Hijacked Mamoudou Diarra to visit UConn Thread that is now UConn Concert Thread!

[Silk31]

Agreed, if we land him and Harris at least we know there was a plan.

 

[UCweCONN]

Is he at least par for the course and as good as the guys he would be replacing?

So we can hope for better than 17-18 in 17/18? Who's replacing 50% of our offense that just left? We lost the core of the team. We need guys that can put the ball in the basket. You can't expect all of the offense to come from the perimeter.

 

[FASTEDDY]

So we can hope for better than 17-18 in 17/18? Who's replacing 50% of our offense that just left? We lost the core of the team. We need guys that can put the ball in the basket. You can't expect all of the offense to come from the perimeter.

No disagreement there.

I'm just hoping that:

1. We get Diallo
2. He Qualifies
3. He is better or at least as good as the production that we would have gotten from one of the following quitters: VJack, Enoch, or Durham.

 

[BlueMAB]

So we can hope for better than 17-18 in 17/18? Who's replacing 50% of our offense that just left? We lost the core of the team. We need guys that can put the ball in the basket. You can't expect all of the offense to come from the perimeter.

I'm not disagreeing that we don't need a ton of help in the frontcourt, but with Larrier and Gilbert back (IF healthy) we're getting about 23 ppg back. Larrier and Gilbert were average 13+ and 10+ per game. Those two and Adams are options 1, 2, and 3 on offense anyway. Vital should give us around 10 a game. I'm worried about defense and rebounding.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

No disagreement there.

I'm just hoping that:

1. We get Diallo
2. He Qualifies
3. He is better or at least as good as the production that we would have gotten from one of the following quitters: VJack, Enoch, or Durham.

Unless something dramatic and unprecedented has happened, we're not getting Diallo.

 

[6xChamps]

Yea all signs point to this happening. Nuts that soon we could have 9 players, 2 of which are named Mamadou/Mamoudou Diarra

 

[auror]

Would sign up for this at this point.

 

[UCweCONN]

Would sign up for this at this point.

5 years. So he's going to redshirt?

 

[intlzncster]

5 years. So he's going to redshirt?

Don't see why people would want to redshirt him. He's skinny, but they could still play him at the 4, as they would have with Durham. If nothing else, there'd be five fouls and aggressiveness on tap.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Don't see why people would want to redshirt him. He's skinny, but they could still play him at the 4, as they would have with Durham. If nothing else, there'd be five fouls and aggressiveness on tap.

Yeah and can't really afford to redshirt anyone with our roster at this point

 

[BUConn10]

If my coach recruited a kid with the same exact name as me I'd probably transfer by today's standards.

 

[Alum86]

St Mary's CA does not have this problem. Aussies be smart

 

[David 76]

Don't see why people would want to redshirt him. He's skinny, but they could still play him at the 4, as they would have with Durham. If nothing else, there'd be five fouls and aggressiveness on tap.

Think they meant for academic reasons.

 

[The Viking]

If he does come here, I think we are going to see more Recruits like this coming in from now on - not the majority mind you. But the kind of recruits whose rankings will make some fans squirm but 2 years later give a standing O at the XL after they dive for loose balls or keep possessions alive by banging the boards or falling out of the sky to block a three.
Ollie has had enough of yelling at guys to play defense or hustle.
If he's going to go down he'll go down with guys who leave it all out there.

 

[The Viking]

I still remember Ollie being pissed at the freshman for coming in and giving themselves a nickname before they had done Jack.

 

[UCweCONN]

Don't see why people would want to redshirt him. He's skinny, but they could still play him at the 4, as they would have with Durham. If nothing else, there'd be five fouls and aggressiveness on tap.

I was actually referring to the Adam Sandler movie clip guy, not Diarra.....

 

[King Husky]

I still remember Ollie being pissed at the freshman for coming in and giving themselves a nickname before they had done Jack.

Which he should have! But if I had to guess I'd say Vital was the one who orchestrated the nickname idea. And in his case, the cockiness and moxie is a welcome trait.

 

[intlzncster]

Think they meant for academic reasons.

ah, that went right over my head.

 

[BUConn10]

I still remember Ollie being pissed at the freshman for coming in and giving themselves a nickname before they had done Jack.

The memory of that becomes more and more cringe-y by the day.

 

[HungryHuskies]

I assume the team will be bringing him to the Lil Uzi Vert concert at UConn tomorrow night.

 

[KingAG]

We can expect good news tmmrw on this front

 

[Mooch82]

We can expect good news tmmrw on this front

We could certainly use some good news! Hoping there aren't qualification issues if he does indeed commit.

 

[6xChamps]

I assume the team will be bringing him to the Lil Uzi Vert concert at UConn tomorrow night.

Spring concerts on a Thursday now?

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Spring concerts on a Thursday now?

And the best they can do is Lil Uzi Vert. Little bit of a downgrade from Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki.
ECSU is getting Mac Miller.

 

[WrenchFan69]

And the best they can do is Lil Uzi Vert. Little bit of a downgrade from Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki.
ECSU is getting Mac Miller.

They need to kill off the fall and winter concerts and just go all out on a spring one. Schools as big as UConn should be attracting better talent than this. (funny that this is paralleling many folks' thoughts on the basketball program currently)

 

[Matrim55]

Quite frankly, stay tuned.

 

[uconngb]

Quite frankly, stay tuned.

Careful, you are trying to steal Chief's equally vague thunder

 

[Huskyforlife]

And the best they can do is Lil Uzi Vert. Little bit of a downgrade from Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki.
ECSU is getting Mac Miller.

Lil Uzi is waaaay bigger than Mac Miller right now, one of hottest rappers in the country. I know, crazy.

 

[UCDaveD]

And the best they can do is Lil Uzi Vert. Little bit of a downgrade from Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki.
ECSU is getting Mac Miller.

IIRC one year we had Guster & OAR and another we had Reel Big Fish

 

[superjohn]

Lil Uzi is waaaay bigger than Mac Miller right now, one of hottest rappers in the country. I know, crazy.

It's amazing how far mainstream hip hop has fallen, never knew how lucky I had it in the 90's.