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Now the real question - what's the longest thread in BY history?
 
That Evan Flood Wisconsin 247 guy changed Crystal Ball back to Wisconsin this morning.

100 pages here we come
 
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8893 said:
Pappa [Was a Rolling] Stone says that Diamond is not signing LOI until Spring:

Diamond Stone Sign in Spring Period
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Dominican High (Wisc.) center Diamond Stone will wait until the spring to sign a National Letter of Intent, his father told Inside Maryland Sports.

Stone, a 6-foot-10 senior rated the No. 1 center in 247Sports' Class of 2015 Composite rankings, is considering UConn, Maryland, Wisconsin and Oklahoma State. He officially visited all four schools this fall and seemed to be at least considering inking a National Letter of Intent during the NCAA's early signing period, which began last week and ends tomorrow. But his father, Bob Stone, told IMS this morning that won't happen.

Stone could still verbally commit before the spring period, which begins April 15, but wouldn't be officially bound to the school he chooses until he signs.

UConn is the leader in Stone's Crystal Ball with 80 percent of predictions, but his recruitment has played out quietly, with his father keeping the process a family affair.

Maryland has recruited Stone since his freshman year, with assistant Bino Ranson leading the effort. Stone took his official visit to College Park a month ago. The Terps have just one true center on the roster in sophomore Damonte Dodd and are looking for another post player to complement their talent-laden cast of perimeter players.

"I think they've got eight returning lettermen next year and we had talked about what they run but we got to see it in person. Coach Turgeon, he seemed to be in control," Bob Stone told IMS. "We talked to a lot of the kids, They all seemed like nice kids.

"It was pretty nice. We went to the football game, saw Maryland Madness, got to see the facilities and talk to all the people ... It was kind of a big campus, but kind of cozy at the same time."[/QUOT

The old man is running the show ancd he is trying to get something out of this...move on ..if he commits..great,if not ..so what..Ollie will fill the needs
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CTBasketball said:
Now the real question - what's the longest thread in BY history?
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Different for different forums. Men's bb forum most replies:

OT: World Cup Thread 1,445 replies
2015 Recruiting Tevin Mack 1,285 replies
2015 Recruiting Diamond Stone 1,216 replies and counting
OT: Best Pizza in CT thread 808 replies


Men's bb forum most views:
2015 Recruiting Tevin Mack 137,851 views
2015 Recruiting Diamond Stone 137,495 views and counting
OT: Catrinel Menghia 137,495 views and ogling (11 replies only; some things don't need commentary)
OT: Best Pizza in CT thread 46,182 views
 
CTBasketball said:
Now the real question - what's the longest thread in BY history?
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Good question. The Non-key tweet thread on the CR board has to be a contender. 108 pages 3,220 replies and 282,805 views.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
Different for different forums. Men's bb forum most replies:

OT: World Cup Thread 1,445 replies
2015 Recruiting Tevin Mack 1,285 replies
2015 Recruiting Diamond Stone 1,216 replies and counting
OT: Best Pizza in CT thread 808 replies


Men's bb forum most views:
2015 Recruiting Tevin Mack 137,851 views
2015 Recruiting Diamond Stone 137,495 views and counting
OT: Catrinel Menghia 137,495 views and ogling (11 replies only; some things don't need commentary)
OT: Best Pizza in CT thread 46,182 views
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So maybe Diamond is waiting until his thread has the most all time posts. Everyone else has a theory I go with this one.
 
CL82 said:
Good question. The Non-key tweet thread on the CR board has to be a contender. 108 pages 3,220 replies and 282,805 views.
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That would be the winner because I checked the other three major forums. The next is the B!G thread on the CR board followed by Tevin Mack thread for replies and the ACC on the CR forum for views.
 
We are always hungry for news, on the next great UConn player.

It seems that Diamond is losing the tug of war with his Dad. Even if he pledges, it will be a season of worry ala Hamilton, til he takes classes.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Different for different forums. Men's bb forum most replies:

OT: World Cup Thread 1,445 replies
2015 Recruiting Tevin Mack 1,285 replies
2015 Recruiting Diamond Stone 1,216 replies and counting
OT: Best Pizza in CT thread 808 replies


Men's bb forum most views:
2015 Recruiting Tevin Mack 137,851 views
2015 Recruiting Diamond Stone 137,495 views and counting
OT: Catrinel Menghia 137,495 views and ogling (11 replies only; some things don't need commentary)
OT: Best Pizza in CT thread 46,182 views
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I made the Pizza thread! Yes!
 
