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Derrick Jones (Committed to UNLV)

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WingU-Conn said:
Good news. Sounds like grades aren't a "major" issue at all.
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They could be, but schools won't know for sure until the spring. Top recruits have a way of meeting eligibility standards in their senior year.
 
I love our spot with Jones right now. With all the hype about Clarke/Mack potentially committing soon, Jones turned to UNLV. Now that they aren't as likely to be committing to us, we can get back on track with Jones and be the freshest voice in his ear. I think choosing between us and UNLV would be easy for him.

I'm sure a commit from Diamond Stone wouldn't the hurt cause either.
 
Most of Kentucky's prospects seem to be waiting for the spring, and they are recruiting 2 top players at most positions. If Stone commits we'll have one open scholarship for a perimeter player, and should be one of the top contenders for whoever Kentucky doesn't get. Even if Kentucky has a complete roster turnover with everybody turning pro, I don't think they can pick up all their prospects.
 
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This seems to point towards UNLV. That said, I wonder if the staff could have used the impending Mack decision to pressure Jones in any way.
 
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Just a refresher, what are the reasons he would pick UNLV over us? PT? Vegas?
 
Obviously i hope we land someone tomorrow, but having said that there is something about the wild overreaction that occurs on this board if something doesn't go our way that i thoroughly enjoy.

Hoping for a (good) choatic day! Good or bad news UConn ball will be fine.
 
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aceboon said:
so its Mack or bust for the wing spot
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Why is this bad news for UCONN????

I mean I get why it could be if Mack commits elsewhere and then Jones has already made up his mind for elsewhere and we didn't get a chance to go after him hard again.

But this announcement doesn't suggest that Jones is definitively committing elsewhere.

Maybe he wants to jump on that wing scholly before an indecisive Mack does. Maybe he was told now is the time because Mack might take your spot. Who knows.
 
For all his failings as a coach, Rice is one insanely good recruiter.

If they do get Jones, this would be something like their third top 25 recruit in two years.
 
The change in timing for the Jones announcement is certainly intriguing. The favorable scenario is that he wanted to beat Mack to the scholly. So he's given a verbal commitment to KO, with the understanding that he's got the 3 slot commit from UConn. The formal announcement would come tomorrow night.

The other scenario, much less favorable for us, is that Jones has made up his mind and sees no point in waiting until spring to declare for UNLV. This way he doesn't have to deal with the constant calls and visits over the next several months from the programs currently recruiting him, nor the ones who find themselves suddenly "needing" him.
 
This has got to mean bad news for UConn's chances for Jones...all we have heard on him lately was that he was signing late and now all of a sudden he's announcing tomorrow.

This kind of news out of nowhere seems to spell U-N-L-V...really wanted Jones but now I'm preparing myself for no Clarke, Mack or Jones in this class
 
My fingers crossed read is maybe Jones was between UNLV and UConn. He got word that Mack is committing to Uconn so it makes his UNLV choice easy?

But most likely we just struck out on everything and we are doomed forever.
 
SirHypeAlot said:
Obviously i hope we land someone tomorrow, but having said that there is something about the wild overreaction that occurs on this board if something doesn't go our way that i thoroughly enjoy.

Hoping for a (good) choatic day! Good or bad news UConn ball will be fine.
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Some here have exaggerated feelings of entitlement. UConn is a great choice for any recruit but not the only good choice.
 
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Final4 42 said:
My fingers crossed read is maybe Jones was between UNLV and UConn. He got word that Mack is committing to Uconn so it makes his UNLV choice easy?

But most likely we just struck out on everything and we are doomed forever.
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I'm going with Doomed Forever! ;)

But seriously if we strike out on Mack, Clarke and Jones then what's the point of living anymore as a UConn fan.......
 
It's felt to me like we haven't been as involved with Jones ever since potential academic issues popped up.
 
Just seems like poor timing for our chances for an announcement from Jones

He's more recently visited UNLV and been visited by their coaches, they seem to be trending while we may have peaked too early in the never ending trend game of recruiting...we may have very well been scared off by those academic issues

I just want to see me some high flying dunks that may be better than Rudy and Sticks type hops
 
If you think about it, Jones could commit anytime to UNLV... regardless of who else has committed there. As such, though it's far from a sure thing and I could be all wrong, but I read this news as favorable for the Huskies. In short, there's a lot more incentive to move your announcement time up if it's because you need to beat out someone else.... than it is to just announce that you're going where you can go anytime.
 
2Infinity said:
If you think about it, Jones could commit anytime to UNLV... regardless of who else has committed there. As such, though it's far from a sure thing and I could be all wrong, but I read this news as favorable for the Huskies. In short, there's a lot more incentive to move your announcement time up if it's because you need to beat out someone else.... than it is to just announce that you're going where you can go anytime.
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This is what occurred to me. I'm having trouble figuring out why he'd commit to UNLV earlier than expected.
 
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