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Not gonna get my hopes up for this kid. On his official visit to Wisconsin they'll probably play that god forsaken "i'm coming home i'm coming home tell the world i'm coming home" BS and he'll instantly be sold.
 
Zionn said:
Purposely staying out of Stone conversation. Give credit to family for keeping this a private process.

Steve on the other hand? Let's discuss..

; )
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Nice....can you offer comparable good news for Newman, Clarke, Jones and/or Baptiste?
 
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I’m a Wisconsin fan (currently living in Connecticut), and obviously Stone would be a massive get for the Badgers, or anyone at all, really. Problem is, I see this process playing out in a very similar way to a lot of other recruiting battles Bo Ryan’s been involved with. The parents almost always love Bo. He’s very old school, he’s very direct and he doesn’t play games with recruiting. He’s usually VERY selective about who he goes after, and I think this year is a very good example of that.

Right now, Wisconsin has as many as six scholarships available for this class, including the one commit we already have. But for the remaining five spots, there are only six extended scholarships, and even though we’re in the final group for most of them, none of them appear to be locks. It seems a bit risky, but we Wisconsin fans have learned to trust Bo in pretty much every aspect of how he runs his program (plus we figure at least one or two of those will go to 2016 players). And we’re hopeful that this can be the breakthrough recruiting class we’ve never been able to get before. Each of the players Wisconsin has offered would be among the best we’ve gotten in some previous recruiting classes. Getting Stone would be pretty much unprecedented for us.

But as I was saying, getting the kind of lip service that we’re getting from Stone’s dad is pretty familiar to us. And the kid winds up at the blueblood program even as they sing the praises of Bo and Wisconsin. I would be delightfully surprised if this goes differently.

Nonetheless, we can all agree that Maryland and its slutty UA alignment doesn’t deserve him.
 
Funkhouser said:
I’m a Wisconsin fan (currently living in Connecticut), and obviously Stone would be a massive get for the Badgers, or anyone at all, really. Problem is, I see this process playing out in a very similar way to a lot of other recruiting battles Bo Ryan’s been involved with. The parents almost always love Bo. He’s very old school, he’s very direct and he doesn’t play games with recruiting. He’s usually VERY selective about who he goes after, and I think this year is a very good example of that.

Right now, Wisconsin has as many as six scholarships available for this class, including the one commit we already have. But for the remaining five spots, there are only six extended scholarships, and even though we’re in the final group for most of them, none of them appear to be locks. It seems a bit risky, but we Wisconsin fans have learned to trust Bo in pretty much every aspect of how he runs his program (plus we figure at least one or two of those will go to 2016 players). And we’re hopeful that this can be the breakthrough recruiting class we’ve never been able to get before. Each of the players Wisconsin has offered would be among the best we’ve gotten in some previous recruiting classes. Getting Stone would be pretty much unprecedented for us.

But as I was saying, getting the kind of lip service that we’re getting from Stone’s dad is pretty familiar to us. And the kid winds up at the blueblood program even as they sing the praises of Bo and Wisconsin. I would be delightfully surprised if this goes differently.

Nonetheless, we can all agree that Maryland and its slutty UA alignment doesn’t deserve him.
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Wisconsin and Ryan are universally respected and hard to dislike. Would hate to lose Stone but I bet he would do exceptionally well at UW. It seems like a lot of message board chatter is linking Stone with UCONN but 99 has been saying the opposite for a while and I am pretty sure he is Adam Zagoria so who knows.
 
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The chatter is he is leaning toward Wisconsin, but it is all gossip. father has strong connections. Hope I am hearing old info or wrong info:-)

walker11 said:
Wisconsin and Ryan are universally respected and hard to dislike. Would hate to lose Stone but I bet he would do exceptionally well at UW. It seems like a lot of message board chatter is linking Stone with UCONN but 99 has been saying the opposite for a while and I am pretty sure he is Adam Zagoria so who knows.
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I talk to zag from time to time...
 
husky99 said:
The chatter is he is leaning toward Wisconsin, but it is all gossip. father has strong connections. Hope I am hearing old info or wrong info:)



I talk to zag from time to time...
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I have heard the same things- but the people telling me have been wrong more then they have been right. Kinda like all of us on this board.
 
tcf15 said:
“@OntheRadarHoops: UCONN head coach Kevin Ollie is in to watch 2015 post Diamond Stone http://post original url/Rah51YTmoe @YoungLegendsMIL”
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The link does not reference uconn.
was it today or tomorrow
 
