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2018 New Targets - Freshmen and Grad Transfers

tcf15 said:
Agreed, especially given what Hurley said at his presser (for those who missed it, that his recruiting footprint is New England and the Mid-Atlantic and his staffing hires would reflect that) so I don't expect any 2018 recruits outside that area either. You would think his best relationships as of right now are within that recruiting footprint.

Fortunately, if this is what Hurley wants to do, it seems that New England and the Mid-Atlantic are stacked with talent over the next few years.
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JC changed that by recruiting nationally and it worked out pretty well. I guess there are more than one way to build a program.
 
tcf15 said:
Agreed, especially given what Hurley said at his presser (for those who missed it, that his recruiting footprint is New England and the Mid-Atlantic and his staffing hires would reflect that) so I don't expect any 2018 recruits outside that area either. You would think his best relationships as of right now are within that recruiting footprint.

Fortunately, if this is what Hurley wants to do, it seems that New England and the Mid-Atlantic are stacked with talent over the next few years.
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He also has the UCONN brand and resources to go after some of these kids. Maybe not the first year or two but once things start rolling I don’t see why not
 
Kenny11 said:
Just because Hurley stated that he will concentrate on the east coast does not mean Uconn will stop recruiting nationally or even internationally all together. That would be dumb.
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This makes so much sense. First of all, if you look at Moore, he is responsible for bringing Ray, Okafor, etc. He obviously has experience recruiting outside of the Mid-Atlantic and NE region and has brought us some pretty amazing players. I doubt he’d say well, I’m going to pass on the next Ray Allen because he’s in SC when we’re only looking at NJ...
 
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Huskyforlife said:
You could make a great team out of New England recruits. I don’t care if he doesn’t leave the state for our next recruiting class honestly.
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I agree but the next month or two I would be fine with going outside of New England of it brought in a couple of solid players.
 
uconnbill said:
I agree but the next month or two I would be fine with going outside of New England of it brought in a couple of solid players.
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Yeah he'll probably need to get more creative if he wants to have a good season next year.

But I couldn't stand the amount of top New England recruits Ollie lost/didn't show much interest in. Even this year you had

Naz Reid-LSU
Moses Brown-UCLA
Cole Swider-Villanova
David Duke and AJ Reeves-Providence

Among others.
 
tcf15 said:
Agreed, especially given what Hurley said at his presser (for those who missed it, that his recruiting footprint is New England and the Mid-Atlantic and his staffing hires would reflect that) so I don't expect any 2018 recruits outside that area either. You would think his best relationships as of right now are within that recruiting footprint.

Fortunately, if this is what Hurley wants to do, it seems that New England and the Mid-Atlantic are stacked with talent over the next few years.
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Not to mention Jay Wright has shown that if you get the right kids from mostly this area...Brunson aside you can do pretty well.
 
scotty0330 said:
Not to mention Jay Wright has shown that if you get the right kids from mostly this area...Brunson aside you can do pretty well.
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Over the past 10 years if we just drew a border around New England and got, say, 50% of the best talent, we'd have been to the final four half a dozen times. It's really frustrating we weren't able to capitalize on that more.

Anyway, even if Hurley never goes west of the Hudson or south of Cape May there'll be more than enough talent to recruit. And I honestly like the fact that he's talking about being more targeted and concentrated than the previous staff – who offered everybody under the sun.

Anyway, give me Jalen Lecque, Micah Seaborn and Ryan Luther this spring, and I'll be good.
 
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I don’t know who we’re going to get but watching these teams play tonight, especially Nova, I’m wondering how we can get this kind of talent. This is a very high mountain Hurley has to climb.
 
jibsey said:
I don’t know who we’re going to get but watching these teams play tonight, especially Nova, I’m wondering how we can get this kind of talent. This is a very high mountain Hurley has to climb.
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Here's the thing, though... Nova does not typically light the world on fire w/ their recruiting classes.

Spellman #20
Brunson #22

Bridges #81
Booth #75
Cosby-Roundtree #97
Gillepsie #200
DiVincenzo #124
Paschall #210.

Nova is actually built quite similarly to the classic UConn teams. One or two 5 star guys and then a bunch of other players who were coached up. Jay Wright runs a great system, recruits the right guys for said system, and then makes them better year after year. On paper, they do not have as much talent as the other 1 seeds. But they are far and away the best team.
 
