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EastCoast2 said:
Battle defnitely leaving for the NBA, Brissett likely leaving for the NBA, Chukwu graduates, Howard graduates, Buddy B can come off scholarship in a pinch.
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Chukwu may get a 6th year waiver, but they'll make it work if need be.
 
UConnStats said:
Scholarship count won’t play any factor in Akok’s decision. Not even worth discussing
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How else are we going to fill the "Akok in the Bahamas so unlikely to have any news" void?
 
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KSC94 said:
Yeah the NCAA is really inconsistent and infuriating with these.
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Didn’t the kid that transfer to NC State not get a waiver until there was pressure from the public?
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Didn’t the kid that transfer to NC State not get a waiver until there was pressure from the public?
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He lawyered up and got a waiver within a week of a lawyer's letter to the NCAA. Apparently they "found new evidence"
 
KSC94 said:
Battle is leaving, plus they'll make one available if need be
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No, we still probably have 2 more. Buddy Boeheim can go off scholarship next year, and they expect Brissett to also leave. I hear we're not getting Akok, so good luck on him. I'm hoping we can land Stewart to go with all those guards he used to play with in AAU ball, but that's a moderate chance, not a great one. Carrigan or Wahab may fall to us. I know you've been after Wahab, but I think we have his last visit.
 
CL82 said:
"Steal" has got nothing to do with it. 'Cuse, though a gritty, plucky program, isn't as good a place to be for kids with NBA hopes as UConn. Syracuse is where the hope of NBA success goes to die.

(Oh and "4>1*")
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Who has had more first round picks in the last 10 years or so?
 
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IthacaMatt said:
Who has had more first round picks in the last 10 years or so?
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Since 2006, Syracuse has had 10 guys picked in the first round compared to 9 guys for UConn.

Of the 10 Syracuse players picked in the first round, 5 of them are still in the NBA.

Of the 9 UConn players picked in the first round, 5 of them are still in the NBA.

EDIT: It's actually 9 first-rounders for UConn since 2006, not 6.
 
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IthacaMatt said:
Oh, a torn retina isn't "legitimate"? Do you see those goggles he still wears?
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Who hasn't been a bust from Syracuse since Dave Bing? Even your superstar who won your 1 championship as a 1 year rental is considered the biggest loser in the NBA.
 
Seriously @IthacaMatt...Wesley Johnson and Dion Waiters at #4 overall have never surpassed "role player" status, Jonny Flynn at #6 was out of the league after 3 years and professional basketball after 5, MCW fell faster than almost every other ROY winner in history, Tyler Ennis and Chris McCullough don't seem like they'll be back stateside anytime soon, Hakim Warrick had a few decent years then fell off the face of the earth...

What's in the water up there?
 
IthacaMatt said:
Who has had more first round picks in the last 10 years or so?
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tcf15 said:
Since 2006, Syracuse has had 10 guys picked in the first round compared to 9 guys for UConn.

Of the 10 Syracuse players picked in the first round, 5 of them are still in the NBA.

Of the 9 UConn players picked in the first round, 5 of them are still in the NBA.

EDIT: It's actually 9 first-rounders for UConn since 2006, not 6.
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And, total years in the NBA for all those first rounders...

UConn: 59
2006: Rudy Gay (13th year)
2006: Hilton Armstrong (6 years in the NBA)
2006: Marcus Williams (4 years in the NBA)
2006: Josh Boone (4 years in the NBA)
2009: Hasheem Thabeet (5 years in the NBA)
2011: Kemba Walker (8th year)
2012: Andre Drummond (7th year)
2012: Jeremy Lamb (7th year)
2014: Shabazz Napier (5th year)

Syracuse: 42
2008: Donte Green (4 years in NBA)
2009: Jonny Flynn (3 years in the NBA)
2010: Wes Johnson (9th year)
2012: Fab Melo (1 year in the NBA)
2012: Dion Waiters (7th year)
2013: Michael Carter-Williams (6th year)
2014: Tyler Ennis (4 years in the NBA)
2015: Chris McCullough (3 years in the NBA)
2016: Malachi Richardson (3rd year, Raptors declined 4th year option)
2017: Tyler Lydon (2nd year, Nuggets declined 3rd year option)
 
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FriarJ said:
Just look at Chukwu if you're Akok, he had more impact as a freshman at PC than he has had at Cuse with 3 years in the program. He literally has not advanced a bit. How is that even possible?
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He lost the transfer year and then essentially lost the following season with the eye injury, Gotta think that set him back some, but at the end of the day, he’s just limited. He’s a big guy with the coordination of a drunk on ice skates.

If he were 6’8” instead of 7’2”, he’d be playing at WestConn.
 
FriarJ said:
Just look at Chukwu if you're Akok, he had more impact as a freshman at PC than he has had at Cuse with 3 years in the program. He literally has not advanced a bit. How is that even possible?
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I'd be curious to hear your analysis on Chukwu having "more impact as a freshman at PC than Cuse". Did you watch the NCAA tournament last year?
 
BFieldHusky said:
Oh great a Syracuse fan fighting a Providence fan on a UConn board...
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IthacaMatt said:
Who has had more first round picks in the last 10 years or so?
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Are you serious with this statement? That's what you are going to hang your hat on?
The life span of a Cuse player in the NBA can't be longer than 4 years except for your rental player Melo who has disrupted the mojo on every pro team he has played - he's doing wonders for those Rockets
I have two close friends who went to Cuse and they just shake their heads at the blinders that most Cuse fans wear and their overall knowledge of anything related to basketball outside of Cuse
I miss the days of the OBE tournaments and sitting near Cuse fans and tormenting them
 
gtcam said:
I miss the days of the OBE tournaments and sitting near Cuse fans and tormenting them
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You dont have to miss that.
Ill be doing that in exactly 14 days, like I do every Nov or December at MSG. You want to come with for nostalgia sake?
 
EastCoast2 said:
I'd be curious to hear your analysis on Chukwu having "more impact as a freshman at PC than Cuse". Did you watch the NCAA tournament last year?
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Well, in January of 2015 PC was down by 7 points at half at Butler. Cooley was disgusted with the effort so he put Chukwu in to start the second half where he never came out once for the rest of the game. He won the game for them, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks including sinking 2 free throws in the final seconds to ice it. Has he ever had that kind of impact in one game at Cuse? A conference game? Against a top 25 team on the road? Plus he was a freshman.
 
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FriarJ said:
Well, in January of 2015 PC was down by 7 points at half at Butler. Cooley was disgusted with the effort so he put Chukwu in to start the second half where he never came out once for the rest of the game. He won the game for them, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks including sinking 2 free throws in the final seconds to ice it. Has he ever had that kind of impact in one game at Cuse? A conference game? Against a top 25 team on the road?
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he got Boeheim'd
 
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