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Huskyforlife said:
How many games did you watch to come to the conclusion he can help us though? Most people are drooling about this kid just because he's visiting. Even if he came here, he's not playing without an injury, he'd basically be another cassell. If he wants to be here, I'd welcome him and root my a ss off for him when he gets burn, but he isn't some hugely important player.
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Are you new here? We postulate over every kid who visits whether it's Diamond Stone or Rakim Lubin and some posters instantly saying, "well he's the same size as Jeff Adrien, so...." And in this situation, can you blame us? We just watched a season where at times we simply could not score. In visiting is a player who had games of 5+ three pointers 9 times and dropped 44 and 39 in games. Even in high school he was called a "high level scorer." This is a unique skillset and one that might be worth getting excited over. Sure the competition in JUCO isn't the same, but that's something. Next, he would potentially be our fourth guard; a necessity in the college game and a guard who stats wise can really shoot it; another necessity.

Lastly, I've already read the hot dog thread, expressed my views on pizza, ketchup, sammiches, and "Chief's Briefs" and I do not like seafood. So here I am. Hoping we pick up another player.
 
Husky1 said:
One of the best juco's we ever got was Alvin Fredrick. Old school - 6'4" could fly, attach the rim and shoot it.
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Yep nice player, good kid. Had a wonderful mid range game with a 10-12 foot bank shot, used the glass well. Played against him twice when he was at Mattatuck CC prior to going to UConn, he flew and played hard. Very underrated player, solid double figure guy if I remember correctly for the Huskies.

Also Willie McCloud and Ray Broxton back in the day, nice pieces to teams who ultimately weren't all that good but were fun to watch. Did Eddie Williams go to jr college or just come straight out of the Army?

For the real old guys was Jimmy Foster a JC transfer or from another school? I think he was only 2 years with the Huskies but could be wrong. really good player
 
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tcf15 said:
Looking at his top 4, UConn is obviously the best school. But I guess it depends what he is looking for. Immediate and large amounts of playing time seems to favor both Missouri and New Mexico.
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That would be a good choice. It doesn't seem he would see a bunch of playing time. Who sits? Whose minutes does steal? Unless of course, he may fit well the season after.
 
BUHusky10 said:
The amount of UConn fans in here drooling over a JUCO kid theyve never heard about is disappointing to me.
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Let's be honest, how many JUCO players do any of us really hear about prior to us potentially courting them?...
 
This thread is 8 pages because its spun off in several different directions, who is drooling over him?
 
BUHusky10 said:
The amount of UConn fans in here drooling over a JUCO kid theyve never heard about is disappointing to me.
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Quite frankly, this is an absurd statement - and you knew everything about KEA, Ray, EO, Ben, Giffs, etc way before they sniffed the Storrs campus?????????????
 
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Huskyforlife said:
How many games did you watch to come to the conclusion he can help us though? Most people are drooling about this kid just because he's visiting. Even if he came here, he's not playing without an injury, he'd basically be another cassell. If he wants to be here, I'd welcome him and root my a ss off for him when he gets burn, but he isn't some hugely important player.
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And you know enough that he is a SamCJ clone - WOW
 
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but does anybody think we'd have been better this year with Kris Dunn, Wayne Selden, Bonzi Colson, and Diamond Stone?
 
mauconnfan said:
Yep nice player, good kid. Had a wonderful mid range game with a 10-12 foot bank shot, used the glass well. Played against him twice when he was at Mattatuck CC prior to going to UConn, he flew and played hard. Very underrated player, solid double figure guy if I remember correctly for the Huskies.

Also Willie McCloud and Ray Broxton back in the day, nice pieces to teams who ultimately weren't all that good but were fun to watch. Did Eddie Williams go to jr college or just come straight out of the Army?

For the real old guys was Jimmy Foster a JC transfer or from another school? I think he was only 2 years with the Huskies but could be wrong. really good player
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McCloud, Broxton and Frederick were some of my favorite UConn players.

