in the post in basketball history.....he was that bad. It was borderline embarrassing
 
AntG168 said:
He already has a better post game than amida. And better rebounding instincts. This is not hyperbole either. Amida may have been the worst big man in the post in basketball history.....he was that bad. It was borderline embarrassing
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In the video he's also playing against some pretty bad competition, can't really tell if his post game is better, especially because he barely did any also.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
In the video he's also playing against some pretty bad competition, can't really tell if his post game is better, especially because he barely did any also.
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Very true. Tho its hard to be worse
 
AntG168 said:
True to an extent. Brimah was nothing short of a disappointment his last 2 seasons. So tho he may have accomplished some good things in his career we'd better hope and pray we have bigs better than Brimah in the future because je wasnt all that good. Lovable, hard worker ABSOLUTELY. Great? No...
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Yeah, there's a difference between having made some great/important plays, and being a great player. Love Brimah for what he did, but he's not quite the prototype we want to model our center recruits after, even when talking about rim protectors.
 
In the video from Park, he was a sophomore and didn't get many minutes, despite being 7'0 in an area with no 7 footers.

That probably happened for a variety of reasons, but the highlights from that season are often in garbage time.
 
Even if Efretuei could qualify for 2017, he'd have to redshirt, so he's effectively 2018 either way. Are we willing to give him a scholarship this early before our 2018 class starts to take shape?

Unless the staff sees something that I don't in him, or desperately needs another player for practices, this one is a bit of a head scratcher.
 
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