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Jacob Ross Commits

1 - I believe that his older brother (Jayden) will contribute a bit more this upcoming season than many on here are expecting. Not star numbers but contributions like some of the better Stewart/Ball efforts in their freshman season.

2 - I believe Jacob will become a quality contributor a year or so down the road. This is a perfect situation for a kid like him and his development may lead to more kids in similar situations looking at this path as a valid option.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
1 - I believe that his older brother (Jayden) will contribute a bit more this upcoming season than many on here are expecting. Not star numbers but contributions like some of the better Stewart/Ball efforts in their freshman season.

2 - I believe Jacob will become a quality contributor a year or so down the road. This is a perfect situation for a kid like him and his development may lead to more kids in similar situations looking at this path as a valid option.
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I can't wait till older brother Ross comes out blazin.
 
Like an acyclic coffin - remains to be seen. Gonna have to wait to see if either Ross develops/improves.
 
I saw both Ross brothers play together at Hoophall a couple years ago. IMO neither will be the type of impact players that are key to chasing a championship, but both are good enough to give you something that helps on a championship team. To get his high ranking, Darius Adams must have kicked butt a lot better than every time I watched him. I am honestly just as happy with Jacob, and I sense he will accept his role on the team better than where Adams was heading with the additions of our 2 point guards. I think we have another utility infielder on board that adds to team versatility. I also agree with other posters that this ratifies that Jayden is 'all in' bleeding blue despite modest on court time in his career to date. Now just give me a 5/4 name or two I can hope for!!
 
What difference does it really make?
He surely is better quality than your normal walk-on and most likely worth the small NIL tag.
Why not? His brother has shown a sense of loyalty, perhaps he will hang around a prove to fill a valuable role in year 3 or 4.
 
Maybe now we'll go after 6'8" PF Tristen Reed? We got his older brother.
 
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BGesus4 said:
I mean I wouldn’t say zero sense.
He gets to spend at least a year playing d1 ball with his brother…which not many people get to do, and he’ll have a pretty good idea of where he is developmentally at the end of the year. If he plays at a mid major for any number of reasons there’s no guarantee that puts him in good place to transfer after one year
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In addition, he's has the real possibility of a national championship. If he red shirts he has a foot in the door here if he's good enough. If not, I'm sure Hurley will let him know and help find him a landing spot that meets his goals and skill level - with four years left to play.
 
Welcome aboard, Jacob! I like this move for both parties. There really is no downside for one year for either UConn or Jacob. And maybe it turns into more and is mutually beneficial down the road.
I'm still hoping for a center. They can't be one injury away from Reed or Reibe being the only 5.
 
It's fascinating to read some of the comments here about R2.

In his interview Tom Moore was quoted as saying, "the type of players the Huskies were seeking were those they could develop over the next year or two, because they already have what they believe is a very solid roster from which they can develop an 8- 10-player playing rotation.

With 364 D-1 schools, R2's rating in the mid to high 100's would make him a sought after player on most rosters in the country outside the 4-5 rosters loaded with 5 stars. If I recall correctly, we were linked to several players in this year's portal that were former 3 star prospects, rated more poorly than R2, but who developed so quickly in one or two years the P6 crowd all wanted them.

Maybe I'm an optimist relative to R2, and realistically the roster is loaded with experience and talent that may keep him on the bench, but Tom didn't say we're just seeking warm bodies to be practice players, nor did he exclude any possibility of the roster additions playing in their first year or two.
 
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.”

www.zagsblog.com

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.
 
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HooperScooper said:
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.”

www.zagsblog.com

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.
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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.
 
Mooch82 said:
No.
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Different position - Darius is a CG while Jacob is a wing.

We had 4 guards (Silas, Malachi, Solo, Braylon)
We had 3 wings (Stewart, Ross, Furphy) - Stew can guard a 4, Ross can guard a 2 - so by wing we have multi-position players (I don't like positionless unless they can play 1-5).
 
jibsey said:
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.
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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.
 
metsfan2323 said:
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.
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I’m still trying to figure out the best way to utilize Jayden offensively and maybe Hurley is too.
 
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boog204 said:
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.
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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.
 
HooperScooper said:
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
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HooperScooper said:
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.”

www.zagsblog.com

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.
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They must have let their Boneyard subscription lapse and haven't found out yet............
 
ucp990411 said:
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.
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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
 
He’s the kind of player that would’ve been our top recruit with the previous coaching staff
 
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boog204 said:
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
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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.
 
SoCalCanine said:
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.
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What?
 
navery12 said:
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
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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?
 
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.
 
Ricker said:
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.
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I don’t think he would be in a game where his free throw percentage would matter
 
ucp990411 said:
I don’t think he would be in a game where his free throw percentage would matter
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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
 
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