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Hurley wants 2 more scholarship players

Billy Bob said:
World class institution? I'm a UConn grad but it's no Michigan, UVA or GA Tech in comparison with other state universities. UConn was #63 in the US News rankings and by comparison University of Florida was #28.
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Welcome, pedant.

Get a Job said:
#324 in the world. I dunno how many colleges and universities there are, but it must be in the tens of thousands. I'd say #324 is world class.

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And boom.
 
Billy Bob said:
World class institution? I'm a UConn grad but it's no Michigan, UVA or GA Tech in comparison with other state universities. UConn was #63 in the US News rankings and by comparison University of Florida was #28.
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UF plays the system. They make decisions based on how it will effect their USNWR ranking and outwardly state so from time to time. It is a great school, but UConn and UF were tied or neck and neck until the last year or two. That was due to UConn making a couple of conscious decisions that would knowingly hurt its ranking by USNWR standards.
 
Hoophound said:
UF plays the system. They make decisions based on how it will effect their USNWR ranking and outwardly state so from time to time. It is a great school, but UConn and UF were tied or neck and neck until the last year or two. That was due to UConn making a couple of conscious decisions that would knowingly hurt its ranking by USNWR standards.
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No skin in the game here, merely curious. What did UConn consciously do that would their ranking? I'm assuming there were other positive effects?
 
Hoophound said:
UF plays the system. They make decisions based on how it will effect their USNWR ranking and outwardly state so from time to time. It is a great school, but UConn and UF were tied or neck and neck until the last year or two. That was due to UConn making a couple of conscious decisions that would knowingly hurt its ranking by USNWR standards.
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They all game the rankings, which are a load of crap anyway. We all put way too much stock in them. Florida and FSU are helped by increased demand to be in Florida.
 
husky429 said:
No skin in the game here, merely curious. What did UConn consciously do that would their ranking? I'm assuming there were other positive effects?
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UF actually hired their latest president based on ability and knowledge to climb the USNWR rankings. It was a major goal of the board’s to climb way up the list. There have been a few articles about it with greater detail, but basically it involves hiring full time faculty instead of multiple part timers, students leaving with less debt, alumni donating more and a bunch of other factors that don’t equate to a better education. Florida offers a great prepaid college plan and Bright Futures Scholarships, making state schools a huge bargain. That also fetches more top in state students.

In the case of part time faculty, they are more common in the northeast because there is a huge number of colleges. UConn often shares faculty with people from Connecticut College, CCSU, Trinity and sometimes even schools in RI and Mass. It isn’t uncommon for a professor in Providence, RI to teach classes at Brown, PC and Bryant all at once. That can’t happen in Gainesville because nothing else is even close to it.

Class rank and other factors are also involved. Florida is huge, so it is easier to get all of your students from the top 10-15% of their graduating class. At UConn, in state kids come from a much smaller pool. Even though they may have a lower class rank, their SAT scores and AP credits are on par with UF freshmen.
 
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Hoophound said:
In the case of part time faculty, they are more common in the northeast because there is a huge number of colleges. UConn often shares faculty with people from Connecticut College, CCSU, Trinity and sometimes even schools in RI and Mass. It isn’t uncommon for a professor in Providence, RI to teach classes at Brown, PC and Bryant all at once. That can’t happen in Gainesville because nothing else is even close to it.
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Covid has made this even easier too. My sister is going to school in Buffalo and had a professor teaching class from her office at UConn
 
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Hoophound said:
UF actually hired their latest president based on ability and knowledge to climb the USNWR rankings. It was a major goal of the board’s to climb way up the list. There have been a few articles about it with greater detail, but basically it involves hiring full time faculty instead of multiple part timers, students leaving with less debt, alumni donating more and a bunch of other factors that don’t equate to a better education. Florida offers a great prepaid college plan and Bright Futures Scholarships, making state schools a huge bargain. That also fetches more top in state students.

