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champs99and04 said:
I'd really like to start reeling in some of these New England guys. When is the last time we signed a New England recruit? Was it Drummond? I know UConn recruits nationally and a five star kid from California is just as good as a five star kid from Boston, but it makes Ollie's job a lot easier when you're able to attract local talent. You would think, with UConn being a power for as long as most of these kids have been alive, a lot of New England kids would be growing up wanting to play here. We need to capitalize on that, because when you're going out west trying to take a kid from Arizona, or south trying to take a kid from Kentucky, it's going to be a losing battle most of the time.
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Facey, Calhoun, Samuel, are all from New York . Bazz from mass
 
Huskyforlife said:
Facey, Calhoun, Samuel, are all from New York . Bazz from mass
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Bazz was recruited four years ago. All I'm saying is it's been three recruiting periods now without a New England recruit - that's way too long considering we're the region's premier program.
 
champs99and04 said:
Bazz was recruited four years ago. All I'm saying is it's been three recruiting periods now without a New England recruit - that's way too long considering we're the region's premier program.
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He gives you 3 from New York in the last 2 years and your response is we haven't had a kid from New England since the #2 player in the country 3 years ago and a kid 4 years ago with a national championship ring who is likely a first team all america this year? Tough crowd. 99.9% of the teams in the country would kill for our haul from New England. Add it to the NY kids and it's ridiculous
 
CAHUSKY said:
He gives you 3 from New York in the last 2 years and your response is we haven't had a kid from New England since the #2 player in the country 3 years ago and a kid 4 years ago with a national championship ring who is likely a first team all america this year? Tough crowd. 99.9% of the teams in the country would kill for our haul from New England. Add it to the NY kids and it's ridiculous
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I'm not complaining. I'll take a class like the one we brought in this year - a McDonald's all-American transfer, a McDonald's all-American snub, solid Juco PG, and a rising Georgia prospect - every year for the rest of Ollie's tenure. I'm just thinking that recruiting success will be easier to sustain if the staff starts working the New England pipeline (not that they haven't tried) and hauling in players from our backyard on a regular basis. If Ollie can patch together great classes like the one he put together this year from outside the region, all power to him. It's tough not to notice all this talent that's less than 100 miles from our campus, though.
 
champs99and04 said:
I'm not complaining. I'll take a class like the one we brought in this year - a McDonald's all-American transfer, a McDonald's all-American snub, solid Juco PG, and a rising Georgia prospect - every year for the rest of Ollie's tenure. I'm just thinking that recruiting success will be easier to sustain if the staff starts working the New England pipeline (not that they haven't tried) and hauling in players from our backyard on a regular basis. If Ollie can patch together great classes like the one he put together this year from outside the region, all power to him. It's tough not to notice all this talent that's less than 100 miles from our campus, though.
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You think we've lacked in talent from within 100 miles recently even after hearing Drummond, Napier, Samuel , Facey and Calhoun ? Ok
 
CAHUSKY said:
He gives you 3 from New York in the last 2 years and your response is we haven't had a kid from New England since the #2 player in the country 3 years ago and a kid 4 years ago with a national championship ring who is likely a first team all america this year? Tough crowd. 99.9% of the teams in the country would kill for our haul from New England. Add it to the NY kids and it's ridiculous
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New York is not in New England. New York is in the Northeast, but not considered to be in New England.
 
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CAHUSKY said:
You think we've lacked in talent from within 100 miles recently even after hearing Drummond, Napier, Samuel , Facey and Calhoun ? Ok
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I never said anything about New York. Napier was signed four years ago, Drummond three years ago, both by Calhoun. Here are some players, in the last three years alone, from New England:

Nerlens Noel
Kaleb Tarczewski
Ricardo Ledo (not sure UConn was interested)
Kris Dunn
Georges Niang
Noah Vonleh
Wayne Seldon
Kuran Iverson (don't think UConn was interested)
Goodluck Okonoboh
Abdul-Malik Abu
Kaleb Joseph
Paschal Chuckwu
Jared Terrell

Look at all that talent - especially in the front court - and tell me some of those guys wouldn't help our situation immensely. We struck out on a lot of those guys, and didn't really come close on all but a couple. Obviously, the sanctions, the JC retirement, the short KO contract...all that probably contributed. But I get the feeling we're going to have to recruit New England at a higher level going forward to remain a power.
 
I would expect that the APR issues affected some of them as well as having a new unproven coach. Hopefully, as Ollie creates a resume of success, we will have easier inroads to some of these recruits.
I agree it would be nice to own New England for all sports, but let's not lose sight of New York, especially for hoops. I think NY/NE would be the footprint I want to own.
 
