2024 Recruiting: If we have an empty scholarship why not Mathok Majok 7'3" ?

[MPStarkey]

If we have an empty scholarship why not Mathok Majok 7'3" ?
He went into the Men's Transfer Portal... Was in Bridgeport Prep CT then UMass.
210lbs...long legs and arms. Easy dunks and blocks..

 

[TheHorde]

If we have an empty scholarship why not Mathok Majok 7'3" ?
He went into the Men's Transfer Portal... Was in Bridgeport Prep CT then UMass.
210lbs...long legs and arms. Easy dunks and blocks..

7’3” 210????!!!! Built like Manute Bol, eh?

 

[REB1094]

He’d be 4th string center this year and then 3rd string next year. He’ll probably be looking for more playing time at a similar level conference

 

[superjohn]

We've had our Majok fill.

 

[aceboon]

nobody is carrying 4 centers on a roster

 

[uconnfan68]

nobody is carrying 4 centers on a roster

Always room for a 7'3" developmental project.

 

[Scoe]

Any relation?

 

[mets1090]

Getting someone who only has 3 years left and will 100% be riding the bench for at least one if not two years is probably a waste for UConn, and unlikely to be what a player in that situation wants anyway.

If we're going to take on a developmental player, I feel like a reclass or Spring enrollment redshirt candidate like Karaban is the way to go. Get them early exposure to the system without wasting the eligibility.

 

[Supes]

Most players that tall are awful. I haven't ever seen him play but a averaging 1 PPG and 1 RPG at UMass doesn't inspire me. Those are Ryan Mutombo numbers.

Hurley has long said he won't fill scholarships just for the sake of it.

 

[aceboon]

Always room for a 7'3" developmental project.

wake me up when you see that 7'3" developmental project on the roster next year

 

[Fishy]

If we have an empty scholarship why not Mathok Majok 7'3" ?
He went into the Men's Transfer Portal... Was in Bridgeport Prep CT then UMass.
210lbs...long legs and arms. Easy dunks and blocks..

Because he is absolutely awful.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I watched him play at BP in 2023. Great motor, nice effort but raw. Awkward footwork too. I’m all for a project, but doesn’t have high-major potential. However, from all accounts, he’s a good kid, so I wish him good luck.

 

[Austin316]

I trust the staff knows what they need.

We have Singare as a project big already… why have 2 projects? Because he’s tall?

Lol

 

[HooperScooper]

Hurley has long said he won't fill scholarships just for the sake of it.

Isn't that what Hurley basically did with Yarin Hasson? He came to UConn in late August just to fill a scholarship.

 

[uconnfan68]

wake me up when you see that 7'3" developmental project on the roster next year

Sounds like a dirt nap.

 

[Supes]

Isn't that what Hurley basically did with Yarin Hasson? He came to UConn in late August just to fill a scholarship.

Eh I feel like the staff suspected he might be talented but flew under the radar (which sometimes happens with European guys). Majok clearly isn't a high-D1 player.

 

[HooperScooper]

Eh I feel like the staff suspected he might be talented but flew under the radar (which sometimes happens with European guys). Majok clearly isn't a high-D1 player.

Yeah not buying that at all. He committed to Denver, which I think is D2, before coming to UConn. UConn only had 11 scholarship players in late August. You need to have enough players to practice and Hasson is 6-9 which is taller than any walk-ons they could get. There's always been this assumption that Hurley took him with some kind of understanding that he told Yarin he could practice against the best players and get better. And then move on. Which he did.

 

[Fishy]

Eh I feel like the staff suspected he might be talented but flew under the radar (which sometimes happens with European guys). Majok clearly isn't a high-D1 player.

No, they knew he was bad, but it was just a one year deal.

 

[Tenspro2002]

We've had our Majok fill.

I was gonna say...because the first Majok worked out so well?

 

[Huskyforlife]

I hope our last scholarship/s are used on sneaky euro projects like Hasson or Roumoglou. Or preferably bring Roumoglou back if he’s open to it.

 

[Improviser]

We've had our Majok fill.

A name and history that never dies.

 

[Vuce]

I go to a few UMass games every year. He didn’t even look good in warm ups. He won’t even get one second of a thought by our staff.

 

[uconngb]

A name and history that never dies.

Hey at least he was better than Ajou Ajou

 

[Improviser]

Hey at least he was better than Ajou Ajou

Neither of them looked as good as Roumoglou did in his brief moments.

 

[Hey Adrien!]