Jacob Ross Commits

[metsfan2323]

In his own words “I’m a defense first guy, I take a lot of pride in my defense”.
He looks really good on his length and shot blocking. He could be a diamond in the rough.

Agreed, we have seen plenty of players who were late bloomers lately. You can't teach long arms. We might look at him very differently a year from now, same goes for his brother.

 

[jibsey]

Agreed, we have seen plenty of players who were late bloomers lately. You can't teach long arms. We might look at him very differently a year from now, same goes for his brother.

I’m still trying to figure out the best way to utilize Jayden offensively and maybe Hurley is too.

 

[HooperScooper]

The Courant finally with an article.

These brothers will become teammates for UConn men’s basketball next year

Jacob Ross, Jayden’s brother, has committed to the Huskies, according to multiple reports.

www.courant.com

Alternate access:
These brothers will become teammates for UConn men’s basketball next year

 

[ucp990411]

It makes sense for us for sure. Makes zero sense, imo, for Ross. But whatever. I’m hoping we try to bring in a few veteran low/mid major types to fill this out. Guys who have played a bit. Perfect world, they don’t see hardly any minutes. But if an injury or three happen id love to be able to plug guys who have actually played D1 games. Don’t know if that’s feasible, just my hope.

Makes lots of sense. Traveling first class, learning from the best coaching staff in the country, possible deep run in the tournament, possible championship ring, hanging with his older brother, all the other perks that come with being a Husky. Who knows he might even get to meet some of us wackos. That in itself might make it worth it. In fifty years he can tell his grandchildren about us, not that they would believe him.

 

[Scrutineer]

His personality fits Coach [Dan] Hurley in a sense of competitive passion with the way he approaches and plays the game,” Southern California head coach Julius Von Hanzlik old ZAGSBLOG. “He leaves it all on the floor. Jacob is willing to do whatever it takes to win. With Jacob being 6-6 long and athletic, th

His personality fits Coach [Dan] Hurley in a sense of competitive passion with the way he approaches and plays the game,” Southern California head coach Julius Von Hanzlik old ZAGSBLOG. “He leaves it all on the floor. Jacob is willing to do whatever it takes to win. With Jacob being 6-6 long and athletic, we were able to do a ton of different things on both offense and defense. He legitimately guarded and played 1-5 for us. Jacob played point guard for us often as well as guard true bigs.”

Three-star wing Jacob Ross commits to UConn | Zagsblog

BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ & ADAM ZAGORIA UConn […]

www.zagsblog.com

Interesting that this commitment didn't get any attention from the Hartford Courant. No article about it. The Register (Hearst Media) did have an article that I already posted in this thread.

They must have let their Boneyard subscription lapse and haven't found out yet............

 

[Scrutineer]

Interesting from that Article.

"Ross also had offers from Kansas, VCU and Old Dominion programs."

It would be nice if we beat out Kansas even for a deep bench piece.

I'm pretty sure it was Kansas State.

 

[3rdbass]

I'm pretty sure it was Kansas State.

Well I'm just stating the article. Either way Big 12 is not too shabby.

 

[boog204]

Makes lots of sense. Traveling first class, learning from the best coaching staff in the country, possible deep run in the tournament, possible championship ring, hanging with his older brother, all the other perks that come with being a Husky. Who knows he might even get to meet some of us wackos. That in itself might make it worth it. In fifty years he can tell his grandchildren about us, not that they would believe him.

I get all of that. But if he wants to make a career out of basketball, I’d think the better move would be to go to VCU or Old Dominion, prove you can play, and then bounce to a team where you’ll actually get minutes. Just my $0.02

 

[UCLJ0211]

He’s the kind of player that would’ve been our top recruit with the previous coaching staff

 

[SoCalCanine]

I get all of that. But if he wants to make a career out of basketball, I’d think the better move would be to go to VCU or Old Dominion, prove you can play, and then bounce to a team where you’ll actually get minutes. Just my $0.02

Perhaps he's a realistic kid, who realizes he doesn't have what it takes to be a professional baller. But maybe he loves the game enough to want to make it his career as a coach or an administrator. If that was the case, he couldn't pick a better place to learn the art of coaching from the best staff on the planet. You can't assume you what a guy is thinking.

 

[jibsey]

Perhaps he's a realistic kid, who realizes he doesn't have what it takes to be a professional baller. But maybe he loves the game enough to want to make it his career as a coach or an administrator. If that was the case, he couldn't pick a better place to learn the art of coaching from the best staff on the planet. You can't assume you what a guy is thinking.

What?

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'm very curious how this will go for UConn and filling the 11-15 roster spots. Because I agree, this makes a ton of sense for UConn, but for almost every recruit going somewhere at the mid-major level and playing will almost always be better

I honestly see the next two transfers being guys who end up prioritizing playing at a program like UConn over immediate playing time at a lesser school.

In another thread, I mentioned Queens' Malcolm Wilson as a defensive big to bring in. He fits that bill perfectly.

