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Why do we always lose top CT recruits? Do they live in a box?
 
alexd. said:
Chukwu isn't "from" CT. He's from Nigeria. He didn't grow up in CT following the Huskies.

Andre Drummond is from CT.
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I know, but he currently lives in CT. And Drummond came out of the womb with a UConn hat.
 
CTBasketball said:
Why do we always lose top CT recruits? Do they live in a box?
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Struggling with this one here.

Who have we lost?

The Dunn recruitment should not be mentioned because of Napier and Boatright. He had 2 kids ahead of him, AND Daniels came in late as well. Heck, Drummond didn't even have a scholarship available.

Speaking of Drummond, he paid his own way to UConn.

Before that, the top recruit was Tyler Olander.

The other kids before that, Jordan Williams, Allan Chaney, Tim Abromaitis, Dave McClure, were never offered by UConn. Granted, they went to good schools like Maryland, Florida, Notre Dame, and Duke, but Uconn didn't have interest in them.

Before Olander, you go all the way back to Doug Wiggins and Craig Austrie to find another UConn offer.

Chukwu has spent the last 2 years in the state of Connecticut. In that respect, he's no different than some of the Prep School kids who come to Ct. to improve their basketball.
 
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upstater said:
Struggling with this one here.

Who have we lost?

The Dunn recruitment should not be mentioned because of Napier and Boatright. He had 2 kids ahead of him, AND Daniels came in late as well. Heck, Drummond didn't even have a scholarship available.

Speaking of Drummond, he paid his own way to UConn.

Before that, the top recruit was Tyler Olander.

The other kids before that, Jordan Williams, Allan Chaney, Tim Abromaitis, Dave McClure, were never offered by UConn. Granted, they went to good schools like Maryland, Florida, Notre Dame, and Duke, but Uconn didn't have interest in them.

Before Olander, you go all the way back to Doug Wiggins and Craig Austrie to find another UConn offer.

Chukwu has spent the last 2 years in the state of Connecticut. In that respect, he's no different than some of the Prep School kids who come to Ct. to improve their basketball.
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I was thinking of Kahlil Dukes, Kuran Iverson, Chaney, Williams, McClure, and Francisco Garcia went to Cheshire Academy I think.

Obviously Gomes was 6'5" 265-270lbs when Calhoun saw him = not good enough lol
 
CTBasketball said:
I was thinking of Kahlil Dukes, Kuran Iverson, Chaney, Williams, McClure, and Francisco Garcia went to Cheshire Academy I think.
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None of those guys had a chance to go to UConn except for maybe Garcia, and Garcia (I believe) was a NYC kid.
 
upstater said:
None of those guys had a chance to go to UConn except for maybe Garcia, and Garcia (I believe) was a NYC kid.
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I'll add this: the only kids I can remember UConn losing in the last decade are Chukwu and Dunn, and both were lost to PC, although Dunn's decision was logical and understandable, given the logjam at UConn and the scholarships.
 
CTBasketball said:
I was thinking of Kahlil Dukes, Kuran Iverson, Chaney, Williams, McClure, and Francisco Garcia went to Cheshire Academy I think.
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Don't make the mistake of thinking all kids who go to high school within state borders are "Connecticut" kids. Chukwu has no emotional connection to the state at all, and the fact that Ollie decided not to waste a lot of time and resources recruiting him was smart. The simple truth was, he was never going to come here. It's no big deal; we'll get our share of talent. You'd think you guys are new to this from how you're reacting.
 
FWIW, Ollie is supposedly all over both Mustapha Heron and Ryan Murphy, a pair of Connecticut kids in the class of 2016. Heron is a five-star, super-athletic top-15 talent who'll play the wing. Murphy is a slightly undersized SG who's a pure marksman.

As far as I know, there's no Ct. kid in the class of '15 worth recruiting. However, KO has offered a number of New England kids, including Josh Sharma (a skinny, 6-foot-11 stretch 4 in the Charlie V mold) and Jaylen Adams, an explosive combo-guard from Springfield.

Re: Why recruiting local matters... if you get local kids, local people talk. If local people talk, local people watch. If local people watch, ratings go up. If ratings go up, we're closer to the BiG invite.

Also, if you really open up the local pipeline, you're less likely to lose the next Vonleh or Noel.

I don't doubt that KO knows this.
 
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upstater said:
I'll add this: the only kids I can remember UConn losing in the last decade are Chukwu and Dunn, and both were lost to PC, although Dunn's decision was logical and understandable, given the logjam at UConn and the scholarships.
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PC is likely to get Chukwu but St. Joes has a shot, mainly because Chukwu's "sister" goes there not PC.

Chukwu is a good kid who comes from a very Catholic household.

