Al in Portal

[navery12]

Not surprising, wish him all the best. Hope he finds a good spot and loses in the national championship game

 

[HobokenHusky]

Does this maybe mean we got a commitment on a transfer in that we will hear about soon?

 

[BFieldHusky]

Its unfortunate, but if we want guys like Nolley or others, we need scholarships.

Best of luck to Gilbert wherever he ends up.

 

[CTBasketball]

Breaks my heart.

 

[bfs3]

Landing Nolley would cheer me up. I noticed today that Draft Express has him listed as a second-round pick this year. I know that means nothing but having two starters with NBA talent would certainly excite the fan base. One thing of note: Al was the last of a long line of huskies who were top 40 rated recruits. Hopefully, we're almost at a point of signing new ones. UConn is on its way back.

 

[Ajs120102]

Uh oh

 

[Waterbury]

It's the right move for him. He has talent and he can showcase it somewhere, but he'd be third behind Cole and Gaff at UConn.

 

[UofCT]

Uh oh

Did he really call out Sid?

 

[UofCT]

Breaks my heart.

Dude. He's not dead.

 

[aburks41]

Outside of Sid, who else would we expect to be leaving...?

 

[Ajs120102]

Outside of Sid, who else would we expect to be leaving...?

No one. He’s just not trying to call out Sid alone. Carlton isn’t leaving. It’ll be just Sid. It’s professional speak. The two just don’t see eye to eye.

 

[navery12]

It seems like the emphasis was from Zags and not Hurley on Sid. At least from that tweet

 

[Psolo12]

Uh oh

Jesus, basically calling out Sid to transfer. He's still a valued part of our program.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Best of luck Al. Thank you for all you did.

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Hope he finds a good landing spot.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Even though I knew it was coming, I still felt a serious twinge of sadness reading this.

Good luck Alterique, you still have a lot of fans here in Connecticut.

 

[aburks41]

"A move or two" so.... Sid is gone

 

[Tenspro2002]

Not surprised that he's leaving. He's been saying all year that this was going to be his last year.

A little surprised that he didn't just seek professional opportunities. I guess he decided it better to try to re-build his stock at the college level than to "sell low".

 

[Dooooooomed]

I too hope he's wildly successful wherever he goes (assuming it's not Cuse or some other deplorable).

 

[LStudfellow]

Once again we see why we are in such good hands with this coaching staff - go back and look at the words here: "coaches will help him find a good fit"

When you read so often about the acrimony between transfers and their coaches (the nosepicker comes to mind on this often), I love that the caring and love our head coach and staff feels for our players does not stop the moment they decide to leave. This staff never seems to lose sight of the bigger picture, which is helping these young men grow into the best people they can be.

We really are in such good hands with this staff. I am proud to be a Husky fan again.

Good luck Alterique, whereever this transfer and life beyond next year takes you. You definitely deserve it!

 

[uchusky32]

This is a transfer we should recruit!

 

[87Xfer]

What does the Borges comment about "Akok best-case like a mid-year transfer" mean?

 

[navery12]

What does the Borges comment about "Akok best-case like a mid-year transfer" mean?

Best case is he returns by midseason. So it would be like adding a transfer midseason

 

[uchusky32]

What does the Borges comment about "Akok best-case like a mid-year transfer" mean?

He's doing well!

 

[UCTitleTown]

He'll be a veteran leader for Rick Pitino at Iona.

 

[Dooooooomed]

What does the Borges comment about "Akok best-case like a mid-year transfer" mean?

He probably won't suit up until January.