David Onuorah commits to uconn

[8893]

Lyrical Wizards like Olander are once in a generation talents.

Agreed. He had flow like Biggie, grit like Tupac.

 

[Husky25]

I don't understand how this pick up can be viewed as anything but good.

 

[nomar]

Andy Bernard, is that you?

That character was the worst thing that ever happened to that school.

(There were a lot of acapella groups.)

 

[8893]

That character was the worst thing that ever happened to that school.

I'm gonna say that the spate of suicides was a bit worse.

To this day, it's the first thing high school kids say about it when you mention the school. Just last weekend I was trying to explain to my daughter's friends that the notion that Cornell has an abnormally high suicide rate is a misperception based on the notoriety of the gorge deaths and the linking of deaths unrelated to the school, but they wouldn't buy it.

I just checked out Cornell for the first time this past spring while my daughter was visiting Ithaca College. I liked it and was surprised how large the campus is--it actually reminded me of UConn's campus a bit.

 

[nomar]

I'm gonna say that the spate of suicides was a bit worse.

To this day, it's the first thing high school kids say about it when you mention the school. Just last weekend I was trying to explain to my daughter's friends that the notion that Cornell has an abnormally high suicide rate is a misperception based on the notoriety of the gorge deaths and the linking of deaths unrelated to the school, but they wouldn't buy it.

I just checked out Cornell for the first time this past spring while my daughter was visiting Ithaca College. I liked it and was surprised how large the campus is--it actually reminded me of UConn's campus a bit.

I'm sticking with Andy Bernard.

But yes, the suicide thing isn't great. (You've explained well why the reputation unearned and silly. Beyond what you said, some kids simply fall into the ravines when they're drunk, and people lump them in with the jumpers.)

It's a beautiful campus -- for the first two and last two weeks of the school year.

 

[intlzncster]

I guarantee that he will not be as funny as Rashad Anderson or as charming as Khalid, and that he can't spit fire like Tyler Olander.

Well at least that means he ain't jumping out of any bushes wearing a mask, knife in hand, scaring the snow out of people. So that's a plus.

 

[intlzncster]

WTF is the fascination with Selvie

Perhaps you're too young to remember Kevin Freeman. Or others. Neither Hayes nor Selvie were more than plugs on pretty good teams.

That's out and out sacrilege man. Johnnie Time forever.

 

[8893]

Well at least that means he ain't jumping out of any bushes wearing a mask, knife in hand, scaring the snow out of people. So that's a plus.

Exactly the image I had in mind. I will love the kid forever for that.

Oh, and for the Duke game, too.

 

[intlzncster]

Selvie could make a lay-up.

Johnnie Time didn't do layups. Johnnie Time threw down.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

That character was the worst thing that ever happened to that school.

(There were a lot of acapella groups.)

Cornell has survived a pumpkin on a tower, and Bob Marley's no-show as opening act for a Sly & the Family Stone concert that featured steady audience exit from the first song, when the headline amply demonstrated that he wasn't quite up to performing. There's good soil up there; nothing to worry about.

 

[3rdbass]

I don't understand how this pick up can be viewed as anything but good.

I don't think people are saying it is a bad pickup. He definitely fills the need of interior defender. Unfortunately, none of bigs are worth salivating for at this time. He is a body that hopefully will contribute this upcoming year but he isn't the cure for our recruiting blues like a few people were touting through this thread.

 

[Fishy]

This kid is a no-risk pickup for a school that's been a pure freaking disaster in the spring recruiting season.

If he plays, great. If he's just a practice player, great.

It's one year and no one else wants the scholarship. Might as well give it to a very large Ivy League graduate who has some experience.

It's not a home run - it's not even a double. It's a bloop single, but at least it's that.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I'm gonna say that the spate of suicides was a bit worse.

To this day, it's the first thing high school kids say about it when you mention the school. Just last weekend I was trying to explain to my daughter's friends that the notion that Cornell has an abnormally high suicide rate is a misperception based on the notoriety of the gorge deaths and the linking of deaths unrelated to the school, but they wouldn't buy it.

I just checked out Cornell for the first time this past spring while my daughter was visiting Ithaca College. I liked it and was surprised how large the campus is--it actually reminded me of UConn's campus a bit.

Except Storrs isn't quite Ithaca, which, both in and around, is heavenly in summer.

Fwiw, my niece just joyously completed her Sophomore year at IC, where my Husky diehard sister & brother-in-law met and have recently relocated from CT to the shores of Cayuga.

 

[intlzncster]

I don't think people are saying it is a bad pickup. He definitely fills the need of interior defender. Unfortunately, none of bigs are worth salivating for at this time. He is a body that hopefully will contribute this upcoming year but he isn't the cure for our recruiting blues like a few people were touting through this thread.

How many bigs available late in the game are salivatable? None I'd think. So it's fine to be happy with what whatever is left.

 

[8893]

but he isn't the cure for our recruiting blues like a few people were touting through this thread.

That's the part that I must have missed. Where did you see that?

I saw many people happy with the pickup and a few wet blankets arguing against a straw man they created.

 

[pj]

Selvie could make a lay-up.

