Cooper Flagg sets official UConn Visit!

[TheChamps990411]

Who cares? That's like saying UConn has only won 3 championships since the fall of Lehman Brothers. History doesn't start with the birth of 24/7 Sports. Donyell, KEA, Caron, Charlie and Rudy were all Top 10 in some whay/shape/form.

Exactly. That writer has some serious bias and hate going on. If im Duke id be very, very concerned with this visit to Uconn especially seeing Hurleys recent record with recruits.

 

[HooperScooper]

Ever been there?

I feel like I'm going to derail the thread but you asked.

Once for work but it was a long time ago and I don't remember much. When I think of college towns I don't think of Louisville. I think of places where the college dominates the town. Places like Ann Arbor, Chapel Hill, Tuscaloosa, Bloomington, Lawrence, Athens, etc. Louisville is a mid-sized city to me and not a college town. I'm curious why it's a college town.

 

[housekeys]

Pretty simple. Since arriving at Kansas (starting in '03-'04), among active coaches from major conferences Self has:

• The most NCAA titles (tied with Pitino if you count the vacated title)
• The most conference regular season titles.
• The most conference tournament titles.
• The most top 2 NCAA seeds
• 3rd most Final Fours (behind Izzo and Calipari by 1)
• 2nd most Sweet 16s (behind Calipari by 1)

He has 26 conference tournament and regular season titles in 20 years at Kansas. Read that again. In that span, UConn as a university between our 3 coaches have 5.

Not crapping on Kansas or Self, but. Only 1 team, other than Kansas, has won a national title, Baylor. As good as B12 is, it has not translated to titles (3 total), in the time of comparison.

Other than UConn's 4 national titles, Louisville (2, 1-vacated), Syracuse (if you count 2003), Villanova(2) have won titles. Four teams with 9 or 8 titles.

You can make the case, UConn's lack of conference success could be because they seem to have played against tougher conference opponents. As evidenced by the national titles.

But again, Kansas and Self's success is nothing to scoff at.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Joe

Mama

 

[Waquoit]

If K was still at Duke, I wouldn't be wasting a drop of hope. But he's not and that's our chance. Hurley and team will have a plan to present and a track record of recent success for both players and team to back it up. We have a top PG coming in. I think he fits the program like a glove; let's hope he feels the same way after he visits.

 

[upstater]

Ever been there?

Um, yes, multiple times. I would never call it a college town.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I feel like I'm going to derail the thread but you asked.

Once for work but it was a long time ago and I don't remember much. When I think of college towns I don't think of Louisville. I think of places where the college dominates the town. Places like Ann Arbor, Chapel Hill, Tuscaloosa, Bloomington, Lawrence, Athens, etc. Louisville is a mid-sized city to me and not a college town. I'm curious why it's a college town.

Yes. I agree. I phrased it poorly. There is a large college there. That will normally provide an adequate amount of attention for a college basketball player, without need of payment. Probably more attention than may be wise for a future 1st round pick.

 

[uconngb]

LOL Bill Self isnt the best coach in the sport. Dude has got 2 titles in the top 2 cheatingest programs in the country over 20 years. With violation after violation. The best you can say for Self is he is one ahead of Calipari. That's HIS company. Not best coach in the country.

Bill Self is only running for the "coach of the best players in country who does less with more". Again, his only rival is Squid.

Yeah, this. No idea what that guy is smoking. Self has woefully underachieved with the talent he cheats to get year in and year out. Shaka Smart is 10x the coach Self is, just as one example.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yes. I agree. I phrased it poorly. There is a large college there. That will normally provide an adequate amount of attention for a college basketball player, without need of payment. Probably more attention than may be wise for a future 1st round pick.

Tell that to Pitino and the Louisville assistant coaches. Oh wait, not Pitino since he said he didn't know anything about it.

 

[BlueMAB]

I feel like I'm going to derail the thread but you asked.

Once for work but it was a long time ago and I don't remember much. When I think of college towns I don't think of Louisville. I think of places where the college dominates the town. Places like Ann Arbor, Chapel Hill, Tuscaloosa, Bloomington, Lawrence, Athens, etc. Louisville is a mid-sized city to me and not a college town. I'm curious why it's a college town.