Heck, I wouldn't even be surprised if UConn goes the Duke route by adding scholarship players that are truly practice players like what they did with Rice's Ifeanyi Ufochukwu this year and Stanford's Neal Begovich last year. Are there mid-major players on the last year of their eligibility to want to end up at their dream school, like what Harvard grad transfer Evan Nelson did this offseason, ending up at his hometown Arizona Wildcats despite modest numbers at Harvard?

Just an example: would CCSU transfer and East Catholic alum Brody Limric or Sacred Heart transfer and Hamden native Aidan Carpenter want to play their final season at UConn?

 

[Ricker]

I don't recall Malcolm Wilson when he played at Georgetown in 2021-2022 and started 10 games so he has some Big East roots, but 15-53 from the foul line for 28% is scary. If I was the opposing coach I could think of a strategy when he is in the game and UConn is in 1 and 1.

 

[ucp990411]

I don't recall Malcolm Wilson when he played at Georgetown in 2021-2022 and started 10 games so he has some Big East roots, but 15-53 from the foul line for 28% is scary. If I was the opposing coach I could think of a strategy when he is in the game and UConn is in 1 and 1.

I don’t think he would be in a game where his free throw percentage would matter

 

[Ricker]

I don’t think he would be in a game where his free throw percentage would matter

There is no way Tarris Reed is going to bang with big front lines and not have games with 2 first half fouls.
It is extremely unlikely that a freshman Reibe is going to avoid fouling
Adama missed games with injury
Clingan missed games with injury
Johnson missed most of a season
Alex can hold the fort but we absolutely need a big who will play

 

[ucp990411]

You don’t think Reed can play 25 minutes and Reibe 15 at the 5? And of course injuries happen but we got by the last 2 years with Singare as our 3rd center and how many important minutes did he play? Of the transfers I wish he had stayed more than Nowell or Mahanney or Abraham

 

[FfldCntyFan]

There is no way Tarris Reed is going to bang with big front lines and not have games with 2 first half fouls.
It is extremely unlikely that a freshman Reibe is going to avoid fouling
Adama missed games with injury
Clingan missed games with injury
Johnson missed most of a season
Alex can hold the fort but we absolutely need a big who will play

This is why we absolutely will need a third center for the upcoming season but as an ideal scenario would include no injuries and very few games where both centers have early foul trouble, what we can realistically land from the portal is someone with a center's body who would accept the possibility of seeing the court in only a handful of games outside of garbage time in blowouts.

In all candor I'd be very happy with a poor man's Philip Nolan.

 

[navery12]

There is no way Tarris Reed is going to bang with big front lines and not have games with 2 first half fouls.
It is extremely unlikely that a freshman Reibe is going to avoid fouling
Adama missed games with injury
Clingan missed games with injury
Johnson missed most of a season
Alex can hold the fort but we absolutely need a big who will play

I understand you think so, but the staff has made it pretty clear they do not. The 3rd string C is not being brought in with any expectations of getting minutes

 

[Mooch82]

I understand you think so, but the staff has made it pretty clear they do not. The 3rd string C is not being brought in with any expectations of getting minutes

We will bring in a 3rd big - Tom made that clear in his media availability. It will most likely be a low level transfer with the expectation to eat 5-7 minutes in games when the bigs are in foul trouble.

 

[navery12]

We will bring in a 3rd big - Tom made that clear in his media availability. It will most likely be a low level transfer with the expectation to eat 5-7 minutes in games when the bigs are in foul trouble.

Yeah that's my point, if you listen to the video you posted the guy we bring in is not going to be playing. He said they're looking at guys for potential impact in year 2 or year 3 and to help in practice this year

 

[superjohn]

I don't see a need for a third center other than as a practice player. Singare had two games with over 5 minutes of playing time last season. He had one game with over 5 minutes the year before.

We're going to have a 2 headed monster at center again, in the off chance both are in serious foul trouble we'll go small with AK at center.

We'll probably add two more practice players.

 

[HooperScooper]

I don't see a need for a third center other than as a practice player. Singare had two games with over 5 minutes of playing time last season. He had one game with over 5 minutes the year before.

We're going to have a 2 headed monster at center again, in the off chance both are in serious foul trouble we'll go small with AK at center.

We'll probably add two more practice players.

What if Reed or Reibe miss a few games because of injuries? I won't even talk about a serious injury that either misses most of the season.

 

[superjohn]

What if Reed or Reibe miss a few games because of injuries? I won't even talk about a serious injury that either misses most of the season.

We won't be as good in those games. Same is if our 2 point guards went down with injuries.

 

[imno1]

What if Reed or Reibe miss a few games because of injuries? I won't even talk about a serious injury that either misses most of the season.

Every team worries about injuries.

 

[HooperScooper]

We won't be as good in those games. Same is if our 2 point guards went down with injuries.

Sounds like with the pick up of Koroma we're covered now. I don't expect him to play much but he's a 6th year college player who seems like he can hold down the fort for 10-15 minutes in a game if he's asked to do that because of serious foul trouble or injuries.