In the case of part time faculty, they are more common in the northeast because there is a huge number of colleges. UConn often shares faculty with people from Connecticut College, CCSU, Trinity and sometimes even schools in RI and Mass. It isn’t uncommon for a professor in Providence, RI to teach classes at Brown, PC and Bryant all at once. That can’t happen in Gainesville because nothing else is even close to it.

Class rank and other factors are also involved. Florida is huge, so it is easier to get all of your students from the top 10-15% of their graduating class. At UConn, in state kids come from a much smaller pool. Even though they may have a lower class rank, their SAT scores and AP credits are on par with UF freshmen.
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That's super interesting. Never really thought about it. I wonder if having so many adjuncts at the regional campuses is negatively affectiving UConn's ranking?

I know that schools with strong grad student unions (not Florida) are having trouble with rankings because of this. Probably helping grad school rankings though. Well, that's what my wife's department head said. Basically with better working conditions for grad students, they have to rely on using adjuncts to teach classes more instead of the 4th or 5th-year PhD students.
 
6’5” shooting guard. Seems like a practice player for us from highlights but I can’t say that for sure. Lanky, can shoot, seems to have some passing skills and he can jump.
 
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Found this video. I think he is #25. Another source from a year ago said 94% from the line. That's acceptable.
 
husky429 said:
That's super interesting. Never really thought about it. I wonder if having so many adjuncts at the regional campuses is negatively affectiving UConn's ranking?

I know that schools with strong grad student unions (not Florida) are having trouble with rankings because of this. Probably helping grad school rankings though. Well, that's what my wife's department head said. Basically with better working conditions for grad students, they have to rely on using adjuncts to teach classes more instead of the 4th or 5th-year PhD students.
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They all do this now. My daughter is taking Accounting this summer from Northeastern. All online and it's global. There are kids in multiple continents taking this class. Here group study session was at 10 PM last night to accommodate the time zones.
 
I would imagine this guy is a walk on and not a scholarship guy given it's been multiple days since his announcement and there's been nothing from the team or beat guys
 
navery12 said:
I would imagine this guy is a walk on and not a scholarship guy given it's been multiple days since his announcement and there's been nothing from the team or beat guys
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but how did he "walk on" while still being in high school? this obvi isnt an andre drummond situation so dont walk ons actually have to be enrolled and "try out" for the team? are we recruiting walk ons now? maybe i missed a shift in philosophy
 
bendm said:
but how did he "walk on" while still being in high school? this obvi isnt an andre drummond situation so dont walk ons actually have to be enrolled and "try out" for the team?
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Not necessarily. Obviously not an exact match to the scenario because of his dad but Andrew Hurley announced he was going to UConn as a walk on. People wanted Jaylin Hunter to do the same thing too. Happens in football all the time as well with preferred walk ons who know they're making the team
 
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No one related to UConn beside Sool even follows him on Instagram. No players responded to his post. He must be a walk-on
 
bendm said:
but how did he "walk on" while still being in high school? this obvi isnt an andre drummond situation so dont walk ons actually have to be enrolled and "try out" for the team? are we recruiting walk ons now? maybe i missed a shift in philosophy
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High school kids get offered walk on spots all the time. This is nothing new.
 
If he’s a walk-on, he’s been guaranteed a spot I guess. Kind of like a preferred walk on in football.
 
HuskyHawk said:
They all do this now. My daughter is taking Accounting this summer from Northeastern. All online and it's global. There are kids in multiple continents taking this class. Here group study session was at 10 PM last night to accommodate the time zones.
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What’s a group study session? For me it was a game of hearts in our floor lobby in McMahon
 
Edward Sargent said:
What’s a group study session? For me it was a game of hearts in our floor lobby in McMahon
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In this case it’s a group project. But these kids all take college more seriously than we did from what I can see.
 
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I’ll be happy with a 3-pt shooter. Idc if he can’t dribble the ball without tripping over his own feet. If he can shoot 40% I’ll give him 15 min a game
 
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