Bonzie Colson: "UConn Hasn't Really Been Contacting Me"

[tcf15]

http://borgesblognhr.blogspot.com/2013/08/terry-larrier-liked-uconn-visit-bonzie.html

Says UConn was always one of his dream schools. Should we offer? I say yes, and maybe he'll get one if Abu goes elsewhere. Did you see his stats during July EYBL? He averaged 18 pts, 6 rebs and 2 blks. So what if he is undersized (he's got a 6'11.5" wingspan BTW). Seems like he does nothing but outwork his opponent. He'd be ten toes in for all 4 years.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I'd rather have a stud who's going to be 10 toes in for 3 years, win us a championship, become a lottery pick, and help us bring in other top recruits.

 

[CTBasketball]

Reminds me of a poor man's Jeff Adrien. But he's like 6'5"....

 

[Matrim55]

Reminds me of a poor man's Jeff Adrien. But he's like 6'5"....

FWIW, Adrien was 6-5.5, with a 7-2 wingspan according to DraftExpress.

 

[mauconnfan]

Reminds me of a poor man's Jeff Adrien. But he's like 6'5"....

So was Jeff Adrien........

 

[SeattleHoop]

I actually say yes go ahead and offer because I don't think his verbal is going to make any of the top recruits think twice about PT but I could be wrong. I'll leave the decision to Ollie. I'm sure he has a plan.

 

[Huskyforlife]

6'5 pf, pass. and before people come at me with JA, we don't know if he's JA

 

[ctchamps]

6'5 pf, pass. and before people come at me with JA, we don't know if he's JA

He's not JA. He's Elvis!

 

[aceboon]

I only saw him play once and that was the game on ESPN against Tyus Jones's AAU team and he was matched up against Travis Reid. I liked what I saw and he definitely plays bigger than his height, he'll put up numbers in college. I would take him but hopefully the guys we're in play with work in our favor because it would probably be too late to jump back in now.

 

[Jaybo]

I have nothing against offering a kid who works hard and wants to be at the school.i think he'd be a good four year guy comeing off the bench giving us good minutes. Truth is we're not filling every scolly with four and five star nba guys.

 

[mauconnfan]

The kid looks like he knows where the basket is and can just score the ball........long, athletic and although undersized a kid I think we may wish we had at some point in a couple years!

 

[selles]

I only saw him play once and that was the game on ESPN against Tyus Jones's AAU team and he was matched up against Travis Reid. I liked what I saw and he definitely plays bigger than his height, he'll put up numbers in college. I would take him but hopefully the guys we're in play with work in our favor because it would probably be too late to jump back in now.

Could very well be true about becoming too late to get back in. But if I were Colson I wouldn't be too anxious to commit unless I fell in love with a school. He's the type of player who could find himself with a lot more options once the dust settles on a few of the higher-rated guys. If that's his approach, we could get back in. If other targets fell through, I'd love to have him. He seems like the type of smart undersized 4 that has traditionally given us fits.

Based on our targets so far though it may also be the case that KO is really looking for a 4 gazelle, 1 big man approach, in which case Bonzie wouldn't really fit.

 

[Sportsman5]

FWIW, Adrien was 6-5.5, with a 7-2 wingspan according to DraftExpress.

Colson is 6'4.5" in shoes and Adrien is 6'6.5" in shoes.

 

[Jaybo]

Shabazz is 6'0" he rebounds pretty decent

 

[Huskyforlife]

Shabazz is 6'0" he rebounds pretty decent

yea for a pg

 

[Huskyforlife]

so did kemba

 

[uconnbill]

I only saw him play once and that was the game on ESPN against Tyus Jones's AAU team and he was matched up against Travis Reid. I liked what I saw and he definitely plays bigger than his height, he'll put up numbers in college. I would take him but hopefully the guys we're in play with work in our favor because it would probably be too late to jump back in now.

I agree about how well he played against Reid though at times he seemed over matched inside on the defense end because of his size. If UCONN loses out on their other targets I would prefer to wait till next year for a power forward/center.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I'd rather have a stud who's going to be 10 toes in for 3 years, win us a championship, become a lottery pick, and help us bring in other top recruits.

Way to go out on a limb. I'd rather have Lebron. This is fun.

 

[Jaybo]

I'm not saying he's are ideal starter but seems good enough to have on the bench four years.

 

[UCONNfan1]

Good. Ollie can only focus on 25-30 kids. 31 would just be too many... Seriously, with the plethora of kids Ollie and the staff are looking at, clearly this kid is not a priority. If he were, he'd be contacted a "lot more" by UCONN...

 

[Tenspro2002]

Way to go out on a limb. I'd rather have Lebron. This is fun.

I'm just saying, kids like this will be around next May if we absolutely, positively, have to fill up the roster. Let's not lower the bar in August.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Based on the thread I would have expected his list of offers to be Drexel, URI and St. Joes.

He looks like the kind of kid that would play for Pitt and sh it all over us at Gampel with an old man game and leave everyone wondering "Why don't we sign kids like that?"

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Bonzie may be 6'5" but he plays like he's 6'8". His style is similar to Abu's. They're both gamers. Also he should be a Top 100 recruit. There are not 100 better high school players.

Just a note in the the video attached to the original post he was matched up against Reid Travis a 6'8" Top 50 PF in the Class of 2014 and more than held his own. The kid can play. I would love to add him if Abu doesn't work out.

 

[Matrim55]

Based on the thread I would have expected his list of offers to be Drexel, URI and St. Joes.

He looks like the kind of kid that would play for Pitt and sh it all over us at Gampel with an old man game and leave everyone wondering "Why don't we sign kids like that?"

Exactly!

 

[babysheep]

Based on the thread I would have expected his list of offers to be Drexel, URI and St. Joes.

He looks like the kind of kid that would play for Pitt and sh it all over us at Gampel with an old man game and leave everyone wondering "Why don't we sign kids like that?"

Sooo DeJuan Blair 2.0?