As for his game, he's probably further ahead than Thabeet offensively at the same age though slightly behind defensively. He has better hands than Thabeet came into UConn with but has a slighter frame. PC fans would probably call him a stiff (considering that's what they call Thabeet). Chukwu has the chance to be Hibbert with Thabeets athletic ability and it would be a huge disappointment if he weren't at least as good as one of the two
 
Matrim55 said:
FWIW, Ollie is supposedly all over both Mustapha Heron and Ryan Murphy, a pair of Connecticut kids in the class of 2016. Heron is a five-star, super-athletic top-15 talent who'll play the wing. Murphy is a slightly undersized SG who's a pure marksman.

As far as I know, there's no Ct. kid in the class of '15 worth recruiting. However, KO has offered a number of New England kids, including Josh Sharma (a skinny, 6-foot-11 stretch 4 in the Charlie V mold) and Jaylen Adams, an explosive combo-guard from Springfield.

Re: Why recruiting local matters... if you get local kids, local people talk. If local people talk, local people watch. If local people watch, ratings go up. If ratings go up, we're closer to the BiG invite.

Also, if you really open up the local pipeline, you're less likely to lose the next Vonleh or Noel.

I don't doubt that KO knows this.
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I want Herron at UConn more than any CT kid since Drummond. He has so much potential.
 
Matrim55 said:
FWIW, Ollie is supposedly all over both Mustapha Heron and Ryan Murphy, a pair of Connecticut kids in the class of 2016. Heron is a five-star, super-athletic top-15 talent who'll play the wing. Murphy is a slightly undersized SG who's a pure marksman.

As far as I know, there's no Ct. kid in the class of '15 worth recruiting. However, KO has offered a number of New England kids, including Josh Sharma (a skinny, 6-foot-11 stretch 4 in the Charlie V mold) and Jaylen Adams, an explosive combo-guard from Springfield.

Re: Why recruiting local matters... if you get local kids, local people talk. If local people talk, local people watch. If local people watch, ratings go up. If ratings go up, we're closer to the BiG invite.

Also, if you really open up the local pipeline, you're less likely to lose the next Vonleh or Noel.

I don't doubt that KO knows this.
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UConn does actually pretty well ratings wise. Is Heron related to Gil Scott Heron?

Lastly, I believe UConn has offered Donovan Mitchell for 2015.
 
upstater said:
UConn does actually pretty well ratings wise. Is Heron related to Gil Scott Heron?
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Yes, but if we get a couple of Boston kids and make them stars, then I'd wager we'd do even better. And that will help us.

Lastly, I believe UConn has offered Donovan Mitchell for 2015.
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Isn't he a NYC kid, though? Not that I'd turn him down, it's just there's a pretty clear distinction between someone who plays ball at a prep school for a year or two and a kid who grows up in UConn country.
 
upstater said:
UConn does actually pretty well ratings wise. Is Heron related to Gil Scott Heron?

Lastly, I believe UConn has offered Donovan Mitchell for 2015.
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They have.
 
Matrim55 said:
Yes, but if we get a couple of Boston kids and make them stars, then I'd wager we'd do even better. And that will help us.



Isn't he a NYC kid, though? Not that I'd turn him down, it's just there's a pretty clear distinction between someone who plays ball at a prep school for a year or two and a kid who grows up in UConn country.
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Mitchell is from NYC but I believe moved to CT in middle school or earlier? I don't he came up solely for prep.
 
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Murphy isn't a CT kid just like Chukwu isn't a CT kid, he's from CA and even plays his AAU ball out west.
 
aceboon said:
Murphy isn't a CT kid just like Chukwu isn't a CT kid, he's from CA and even plays his AAU ball out west.
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So he should be a lock lol considering Ollie's Cali recruiting.

BTW how come UCLA can't get the best Cali kids to go there.
 
upstater said:
I'm not sure of your actual question. We went head to head and got beat. When other schools lose to UConn it's also a level playing field even when UConn has advantages. It's a free country after all.
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This.

Congrats to PC on a very nice pick up.
 
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aceboon said:
Murphy isn't a CT kid just like Chukwu isn't a CT kid, he's from CA and even plays his AAU ball out west.
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Really? I didn't know that.

With all the great basketball prep schools out in California, why in god's name would he come to Fairfield?
 
Matrim55 said:
Really? I didn't know that.

With all the great basketball prep schools out in California, why in god's name would he come to Fairfield?
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family relocated here, he used to roll with the Dream Vision program(Shabazz Muhammed, Isaac Hamilton, Stephen Zimmerman), but this summer played with Team Fast which is based out of OR.

edit: I think he split time with both.
 
I will say this with confidence........Chukwu's support team was looking out for their own good rather than his!!! Too bad.........:eek:
 
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