I hear you but we just don't know. Walker Kessler was drafted first round after 2 seasons in college and he is having an awesome rookie season. He doesn't really have any offense, doesn't shoot threes, and isn't good at the ft line. He protects the rim, finishes, and rebounds. Clingan is bigger than him.
I'm guessing you didn't read any of the articles with quotes from NBA scouts. I'll dig them up if you want me to.
I know lots of people think this way. But other than maybe getting us into a tournament, I don’t see how a one year player helps a program to be its best if all it does is make us Kentucky lite and basically an NBA feeding ground. Carmelo types are rare as far as getting his team to win an NC and Syracuse never won another. Definitely financially great for the player even if they bust at the pro level. For example: If Hawkins leaves after this year along with Sanogo, doesn’t that mean UConn probably will not be as strong as it could have been next year even if Castle somehow is the second coming of Kobe? And we get more BY whining that Hurley can’t get past the round of 32.
Do you think Castle would have helped this year if he came here early and played well enough to be 1 & done?
Hawk needs to stay IMO. It would help him really be ready for the big step to the pro level. So much up there is also the physical aspect.
I agree. These kids have a lot swirling around them. I’m old and still,don’t know which end is up
No clue. The unknowable is beyond my comprehension. Got interrupted. It assumes that he is so good as a freshman that he puts a grad student experienced player like Newton on the bench most of the time. He wouldn’t eat Hawkins time and is not a Jackson type, our most hard to figure player.
Agree. I haven’t seen anywhere that someone from the UConn staff was at the Stepinac-Cardinal Hayes game on Sunday. I hope I’m wrong.
You mean like Kentucky, Kansas and Duke get every year? We deserve nice things too!
You can’t go watch high school basketball games when you’re busy in the tournament. A lot of these schools recruiting hard right now are done playing.
Busy in the tournament? Wrong. The game took place on Sunday many hours prior to the selection show. In White Plains. Not Osh Kosh. This staff has proven over and over that they are always on and relentless on the recruiting front. We have a staff of four. If we’re still recruiting Fland, I assume the primary recruiter on staff would have been there.
Minimum 3 and possibly 4 depending on many circumstances.
You know, I think they might’ve been a little busy with something on selection Sunday? Just a hunch.
I can kind of understand it. You can get away with murder there. What I wouldn't get is why he would want to join the Lexington Losers.
People don't realize how much their football success has impacted the way they're seen in all sports. Boys with Boston accents and no sports prospects from Everett wanted to go to Alabama because of the football. It wouldn't surprise me that it would trickle over to basketball.
It's a football school. Besides, you can get that at a school where the coach is still paying attention.
Boogie visited UConn, but St John offered, it’s close to home and with Pitino going there, I think that’s where he’ll end up
But what if we win it all this year?!?!
the sorority crew at Alabama is always a treasure "chest"
Idk, look at the star players on half of the teams in the NBA. Might get an idea.
Wow!! Took a few seconds on that one. Heatwave. They had a couple big ones.
For the last 3 years they lose early and everybody points fingers. Who needs it?
If they keep making NBA stars it won’t matter. Guys want to have long careers more than win games in college.
If it was like that then programs like Duke, UNC, and KU players would perform the same. Kentucky is just on another level.
It wouldn’t surprise me to see Drake repping UConn gear as we continue our ascension back to the top of the college basketball world. He’s a tool.