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Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: Why Cooper Flagg fits UConn’s model of ‘basketball people'

BigErnMcCracken said:
Maybe I missed it, but beyond smiling in pictures while he was visiting, which everyone does, and being related to the kid who committed, was there ever any indication that UConn actually led for Pat? As far as I knew, we always had ground to make up relative to K-State and Duke. I always figured he'd end up playing for Tang. I don't know where this idea came from that he was a UConn lean.
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I don't think he was a lean, but around 1st Night I understood us to be on even footing with KState and Duke. KState was always the lean if there was one up until that point, and still might be. I think like with Flagg we made up ground in a hurry. It ain't over yet. But I didn't like how Big Pat got intertwined with Flagg the last couple weeks. I said I had a weird feeling they would end up on the same team. Obviously I desperately wanted it to be us, but there is only one other place that could happen, and they have a real shot at landing it. Unfortunately
 
superjohn said:
What's the indication that K State or Duke led?

The director of Rivals said a week ago he really likes the spot UConn is in with him. Ngongba brought his whole family to First Night, his cousin who is already committed to UConn was on the visit with him.
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Tang has known the kid since he was little. The assistant they brought on is connected to the family through the mom's coaching. It was pretty well-covered through the summer and into the fall that K-State was in a very good position with the kid. A google search or two should do it.
 
Psolo12 said:
...and how do you know this?
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I trust the info I'm getting. It doesn't mean you have to. I'm not sure if we have any shot at turning either around but it sounds pretty much done for capturing the Flagg. Short of making it privately "official" it's grim.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Right, no, you definitely know what you're talking about. Just like Betsey.
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“Someone he’s related to.” “Someone his mom knows through coaching.” Keep going you’re doing great. His cousin that he went on official visits with and went to his announcement. They’re super close. A simple google search should do it. And I never said Betsey was a lock sport. We were a finalist. And he never even visited Duke.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Tang has known the kid since he was little. The assistant they brought on is connected to the family through the mom's coaching. It was pretty well-covered through the summer and into the fall that K-State was in a very good position with the kid. A google search or two should do it.
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I'm aware of the family connection, how does that one up the UConn family connection?

I answered your question, no reason for you to be a touchhole.
 
superjohn said:
I'm aware of the family connection, how does that one up the UConn family connection?

I answered your question, no reason for you to be a touchhole.
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He doesn’t know any other way.
 
UC1995 said:
He is not going to break his grandfather's heart by choosing UConn over his favorite team. Once they entered into the equation it was all over. He may very well like Hurley better but will go to Duke since only one year before heading to the pros.
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I loved and was very close with all my grandparents but I didn't give a flying F about their thoughts on which college to attend.
 
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Let’s just see how it plays out before anyone gets too invested in a prediction either way. We should know more from strong sources soon.
 
2Infinity said:
So what actual info leads you to state it's "not a hedge" or that PN is "nexted"? Sources?
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I'll never make another prediction if I'm wrong on Flagg. Ngongba I'm more reporting where we currently stand, not good at all. Flagg is all but over. I don't usual get involved but I actually have a plug on this. I hope I'm wrong and the info is wrong but I wouldn't bet against it. I'm sorry not what I wanted to share.
 
nomar said:
I loved and was very close with all my grandparents but I didn't give a flying F about their thoughts on which college to attend.
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And to add to that, if my grandparents were huge Duke fans, I would definitely bring them to see the behind the scenes tour of the program they love, even if I was going elsewhere.
 
UC1995 said:
He is not going to break his grandfather's heart by choosing UConn over his favorite team. Once they entered into the equation it was all over.
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They were always in the equation. The grandparents didn't suddenly become Duke fans. He himself is a multi-generational Duke fan. His Mom's college coach even later coached at Duke. The connections are many.

Hurley gave it a great shot and made him think about it, but he was always going to Duke. People have been saying it would be the case for years at this point for a reason.

Here's my reading between the lines: The Bossi report about Duke "having to make points" on the visit probably connects to the reports that they were somewhat lowballing him and we had a higher NIL offer. He wasn't going to base his entire recruitment on NIL, but Duke did have to be in the ballpark to show the commitment. They matched, and he'll go there.
 
nomar said:
I loved and was very close with all my grandparents but I didn't give a flying F about their thoughts on which college to attend.
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Damn.. you have some strong feelings about this.
 
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cap10mayhem said:
I'll never make another prediction if I'm wrong on Flagg. Ngongba I'm more reporting where we currently stand, not good at all. Flagg is all but over. I don't usual get involved but I actually have a plug on this. I hope I'm wrong and the info is wrong but I wouldn't bet against it. I'm sorry not what I wanted to share.
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‍♂️ at least we made em sweat. They probably never thought they’d have to work that hard to get him.
 
cap10mayhem said:
I'll never make another prediction if I'm wrong on Flagg. Ngongba I'm more reporting where we currently stand, not good at all. Flagg is all but over. I don't usual get involved but I actually have a plug on this. I hope I'm wrong and the info is wrong but I wouldn't bet against it. I'm sorry not what I wanted to share.
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Thanks for sharing that, though I'll keep national Flagg blue as my color of choice until it's official. ;)
 
nomar said:
I loved and was very close with all my grandparents but I didn't give a flying F about their thoughts on which college to attend.
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My grandmother sent me a $20 check for my birthday which fell right when I started college and it was to be used on food for the year/all 4 years. That was the extent of my grandparents involvement with college.
 
auror said:
They were always in the equation. The grandparents didn't suddenly become Duke fans. He himself is a multi-generational Duke fan. His Mom's college coach even later coached at Duke. The connections are many.

Hurley gave it a great shot and made him think about it, but he was always going to Duke. People have been saying it would be the case for years at this point for a reason.

Here's my reading between the lines: The Bossi report about Duke "having to make points" on the visit probably connects to the reports that they were somewhat lowballing him and we had a higher NIL offer. He wasn't going to base his entire recruitment on NIL, but Duke did have to be in the ballpark to show the commitment. They matched, and he'll go there.
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Hurley is the best of both worlds as he too has Duke connections!!
 
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CL82 said:
Making some headway here...
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We’re going to need a separate forum for all the consoling that’s going to be needed.
 
The UConn way would be to lose on Flagg and then eliminate Duke from the tournament as we march to a F4. Nonetheless I have a hard time understanding the collective freak out to Flagg posting pictures and other crap that every recruit does? Some nobody “insider” says we are out and all doom and gloom which I guess does make sense when a rando Reddit post is all many needed to be convinced to the contrary.
 
One thing that's absolutely not up for debate is how tight lipped our staff is with basically everything.

Flagg and his family have also been extremely straight forward and tight lipped about a decision.

Unless something dramatically changed in the last 12 hours with the years of precedence Hurley and Co have set then someone is absolutely blowing smoke in the air looking for attention.

(here's the thing... you could be right. There's only two destinations with Flagg and we've been deemed an underdog the entire recruitment so saying he's going to Duke isn't some great prediction... But you aren't going to be right because you have some info others don't at this point, you'll be right because thats the percentage answer.) oh what fun it is to pretend to be an insider.
 
superjohn said:
Who are all these sources? I count one, Isola during the Nets broadcast. And if you think Isola was trolling UConn fans that's quite a take.
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I think at this point Duke is likely. Anyone claiming to know for certain is lying. If he left without a commitment then how would anyone outside of the Flagg household know the decision he’s made. If he’s even made it. I’d bet Dan is still recruiting him. We’ll find out soon enough
 
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