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Former UConn guard Alterique Gilbert finds success, ‘living his best life’ at Wichita State

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Dom Amore: Former UConn guard Alterique Gilbert finds success, ‘living his best life’ at Wichita State

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As he goes through the season, Gilbert stays in touch with former UConn teammates and checks out the Huskies when he can, such as the Villanova game last week.

“Of course. We made that commitment once we stepped on that campus,” he says. “That was a brotherhood for life. That’s just a great feeling to have, being way out here in the Midwest, knowing I have UConn ties is a comforting feeling.”
 
He gave us four years. He fulfilled his verbal commitment, through a lot of crap and disappointment. I have nothing but respect for the young man, and if we play WSU in the tourney I will be rooting for him personally.

Vance Jackson, on the other hand ....
 
businesslawyer said:
He gave us four years. He fulfilled his verbal commitment, through a lot of crap and disappointment. I have nothing but respect for the young man, and if we play WSU in the tourney I will be rooting for him personally.

Vance Jackson, on the other hand ....
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I'm happy to see that things are working out well for Alterique.

No need to take a gratuitous shot at Vance Jackson though. He transferred years ago, and given the circumstances, it was totally understandable.
 
I absolutely am rooting for him. No one has been more star-crossed than Gilbert. He’s overdue for some breaks. It sounds like he’s in a good place mentally, which is great.

Always a husky.
 
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Hurley was probably the perfect coach for that time of AGs life. Hurley’s impact on the bball aside, he’s a coach that seems to really care about his players and positively impacting their lives.

AG deserves all the success he can. He’s earned it.
 
I know there are more important things in life that COVID has affected and caused harm to, but I hated it caused the cancellation of the NCAA tournament and the NIT, although it was the right thing to do.

I really wanted to see Rique and Vital play in the postseason games. Rique earned that right as he was playing good ball coming off the bench. I am glad I made the trip from Boston to Storrs to see them play on Senior Night against Houston.
 
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NJHusky said:
Hurley was probably the perfect coach for that time of AGs life. Hurley’s impact on the bball aside, he’s a coach that seems to really care about his players and positively impacting their lives.

AG deserves all the success he can. He’s earned it.
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Plus Hurley battled his own demons in college so I'm sure he was empathetic to Gilbert's struggles and could relate.
 
Huskybass said:
I'm happy to see that things are working out well for Alterique.

No need to take a gratuitous shot at Vance Jackson though. He transferred years ago, and given the circumstances, it was totally understandable.
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Gratuitous? Yes. Unfair? While I respect your opinion, I beg to differ. This is a player who was given a much bigger role than his play deserved due to various injuries, and spent his year here worried that his role wasn't big enough and publicly whining about it. I don't wish him poorly in life, but would I take pleasure in beating the crap out of his current team? Yes, I would.
 
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Being part of Husky Nation is a lifetime membership. He played hard every minute. Tough breaks tough kid. He should be remember as the one who stayed when others bailed.
 
businesslawyer said:
Gratuitous? Yes. Unfair? While I respect your opinion, I beg to differ. This is a player who was given a much bigger role than his play deserved due to various injuries, and spent his year here worried that his role wasn't big enough and publicly whining about it. I don't wish him poorly in life, but would I take pleasure in beating the crap out of his current team? Yes, I would.
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Ollie told him to "get in the gym" when he asked how to improve his game. Every kid that transfered out of that toxic situation deserves a pass. Not like he took any shots at the school on his way out.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Ollie told him to "get in the gym" when he asked how to improve his game.
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I know this is boneyard legend at this point but other than, I guess, Vance saying this, how do we know this is true?

I don’t wish ill on the kid at all, but I’m the furthest thing from a recruiting junky and even I was aware that Vance Jackson had stage parents and an over inflated sense of his abilities before he stepped foot on campus. I’m not surprised in the least he’s at his third program.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Ollie told him to "get in the gym" when he asked how to improve his game. Every kid that transfered out of that toxic situation deserves a pass. Not like he took any shots at the school on his way out.
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What nonsense. Tate George was once hanging around Calhoun’s office talking about how to make himself better. Calhoun said something like “The guards at Seton Hall are in the gym working on making themselves better.”

This kind of urban myth because we hate Ollie in hindsight is worthless. There is a time to have serious discussions with your coach about how to improve, and there are times to shut up and work your butt off. Neither you nor I have any idea from that story which of those times it was.
 
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Hope he gets to play on a nice european beach for a couple few years before a nice long coaching career. Great guy and very good player at his peak
 
Just saw that Wichita State has a Net of 67 even after upsetting Houston.

"A significant addition to the conference schedule of the Wichita State men’s basketball team could be announced as early as Thursday, according to American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco in an interview with The Wichita Eagle."

"On Wednesday, Aresco told The Eagle that the AAC will prioritize its bubble teams — WSU, SMU and Memphis — with its scheduling decisions the final two weeks of the regular season and attempt to give those three teams the best opportunities."

AAC commissioner on Wichita State basketball schedule | The Wichita Eagle (kansas.com)
 
Man, AG leaving with his chin up and nothing but good things to say about the UConn program and we the fans isn't enough for some of you? That kid gave everything he had. Might not have been what you were hoping for but he gave it all.

