2018 Recruiting: All 3 of our recruits got a bump up; Kisunas in particular

[LStudfellow]

Since we are about half way through our 12-day hiatus, I figured this would help keep you all going for a few more days.

247Sports came out with their revised rankings of the Top 2018 basketball recruits, and all 3 guys got a bump up in their Composite rankings, and only Matthews Jr. dropped in his ranking while the other 2 were also up in that list.

Lukas Kisunas soared- all the way to #143, up 125, in the . Seems like he could be more than just a project after all. God, I hope so!

One thing that I do like about this particular staff put together of Ollie, Chillious and Killings at least this year is that they seem to be better at identifying late bloomers AND players who fit what Ollie wants to do than the previous group. And I would still submit that Akinjo is still significantly underrated based upon his actual performance this summer at Peach Jam and on the Nike EYBL Circuit in general and so far at the beginning of his senior basketball season.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Since we are about half way through our 12-day hiatus, I figured this would help keep you all going for a few more days.

247Sports came out with their revised rankings of the Top 2018 basketball recruits, and all 3 guys got a bump up in their 247Sports Composite rankings, and only Matthews Jr. dropped in his Top247 ranking while the other 2 were also up in that list.

Lukas Kisunas soared- all the way to #143, up 125, in the Top247. Seems like he could be more than just a project after all. God, I hope so!

One thing that I do like about this particular staff put together of Ollie, Chillious and Killings at least this year is that they seem to be better at identifying late bloomers AND players who fit what Ollie wants to do than the previous group. And I would still submit that Akinjo is still significantly underrated based upon his actual performance this summer at Peach Jam and on the Nike EYBL Circuit in general and so far at the beginning of his senior basketball season.

I like our recruits a lot. Next year we will also have Sid wilson. We just need another guard due to gilberts injury and the uncertainty if adams is leaving, preferably a 2018 recruit and not a grad transfer.

 

[NEforceUConn]

We just need another guard due to gilberts injury and the uncertainty if adams is leaving......

Maybe that Waters kid, oh wait he's at LSU sorry.

10, 9, 8, 7.........and so on

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Maybe that Waters kid, oh wait he's at LSU sorry.

10, 9, 8, 7....and so on

Troll

 

[olehead]

Since we are about half way through our 12-day hiatus, I figured this would help keep you all going for a few more days.

247Sports came out with their revised rankings of the Top 2018 basketball recruits, and all 3 guys got a bump up in their 247Sports Composite rankings, and only Matthews Jr. dropped in his Top247 ranking while the other 2 were also up in that list.

Lukas Kisunas soared- all the way to #143, up 125, in the Top247. Seems like he could be more than just a project after all. God, I hope so!

One thing that I do like about this particular staff put together of Ollie, Chillious and Killings at least this year is that they seem to be better at identifying late bloomers AND players who fit what Ollie wants to do than the previous group. And I would still submit that Akinjo is still significantly underrated based upon his actual performance this summer at Peach Jam and on the Nike EYBL Circuit in general and so far at the beginning of his senior basketball season.

Akinjo put in work out here in the Bay area last week. He was named MVP of the Gridley Invitational. Here is the link.

UConn-bound guard doing it all for Salesian

 

[mauconnfan]

Maybe that Waters kid, oh wait he's at LSU sorry.

10, 9, 8, 7....and so on

NEforceUConn with another solid post oh wait probably not sorry.

10, 9, 8, 7..... and so on

 

[upstater]

I'm showing Emmitt Matthews with a 17 spot drop in the rankings. Pretty steep drop. Kisunas on the other hand shot up 96 spots.

The AAC is having a miserable time so far.

Akinjo at 96 and Hinton at 98 (Houston) are the only 2 top 100s.
Then you have 2 from 100-150, and another 4 from 150-200.

8 in the top 200. Yikes.

Only UConn, Houston and Wichita State are doing anything.

 

[Vancat]

We'd better hope KO stays....!

 

[UConn3432]

all i want for xmas is more shooters

 

[Bagel&Cheese]

247 rankings:
Akinjo-106
Kisunas-143
Matthews-227

Let's have a party and sign Ollie up for another 5 years. There is no reason why he can't continue to finish in the top 7 of the AAC and have a winning percentage of .600. We are right where we need to be.

 

[RM99]

This is a really nice recruiting class coming in next year. Let’s hope they don’t read the boneyard and that KO stays. Without Kevin this group will go somewhere else. Let’s go Huskies!!

 

[ConnHuskBask]

247 rankings:
Akinjo-106
Kisunas-143
Matthews-227

Wow.

 

[3rdbass]

247 rankings:
Akinjo-106
Kisunas-143
Matthews-227

Let's have a party and sign Ollie up for another 5 years. There is no reason why he can't continue to finish in the top 7 of the AAC and have a winning percentage of .600. We are right where we need to be.

These are the type of recruits you get in the AAC. Face facts as all our other counterparts get the same or worst. The problem is KO is not a great coach and can't even get us in the top 3 of the aac with this talent. No excuses for that as other teams are working with the same or worst talent in the AAC. That is why his job is on the line and not the recruits we are getting. Though this season's recruits all seem like a reach.

 

[Palatine]

These are the type of recruits you get in the AAC. Face facts as all our other counterparts get the same or worst. The problem is KO is not a great coach and can't even get us in the top 3 of the aac with this talent. No excuses for that as other teams are working with the same or worst talent in the AAC. That is why his job is on the line and not the recruits we are getting. Though this season's recruits all seem like a reach.