Let's stop hating on Enoch, he's gone already.

 

[8893]

Except Storrs isn't quite Ithaca, which, both in and around, is heavenly in summer.

Fwiw, my niece just joyously completed her Sophomore year at IC, where my Husky diehard sister & brother-in-law met and have recently relocated from CT to the shores of Cayuga.

Well, yeah!

My wife is from upstate New York and a good friend who has a place on Cayuga calls it "God's Country," and on a nice day you can see why. I just remembered that it was actually still February, not spring, when we were there last, but it was that freakishly warm streak we had and it was sunny and in the high 70s when we were there. To their credit, the IC tour guides went out of their way to tell all the prospective students that that never happens, and that the campus is usually under 6' of snow for the entire month.

We loved the area though--especially the fact that it is ground zero for the American craft cider renaissance, with tons of great cideries in the area.

Back to the suicide thing, though, the reason I did my research is because my oldest daughter had initially refused to even look at the school because of that reputation for the area in general, even though she is going into communications and it's one of the top programs in the country. She ended up liking the school, got offered a generous merit scholarship, but she didn't love the area, so she chose to go elsewhere. Our middle daughter, however, really liked everything about it and it is at the top of her wish list. Now if she could only earn the same scholarship...

 

[3rdbass]

That's the part that I must have missed. Where did you see that?

I saw many people happy with the pickup and a few wet blankets arguing against a straw man they created.

GTCAM was sure expressing in his posts like this was a big pickup. I feel it is more of alright pickup but nothing to get excited. We need bodies and he clearly fills this need. If we get the Italian kid now that will be a promising pickup from what I have read.

 

[CL82]

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

It's not a home run - it's not even a double. It's a bloop single, but at least it's that.

To keep with mixed metaphors, it allows a 6'9" guy to further the 'small ball' narrative in the wake of Waters choosing elsewhere.

 

[Confident Carl]

Really why? You like low rated projects and limited upper class big men. I guess they might be serviceable but loving is going overboard here.

He might mean he loves that we have some bigs.
I would love having Lebron James and Kevin Durant though.

 

[nomar]

Well, yeah!

My wife is from upstate New York and a good friend who has a place on Cayuga calls it "God's Country," and on a nice day you can see why. I just remembered that it was actually still February, not spring, when we were there last, but it was that freakishly warm streak we had and it was sunny and in the high 70s when we were there. To their credit, the IC tour guides went out of their way to tell all the prospective students that that never happens, and that the campus is usually under 6' of snow for the entire month.

We loved the area though--especially the fact that it is ground zero for the American craft cider renaissance, with tons of great cideries in the area.

Back to the suicide thing, though, the reason I did my research is because my oldest daughter had initially refused to even look at the school because of that reputation for the area in general, even though she is going into communications and it's one of the top programs in the country. She ended up liking the school, got offered a generous merit scholarship, but she didn't love the area, so she chose to go elsewhere. Our middle daughter, however, really liked everything about it and it is at the top of her wish list. Now if she could only earn the same scholarship...

She didn't want to look at IC (which I know has a famous communications program) because of Cornell's suicide reputation? Kids...

 

[8893]

She didn't want to look at IC (which I know has a famous communications program) because of Cornell's suicide reputation? Kids...

In her defense (which I am not quick to take up), it was slightly more logical than that. She was actually aware that not all the suicides were attributable to Cornell; but she believed they were attributable to a higher percentage of depression in the general area, which she, in turn, attributed to a higher incidence of Seasonal Affective Disorder caused by lack of enough exposure to sunlight. Since she was already dealing with a bit of SAD herself, she was reluctant to make it worse by putting herself in an area that appeared likely to increase it.

Overall, based on that and a few other things, I think she made the right call for her, but I'm glad we went to look at it (especially since my ulterior motive was to get my middle daughter interested in college, period, and it accomplished that).

 

[RedsoxCowboys]

7 boards, 2 blks is good, who cares about his scoring average as long as he can dunk/finish what he should. FT is bad, maybe he can improve. What I'm asking is, was he a highly regarded player in the Ivy League?

I agree, if he has good hands, can rebound, and can defend. I will take that in a heartbeat.

 

[nomar]

In her defense (which I am not quick to take up), it was slightly more logical than that. She was actually aware that not all the suicides were attributable to Cornell; but she believed they were attributable to a higher percentage of depression in the general area, which she, in turn, attributed to a higher incidence of Seasonal Affective Disorder caused by lack of enough exposure to sunlight. Since she was already dealing with a bit of SAD herself, she was reluctant to make it worse by putting herself in an area that appeared likely to increase it.

Overall, based on that and a few other things, I think she made the right call for her, but I'm glad we went to look at it (especially since my ulterior motive was to get my middle daughter interested in college, period, and it accomplished that).

Fair enough. I think most people have a touch of SAD, although I'm sure it's the case that some people suffer from it significantly more than others. Ithaca's not the best place for those people. It's pretty dreary from October to April. Spectacular the rest of the year.

Re your story about visiting in February, I visited Cornell on Mother's Day Weekend and there was a blizzard. And I still went there.