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2025 Recruiting: Cooper Flagg

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Slick said:
I wish I could say more but unfortunately I can't. The one thing I can say is if he tells Coach Hurley he is coming in for one year only its not happening.
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If he says “Coach Hurley I want to come play for you but it’s going to be just one year” you honestly think Danny says “Thanks but no thanks Cooper”? You’re only kidding right?
 
Slick said:
I wish I could say more but unfortunately I can't. The one thing I can say is if he tells Coach Hurley he is coming in for one year only its not happening.
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IIRC Castle stated that he chose UConn because the message was that they felt with the right development he would be a one-and-done. Everyone else felt he was going to be a two- or three-year player.
 
REB1094 said:
If Cooper is more interested in refining his skills and being in a program with a strong culture, he will go to UConn. He loses out on some of the hype factor here, and may drop a couple picks in the draft because of it. Again, whether that's fair or not does not matter. It is what it is.
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I think there's a much better argument that this is not, in fact, what it is. He could go to the University of Maine and still be a one year player and the first overall pick. The idea that he would be sacrificing the "hype factor" by going to UConn and would thus fall "a couple picks" in the draft is nuts.
 
Slick said:
I think he will make an official visit to uconn. However, Hurley prides himself on player development and not sure he is going to be interested in a player who is definitely one and done.
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Flagg was a definite one and done when he was playing this past summer and Hurley and staff were three deep at his Peach Jam games. So they're obviously interested.
 
formerlurker said:
What's Dalton's 3rd rule......?
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Be nice.

zoom in patrick swayze GIF
 
CONN78SEJ said:
I wish I had a dollar for every kid that kind of plateaued in his development after going to Dook, and was washed up in the NBA. The list is a long one.
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The day after somebody oddly brought up but wisely declined to bet his life on something like a 7 out of 10 coin toss, you appear to wishing for something in the $100-200 range.
 
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Waquoit said:
It was between UConn, UNC and UVa. If he chooses UVa, he becomes the power forward that Ralph Sampson never had. Instead he came to UConn and got us into the Big East.
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He did have 5 finalists with UVA among them, but his final two were Uconn and UNC.
 
ec33 said:
IIRC Castle stated that he chose UConn because the message was that they felt with the right development he would be a one-and-done. Everyone else felt he was going to be a two- or three-year player.
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Castle is in the top 10 in mock drafts and has been before he set foot on campus. Giving Hurley credit for making him a one and done would be like giving Calipari credit for turning his 5 star recruits into draft picks. Maybe things play out and he stays a second year, but I don't recall anybody touting him as needing 2-3 yrs.
 
jdk1047 said:
Yeah but how many of them would still be in the nba if they went to any other college
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Probably. But it might be the difference between being a Jayson Tatum and a Harrison Barnes or Xavier Henry.
 
This feels too much like Precious Achiuwa, where there’s tons of smoke and coincidences but no real hard reporting that the player is interested. Remaining hopeful but not counting on it.
 
Ricker said:
Castle is in the top 10 in mock drafts and has been before he set foot on campus. Giving Hurley credit for making him a one and done would be like giving Calipari credit for turning his 5 star recruits into draft picks. Maybe things play out and he stays a second year, but I don't recall anybody touting him as needing 2-3 yrs.
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Castle wasn't in that position when he committed. He was in the 20 range.

I am not trying to give Hurley any credit here, I am pointed out that Hurley would take a players if he felt he would be a one-and-done (as opposed to Slick's comment that Hurley would not bring in Flagg if Flagg didn't intend to stay multiple years - Castle does not intend to stay multiple years).
 
UconnU said:
This feels too much like Precious Achiuwa, where there’s tons of smoke and coincidences but no real hard reporting that the player is interested. Remaining hopeful but not counting on it.
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Why did you make him your profile picture if you don’t think he’s coming here?
 
mauconnfan said:
Played against Corny his junior year in high school (we scrimmaged them at Maloney). He along with Al Marshall, Charlie Muckle and the little PG were really damn good. Cornys fundamentals were good early, posted up like a man and finished so strong. As a team they were so damn fast it was incredible to see, not so much when you were guarding them.

You do realize that his final 4 were the Huskies, UNC, Virginia and Princeton? And there’s a chance he would have gone Ivy if they gave scholarships.

Wish Calhoun was his coach his career at UConn and the NBA would’ve been even better I believe.
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That Middletown Tigers team was a juggernaut - they set the Connecticut High School record for consecutive wins with 80 (!!!). I played a pickup game with Al Marshall back in the day - that kid was a high flier. Corny referee’d one of my 3-on-3 Hoop-It-Up games in downtown Hartford in the 90’s, and you better believe he swallowed that whistle - one of the most physical games I ever played.
 
mauconnfan said:
Played against Corny his junior year in high school (we scrimmaged them at Maloney). He along with Al Marshall, Charlie Muckle and the little PG were really damn good. Cornys fundamentals were good early, posted up like a man and finished so strong. As a team they were so damn fast it was incredible to see, not so much when you were guarding them.

You do realize that his final 4 were the Huskies, UNC, Virginia and Princeton? And there’s a chance he would have gone Ivy if they gave scholarships.

Wish Calhoun was his coach his career at UConn and the NBA would’ve been even better I believe.
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Oh, and that little point guard was a fella by the name of Ricky Privott.
 
T-Squared said:
Oh, and that little point guard was a fella by the name of Ricky Privott.
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Yeah it was thanks. He was a blur, both ends!

By the way Al Marshall was an all state sprinter as well if my memory serves me correctly. Fastest kid in the state I believe.
 
ec33 said:
Castle wasn't in that position when he committed. He was in the 20 range.

I am not trying to give Hurley any credit here, I am pointed out that Hurley would take a players if he felt he would be a one-and-done (as opposed to Slick's comment that Hurley would not bring in Flagg if Flagg didn't intend to stay multiple years - Castle does not intend to stay multiple years).
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I truly don't know anything about what Dan Hurley said to Castle, but the commitment definitely came before perception and suggestion of Castle as one-and-done was widespread. In that sense, I appreciate the plausibility of your narrative, and that you stayed focused here in maintaining your argument and reiterating your purpose in making it.
 
UconnU said:
This feels too much like Precious Achiuwa, where there’s tons of smoke and coincidences but no real hard reporting that the player is interested. Remaining hopeful but not counting on it.
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Duke’s own insider has said that Flagg is very likely to visit here before making a decision actually.

We’re firmly in the top 2 in this recruitment from all accounts and should get a visit.
 
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