2025 Recruiting: Eric Reibe Official Visit

[Mr. French]

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Reibe canceled upcoming visits to UNC and Kentucky, FWIW.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Hopefully not a coincidence.

 

[444JR]

Reibe canceled upcoming visits to UNC and Kentucky, FWIW.

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[CTFAN4LIFE]

My guess he either goes to a school to replace a lefty center, or he goes to the program with the best chance to win a natty.

 

[Umami Zen]

Not a bad thing re: canceling those visits.. Short list is starting to look good for the Home team (us).. Dan/staff always kill it with OVs. This young dude has a lot of UConn DNA. Would be a great add to the'25 roster.

 

[auror]

There's Kansas buzz, but him still coming should mean we still have a shot.

 

[RuffRuff]

Kid was considering Harvard, so clearly smart with drivers that aren’t just $$. He’ll make a smart decision for his long term. If he’s hacking off two blue bloods, it means he knows not to go to a school just because of brand. UK already signed Moreno and UNC can’t attract or develop bigs.

I like our chances.

 

[awy]

curious what the kansas pitch is besides big money. embiid? lmao

 

[superjohn]

curious what the kansas pitch is besides big money. embiid? lmao

One of the best programs in the country, second best coach in the country, one of the best fanbases in the country....

 

[awy]

One of the best programs in the country, second best coach in the country, one of the best fanbases in the country....

dont think they have any particular proficiency at developing centers, or using a player like reibe. he prob thinks football means soccer.

 

[superjohn]

dont think they have any particular proficiency at developing centers, or using a player like reibe. he prob thinks football means soccer.

I have no clue what this means.

 

[Huskyforlife]

There's Kansas buzz, but him still coming should mean we still have a shot.

I’d think Bidunga being the presumed starting 5 in his freshman year would be a turn off. But maybe he’s fine being a backup for a year.

 

[awy]

it's probably just adidas AG drumming up interest in kansas as the flagship adidas school.

 

[BlueMAB]

curious what the kansas pitch is besides big money. embiid? lmao

There's no reason to go to Kansas besides money?

Really??

 

[bendm]

I’d think Bidunga being the presumed starting 5 in his freshman year would be a turn off. But maybe he’s fine being a backup for a year.

Reed will be the starting C here so Reibe could only start at PF unless stew is still here

 

[awy]

most college programs are not big value adds for NBA development. college in general very far behind but there are some good ones

 

[husky429]

Reed will be the starting C here so Reibe could only start at PF unless stew is still here

Reibe is a 2-3 year guy IMO. He might be on the Clingan plan. Understudy to Reed year 1, dominate year 2. Ranked similarly to Clingan, actually.

 

[boog204]

curious what the kansas pitch is besides big money. embiid? lmao

Huh? One of the best programs in basketball history. Great fanbase. Long lineage of NBA players. One of the best home courts in basketball. Embiid. Should we continue?

 

[bendm]

curious what the kansas pitch is besides big money. embiid? lmao

not to pile on but even if not factoring in NIL then self/kansas is the only coach/school combo that should be able to go head to head w/ hurley to land a recruit right now. KU and UConn are the two premier programs since K left Duke and Cal left UK.

 

[awy]

i mean bill self is pretty good but his concepts are no longer cutting edge. i'm skeptical of it being anything but the adidas thing.

 

[auror]

i mean bill self is pretty good but his concepts are no longer cutting edge. i'm skeptical of it being anything but the adidas thing.

He just won a title 2.5 years ago.

 

[HuskyHawk]

There's Kansas buzz, but him still coming should mean we still have a shot.

The question for me is that they have Flory Bidunga who was a 5 star C in this class. He'll be behind Dickenson but is going to play and expect to start next year. So it would be a surprise to me. If this kid is a few years out, then maybe they make sense.

i mean bill self is pretty good but his concepts are no longer cutting edge. i'm skeptical of it being anything but the adidas thing.

Good grief what a bad take. The most modern offense/defense played by any team that isn't UConn is Kansas'. Hurley talked about the switching being something we hadn't seen because almost no college team can pull it off. The offense is very modern and sophisticated. Self talked about how much off ball screening we run and how he will probably borrow some of that. His team just had no depth or shooters last year.

 

[superjohn]

He just won a title 2.5 years ago.

And they were the third overall seed the year after when Bill Self had the health scare and missed the tournament.

We would've beaten them because nobody was beating us tournament time but Kansas was the team I least wanted to face.

 

[awy]

yea the switching defense he played vs UConn was pretty great. but on offense he's more of a follower than leader nowadays. he had to be nudged to more of a 4 out offense, and kansas is a top 5 offense only seldomly and has more of a traditional shot mix. more adaptive than innovative.