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superjohn said:
I'm aware and they aren't serious about sports, I no longer know what they're serious about.
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Money and power. That’s it.

The political crap is window dressing.
 
Rich said:
It’s the Ivies. They have NOTHING but money.

If they wanted to win Big Prizes they’d do so quite easily.
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Stanford should be killing it then. Maybe it is.
 
Kolumbo said:
Stanford should be killing it then. Maybe it is.
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It’s a matter of priorities.

They’d also have to significantly relax admissions standards.
 
It’s just one interview, but I don’t think the kid coulda made it more obvious we’re the run away favorites if we offer. A hard working kid with Yale level academics surely is a good fit culturally for our program, so hopefully we offer soon.
 
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Is Chief going to follow them into the rest room?

UConn will have a pair of visiting recruits at the game, neither of whom will have to travel far to Gampel Pavilion.

Abdou Toure, a 6-foot-6 sophomore at Notre Dame-West Haven, and Badare Diakite, a 6-9 junior at South Kent School, will be at the game on unofficial visits.

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Pair of top CT recruits visiting UConn men's basketball team's bout with Villanova on Saturday

Two of the top local recruits will be visitors at UConn men's basketball Saturday when the Huskies host Villanova in a Big East showdown.
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Pair of top CT recruits visiting UConn men's basketball team's bout with Villanova on Saturday​

 
HooperScooper said:
Is Chief going to follow them into the rest room?

UConn will have a pair of visiting recruits at the game, neither of whom will have to travel far to Gampel Pavilion.

Abdou Toure, a 6-foot-6 sophomore at Notre Dame-West Haven, and Badare Diakite, a 6-9 junior at South Kent School, will be at the game on unofficial visits.

www.nhregister.com

Pair of top CT recruits visiting UConn men's basketball team's bout with Villanova on Saturday

Two of the top local recruits will be visitors at UConn men's basketball Saturday when the Huskies host Villanova in a Big East showdown.
www.nhregister.com www.nhregister.com

Alternate access:

Pair of top CT recruits visiting UConn men's basketball team's bout with Villanova on Saturday​

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Love this!
 
I watched him vs. Xavier the other day. Kids is really good. I think someone said he is shooting 48% from 3 and is averaging 22/6/6 as a true sophomore. Stats are always suspect in HS. I'm skeptical on the assists and %s in particular. Someone must have said it in a news article/video? Idk. Game highlights here: Abdou Toure on Hudl

I'm not totally sold but very optimistic on his shooting--all of his makes are generally catch-and-shoot and with the kind of time he isn't going to see in college. Considering he was a non-shooter a year ago? We'll take that... improvement trajectory is there.

Any rumors about where he may want to prep? He plays for Expressions, so I'm sure Tom has been in contact with the coaches.

The only full game I could find is here
 
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My thoughts after watching every highlight I could find and a full game...not the best sample, so I tried to keep it pretty general.

Overall: Barring a calamity of an AAU season with Expressions, I’d be shocked if we didn’t offer before the end of the summer. If we don’t it’s probably a culture fit. Dominating in the CIAC physically on both ends. Athletic, explosive, violent, strong, moves his feet well… NBA body in the making. Not an Andre-level pure athlete, but might get there with another couple years of S&C.

Offense: Rebound and run potential is there, but the ballhandling is not elite; he’s getting the job done right now, but I’m not sure how it would translate to a higher level. I think it’s IQ more than mechanics because he’s dribbling into traffic without a plan at times, expecting to use his athleticism. Did it at least 3x in the full game I saw.
  • No left hand finishing but only drives left. Seems to always go for the mid-range instead of finishing the drive with his right. Does the Jalen Adams thing cortorting his body to get the right hand layup.
  • 3 point shot is very slow, but seems to be accurate. I may stand corrected on his shooting based on the full game. Saw some off the dribble, catch, in transition. Form looks good and consistent. Keeps his feet really close together for whatever reason.
  • Not a ton of self-creation at this stage… Driving and scoring at the rim in the half court is not a strength. It’s either transition dunks, backdoor dunks, putbacks or 3s.
  • Good looking FT stroke.
  • Passing is fine. Not a “make something out of nothing” passer like an Andre, but a system passer. Assists likely to come to the open man in transition or on a 3-point swing. Potential as a PnR passer there if he can figure out his handles more.
Defense: Racks up block and steals at this level–no surprise. What I like to see is the anticipation and instincts are there. Should translate to prep and/or college (without the gaudy numbers of course). He has elite defender potential if he keeps developing, would be an animal at the front of a press. Saw a bunch of good communication on defense.