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KO into to see stone. Top priority. The link doesn't work but ontheradarhoops tweeted it like >15 minutes ago.
 
watch out for Maryland, they're moving up his list. Probably because he played for under armors grassroots league and Maryland is to underarmor like Oregon is to nike
 
jazyj said:
watch out for Maryland, they're moving up his list. Probably because he played for under armors grassroots league and Maryland is to underarmor like Oregon is to nike
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I'm pretty sure that I read what you read. Maryland is not going to be a factor.
 
jazyj said:
watch out for Maryland, they're moving up his list. Probably because he played for under armors grassroots league and Maryland is to underarmor like Oregon is to nike
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Pretty sure Kemba is UA. I think they might realize UConn doesn't steer guys as much as some other schools (may also be why UConn doesn't get the UK/Duke treatment from Nike, Oregon is a special case of course).
 
caw said:
Pretty sure Kemba is UA. I think they might realize UConn doesn't steer guys as much as some other schools (may also be why UConn doesn't get the UK/Duke treatment from Nike, Oregon is a special case of course).
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Kemba was UA after he left, this UA talk with stone has to do with a team he played for in HS being sponsored by UA...sponsors steering HS players to colleges of that same sponsorship is as old as time in college bball...please reference the Antonio Blankeney thread when he chose Adidas and Louisville despite his strong Nike backing

Either way Stone's ties to UA are not strong and Maryland will not be a player for him...I really can only see Stone choosing us or Wisconsin at this point, although crazier things have happened...just not Maryland and OSU crazy lol
 
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for true UCONN hoop fans with over 50 years first hand experience:

where did
tom roy go to clg?
gminski?
soup Campbell?
aleksinas out of highschool?
chance for a diamond-nil

can you say UCONN guard U & do do guard u too dude
 
Charles smith?
pinone?
john garris?
pressley?
foster?
Michael adams?
super fly?
calvin?
bagley?
sly?
bob nash?
wes Mathews & jr.?
luckett?
 
amory said:
Not gonna get my hopes up for this kid. On his official visit to Wisconsin they'll probably play that god forsaken "i'm coming home i'm coming home tell the world i'm coming home" BS and he'll instantly be sold.
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Does he like that song?

We should play, "Damn it feels good to be a gangsta...."
 
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Silk31 said:
Kemba was UA after he left, this UA talk with stone has to do with a team he played for in HS being sponsored by UA...sponsors steering HS players to colleges of that same sponsorship is as old as time in college bball...please reference the Antonio Blankeney thread when he chose Adidas and Louisville despite his strong Nike backing
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Well, you can't technically be anything while you are still in school. I think his point was about school affiliation influencing a kid post college.
 
ConnZag3 said:
He plays only 20 minutes up the road from me. I plan to try to attend some of his games this year in my UConn gear so I'll make sure to be that person telling me hey, go to UConn :)
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Could you hire a couple of hot models to wear UConn stuff when you go, and hire two of the ugliest girls you can find to watch the practices in Wisconsin garb? I've got nothing against Wisconsin, but if it down to two...
 
Now this has been mentioned before by others, but is there any way we can keep these recruiting threads to...well...about the recruit in the subject? Like many, I open the thread hoping to find some new news about the recruit and it's often about everything but.

Maybe most are okay that these seem to weave way off topic. I know it's impossible to control this, but collectively can we try to keep it about the recruit? If you have something interesting that would derail the thread, post it as a new topic.

And for those who checked this thread out after this reply expecting some new news, I apologize!

Hey, maybe I can direct this back to Stone. He's a h*ll of a player. What do you think? :rolleyes: Yeah, like that's going to get this train wreck back on the rails.

One suggestion is if someone has some new news on Stone, to start a new thread and hope this one works it's way off the top page and out of sight forever.
 
intlzncster said:
Well, you can't technically be anything while you are still in school. I think his point was about school affiliation influencing a kid post college.
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Well that point is fine but the point being made now is that Stone may have some UA affiliation, thus the Maryland inclusion, a kid can be influenced by sponsorship in high school...that same college sponsorship influence doesn't always translate if a player is lucky enough to gain real sponsor affiliation at the NBA level...at that point money speaks louder
 
chapwilvaug72 said:
Charles smith? pinone? john garris? pressley? foster? Michael adams? super fly? calvin? bagley? sly? bob nash? wes Mathews & jr.? luckett?
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Bob Nash went to Hartford High then to Hawaii (ranked #4 that year).
 
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