Corey Evans says UCONN with lots of momentum heading into the fall...

[Dove]

Poised to pounce...

 

[8893]

Doomed

 

[upstater]

Hopefully it all comes true...

but one fact that Evans wasn't right about in that post: 2016 Basketball Team Rankings

 

[UC1995]

If Both Memphis and us can pull this off I would be pretty happy.

 

[Kemba429]

Im obviously UConn biased but its hard for me to see how Hurley can fail. Seeing the progression of the players, like with Cobb, thats a big transformation. That along with these hard practices and the players that were recruiting for 2019?!? Yeah were UConn and we have that brand but hes doing a tremendous job for a program that has seen its only losing seasons since I dont even know when.

 

[mauconnfan]

USC

Andy how?

 

[tentoes4rings]

Hopefully it all comes true...

but one fact that Evans wasn't right about in that post: 2016 Basketball Team Rankings

Ha, I was thinking the same thing. Those darn facts always get in the way.

 

[Danzz]

Recruiting is so fluid you just never know and even when a recruit signs a LOI it isn't the end. So many recruits over the years go someplace else at the last minute or decommitt. I try very hard to ignore optimistic reports like Evan's in an effort to temper optimism. It never really works and like most fans I get sucked in.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

USC

Andy how?

Dark Hollywood money out of the Film School.

 

[Son of Robert]

We're in very good company and that says a lot.

 

[tzznandrew]

"Three months from now, UConn could have a top 10 class nationally. That's something Huskies fans have not been able to say since their Big East days."

False.

 

[Vuce]

I'd rather be in this position with recruits than not but this is almost like being ranked in the top 10 prior to the season beginning as opposed to being top 10 in the middle or end of the season. We gotta close with a few of these recruits. We do that and show improvement on the court this season and it could set the stage for Hurley to really start building something here again. I do like that it feels like momentum is building though instead of waiting for another shoe to drop.

 

[gtcam]

Wouldn't it be wonderful to land a top 10 class???
To think the AAC could have 2 in the top 10 - I think Memphis will definitely be there
Fingers crossed that DH and staff can do this

 

[Waquoit]

Who's Corey Evans?

 

[Mokum]

Wanted to read this. Page came up, rivals can not be viewed outside USA. DAMN!! What's with this crap? It's basketball, not national security.

 

[lange10]

So it seems as though we’ve moved on from Delaire. If we land Achiuwa it won’t really matter but curious as to why we backed off.

 

[husky429]

So it seems as though we’ve moved on from Delaire. If we land Achiuwa it won’t really matter but curious as to why we backed off.

He's still very much in play for 2019. Right now hes just considering a 2018 reclass

 

[Guapo]

Who's Corey Evans?

He's not just Some Guy

 

[HooperScooper]

Who's Corey Evans?

National basketball recruiting analyst for Rivals.com.

Corey Evans (@coreyevans_10) | Twitter

 

[Slick]

Im obviously UConn biased but its hard for me to see how Hurley can fail. Seeing the progression of the players, like with Cobb, thats a big transformation. That along with these hard practices and the players that were recruiting for 2019?!? Yeah were UConn and we have that brand but hes doing a tremendous job for a program that has seen its only losing seasons since I dont even know when.

We can easily fail. It came down to us and Texas for Mo Bamba. Mo picked Texas. It came down to us and Kentucky for Hamidou D. He picked Kentucky. If we had both of those guys last year Kevin would still be employed.

 

[UconnU]

So it looks like right now we lead with Achiuwa and Bouknight. We’re in the mix with Mitchell, Dawes, Wong, Akok, Gaffney. Outside shot at Cockburn, Watts, Quinones and have moved on from Delaire who seems to wants to go to an Academic school.

 

[Hoophound]

We can easily fail. It came down to us and Texas for Mo Bamba. Mo picked Texas. It came down to us and Kentucky for Hamidou D. He picked Kentucky. If we had both of those guys last year Kevin would still be employed.

Maybe, but we still wouldn’t have been good. Besides, one of the reasons we didn’t get them was that KO never built the momentum off 2014 he could have. Do you remember the feature pieces on KO during and after the title run? How about Jalen Rose saying if he was going to college now, he’d go to UConn and play for KO? So much working in KO’s favor then, but we lost out because he wasn’t working hard on the trail.

Hurley doesn’t have those things going for him yet he’s in good with a bunch of kids. Everyone knows the staff is busting butt. The recruiting effort is much more aggressive. We could strike out, but I don’t feel too nervous about it. I think this staff is putting in the effort to have much better Plan B/C players if we miss on Plan A guys. We’ve become used to missing on big names and backfilling with transfers and lesser known freshmen. That’s probably over.

 

[Kemba429]

We can easily fail. It came down to us and Texas for Mo Bamba. Mo picked Texas. It came down to us and Kentucky for Hamidou D. He picked Kentucky. If we had both of those guys last year Kevin would still be employed.

Eh, to me the vibe of the program has skyrocketed and nobody knows how well Hurley will even do. And about the whole Hamidou situation, obviously we wouldve been better... but the squad was so poorly coached. The offensive sets were absolutely horrible. Kevin doesnt get enough credit for what he did for this program but hes gone for a reason. 2 straight losing seasons? Cmon weve won 4 nattys in 15 years.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

So it looks like right now we lead with Achiuwa and Bouknight. We’re in the mix with Mitchell, Dawes, Wong, Akok, Gaffney. Outside shot at Cockburn, Watts, Quinones and have moved on from Delaire who seems to wants to go to an Academic school.

Care to elaborate on Cockburn? Thought we led for him. Did I miss something?

 

[Horatio]

Call me when it actually happens.