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caw said:
I think he makes it to UConn uncommitted if only because his AAU coach has such strong ties to UConn.
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Cool....so his "handlers" have ties to the "Good Guys"?
 
Dogbreath2U said:
Cool....so his "handlers" have ties to the "Good Guys"?
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Haha. I believe this has been mentioned on here before, but he plays AAU ball for the Richmond Squires, and the director of his AAU program is Tony Squire: http://www.squirebball.com/news/ct_visit_102011.htm
Squire’s history with UConn includes Ray Allen, NBA All Star of the Boston Celtics, and Ricky Moore, starting point guard in the 1999 National Championship team,​
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Over the past quarter century, in addition to helping produce excellent basketball talent, the program counts Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Amare Stoudemire among those who have played for the Squires at one time or another, the program has helped over 400 young men earn scholarships to colleges and another 150 earn scholarships to prep schools.
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uconnbill said:
If he doesn't commit to Indiana before UCONN visit then I will feel pretty doggone good about his ending up at UCONN when all is said and done.
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When/if he signs a LOI, I will feel pretty doggone good about his ending up at UCONN when all is said and done.
 
champs99and04 said:
As an aside, I wish every kid handled their recruitment like Devin. No shenanigans or constant "leaks" to the press from his camp as a way to drive up the price, no mystery visits, no de-commitments three minutes after committing, no "I'll decide in the next week" statements when he's not going to be ready in the next week, etc. Just take your visits and decide when you're ready. It shouldn't be that hard.
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"Why can't teenagers just act in their own rational self-interest?" - every parent in the world
 
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I wonder how much re-alignment will affect Robinson, the IU board seems to think Uconn is out of this race.
 
bigeastconf said:
I wonder how much re-alignment will affect Robinson, the IU board seems to think Uconn is out of this race.
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Unless they're privy to some info that the rest of the recruiting world is oblivious to they have about as much idea of where he is going as we do.

By all accounts it's been quiet from Robinson's family/camp so IU is just speculating like we are
 
upstater said:
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@IUbball Don't have enough yet to change to Indiana w Devin Robinson but I think it is neck and neck w perhaps Indiana in the lead.
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I don't see this as a bad sign...he just came back from visiting there so it's easy to say they're leading. He obviously had a great visit. But hopefully we provide him with a great atmosphere next weekend and Ollie and Co. can seal the deal. His recruitment has been a little bit quiet (sort of refreshing actually) but I at least feel like we have a solid shot here.
 
Some notes on him from Indiana's Scout site. Nothing directly from his camp, so take with a grain of salt:

Pre-visit:
I talked to some people close to Robinson this week who identified Indiana and Connecticut as his two leaders at this point. But Robinson scheduled five official visits, and has already taken trips to Notre Dame and Oklahoma State. He's scheduled to visit Florida next weekend and UCONN the weekend after that.
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I'm sure he'll be overwhelmed by the Hoosier Hysteria experience, but a source close to him said he's had a hard time making up his mind.

"One day he's pro-pro UCONN, the next he's pro-pro Indiana," the source said. "It's been hard for him to figure out.
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Post-visit:
Robinson's high school coach at Christchurch in Virginia, Ben Thompson said the Hoosiers improved their position with Robinson over the weekend.

"If I had to grade the visit, I'd definitely give it an 'A'," Thompson said. "They really made up some ground this weekend. He could hear about how great Hoosier Hysteria is and all of that, but actually doing it is different. And he really enjoyed that experience."
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Robinson continues to be Indiana's primary target in the 2014 class. The long, versatile forward is the fifth-ranked power forward and has risen quickly in the last six months. UCONN has been recruiting Robinson the longest, but a source told AllHoosiers.com that the Big East's realignment hurt the Huskies in Robinson's eyes.

Robinson's visit to Florida this weekend will be extremely important. The Gators remain in good position with Robinson, but it'll be interesting to see how the staff handles his visit given that there won't be a home football game next weekend or Midnight Madness. Florida won't have quite the same luxuries Tom Crean and his staff had this past weekend with Hoosier Hysteria going on.
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tcf15 said:
Some notes on him from Indiana's Scout site. Nothing directly from his camp, so take with a grain of salt:

Pre-visit:

Post-visit:
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Sounds to me like nothing happened that UConn can't overcome. I'd be worried about Florida.
The #1 thing for all players is playing time. Doesn't matter how "hysterical" people can get or how fine they look in candy strips, you need to offer playing time.
 