We had a top ten recruiting class in the country last year in the same conference.

Please explain.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

These are the type of recruits you get in the AAC. Face facts as all our other counterparts get the same or worst. The problem is KO is not a great coach and can't even get us in the top 3 of the aac with this talent. No excuses for that as other teams are working with the same or worst talent in the AAC. That is why his job is on the line and not the recruits we are getting. Though this season's recruits all seem like a reach.

We actually have gotten recruits ranked higher than this.

But we didn't do much/anything with them. So now we don't.

 

[UConnDan97]

It's going to be great when 1 or more of these kids does great things at UConn and some of these same posters will write things like, "I had a good feeling about him...I knew he would be good when I saw his tape!" Only on the Boneyard...

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

247 rankings:
Akinjo-106
Kisunas-143
Matthews-227

Wow.

This is what makes me nervous. I know rankings don't always mean much. And the tape/write-ups for all these kids looks/sounds good.

But KO's track record with developing guys isn't exactly the best. And how we've done so far with guys in this range isn't exactly great. Guys like Facey, Samuel, Diarra. Everyone on the current class is in this range, and while some have shown signs and will likely be solid 4 year contributors, none are impact guys.

And that's the problem. We are starving for talent right now. We need guys who can come in and make an immediate impact. Especially if Jalen and Terry leave. I am hopeful Wilson will be able to do that. But we are going to need the current freshman to make a big jump and are going to need all 3 of these guys able to come in ready to contribute right away.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

It's going to be great when 1 or more of these kids does great things at UConn and some of these same posters will write things like, "I had a good feeling about him...I knew he would be good when I saw his tape!" Only on the Boneyard...

Who has said anything negative about these kids in this thread??

There is a quote function. Go ahead and point it out to us please.

 

[pj]

It's going to be great when 1 or more of these kids does great things at UConn and some of these same posters will write things like, "I had a good feeling about him...I knew he would be good when I saw his tape!" Only on the Boneyard...

I have a good feeling about these three...I knew they would be good when I saw their tape!

[Just want to get this on the record early.]

 

[superjohn]

Since we are about half way through our 12-day hiatus, I figured this would help keep you all going for a few more days.

247Sports came out with their revised rankings of the Top 2018 basketball recruits, and all 3 guys got a bump up in their 247Sports Composite rankings, and only Matthews Jr. dropped in his Top247 ranking while the other 2 were also up in that list.

Lukas Kisunas soared- all the way to #143, up 125, in the Top247. Seems like he could be more than just a project after all. God, I hope so!

One thing that I do like about this particular staff put together of Ollie, Chillious and Killings at least this year is that they seem to be better at identifying late bloomers AND players who fit what Ollie wants to do than the previous group. And I would still submit that Akinjo is still significantly underrated based upon his actual performance this summer at Peach Jam and on the Nike EYBL Circuit in general and so far at the beginning of his senior basketball season.

Where are you seeing that all three of our recruits got a bump up in the rankings? I'm not seeing it.

 

[UChusky916]

It's hilarious to me that people still rely on these recruiting rankings and make sweeping judgments on these kids and our program before they even step foot on campus just because some nobody gave them a number.

What's even more funny is that folks here are calling for KO to get canned based on these arbitrary 'rankings' from 'experts'.

Unreal how insecure the UConn fan base has become.

Looking forward to seeing Lukas and James in UConn unis... both look like UConn guys.

 

[Paesano]

We actually have gotten recruits ranked higher than this.

But we didn't do much/anything with them. So now we don't.

That pretty much sums it up. The problem isn't the AAC. At least, it isn't JUST the AAC and the AAC alone can't limit recruiting. KO is struggling in recruiting now because, as you said, he failed to do anything with his recruits. He was handed a great situation where we were the big fish in the small pond. Our history allowed us to pull in big recruits even though we were in the AAC. But since none of his guys are achieving much, the big recruits are disinterested or concerned. This is a classic downward spiral.

 

[Huskygrad88]

Who has said anything negative about these kids in this thread??

There is a quote function. Go ahead and point it out to us please.

read bagel and cheese above. Not exactly a glowing review

 

[UConnDan97]

Who has said anything negative about these kids in this thread??

There is a quote function. Go ahead and point it out to us please.

Really??? I won't even go through the entire thread, but here are a few:

247 rankings:
Akinjo-106
Kisunas-143
Matthews-227

Let's have a party and sign Ollie up for another 5 years. There is no reason why he can't continue to finish in the top 7 of the AAC and have a winning percentage of .600. We are right where we need to be.

247 rankings:
Akinjo-106
Kisunas-143
Matthews-227

Wow.

These are the type of recruits you get in the AAC. Face facts as all our other counterparts get the same or worst. The problem is KO is not a great coach and can't even get us in the top 3 of the aac with this talent. No excuses for that as other teams are working with the same or worst talent in the AAC. That is why his job is on the line and not the recruits we are getting. Though this season's recruits all seem like a reach.

 

[Paesano]

It's going to be great when 1 or more of these kids does great things at UConn and some of these same posters will write things like, "I had a good feeling about him...I knew he would be good when I saw his tape!" Only on the Boneyard...

Define "great things". And if none of them achieve "great things" will you write something like, "What did people expect KO to achieve with this limited talent? We are in the AAC so don't expect Chris Smith to walk through that door." Of course you will.