With Jackson being a scrawny kid who gets aggressive I think of Juan Dixon or Sleepy Floyd. Not saying Jackson will be as good, but that body build can thrive in college.
 
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mauconnfan said:
Yep nice player, good kid. Had a wonderful mid range game with a 10-12 foot bank shot, used the glass well. Played against him twice when he was at Mattatuck CC prior to going to UConn, he flew and played hard. Very underrated player, solid double figure guy if I remember correctly for the Huskies.

Also Willie McCloud and Ray Broxton back in the day, nice pieces to teams who ultimately weren't all that good but were fun to watch. Did Eddie Williams go to jr college or just come straight out of the Army?

For the real old guys was Jimmy Foster a JC transfer or from another school? I think he was only 2 years with the Huskies but could be wrong. really good player
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Jimmy came from Becker Junior college. 2 year player that hurt his knee his first year with us and came back to have a great senior season. We lost the slow down game to BC in the NIT after leading big at halftime. We beat St Johns in the first round. That was a very aggravating night. I was too young to swear at the TV then.
 
gtcam said:
Quite frankly, this is an absurd statement - and you knew everything about KEA, Ray, EO, Ben, Giffs, etc way before they sniffed the Storrs campus?????????????
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LOL, those guys were all Blue Chip players, this kid is playing at a junior college.
 
UCweCONN said:
Two words: Covington Cormier
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Cup was great the beginning of that season and was eating away at KOs (then a sophomore) minutes. Cup was a great athlete and quick as hell. He just didn't know how to be a point guard.
 
boog204 said:
Cup was great the beginning of that season and was eating away at KOs (then a sophomore) minutes. Cup was a great athlete and quick as hell. He just didn't know how to be a point guard.
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Cup was like a Tasmanian Devil wildly spinning around the court. Fast and athletic but totally out of control at all times. Nice guy though.
 
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BUHusky10 said:
LOL, those guys were all Blue Chip players, this kid is playing at a junior college.
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That's not the point, but oh well.......................... Carry on
 
gtcam said:
That's not the point, but oh well...... Carry on
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Actually, that's the whole entire point. This is UConn, if you think the countries top 5 programs are regularly pursuing JUCO players then you are dead wrong. How many JUCO kids have Self, K, and Cal gone in to see lately? I don't want another Sam Cassell Jr. on this squad, things usually happen for a reason, ask yourself why this kid is playing at a junior college vs at a real university or prep school.
 
BUHusky10 said:
Actually, that's the whole entire point. This is UConn, if you think the countries top 5 programs are regularly pursuing JUCO players then you are dead wrong. How many JUCO kids have Self, K, and Cal gone in to see lately? I don't want another Sam Cassell Jr. on this squad, things usually happen for a reason, ask yourself why this kid is playing at a junior college vs at a real university or prep school.
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You act like JC never did this. Additionally, I'd rather consider whether or not this particular player can help the team than further perpetuating ridiculous pen.is envy directed at UK or Duke. Our recruiting is doing quite well as it is.
 
Stairmaster said:
You act like JC never did this. Additionally, I'd rather consider whether or not this particular player can help the team than further perpetuating ridiculous pen.is envy directed at UK or Duke. Our recruiting is doing quite well as it is.
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JC did do this your right, and the majority of Calhoun's JUCO guys ended up transferring out within a year, and people wonder why we got the APR ban, because of haphazard offers that were way below our caliber of play.
 
BUHusky10 said:
Actually, that's the whole entire point. This is UConn, if you think the countries top 5 programs are regularly pursuing JUCO players then you are dead wrong. How many JUCO kids have Self, K, and Cal gone in to see lately? I don't want another Sam Cassell Jr. on this squad, things usually happen for a reason, ask yourself why this kid is playing at a junior college vs at a real university or prep school.
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Kentucky brought in a JuCo player this season.
 