  • I noticed 4 bad defensive rotations/gambles. Not terrible for his age, especially when he needs to rotate to help less talented teammates frequently.
  • Two silly fouls in the full game.
  • Like most recruits, not always locked in on defense. But seems the IQ is there.
vs SJR

22 mins(ish)

19 PTS
6 REB
4 AST

2 TO
1 STL
1 BLK

4/8 2FG
3/7 3FG
2/2 FT


Not really sure what to call this
Layup
Board
Assist
Steal and then a TO
Rebound and then a TO–gotta stop putting the ball down.
Rebound and miss the mid-range
Block
Lefty drive and finish w/ the right
Board and run
Miss 3
Another missed 3
Missed 2
3 got blocked
3 ball
Left hand drive, righty finish
3 ball
Assist
Missed 3
Missed floater then rebound and fouled at the rim
Rebound and an assist
3 ball
Assist
Missed mid-range
Lefty dribble, right hand layup
 
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Rich said:
It’s the Ivies. They have NOTHING but money.

If they wanted to win Big Prizes they’d do so quite easily.
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You realize they can’t use their money, right? That said, they also have the richest alumni owning lots of businesses, so yes, they could dominate. But those alumni don’t really care about sports
 
If he's 6-6 as a sophomore, I wonder if he has some more growing to do.

I always find it interesting reading about talented freshmen and sophomores. Some stop growing while others have a significant growth spurt where they transition to a different position. Seems the ones continue to grow who have worked on their handle and perimeter shooting sometimes end up being impact players at their position. Conversely, some that stopped growing see their rankings drop and find themselves undersized at the next level.

Seeing he seems like a 6-6 scorer, he could end up a wing or combo forward if he grows a couple inches.
 
UCTitleTown said:
Has a lot of Mustafa Heron in his game for a CT player comparison.
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Toure will probably end up 2-3 inches taller (and has a better wingspan) than Heron, so hopefully that will help him reach the pros. Heron was never quite the same when he came back from Auburn.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
You realize they can’t use their money, right? That said, they also have the richest alumni owning lots of businesses, so yes, they could dominate. But those alumni don’t really care about sports
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True. Most schools use sports to increase enrollment. The Ivy's have no need for that. They get valedictorians and salutatorians as well as the who's-who of foreign students and still only accept 10-15% of those. If they ever cared about sports, they could become really good, really fast, but that will never happen because it's completely contradictory to their elite academic and research focused philosophy.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
You realize they can’t use their money, right? That said, they also have the richest alumni owning lots of businesses, so yes, they could dominate. But those alumni don’t really care about sports
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I wonder if they could donate endowment money to an "educational collective" that could assist aspiring young students with admission to their institution.
 
UCTitleTown said:
True. Most schools use sports to increase enrollment. The Ivy's have no need for that. They get valedictorians and salutatorians as well as the who's-who of foreign students and still only accept 10-15% of those. If they ever cared about sports, they could become really good, really fast, but that will never happen because it's completely contradictory to their elite academic and research focused philosophy.
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Ivy League ranges from a 3-7% acceptance rate, actually. Cornell is the red-headed step brother of the group. The others are 3-5%.
 
HooperScooper said:
Yeah the acceptance rates at all the Ivies are in the single digits. Cornell is the lowest at 7%. Most of them are in the 3%-5% range, which is insane.

Class of 2027 Admission Results - College Kickstart

Here are the latest Class of 2027 overall admission rates
www.collegekickstart.com www.collegekickstart.com
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What I find interesting is how different grad admissions are. UConn accepts 50% of undergrads-ish, but my wife's old grad program accepts 8-13% depending on the number of applications per year. Whereas Yale's undergrad acceptance and acceptance in her field is 3% for both. Probably has to do with how few fully-funded positions there are.
 
HuskyHawk said:
You realize they can’t use their money, right? That said, they also have the richest alumni owning lots of businesses, so yes, they could dominate. But those alumni don’t really care about sports
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That's not true. Tom Stemberg, a Harvard grad and the founder of Staples, founded the Harvard basketball booster club in the 1970s. He was instrumental in hiring Tommy Amaker and he endowed the college basketball head coaching position. His friends donated $10 million to have the basketball court named after him.

The alumni do care about sports as sports are an integral part of the Ivy League experience, but the schools are not committed to competing at the highest levels if it compromises academics. That is why I think the NRLB Dartmouth decision and NIL,... are going to make the Ivies think about what they want to do with athletics going forward.
 
UConnJim said:
That's not true. Tom Stemberg, a Harvard grad and the founder of Staples, founded the Harvard basketball booster club in the 1970s. He was instrumental in hiring Tommy Amaker and he endowed the college basketball head coaching position. His friends donated $10 million to have the basketball court named after him.

The alumni do care about sports as sports are an integral part of the Ivy League experience, but the schools are not committed to competing at the highest levels if it compromises academics. That is why I think the NRLB Dartmouth decision and NIL,... are going to make the Ivies think about what they want to do with athletics going forward.
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You’re taking that too literally. It‘s not like it is at Texas or Georgia or Michigan etc. I don’t see Zuckerberg building a state of the art 16,000 seat stadium for Harvard basketball. or hiring Harvard athletes to do Instagram ads, especially when his company owns Instagram. College sports is about marketing and driving applicants and the Ivies simply don’t need it and compared to big public schools, their students don’t care.
 
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