2020 Recruiting: Andre Jackson Top 5

[kansashusky]

Another ball for Syracuse. Love the optimism here, but it seems like we are still behind.

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[CL82]

I like reading opposing teams message boards when they discuss UConn. Syracuse is my favorite because they do it often. When comparing themselves to us they all say the same thing, conference affiliation, the dome, etc.

They really like talking about how bad our recruiting/ future prospects are due to the AAC.
Yet when I dug into our recruiting vs theirs on a year by year basis over the past 4 years we have had consistently better classes. Why is that? Is it our history? Is it JB’s age/ the zone/ how ugly Orange is?

I honestly couldn’t tell you. But their narratives grow tired and are constantly evolving as things change.

For a long time Syracuse has hung onto the fact that their future is brighter than ours and we were nothing but our history.
At this point they can’t really say that for certain.

With JB nearing the end of his career, their recruiting is not going to improve anytime soon. They are in for a patch of uncertainty when JB retires and it will cause strife in their fan base. Honestly they should be thanking UConn for hiring KO because his tenure may help keep them from hiring GN as their next coach and allow them to do a real search.

Now that we landed a young, sought after, energetic coach who is pumping life into the program, they hate him. (His hiring was a recruiting battle in itself) They love trashing his sideline antics and are going as far as accusing him of hiring recruits parents/ handlers. They are all full of # 2 and would take his resume for their next coach in a second.

Now that we are headed to the BEAST they can no longer use the conference affiliation as an excuse, let’s see what they will come up with instead.
The ACC is great and playing Duke/UNC or Virginia every year is awesome. But I guarantee they miss playing all of their old rivals and definitely miss the BE tourney. (They def don’t miss playing us, search for the game thread from this past year and see for yourself)

Syracuse has had a hard on for us for a longtime and their message board makes me happy.
If AJ decides to play there it would make sense to me. His connection to the area and JG3 should be enough. If he decides to go to UConn to play with our talented young core/coach that will also make sense.

At this point I’m rambling because I ate a pot brownie 2 hours ago so I am going to try and sum this up.

Syracuse is bad, UConn is good.


4>1

That was great. One quibble it's:

4<1*

 

[scuba lou]

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That was great. One quibble it's:

4<1*

Thanks, I blame the brownie.

 

[auror]

Evan Daniels c-ball to Syracuse this morning. That one's a little worrying.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Evan Daniels c-ball to Syracuse this morning. That one's a little worrying.

Are we still in good shape here? Seems like it’s close to endgame & trending sideways for the good guys.

 

[kansashusky]

Are we still in good shape here? Seems like it’s close to endgame & trending sideways for the good guys.

It would appear we are not.

 

[AfgHusky15]

If Syracuse is not the 1st or last official visit for Andre then I have a feeling a lot of recruiting gurus will change their picks.

 

[Walker11]

Are we still in good shape here? Seems like it’s close to endgame & trending sideways for the good guys.

This is beginning to remind me of Kofi. Everyone in the world save our insiders predicted they would go elsewhere.

 

[BackAftaThis]

Everyone's crystal balls changed about 5 times for Precious and then he went to Memphis. Until Andre chooses Cuse, not worried. With only 2 spots to fill next year who knows that the plan is here. Maybe we're all in on Cam and a C. Trust the staff.

 

[Towney007]

Hard to say anything until we get into visit-land. Don't worry about what other people say, watch what the kid does.

 

[CTGoonie]

Crystal ball trending to the Cuse is clearly only because Boeheim is telling those guys they are in the lead.

 

[mauconnfan]

Crystal ball trending to the Cuse is clearly only because Boeheim is telling those guys they are in the lead.

No it's because he teaches the pick n'roll better than anyone. He's a nose up in that department.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I don't think Evan Daniels would make a pick if he didn't know something.

 

[mauconnfan]

Is it possible that we do better even if this does swing the Orange way?

 

[kansashusky]

If he doesnt pick us, I will convince myself he will never be a player because of his jump shot.

 

[kansashusky]

Is it possible that we do better even if this does swing the Orange way?

Normally I would want to agree with this, but Danny has practically stalked this kid and it is apparent he is target number 1.

 

[bendm]

Is it possible that we do better even if this does swing the Orange way?

what could have happened since jackson revealed his top5 last week to warrant these recent Syracuse predictions? he hasn't even scheduled his OVs yet

but strictly from a rankings standpoint cam is better and niels is in the same tier as jackson.

idk who else we are still actively recruiting among guards/wings... demarr langford?? he's inside the top100; i'd be happy with him and cardwell but that's just me tempering my expectations

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Overreacting

 

[Waterbury]

Holy crap the cuse board is unbelievable on this. For a group of fans who call us a mid-major and say they don't care about us anymore, they are thrashing with anger that we are in the mix here.

 

[djct1999]

This is beginning to remind me of Kofi. Everyone in the world save our insiders predicted they would go elsewhere.

Oh, I thought you were comparing Illinois and Syracuse. I see those similarities as well.

 

[CL82]

Crystal ball trending to the Cuse is clearly only because Boeheim is telling those guys they are in the lead.

So typical Boeheim. He starts these rumors in the press to pressure kids into signing.

 

[intlzncster]

#NotZionn

 

[Zionn]

#NotZionn

Not over ........yet