Cooper Flagg sets official UConn Visit!

[Duncan Idaho]

Never been to Joplin, Missouri I guess? It's one giant, super-flat truckstop with every possible fast food restaurant and hotel/motel chain as far as the eye can see. Oh, and it's in tornado alley.

Apt. Love their fried food, they do. Chose to spend my weekends in NW Arkansas when I worked in town for a tech transfer situation.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I feel an OT coming on. "Worst cities you have visited"

Syracuse is my #2 after Joplin....

 

[gsmooth]

I thought with some guys, we were the first OV, and they were so impressed that they canceled their remaining visits?

yup which is why I wish Cooper first visited UConn. I think the staff could close him. Sometimes the recruit goes to Duke or any other school and then cancel the rest of their trips because they were sold on that particular school.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Syracuse is my #2 after Joplin....

Syracuse immediately came to my mind as well.

And Trenton, New Jersey.

 

[amishboy]

Louisville is one of the worst cities I have ever visited. Up there with Des Moines and Reno.

Anyways back to the topic at hand...

Definitely agree about Reno!

I went once with my wife, who had some training there. So I’m looking how to kill time on my own, and I see the hotel offers a complimentary hop-on/hop-off shuttle bus. So I board when it stops at the hotel, remain on the bus at the first stop, the second stop, the third stop, and…before I know it, I’m back at the hotel, without ever finding anything worth leaving the bus to check out. (No disrespect to the Bowling Hall of Fame]

 

[The Yakk]

I guess everyone can have their own opinion (and we seem to have lots of them here about every subject!) but here's my reasoning. Mention the city of Louisville to anyone. What would they say about it? I would think the University of Louisville is not near the top of the list of things it's associated with. Say Ann Arbor and what would someone say about it? First thing would be the University of Michigan. Lawrence, Kansas? University of Kansas. Tuscaloosa? University of Alabama. Chapel Hill? University of North Carolina. That to me is a college town. Those places don't really exist as they are without the university.

Louisville still exists as a medium sized city without the University of Louisville. The school just happens to be in that city because it's a good sized metropolitan area. Just like Vanderbilt is in Nashville but Nashville would still exist as it is without Vanderbilt. Memphis still exists as a medium sized city without the University of Memphis. Louisville and Memphis metro areas are about the same size and I wouldn't say Memphis is a college town either. There are a lot of examples like this.

When I think of the city of Louisville, the first thing that comes to mind is the Kentucky Derby. Then I think of the great writer Hunter Thompson.

UofL is way down the list, behind bourbon and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

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When I think of the city of Louisville, the first thing that comes to mind is the Kentucky Derby. Then I think of the great writer Hunter Thompson.

UofL is way down the list, behind bourbon and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The birthplace of the Ali. But it damn sure isn't a college town.

 

[jibsey]

You make a lot of sense. OK Done.

 

[formerlurker]

Yeah, I mean I dont think Louisville is world class or anything, but Ive had a good time there a couple times including having the top 3 Mexican meal I ever ate. It's not horrible, Im not looking to move there but there is some cool stuff on the river and elsewhere. It aint Gary Indiana.

It wasn't far from Churchill downs

I might've gone to the same restaurant.

 

[cohenzone]

I hope nobody starts a 3rd thread about Cooper Flagg.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Approximately when might he announce his decision?

 

[CL82]

Syracuse immediately came to my mind as well.

And Trenton, New Jersey.

Hey.

Trenton makes, the world takes.

 

[QuickDraw]

I hope nobody starts a 3rd thread about Cooper Flagg.

but how would the rest of us know where not to go

 

[HuskyHawk]

I feel an OT coming on. "Worst cities you have visited"

Yes, I put it on the food & travel board

 

[cohenzone]

but how would the rest of us know where not to

I don’t need a Cooper Flagg thread for that. One of my sons lives very close to Syracuse. One thing about Syracusans , they have some decent restaurants and people know how to party to keep themselves too drunk to remember where they live. For the record, and to stay on topic for this thread, the first thing i think about when i hear the wird “Louisville”. is my little wooden Little League bat. Yes, we used wood.

 

[ConnEd]

How much does the Flaggs' reported move to FL to be close to Cooper while he's in HS there mitigate/eliminate our "close to home" advantage? Despite the move, I'm sure the Flaggs still will have connections to Maine. But, if they're taking up residence in FL, is that just a one year thing?

I know I'm hitting a sweet spot for the board as my questions call for all kinds of wild speculation.

 

[Scot-e]

The city of Louisville and Syracuse as a topic of conversation. It's that time of year. I think I'm going to go on vacation and come back with like 4 weeks left before season starts.

 

[tuvent08]

How much does the Flaggs' reported move to FL to be close to Cooper while he's in HS there mitigate/eliminate our "close to home" advantage? Despite the move, I'm sure the Flaggs still will have connections to Maine. But, if they're taking up residence in FL, is that just a one year thing?

I know I'm hitting a sweet spot for the board as my questions call for all kinds of wild speculation.

I don’t know, but anything to get this discussion back to Cooper Flagg. Two threads on an arguably generational talent that we have a legitimate chance to land that have been utterly brutalized.

 

[dogpause]

CF didn't add UConn to the list for no reason. There would be a lot of benefits to becoming a Husky -- proximity to home and friends, a chance to play with more experienced players rather than a team of one-and-done, which equals a better chance to win an NC.

 

[RichCTBB]

CF didn't add UConn to the list for no reason. There would be a lot of benefits to becoming a Husky -- proximity to home and friends, a chance to play with more experienced players rather than a team of one-and-done, which equals a better chance to win an NC.

I don’t think it’s premature to think that jury is still out on Sheyer and what Duke will become with him at the helm. Everybody know what UConn is now and who Dan Hurley is. Other than big fat bag and NIL deal, I’m not sure that Duke is a better option for a top recruit.

 

[NJHusky]

Syracuse immediately came to my mind as well.

And Trenton, New Jersey.

Don’t sleep on Camden.

 

[NJHusky]

How much does the Flaggs' reported move to FL to be close to Cooper while he's in HS there mitigate/eliminate our "close to home" advantage? Despite the move, I'm sure the Flaggs still will have connections to Maine. But, if they're taking up residence in FL, is that just a one year thing?

I know I'm hitting a sweet spot for the board as my questions call for all kinds of wild speculation.

Key ? Is whether the move is permanent or just temporary while he’s in school in Fla

 

[uchusky32]

Don’t sleep on Camden.

Don't sleep in Camden.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I don’t think it’s premature to think that jury is still out on Sheyer and what Duke will become with him at the helm. Everybody know what UConn is now and who Dan Hurley is. Other than big fat bag and NIL deal, I’m not sure that Duke is a better option for a top recruit.

What I find humorous is the narrative about us, beginning about a half dozen years before JC retired, was that once he was gone our program was done. We'd become a bottom of the BE program, never to be heard from again.

Evidently the standard for us is that we can't, until we demonstrate that we can while for others, it is they can, until they demonstrate that they can't.