Godfrey commits to Memphis

[David 76]

That is right. You are the least we could have expected

 

[tcf15]

UConn, according to sources, was interested in bringing Godfrey on board -- but the defending national champs wound up passing due to red flags. LSU also would not accept Godfrey.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...38/memphis-tigers-add-transfer-calvin-godfrey

 

[Strummer]

Seriously, after Nate Miles you figure we wouldn't be too quick to judge.
This thread sucks.
So Memphis has lower standards than us? So what? Our standards are lower than Duke's. So what?

Mocking Memphis on these grounds as a UConn fan is like us being a 300 pound man laughing at the 350 pound man for being obese. Lame and myopic.

 

[The Viking]

Agree with Strummer, why are we beating up on Memphis? We need our conference to be as good as possible. None of us are Ivy league schools.

Good for Memphis. Fortunately their coach still can't coach when the ball goes up. Guy can get talent on his bench though.

 

[superjohn]

Seriously, after Nate Miles you figure we wouldn't be too quick to judge.
This thread sucks.
So Memphis has lower standards than us? So what? Our standards are lower than Duke's. So what?

Mocking Memphis on these grounds as a UConn fan is like us being a 300 pound man laughing at the 350 pound man for being obese. Lame and myopic.

Our standards are lower than Duke's? I beg to differ.

 

[David 76]

I think the main thing is that given the Nate Miles situation, we turned down this kid. I'm one of the people who thinks this is a good thing.

 

[Stainmaster]

I think the main thing is that given the Nate Miles situation, we turned down this kid. I'm one of the people who thinks this is a good thing.

Agreed. UCONN definitely needs to combat all stigmas concerning their academic reputation in order to make it out of conference realignment purgatory, and this is a step in the right direction. As hilarious as Johnnie Selvie was, bringing in him and other bad news kids like him caused the program more harm off the court than good on the court. Also, I'm a fan of Ollie using the graduate transfer strategy on "character guys" who are proven scholars and leaders. Having guys like Evans and Kromah in the locker room did a heck of a lot for the teams they were on, and no way would Godfrey have been able to provide that same presence.

 

[mauconnfan]

Seriously, after Nate Miles you figure we wouldn't be too quick to judge.
This thread sucks.
So Memphis has lower standards than us? So what? Our standards are lower than Duke's. So what?

Mocking Memphis on these grounds as a UConn fan is like us being a 300 pound man laughing at the 350 pound man for being obese. Lame and myopic.

Memphis had their academic issues also (D.Rose) and have not changed at all. We learned our lesson and others haven't. it's worth discussing although in the end it's up to memphis and none of us! Pretty sure we all know that………….nothing wrong with throwing an opinion out there!

 

[Pudge]

Hold it.

Where do you get off tagging Johnnie Selvie that way? They are UConn kids wearing the uniform. The retro " I don't like" comes from where? Criminal record or sexual assault or just a complete lazy academic news line? Nope.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Our standards are lower than Duke's? I beg to differ.

They are. Just the way it is. That's not to say those kids could get into Duke without hoop, but they do have higher admissions standards for their basketball players than UConn. And it's not to say that most of the kids on last years championship team couldn't have gotten into Duke, because I think most of them could have. And Duke's are lower than Stanford's and Vanderbilt's, and theirs are probably lower than somebody else. Schools have different missions.

 

[Kembacity]

I'm not really even criticizing them here - they do what they gotta do and so be it.

But I don't want to read any claims to the contrary. This is their reputation, they've had it forever and they've earned it. I could draw eyes and a mouth on an eggplant and it'd get past Memphis' admissions

I know you probably didnt mean it, but that eggplant comment comes off pretty racist if you ask me, just a tip to use it in select company if you're going to use it again

 

[sawxfan23]

APR fiasco changed that quite a bit from what I have been told.

So has Ollie taken over as coach because you better believe this kid would have been a Husky if Calhoun was still the coach.

 

[husky99]

Best of luck.next

 

[mauconnfan]

I know you probably didnt mean it, but that eggplant comment comes off pretty racist if you ask me, just a tip to use it in select company if you're going to use it again

I don't see this as anything other than Fishy being Fishy!

 

[gtcam]

Our standards are lower than Duke's? I beg to differ.

Agree SuperJohn - 15 years ago - maybe but not now
I work with a guy whose daughter applied at UConn, Duke, Williams, Bates, ASU and Northwestern - she was accepted at all but UConn and Williams. She graduated top 10% of HS class and had dynamite test scores. UConn put her on a branch option and a Storrs "standby" list - She chose the bastion of liberalism - Northwestern!!!!
Listen - all schools allow some breaks for athletes - obviously UConn is a little more serious than many due to the APR crap. Duke, with exception to the "country club" sports like golf, tennis and Lax, are very easy with admissions to athletes - it helps their admissions "numbers". They graduate the athletes or keep them in school with study programs similar to UNC and Syracuse - courses that my 10 y.o. grandson could ace.