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Not sure the two reports mesh. The pre says he goes back and forth and the post says UConn lost status because of the AAC. So UConn was far ahead before the AAC thing? But the AAC thing happened before UConn started recruiting him. I'm confused.
 
"If I had to grade the visit, I'd definitely give it an 'A'," Thompson said. "They really made up some ground this weekend. He could hear about how great Hoosier Hysteria is and all of that, but actually doing it is different. And he really enjoyed that experience."

Who did they "make up ground" on? Us?

Might have just misspoke, interesting quote though.
 
HobokenHusky said:
"If I had to grade the visit, I'd definitely give it an 'A'," Thompson said. "They really made up some ground this weekend. He could hear about how great Hoosier Hysteria is and all of that, but actually doing it is different. And he really enjoyed that experience."

Who did they "make up ground" on? Us?

Might have just misspoke, interesting quote though.
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The high school coach seems to prefer IU, wonder how much input he has. I know nothing about him.
 
caw said:
Not sure the two reports mesh. The pre says he goes back and forth and the post says UConn lost status because of the AAC. So UConn was far ahead before the AAC thing? But the AAC thing happened before UConn started recruiting him. I'm confused.
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The high school coach said earlier that UConn stopped contacting him. The coach seems to be somewhat of a different source than the Squires AAU coaches. So, everything with a grain of salt.
 
I think it's going to really pay off that we discovered Robinson's abilities before the other big boys and it will help being his last visit. Let's be loud and make Devin's weekend at UConn memorable.
 
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Indiana is a great school, great fans, great history, and they are in basketball heaven there.
But I just can't imagine anyone entrusting their future to Creepy Crean.
 
upstater said:
The high school coach said earlier that UConn stopped contacting him. The coach seems to be somewhat of a different source than the Squires AAU coaches. So, everything with a grain of salt.
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At the least I think we can all agree that UConn is still recruiting him and he is still interested.
 
On the personable scale, Ollie's about a 12 and Crean a 2. Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but we haven't heard much in regards to Robinson's relationship with Crean. If Robinson prefers one over the other, that could be the difference.

Plus, if it is true that Robinson has been waffling back and forth a lot, it has to help us that we have the last visit.
 
champs99and04 said:
On the personable scale, Ollie's about a 12 and Crean a 2. Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but we haven't heard much in regards to Robinson's relationship with Crean. If Robinson prefers one over the other, that could be the difference.

Plus, if it is true that Robinson has been waffling back and forth a lot, it has to help us that we have the last visit.
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I was thinking that too. I wouldn't underestimate the aura that Indiana tried to lay all over him with regards to their history and the size and scope if IU hoops in that state. One thing that might tip the scales is the incredible group of guards and wings UCONN already has who would be playing with him for at least 2 and possibly 3 years at UCONN. Not sure if Indiana has as many talented kids at the guard/wing spot as UCONN.

They did land Vonleh, a 5 star forward, and Williams, Robinson, and Fisher - 4 star wing/guard/center for 2013. in 2014 they only have 4-star Johnson - another guard. Well, maybe it's a draw? I do think that Hamilton and Purvis are better than what IU has, but IU certainly has more "star" power in the past 2 years as commits...
 
champs99and04 said:
Plus, if it is true that Robinson has been waffling back and forth a lot, it has to help us that we have the last visit.
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Exactly - let's remember that they're playing catch-up with us. Good on them if they've pulled even, or even slightly ahead, but we've been playing the long game and we have the last shot with the short game.

We also have a far superior record of putting players into the league for the last 25 years. UConn has produced six all-stars and earnings of close to $1 billion. IU has zero and less than $100 million.

And then there's NCAA titles. We've won as many in the last 15 years as they have in the last 50.
 
Matrim55 said:
Exactly - let's remember that they're playing catch-up with us. Good on them if they've pulled even, or even slightly ahead, but we've been playing the long game and we have the last shot with the short game.

We also have a far superior record of putting players into the league for the last 25 years. UConn has produced six all-stars and earnings of close to $1 billion. IU has zero and less than $100 million.

And then there's NCAA titles. We've won as many in the last 15 years as they have in the last 50.
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And we will have a brand new practice facility to spend all his time in!
 
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No way the new conference actually impacted his decision. Someone is throwing rumors around for sure.
 
With seemingly nothing being leaked, people just make up crap. Somehow that makes them seem self-important. Here's hoping his visit here goes great!
 
He changed his Twitter name to Jesus Shuttlesworth...

take that with a grain of salt...
 
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