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JSM1970 said:
He's not even top 200. UK has 5 guys top 27, Duke 4 top 20, Arizona 3 top 20 and people are hoping we can land a consensus top 215 player. Praying for B12.
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You're right - with only two open ships we have to save them for walkons not spend them on kids 1000 slots better.
 
Not sure what the problem is here. We need depth. We aren't getting another top 50 guy this year unless something opens up. We cant wait and hope someone falls in our lap. We have open scholarships available for top so called talent next year.
 
jleves said:
You're right - with only two open ships we have to save them for walkons not spend them on kids 1000 slots better.
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It's as if people want Mike Noyes (no disrespect) to be the 2nd guard off the bench.
 
Fwiw I've been told there's a good chance he doesn't make it to Louisville. Or at the very least, he visits Louisville just to be sure. As has been reported, he really likes Ollie, and Diarra did a nice job pitching the program. He said there's about a 70% chance we end up with a commitment, or silent verbal. Hope he's right.
 
jleves said:
You're right - with only two open ships we have to save them for walkons not spend them on kids 1000 slots better.
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I know it's not relevant to the sarcastic point you're making, but we have three open right now, right?
 
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JSM1970 said:
He's not even top 200. UK has 5 guys top 27, Duke 4 top 20, Arizona 3 top 20 and people are hoping we can land a consensus top 215 player. Praying for B12.
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Which is basically the same reason we can all hope for him. Since we already have a really solid class we can take a solid role player who can handle the ball and shoot, not that difficult to comprehend
 
Vital is better than his ranking which is why he's trying to decide between UConn and Louisville with Iowa, Marquette and whoever else left wanting.

He's a good fit. I wouldn't have said that about the JUCO who visited.

Still think the staff blundered by not pursuing Bruce Brown.
 
I really hope we land Vital. Unfortunately Borges tweeted out he thinks he's Louisville bound and they got a bunch of crystal ball picks today
 
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huskiesnyc said:
I really hope we land Vital. Unfortunately Borges tweeted out he thinks he's Louisville bound and they got a bunch of crystal ball picks today
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Could you post a link to that tweet by Borges? I don't recall seeing any predictions by him.
 
BUHusky said:
Could you post a link to that tweet by Borges? I don't recall seeing any predictions by him.
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Fishy said:
Vital is better than his ranking which is why he's trying to decide between UConn and Louisville with Iowa, Marquette and whoever else left wanting.

He's a good fit. I wouldn't have said that about the JUCO who visited.

Still think the staff blundered by not pursuing Bruce Brown.
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Maybe but hardly anyone pursued Bruce Brown.
 
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Fishy said:
Still think the staff blundered by not pursuing Bruce Brown.
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superjohn said:
Maybe but hardly anyone pursued Bruce Brown.
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think a lot of it had to do with his desire to be a PG at the college level. Wasn't going to happen with Jalen and Alterique on the roster.

ESPN even addressed the PG desire on Brown's scouting page under weaknesses: "The opportunity to play the point was a factor in his recruitment and so it remains to be seen if that will be an obstacle or distraction upon reaching the next level."
 
If he goes to ville that leaves us with few options:

1. Alpha Diallo who can play both the 2 or 3.
2. A grad transfer
3. However unlikely it seems- Hami reclassifies.
I always felt the reason we stopped recruiting Bruce Brown was because we had a mystery SG locked up already.
It wouldn't be unheard of for a top 10 talent to reclassify at the end of the summer. Why delay going to the NBA with another year of HS when you can go to college?

Also, Vital snapped he's headed to Storrs tonight.
 
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CGarr said:
If he goes to ville that leaves us with few options:

1. Alpha Diallo who can play both the 2 or 3.
2. A grad transfer
3. However unlikely it seems- Hami reclassifies.
I always felt the reason we stopped recruiting Bruce Brown was because we had a mystery SG locked up already.
It wouldn't be unheard of for a top 10 talent to reclassify at the end of the summer. Why delay going to the NBA with another year of HS when you can go to college?

Also, Vital snapped he's headed to Storrs tonight.
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Remember that Waters can reclassify, almost certainly. He wouldn't be a perfect fit given our needs, but with the way he shoots you could let him play off the ball to spread the floor, and with the way he handles you could allow him to run the point and let Jalen play off the ball.

I think this is unlikely, and hope we get Vital - making any of this speculation moot. But given the success we've had with two small PGs in the past, I'm not at all against this scenario should it play out.
 
Matrim55 said:
Remember that Waters can reclassify, almost certainly. He wouldn't be a perfect fit given our needs, but with the way he shoots you could let him play off the ball to spread the floor, and with the way he handles you could allow him to run the point and let Jalen play off the ball.

I think this is unlikely, and hope we get Vital - making any of this speculation moot. But given the success we've had with two small PGs in the past, I'm not at all against this scenario should it play out.
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You can add Makai Ashton to the possible reclassification list too. He'd be a much better fit. He's considered more of a SG than a PG. Also, it seems the staff has been recruiting him harder than Waters.
 
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tcf15 said:
Ozzie on TOS:

"Vital said it was going great....

Jalen Larrier and Steve hosted him.

Thomspon going good too but no real gauge yet on his"
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Do we know if Big T is still on campus?

Maybe his camp was just setting up another visit in Seton Hall just incase this one didn't workout?

Remember what Big T said over the weekend, if Uconn doesn't feel right he will then take his last two officials.
 
8893 said:
Somewhere deep in the recesses of the President's bathroom at the bowels of hell ie NCAA headquarters, Emmert's phone just got an alert about the impermissible contact that will be the source of our next suspension...
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ftfy
 
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