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tcf15 said:
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A lot of movement on 247crystal ball for Jalen Adams in UConn's favor.

From Scout:

Recruiting wise some high powered schools have been showing Adams significant attention.

“UConn, Minnesota, Kansas, Creighton, Rhode Island, Louisville, and a few other schools are talking to me a lot,” noted Adams.

Connecticut and Head Coach Kevin Ollie came home with the national title this past season, and Adams has built a strong relationship with him.

“Coach Ollie is a cool guy,” Adams explained. “I like him a lot, and he tells me how I fit well into their system and that he likes the way I play.”
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Very nice. Some chatter I read is that the Kansas fans don't want him because of his low ranking. Granted, that's only message board fans.
 
upstater said:
Very nice. Some chatter I read is that the Kansas fans don't want him because of his low ranking. Granted, that's only message board fans.
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fun-hating perfect UCONN guy!
 
This could be a good test of the value of 247 predictions. In the last 2 days 6 "experts" either picked UCONN for Jalen Adams or changed their picks from Kansas to UCONN. Maybe they know something imminent is going to happen or maybe their are all piggy banking of the first guy that changed his pick? I hope they know something.

http:// /PlayerInstitution/Jalen-Adams-at-Cushing-Academy-49484/CurrentExpertPredictions

Another interesting note is that Gary Randazzo a "expert" from Arizona changed his pick from Arizona to UCONN for Briscoe on 5/6/2014. You would expect a guy from zona to be biased for zona. Maybe the zona coaches told him something? I don't know.

BTW - Who is Jonathan Jean? An "expert" has picked him a 5'10" unrated pg to come to UCONN in 2015.
 
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Go_Huskies said:
This could be a good test of the value of 247 predictions. In the last 2 days 6 "experts" either picked UCONN for Jalen Adams or changed their picks from Kansas to UCONN. Maybe they know something imminent is going to happen or maybe their are all piggy banking of the first guy that changed his pick? I hope they know something.

Another interesting note is that Gary Randazzo a "expert" from Arizona changed his pick from Arizona to UCONN for Briscoe on 5/6/2014. You would expect a guy from zona to be biased for zona. Maybe the zona coaches told him something? I don't know.

BTW - Who is Jonathan Jean? An "expert" has picked him a 5'10" unrated pg to come to UCONN in 2015.
HTML: 
<a href="http://                                                                                           /Player/Jonathan-Jean-35131">Jon Jean</a>



http:// /PlayerInstitution/Jalen-Adams-at-Cushing-Academy-49484/CurrentExpertPredictions
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The Briscoe switch may have been around when Zona got a pledge from Simon.
 
If anything I think it indicates that the KU commitment today does in fact shift things back in our favor at least in the perception of the analysts.
 
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Arizona cooled on Briscoe the moment Tyler Dorsey committed. The Justin Simon commitment to Arizona solidified that fact. Briscoe will probably go local, but Louisville is also interested in him.

Jonathan Jean is Prince Ali's teammate at Sagemont. Prince has said that he wants to play with Jean in college, but we are recruiting better players at his position.
 
tcf15 said:
Arizona cooled on Briscoe the moment Tyler Dorsey committed. The Justin Simon commitment to Arizona solidified that fact. Briscoe will probably go local, but Louisville is also interested in him.

Jonathan Jean is Prince Ali's teammate at Sagemont. Prince has said that he wants to play with Jean in college, but we are recruiting better players at his position.
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Okay so these experts are probably just using deductive reasoning not inside information from sources to make their predictions.
 
Kid needs to be top priority... I want sharma too. Sharma is one of the rare athletic big men in this class there seem to be a lot of below the basket bigs...
 
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Matrim55 said:
New video. He's blowing up:

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This kid looks amazing. I can't compare him to others because I have not seen any of them play, but this kid looks special. KO has made him a priority, so I assume he sees it too. If he is the staff's top target, let's hope he ends up a Husky Dog.
 
Matrim55 said:
New video. He's blowing up:

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I haven't been watching many vid clips lately. I was impressed most by his handle. He uses both hands well.

I also liked seeing how to made a lot of mid-range shots, which IMO are the most difficult. Many young players either take it right to the basket and/or shoot a lot of 3s. Defenders can be aggressive with blocking shots once a player gets close to the basket since the offensive player has limited options while on the move, which are attack the rim or pass it off. Few can stop on a dime and fake w/out traveling when driving it hard to the basket. But the players who can stop & pop or toss up a runner from 6 to 10 feet from the hoop are the ones that are very hard to stop. This has been a staple of some of our best guards and I hope JA will be one of the next great Husky guards to lead UConn to another NC.

One would think that UConn would be tough to beat since he's a NE kid. It's a short trip for his family to watch him play live at Gampel or XL. The chance to play for a program that's in his backyard that's coming off an NC and the chance to play for a special coach who can mentor him on and off the court would seem to be hard to beat and hard to pass up.
 
I love how he can dictate pace... exactly like bazz. Hes like a more athletic version of bazz. We need him.
 
I take no stock in 247 "crystal balls" after the Kasongo fiasco. Seems to me that they're just making an educated guess based on the same information that's publicly available to anyone (Twitter accounts, recent interviews and commitments, etc.).
 
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huskyniner said:
I take no stock in 247 "crystal balls" after the Kasongo fiasco. Seems to me that they're just making an educated guess based on the same information that's publicly available to anyone (Twitter accounts, recent interviews and commitments, etc.).
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You're probably right. That said, they all started moving to Georgetown for Govan about a week before he committed. So it doesn't seem like they're just throwing darts out there.

As always, there's no guarantee until he's wearing the uniform. But I'm starting to like our chances.
 
A lot of Bazz in him but with better hops. Gets his shot off quickly and looks to be a VG passer. Would be a great addition to UCONN.
 
Another Adams to UCONN today. Now 76% to the good guys. Was 60-40 Kansas. Now 76-24 UCONN. Also several predictions yesterday and today has Briscoe going to Rutty.
 
mcs333 said:
Another Adams to UCONN today. Now 76% to the good guys. Was 60-40 Kansas. Now 76-24 UCONN. Also several predictions yesterday and today has Briscoe going to Rutty.
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Rutgers is the new St. John's.
 
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Kansas fans don't seem to want the kid...
 
Wow, there truly is a Duke prototype. There is now a whole generation of little spoiled white kids who wanted to be just like JJ Reddick and Greg Paulus when they grow up. See 2015 commit Luke Kennard. You show me a picture of this kid without any other info and I would have called him a Duke PG. Can see the Dickie V slobber and floor slapping already.
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Kitaman said:
I swear 40 years ago that kind of ball handling was a carry. Chris Smith is to thank for helping the acceptance of that.
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It will be a carry now too if he doesn't come to Storrs!;)
 
I think the rule of thumb for 247 is when in doubt, predict them to UK...I think 50% of the top 25 is predicted to go there
 
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