Matrim55 said:
Over the past 10 years if we just drew a border around New England and got, say, 50% of the best talent, we'd have been to the final four half a dozen times. It's really frustrating we weren't able to capitalize on that more.

Anyway, even if Hurley never goes west of the Hudson or south of Cape May there'll be more than enough talent to recruit. And I honestly like the fact that he's talking about being more targeted and concentrated than the previous staff – who offered everybody under the sun.

Anyway, give me Jalen Lecque, Micah Seaborn and Ryan Luther this spring, and I'll be good.
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Already a huge departure from the last staff, so refreshing.
 
jibsey said:
I don’t know who we’re going to get but watching these teams play tonight, especially Nova, I’m wondering how we can get this kind of talent. This is a very high mountain Hurley has to climb.
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By having a plan and loving the process of recruiting. We'll get there and I think it will be quicker than people think.
 
jibsey said:
I don’t know who we’re going to get but watching these teams play tonight, especially Nova, I’m wondering how we can get this kind of talent. This is a very high mountain Hurley has to climb.
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Elite coach > elite recruiting (unless it's a future NBA HOF)
 
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boog204 said:
Here's the thing, though... Nova does not typically light the world on fire w/ their recruiting classes.

Spellman #20
Brunson #22

Bridges #81
Booth #75
Cosby-Roundtree #97
Gillepsie #200
DiVincenzo #124
Paschall #210.

Nova is actually built quite similarly to the classic UConn teams. One or two 5 star guys and then a bunch of other players who were coached up. Jay Wright runs a great system, recruits the right guys for said system, and then makes them better year after year. On paper, they do not have as much talent as the other 1 seeds. But they are far and away the best team.
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I've posted this a few times, but it's worth repeating:

Nova recruiting class rankings:

From 247
2015 - 29
2014 - 48
2013 - 36
2012 - 27
From ESPN
2015 - 24
2014 - 37
2013 - 31
2012 - >25


Those classes led to the 2016 NC.

Their 2016 class rankings were 45 and 33 respectively.

They're very likely looking at NC#2 out of them.
 
polycom said:
I'm not talking about Hurley. I'm talking about Jay Wright.
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lol I took your post to mean (in reply to the guy wondering how we could compete with that), "don't worry, elite coaching beats elite recruiting....and we have an elite coach."
 
intlzncster said:
lol I took your post to mean (in reply to the guy wondering how we could compete with that), "don't worry, elite coaching beats elite recruiting....and we have an elite coach."
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Haha no, I was referencing that Jay Wright has some elite recruits but it’s really his coaching that gets the job done
 
A lot of people saw Brunson in HS and made Shabazz comparisons. He’s a product of environment. He almost played for Dunphy. Instead he played for a coach that turned him into a college legend. Why are we hating. Everyone should be a fan of Brunson. He embodies what is cool about college basketball. He probably will still get drafted in the second round, and pass 90% of people drafted before him.
 
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RipCity said:
A lot of people saw Brunson in HS and made Shabazz comparisons. He’s a product of environment. He almost played for Dunphy. Instead he played for a coach that turned him into a college legend. Why are we hating. Everyone should be a fan of Brunson. He embodies what is cool about college basketball. He probably will still get drafted in the second round, and pass 90% of people drafted before him.
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Nobody's hating.
 
MattMang23 said:
Jay Wright coaches circles around 97% of other college coaches. That's why Nova is so good. He made Bill Self look like Bill Self.
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Last night was a matter of a shooting clinic. Any time Kansas cut the lead to 14 or 11, Nova would hit a 3 and deflate them. He's a great coach, but last night he had 5 guys on floor who could hit 3s and they all were hitting them.

Not much you can do when Pachall hits a 3 at the shot clock buzzer from 25 feet off a loose ball scramble.
 
boog204 said:
Here's the thing, though... Nova does not typically light the world on fire w/ their recruiting classes.

Spellman #20
Brunson #22

Bridges #81
Booth #75
Cosby-Roundtree #97
Gillepsie #200
DiVincenzo #124
Paschall #210.

Nova is actually built quite similarly to the classic UConn teams. One or two 5 star guys and then a bunch of other players who were coached up. Jay Wright runs a great system, recruits the right guys for said system, and then makes them better year after year. On paper, they do not have as much talent as the other 1 seeds. But they are far and away the best team.
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And 5+ guys who can hit a 3. Moneyball.
 
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