 

[gars44]

Fishy, Please, not eggplant. There is meaning there I hope you don't understand.

If there's meaning there that needs to be understood I don't think I want to understand it . . .

 

[FfldCntyFan]

UConn has higher admission standards than Memphis...I don't deny that...but we meet NCAA standards, and graduate players.

Forbes rated the colleges in the AAC:

Navy - 27
SMU - 101
Tulane - 147
UCONN - 164
Tulsa - 213
Houston - 309
Cincinnati - 391
Temple - 397
UCF - 405
USF - 435
East Carolina - 501
Memphis - 609

http://csnbbs.com/thread-696708.html

All joking aside I find it difficult to believe that SMU is ahead of Tulane academically.

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

I didnt realize that Tulane was regarding as an academic school? Granted, 164 is definitely low for UConn.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

If there's meaning there that needs to be understood I don't think I want to understand it . . .

Watch a few episodes of the Sopranos and look up the Sicilian (not Italian) translation of the vegetable in question. Anyone who grew up in or near any Italian-American neighborhood from East Haven to Philly should know the word and how it is used.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I don't understand what those numbers represent. There's no way, for example, that there are 163 better schools than UConn, academically. Or 396 better than Temple.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

PG - Pookie Powell (four-star player)
G/F - Markel Crawford (four-star player)
G/F - Nick King (four-star player)
F - Austin Nichols (five-star player)
F - Shaq Goodwin (McDonalds All-American)
-----------------------
PG/G - Dom Magee (four-star player)
G/F - Kuran Iverson (four-star player)
G/F - Trahson Burrell (three-star player)
C - Dom Woodson (four-star player)
------transfers------
PF - Calvin Godfrey (Southern Univ Transfer)
PG - D’Marnier Cunningham (CC Transfer)
G - Avery Woodson (CC Transfer)
G/F - Chris Hawkins (CC Transfer)

http://www.commercialappeal.com/spo...ngham-season-opener-vs-wichita-state_04934162



http://www.commercialappeal.com/spo...ersity-transfer-calvin-godfrey-to-join-tigers



they will both get 1 year scholarships.

With all that talent, it's a good thing Pastner can't coach.

 

[Jerry1714]

Agree SuperJohn - 15 years ago - maybe but not now
I work with a guy whose daughter applied at UConn, Duke, Williams, Bates, ASU and Northwestern - she was accepted at all but UConn and Williams. She graduated top 10% of HS class and had dynamite test scores. UConn put her on a branch option and a Storrs "standby" list - She chose the bastion of liberalism - Northwestern!!!!
Listen - all schools allow some breaks for athletes - obviously UConn is a little more serious than many due to the APR crap. Duke, with exception to the "country club" sports like golf, tennis and Lax, are very easy with admissions to athletes - it helps their admissions "numbers". They graduate the athletes or keep them in school with study programs similar to UNC and Syracuse - courses that my 10 y.o. grandson could ace.

Not sure if this post is a joke or not?

Our admissions standards are much lower then Duke's, for both athletes and non-athletes, and it is not a debate.

Duke has a 13%, UConn is 44%. So lets put this nonsense to bed.

 

[superjohn]

They are. Just the way it is. That's not to say those kids could get into Duke without hoop, but they do have higher admissions standards for their basketball players than UConn. And it's not to say that most of the kids on last years championship team couldn't have gotten into Duke, because I think most of them could have. And Duke's are lower than Stanford's and Vanderbilt's, and theirs are probably lower than somebody else. Schools have different missions.

I can tell you that Duke and UConn don't have different admissions standards for basketball players, you and many others have clearly bought into this Duke nonsense.

 

[mauconnfan]

Not sure if this post is a joke or not?

Our admissions standards are much lower then Duke's, for both athletes and non-athletes, and it is not a debate.

Duke has a 13%, UConn is 44%. So lets put this nonsense to bed.

But to be honest, it's not. Did everyone here ever hear William Avery talk? I mean he may have had wonderful grades in a HS that didn't give a rats a** but the truth is he wasn't smart enough to get in anywhere……..if K wants them I am sure they bend! Maybe not on paper, but they do! They aren't all Shane Battier and Jon Scheyer………...

 

[UofMemphis]

Memphis had their academic issues also (D.Rose) and have not changed at all. We learned our lesson and others haven't. it's worth discussing although in the end it's up to memphis and none of us! Pretty sure we all know that………….nothing wrong with throwing an opinion out there!

Cal/Memphis admissions sent Derrick's info through the NCAA clearing house twice, and both times they cleared him. If I had an amazing 5-star player, and the NCAA told me he was cleared to play...well, I would play him too.

AFTER the season was over...the ETS said they could not prove, nor disprove, that Rose took his SAT...so the NCAA ruled him "retroactively ineligible"

I would have made the same decisions Cal made in that situation.