After watching that Gonzaga game last night, I wouldn't mind looking overseas to find us a Sabonis of our own if Stone doesn't pan out.
 
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Good for him. I hope he takes his time and is 100% certain he made the right choice when he signs.

And if the fact that Amida leads us to a second straight title while guaranteeing himself a spot in the top 10 of the draft has any impact on that decision, well then, some things just can't be helped.
 
semi-related but didn't want to start a new topic, anybody know who the staff was looking at over the weekend in NC? Wing, Center options? It was around this time 2 years ago when the staff got heavy into Brimah so hopefully there are backup options out there.
 
aceboon said:
semi-related but didn't want to start a new topic, anybody know who the staff was looking at over the weekend in NC? Wing, Center options? It was around this time 2 years ago when the staff got heavy into Brimah so hopefully there are backup options out there.
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Not sure about wings, but from what I hear they are looking around for backup options to Stone just in case he goes elsewhere. Tried to get info on which bigs stood out at the event in NC (NC Phenom 150), but doesn't sound like anyone made a big impression.
 
upstater said:
Please, you can't be serious. It's nonsense for him to patiently take his time? There are variables here. He is actually doing the right thing. This goes for non-athletes as well. Kids with multiple options need to weigh all the variables. At the end of the day, however, they are committing to a school, and not necessarily a coach or a program.
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Dude, why are you making it sound like the kid should make the best decision for him, rather than a bunch of anonymous couch warriors that he'll never meet who root for the laundry he may/may not wear?
 
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Burnsbros23 said:
The team I coach was playing in a tourney in Milwaukee this weekend run by some of the big time guys up there. They said people in Milwaukee are saying UConn.
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Unfortunately I think the real answer is that everything outside of Diamond and his family is pure speculation.
 
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These are guys who have probably known him since he was young. The guy I'm sure is very close with his aau coach. And with all that said they weren't confident with their answer.

The full story is I went up to the guy and said tell me Diamond Stone is going to UConn. Proceeded to have a conversation about how he might not get the ball enough at UConn and how Wisconsin offense is perfect for him. Said he thought Wisconsin might be leading. Next day he came up to me said he talked to some ppl and it looks like UConn.. Take it for what it is could be total speculation.
 
Well we know he's not signing until spring, so the only real question is whether he will give a verbal before then. Presumably there is something about which he and/or his family are still undecided, even if he does give a verbal before the spring. Could be as simple as watching each team between now and then and seeing which situation he/they think is best. If he does verbal, I'd rather be the school getting the verbal, but even that school is going to be where we were with Hamilton and will not be sure until/unless he signs.

Part of me envisions KO telling him we've got no problem with that--maybe even recommending it as in his best interest--and pointing to Hamilton as an example for us. But hearing that we were just scouting other 2015 bigs as possible backup plans, albeit a wise a prudent thing to do, suggests that we don't feel great about our chances any more.
 
Burnsbros23 said:
These are guys who have probably known him since he was young. The guy I'm sure is very close with his aau coach. And with all that said they weren't confident with their answer.

The full story is I went up to the guy and said tell me Diamond Stone is going to UConn. Proceeded to have a conversation about how he might not get the ball enough at UConn and how Wisconsin offense is perfect for him. Said he thought Wisconsin might be leading. Next day he came up to me said he talked to some ppl and it looks like UConn.. Take it for what it is could be total speculation.
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Thanks for the report.

And now the cynic in me wonders if the people with whom he spoke knew he was reporting back to a UConn person and deliberately misled him, hoping to discourage any more of a press from UConn than he is already getting.
 
RipCity said:
After watching that Gonzaga game last night, I wouldn't mind looking overseas to find us a Sabonis of our own if Stone doesn't pan out.
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I was thinking the exact same thing watching Gonzaga last night. That Sabonis kid is a beast.
 
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8893 said:
Thanks for the report.

And now the cynic in me wonders if the people with whom he spoke knew he was reporting back to a UConn person and deliberately misled him, hoping to discourage any more of a press from UConn than he is already getting.
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Well I was there coaching a 5th grade AAU team. Not exactly a reporter.
 
Is he announcing Friday and signing in the spring or do we not know anymore about when he's announcing?
 
If he doesn't declare until spring we need to do a lottery on closest to the number of views on this thread on announcement day.
 
Burnsbros23 said:
Well I was there coaching a 5th grade AAU team. Not exactly a reporter.
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Thanks for the info.

If I had his talent and options I would wait until the spring also. By then he learns if KO is coming back again. He has to be hearing from others that KO could leave for the nba. This is an easy way for him to hedge his bets. For top flight talent this is about to become the norm.
 
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