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We're involved (early & strong) with a bunch of guys in the Nos. 20-through-40 range, many of whom are local-ish. I'm going to use the 247 rankings here instead of the composite:
23: Jermaine Samuels (6-foot-6 SF from Massachusetts; considered a strong UConn lean)
25: Tremont Waters (5-foot-10 PG from Connecticut; considered a strong UConn lean; may reclassify to 2016)
26: Jordan Tucker (6-foot-7 SG/SF from White Plains; considered a Syracuse lean)
27: Samuel Japhet-Mathias (6-foot-10 C from Massachusetts via England; UConn/GTown toss-up; may reclassify to 2016)
28: Isiah Jassey (6-foot-9 PF from Texas; considered a strong Texas lean)
35: Hamidou Diallo (6-foot-4 SG from NYC; considered a slight UConn lean)
36: Andre Rafus (6-foot-7 SF from Baltimore; considered a slight UConn lean)
53: Nate Pierre-Louis (6-foot-3 CG from Jersey; considered a UConn/GTown toss-up)
63: Makai Ashton-Langford (6-foot-0 PG from Long Island; UConn interest, no lean thus far)
Ishmael El-Amin (Khalid's kid; 6-foot-1 PG from Minnesota who we've offered) didn't make their top 70, and it's worth noting there are two high-level New England players (Tomas Murphy; stretch PF from Rhode Island & Kimani Lawrence, SF from Massachusetts) we don't seem to be involved with.
We're also, of course, involved with a number of kids in the national top 20 (Ira Lee & Cody Riley from Southern California are two of them, high school & AAU teammates). The one we're supposedly strongest with is No. 7 Zach Brown, a 7-foot-1 wide-body Center from Florida who was at our midnight madness and raved about it.
Obviously we're months if not years away from putting this class together for real. Obviously things can and will change in the next 2 years - Will Jackson was a top 20 talent at this point in his recruitment cycle.
But just as obviously we're going to need a huge class in 2017 since we'll be losing TSam, Amida, Facey, Purvis, SamIIAm and maybe DHam as an early entry. It's just interesting to me how many of our potential answers could be local guys, and how we seem to be focused more on the sub-Kentucky/Kansas/Duke-level recruits, for the most part.
Maybe 3conn, 99, tcf or Zionn can shed more light on where we stand with some of these guys, which the real priorities are, and their particular style of play.
23: Jermaine Samuels (6-foot-6 SF from Massachusetts; considered a strong UConn lean)
25: Tremont Waters (5-foot-10 PG from Connecticut; considered a strong UConn lean; may reclassify to 2016)
26: Jordan Tucker (6-foot-7 SG/SF from White Plains; considered a Syracuse lean)
27: Samuel Japhet-Mathias (6-foot-10 C from Massachusetts via England; UConn/GTown toss-up; may reclassify to 2016)
28: Isiah Jassey (6-foot-9 PF from Texas; considered a strong Texas lean)
35: Hamidou Diallo (6-foot-4 SG from NYC; considered a slight UConn lean)
36: Andre Rafus (6-foot-7 SF from Baltimore; considered a slight UConn lean)
53: Nate Pierre-Louis (6-foot-3 CG from Jersey; considered a UConn/GTown toss-up)
63: Makai Ashton-Langford (6-foot-0 PG from Long Island; UConn interest, no lean thus far)
Ishmael El-Amin (Khalid's kid; 6-foot-1 PG from Minnesota who we've offered) didn't make their top 70, and it's worth noting there are two high-level New England players (Tomas Murphy; stretch PF from Rhode Island & Kimani Lawrence, SF from Massachusetts) we don't seem to be involved with.
We're also, of course, involved with a number of kids in the national top 20 (Ira Lee & Cody Riley from Southern California are two of them, high school & AAU teammates). The one we're supposedly strongest with is No. 7 Zach Brown, a 7-foot-1 wide-body Center from Florida who was at our midnight madness and raved about it.
Obviously we're months if not years away from putting this class together for real. Obviously things can and will change in the next 2 years - Will Jackson was a top 20 talent at this point in his recruitment cycle.
But just as obviously we're going to need a huge class in 2017 since we'll be losing TSam, Amida, Facey, Purvis, SamIIAm and maybe DHam as an early entry. It's just interesting to me how many of our potential answers could be local guys, and how we seem to be focused more on the sub-Kentucky/Kansas/Duke-level recruits, for the most part.
Maybe 3conn, 99, tcf or Zionn can shed more light on where we stand with some of these guys, which the real priorities are, and their particular style of play.