He never got a chance to have a great family life as a kid but was still brave enough to open up about his mental health struggles publicly. And we still have some people here trying to tear the young man down?

F^ing disgusting some of the takes on here. He doesn't live in Storrs anymore but he's still UConn family.
 
Nothing but respect for AG. That kid was a true warrior for us. Even tho he had a limited time at UConn, he always came to play, always leaving it all on the court. Wish him nothing but the best throughout the rest of his career. Husky for life!
 
businesslawyer said:
What nonsense. Tate George was once hanging around Calhoun’s office talking about how to make himself better. Calhoun said something like “The guards at Seton Hall are in the gym working on making themselves better.”

This kind of urban myth because we hate Ollie in hindsight is worthless. There is a time to have serious discussions with your coach about how to improve, and there are times to shut up and work your butt off. Neither you nor I have any idea from that story which of those times it was.
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I'm positive this has been reported on officially. If not I'll take the L. But do you really think KO was invested in these kids development? Do you think it was a coincidence 3 top 70 recruits transfered in one off-season? We know Ollie stopped trying, this isn't a disputed topic.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I'm positive this has been reported on officially. If not I'll take the L. But do you really think KO was invested in these kids development? Do you think it was a coincidence 3 top 70 recruits transfered in one off-season? We know Ollie stopped trying, this isn't a disputed topic.
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www.espn.com

Can Kevin Ollie save UConn from irrelevance?

A losing record and the recent news of another NCAA investigation begs the question: is Kevin Ollie the right man to lead UConn back to prominence?
www.espn.com www.espn.com
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Ollie told him to "get in the gym" when he asked how to improve his game. Every kid that transfered out of that toxic situation deserves a pass. Not like he took any shots at the school on his way out.
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This has been discussed extensively. The fact that he's been with 2 other programs and still has not "got in the gym" is all you should need to know.
 
auror said:
www.espn.com

Can Kevin Ollie save UConn from irrelevance?

A losing record and the recent news of another NCAA investigation begs the question: is Kevin Ollie the right man to lead UConn back to prominence?
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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Man, reading that article again hurts a lot. Really outlines how bad things got towards the end.

"Get in the gym," Ollie said, according to a source close to Jackson.

"[Jackson] wanted a clear plan going forward," the source said. "He didn't want to transfer, but there was no plan."

@businesslawyer @BigErnMcCracken You're really going to defend this? These kids deserved better, you can't blame them for pursuing competent coaching. I'm pretty sure the stuff about his dad is purely Boneyard speciation as well. Vance having high hopes for himself wouldn't even change the fact getting out of this situation was the right decision, even if the results of his career were disappointing regardless.
 
I don't wish him any ill-will but I also don't spend any time thinking about him.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Man, reading that article again hurts a lot. Really outlines how bad things got towards the end.

"Get in the gym," Ollie said, according to a source close to Jackson.

"[Jackson] wanted a clear plan going forward," the source said. "He didn't want to transfer, but there was no plan."

@businesslawyer @BigErnMcCracken You're really going to defend this? These kids deserved better, you can't blame them for pursuing competent coaching. I'm pretty sure the stuff about his dad is purely Boneyard speciation as well. Vance having high hopes for himself wouldn't even change the fact getting out of this situation was the right decision, even if the results of his career were disappointing regardless.
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Guess he continues to look for that plan as does his dad? LOL

If a coach thinks a kid is lazy and doesn't work enough on his game I'm pretty sure "get in the gym" is one way to communicate a beginning to a plan no? Most good players tend to be gym rats, I'm guessing he wasn't one of them.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I'm positive this has been reported on officially. If not I'll take the L. But do you really think KO was invested in these kids development? Do you think it was a coincidence 3 top 70 recruits transfered in one off-season? We know Ollie stopped trying, this isn't a disputed topic.
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Was it a coincidence they all left at once? Of course not. They all wanted to get away and be somewhere else. But look at the particulars. Enoch and Durham both felt they should be playing a lot more, even though while they were on the court Enoch played defense at a middle school level and Durham clearly hadn't mentally recovered from his pre-UConn injuries. Jackson I've already discussed. So, you had three players, all with potential, that wanted more from that year's team than KO gave them, but wanted more from that year's team than any sane coach would have given them.

Does that mean KO did a good job at selling his long term plans for them, and the program, and himself? No, of course not. But I'm not going to pretend that the guys who left ever showed us that they were all in for the team, and if KO just was too everything would have been fine.
 
businesslawyer said:
What nonsense. Tate George was once hanging around Calhoun’s office talking about how to make himself better. Calhoun said something like “The guards at Seton Hall are in the gym working on making themselves better.”

This kind of urban myth because we hate Ollie in hindsight is worthless.
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Is it? Was there a more detailed plan that wasn't revealed? Hurley has a plan for all his players. Heck, he has a plan for his recruits. But plans take work.

And JC used to rush out onto the court for the express purpose of calling a player a "stupid 12-letter word". That didn't help their game, either.
 
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