Not starting an argument or trying to derail the thread. I think it’s fair to call it a college-city. I’ve only been once too. I agree the college doesn’t “dominate” the city, but the athletic infrastructure and campus is also very visible from the highway. It’s got a large presence relative to the size of the city IMO.

 

[BlueMAB]

Um, yes, multiple times. I would never call it a college town.

Cool story bro.

 

[Umami Zen]

Getting the #1 ranked kid in his class-- 24 or 25.To visit Storrs. We've come a long way since the AAC. Pretty amazing progress. Don't you think? Let's do this.

 

[Jorgensen]

I know my take will be discredited, but they also have an astonishing dorm for those guys and there is no place they can go where they will be more revered on campus and in the town. For a HS kid, some of that carries weight. They can make a pretty good pitch, aside from any money.

This is great and all, but at least practice in Storrs won’t be halted by tornadoes! #counterpitch

Where to hide from Mother Nature.

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[formerlurker]

This is true. And I hope that it stays that way. I don't want to see one and done come to our program. That is not how this program was built. And not how we have become the most prolific program of the last 25 years.

 

[Chosen]

So when is Cooper taking an official visit to UConn?

 

[upstater]

Not starting an argument or trying to derail the thread. I think it’s fair to call it a college-city. I’ve only been once too. I agree the college doesn’t “dominate” the city, but the athletic infrastructure and campus is also very visible from the highway. It’s got a large presence relative to the size of the city IMO.

You don't seem to know what a college town is at all.

 

[BlueMAB]

You don't seem to know what a college town is at all.

I didn’t say it was a college town.

 

[BlueMAB]

So when is Cooper taking an official visit to UConn?

Hopefully last

 

[CL82]

But again, Kansas and Self's success is nothing to scoff at

 

[Road2Six]

So when is Cooper taking an official visit to UConn?

I’m told he’ll be here weekend of Sept 23rd when we play Duke, he’ll be at the football game for part of his visit.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This is great and all, but at least practice in Storrs won’t be halted by tornadoes! #counterpitch

Where to hide from Mother Nature.

Human beings are self-absorbed creatures, so the response to Hurricane Katrina has naturally included some hand-wringing over the question: "Could...

slate.com

I spent the one tornado warning from my time in Lawrence on the back deck of a Mexican restaurant downtown (Quinton’s). We figured brick was as good as we were going to get. It was pretty damned scary when I drove through the green clouds and as we decided we had to leave our apartment.

Meanwhile, here in suburban Boston, I’ve been through two tornado warnings this month.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Tell that to Pitino and the Louisville assistant coaches. Oh wait, not Pitino since he said he didn't know anything about it.

 

[businesslawyer]

Not starting an argument or trying to derail the thread. I think it’s fair to call it a college-city. I’ve only been once too. I agree the college doesn’t “dominate” the city, but the athletic infrastructure and campus is also very visible from the highway. It’s got a large presence relative to the size of the city IMO.

You are a good poster. This is a perfect example of just being able to take a L and walk away.

By no definition is Louisville a college town. It just isn’t. It’s a small city famous for a few things that has a large, lousy college in it that happens to have a strong basketball tradition

 

[karstenkibbe]

I spent the one tornado warning from my time in Lawrence on the back deck of a Mexican restaurant downtown (Quinton’s). We figured brick was as good as we were going to get. It was pretty damned scary when I drove through the green clouds and as we decided we had to leave our apartment.

Meanwhile, here in suburban Boston, I’ve been through two tornado warnings this month.

Don’t lie, @HuskyHawk. We all know you’ve been through another kind of tornado in suburban Boston a few times…

 

[CTBasketball]

Still can’t believe some on this forum defend Kansas. No matter where he goes, he’ll be a one and done. He’s getting NIL too.

1. If he goes to Kansas he was bought by the largest bag known to man.
2. If he goes to Duke that’s his rumored “dream school.”
3. If he goes to UConn regionality and closeness to home matters more than most think.

I’m fine with either to be honest. Not a make or break for us.