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maybe Nadav or Chris S. in terms of helping the Huskies turn the corner, but I would go with Khalid. If this team had KEA as a freshman, they would be a Top Ten team.
 
Remember if Ollie didn't come here, he wouldn't be our coach right now.
 
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Khalid made us a champion... He's our most important recruit in making us UConn and a "blue-blood." Without Khalid, we are like any other school that had some good teams but had an elite eight ceiling.
 
In their own time:

Corny Thompson
Chris Smith
Donyell Marshall
Rip Hamilton
Kahlid
KO getting Shabazz to stay

were all huge

Who will we be saying this about 10 years from now? DHam, JA, AG?
 
David 76 said:
Who will we be saying this about 10 years from now? DHam, JA, AG?
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10 years from now the answer will be Ollie. You could already make the case that he's the most important recruit we've ever had.

As for best recruit Ollie himself landed... I suspect DHam will be his Donyell. But nothing KO does in terms of landing new players will compare to keeping Shabazz around.
 
boog204 said:
Khalid made us a champion... He's our most important recruit in making us UConn and a "blue-blood." Without Khalid, we are like any other school that had some good teams but had an elite eight ceiling.
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You could make that argument about almost every player on the 98-99 roster.
 
Uconn's most important recruit: Jim Calhoun
Calhoun's most important recruit: Chris Smith
Ollie's most important recruit: Alterique Gilbert
 
CallMeBruce said:
You could make that argument about almost every player on the 98-99 roster.
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I disagree. Without Khalid, Ricky is your point guard. Khalid came along because Ricky was so shaky while running the show in 96-97. The fact that Khalid, on his recruiting visit, became the team's leader speaks volumes to what that team of very talented, young players needed. We all would agree that Khalid has been a once-in-a-lifetime personality/leader. In my opinion, he is the reason we went from being a good team with a coach could not win the big one to being arguably the most successful basketball school of the past 25 years. We had had players like Rip before, we had guys like Freeman and Jake etc. We had never had a Khalid.
 
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boog204 said:
I disagree. Without Khalid, Ricky is your point guard. Khalid came along because Ricky was so shaky while running the show in 96-97. The fact that Khalid, on his recruiting visit, became the team's leader speaks volumes to what that team of very talented, young players needed. We all would agree that Khalid has been a once-in-a-lifetime personality/leader. In my opinion, he is the reason we went from being a good team with a coach could not win the big one to being arguably the most successful basketball school of the past 25 years. We had had players like Rip before, we had guys like Freeman and Jake etc. We had never had a Khalid.
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This is nonsense. There are a number of players on the 98-99 roster who, but for them, we don't win the title that year. Khalid was not the only critical player on that team.
 
Khalid put us over the top. But Rip got us close. We don't win without both (unless Ricky played like he did in the final, all year)
But RIip was the man on that team
 
I agree with the list above-they were all important recruits. One thing about Corny that maybe the younger fans here might not realize is that without Corny, one of the top 5 recruits that year who we beat NC for his services, we probably don't get a Big East invite. That alone brought us the rest of this list-some of them might not have committed if we weren't in the Big East! Regional---National power!
 
CallMeBruce said:
This is nonsense. There are a number of players on the 98-99 roster who, but for them, we don't win the title that year. Khalid was not the only critical player on that team.
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Didn't say Khalid was the only critical player. But he was the missing piece that finally took us to the next level. I honestly believe we do not win a title without him. For that reason he is the most important recruit b/c with that title we are legitimized and we are not UConn/Purdue with a well-respected coach who could never win the big one. JC was often compared to Gene Keady in the 90s.
 
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Something i found on the internet. Looks like he grew since AAU, looks a lot longer and more athletic. Also looks like he has a crispy smooth jump shot. What do you guys think ?
 
Thanks for posting. Seems like a average athlete for a listed 6'3" high school wing...he doesn't appear to play point guard at all.
 
huskyharry said:
Thanks for posting. Seems like a average athlete for a listed 6'3" high school wing...he doesn't appear to play point guard at all.
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Agree. Hard to tell from just few videos but he looks more like a 2 to me.
 
Wherever Ishmael lands, I sincerely wish him the best. This may sound crazy, but I truly credit his father for getting us to the promised land. Kahlid was the piece we needed. I told friends at that time that he was a 'child of the basketball gods and he would lead us to a national championship."

I would never take a stock tip from me and I am rarely right about too much in life ...but I had epiphany moments (and I am Jewish) about two UConn basketball events: the day we hired Jim Calhoun and the day we signed Kahlid. Both times I believed deeply those individuals were destined to win my alma mater a national championship. You can ask my wife (-:

I just never believed we could win four of them.
 
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seeya27 said:
Wherever Ishmael lands, I sincerely wish him the best. This may sound crazy, but I truly credit his father for getting us to the promised land. Kahlid was the piece we needed. I told friends at that time that he was a 'child of the basketball gods and he would lead us to a national championship."

I would never take a stock tip from me and I am rarely right about too much in life ...but I had epiphany moments (and I am Jewish) about two UConn basketball events: the day we hired Jim Calhoun and the day we signed Kahlid. Both times I believed deeply those individuals were destined to win my alma mater a national championship. You can ask my wife (-:

I just never believed we could win four of them.
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You can make a really strong argument he's the biggest recruit in the history of UConn basketball.
 
caw said:
If he's good enough, I want him at UConn but man, why does he have to be I the same class as Waters.
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Waters seems destined for Duke (at least verbally)... I think he is terrific - from what I have seen...plus he has got to be a winner.
 
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