BUHusky10 said:
JC did do this your right, and the majority of Calhoun's JUCO guys ended up transferring out within a year, and people wonder why we got the APR ban, because of haphazard offers that were way below our caliber of play.
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Selvie says hello.

You must be a young uconn fan because you act entitled and nothing is good enough unless they are top 25 players

You know the apr ban was for 2008-2009 right?
 
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BUHusky10 said:
Actually, that's the whole entire point. This is UConn, if you think the countries top 5 programs are regularly pursuing JUCO players then you are dead wrong. How many JUCO kids have Self, K, and Cal gone in to see lately? I don't want another Sam Cassell Jr. on this squad, things usually happen for a reason, ask yourself why this kid is playing at a junior college vs at a real university or prep school.
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You get players wherever you can. Everybody does. With little to no effort:

Cal:
http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ar-juco-guard-mulder-picks-kentucky/26526735/

K:
http://www.dukechronicle.com/blog/blue-zone/2010/03/duke-lands-juco-transfer-carrick-felix

Self:
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/nov/01/juco_transfer_little_has_big_expectations/

And that doesn't include all the guys they tried to get over the years.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but does anybody think we'd have been better this year with Kris Dunn, Wayne Selden, Bonzi Colson, and Diamond Stone?
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Yeah probably
 
boog204 said:
But did you really expect Mike Hayes to come in and be a 30mpg per game guy? He was a big body backup who was ok for 7-8 minutes a game. You need those guys too. If CJ Jackson can play 10mpg and be a 3 point sniper then he's worth a scholarship.

I'd actually argue that most of our jucos have worked out. Off the top of my head...

1) Selvie - was a very productive player; perplexing at times, but a consistent 10 and 6 guy for two years.
2) Q Hardnett - was a solid off the bench as a 5-6ppg guy
3) Aforementioned Hayes. Big body and fouls.
4) Ryan Thompson - had a few moments here and there
5) Willie McCloud - from my early days as a little UConn fan. Dude could sky
6) Charles Okwandu - Heard he loves UConn...

On the not so good side...

1) Cup Cormier almost unseated KO as the starting PG during the 92-93 season. Cup was great in leading us to a victory against a pretty good NC State team but then became so inconsistent. I remember reading stuff about how incredibly dominant he was in practice. Didn't translate to games obviously.
2) Beau Archibald had talent but was injured from the start. Liked his phone a little too much too.
3) Sam II. He was one of our leading scorers during the preseason games last year and didn't he even start a few games at the start of last year? He has talent but it might be too late to realize it.

Any other jucos I forgot about?
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With all due respect Sir, you can not list Johnny Selvie amongst the mere Juco
Players that were lucky to attend Uconn. Johnny Selvie has a cult following that makes Him more than just a lowly Juco player that luckily played for Uconn. Johnny was a Flintstone sir and the only reason that he went to a Juco is because he refused to play for the "diet" Jim Calhoun ( Tom Izzo). He wanted to play for the real Jim Calhoun. Also, any recent camera shot of Johnny Selvie at a Uconn game would instantly create threads that would rival the old Drummond thread or the Pizza thread. He is greatness. Do you not remember the battle cry " It's Johnny Time "!!!! You are forgiven.
 
UCweCONN said:
Two words: Covington Cormier
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boog204 said:
Cup was great the beginning of that season and was eating away at KOs (then a sophomore) minutes. Cup was a great athlete and quick as hell. He just didn't know how to be a point guard.
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CAHUSKY said:
Cup was like a Tasmanian Devil wildly spinning around the court. Fast and athletic but totally out of control at all times. Nice guy though.
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I was so wrong about Cuppy. I loved his flash and rooted like hell for him, and for the first half of that season I was convinced that he would eventually replace KO (JC loved pulling that crap with KO btw). I was wrong.

So I moved on to food threads after that.
 
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