Since I'm a UConn and Kansas grad, I guess I can't lose on the Adams situation (how could Minnesota have a shot? Especially with this winter fresh in mind). As for recruiting New England, throw out last year and the year before (APR known then), they don't count. Before that we had Drummond. We had Bazz, Alex O, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, Adrien. There have always been New England guys we missed on, but I'm confident KO can get the ones he needs.
 
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J Adams, P Ali, J Govan would be a great class, all consesus top 70. No top 10 "freshman focus" hype types just 3 really good basketball players you build championships with.....1 down 2 to go!
 
Hi-Low said:
J Adams, P Ali, J Govan would be a great class, all consesus top 70. No top 10 "freshman focus" hype types just 3 really good basketball players you build championships with.....1 down 2 to go!
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I agree..Very good class
 
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Hi-Low said:
J Adams, P Ali, J Govan would be a great class, all consesus top 70. No top 10 "freshman focus" hype types just 3 really good basketball players you build championships with.....1 down 2 to go!
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I agree 100%, but if Chieck Diallo wanted to commit I wouldn't be too upset :)
 
Gotta be careful who we consider NE recruits. A lot of kids come here from outside the area for a year or two of prep school. Those kids probably did not grow up with the same level of awareness of UConn basketball as the kids born and raised in NE. That said, we should be getting our pick of that latter group of kids. It doesn't seem like that has been the case. But I also agree that we need to get another year or so clear of our "issues" and further into Ollie's career before we pass any judgement.
 
ConnEd said:
Gotta be careful who we consider NE recruits. A lot of kids come here from outside the area for a year or two of prep school. Those kids probably did not grow up with the same level of awareness of UConn basketball as the kids born and raised in NE. That said, we should be getting our pick of that latter group of kids. It doesn't seem like that has been the case. But I also agree that we need to get another year or so clear of our "issues" and further into Ollie's career before we pass any judgement.
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I get your point but the majority of the top kids at the New England Prep schools are New England kids that grew up here.
 
Can 3 or any of the other guys who are plugged into recruiting verify that we are still going hard after Jalen Adams? I thought we were going to lock him down months ago but then the commitment of Willie Jackson happened. I know we have a Prince and a Turtle coming in but we definitely have room for Adams. The kid is a stud and he has the makeup of a future Husky star.
 
superjohn said:
Can 3 or any of the other guys who are plugged into recruiting verify that we are still going hard after Jalen Adams? I thought we were going to lock him down months ago but then the commitment of Willie Jackson happened. I know we have a Prince and a Turtle coming in but we definitely have room for Adams. The kid is a stud and he has the makeup of a future Husky star.
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We could potentially have purvis, Samuel, cassel, Ali, and Jackson. I don't think we're adding another guard unless he's a AA
 
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Pg: Samuel, Jackson, Adams
Sg: purvis, cassel, Ali
Sf: Hamilton, Calhoun, facey
Pf: facey, Lubin
C: brima, Nolan

Just think we really need to save scholis for bigs
 
upstater said:
A couple things people are missing about our guards. They are long and they are athletic. Hamilton, Ali = Big guards with long arms. Jackson is a 6'4" combo who a lot of people thought was one of the top players in the country prior to his injury. Purvis has decent size as well at 6'4" and he can get up there. All these players will be sharing 3 positions with Samuel and Calhoun, and since one or two might not even be in Storrs by the time the 2015 class enrolls, there seems to be room at the inn.
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But just imagine if everyone stays. That's some very good potential 1-3

SR: Calhoun
JR: Samuel, Purvis, Cassell
SO: Hamilton
FR: Jackson, Ali

4/5
SR: Nolan, Tolksdorf
JR: Brimah, Facey
SO: Lubin

Lots of potential that year, very tall team.
 
I would expect another big before the 2015 season, maybe two.

Me I would rather have to much of a good, then not enough.
 
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briscoe >>>>>>> adams. Briscoe has nba all star potential written all over him. a wizard with the ball coupled with rare physical/athletic traits.
 
Everyone keeps bringing up our need for bigs, particularly centers, after our recent stockpiling of guards. I think it would be great to get Govan or another highly rated 5 on board, but for me the biggest question mark going forward with recruiting is who we're going to have playing the four. We're set at guard for the next decade it seems like, and Nolan is a junior and Brimah a sophomore next year. As for the forward position, hopefully we get DD for another year. Facey has the size for it, but does he have the shot and face up game to play the stretch four or will he be used more traditionally as a PF? D Ham will play the 3 but in reality seems closer to an NBA 2. No doubt we'll see more of the three guard sets, but does anyone with any knowledge of recruiting have an idea of who could potentially fill that DD role for us going forward?
 
PAHusky said:
Everyone keeps bringing up our need for bigs, particularly centers, after our recent stockpiling of guards. I think it would be great to get Govan or another highly rated 5 on board, but for me the biggest question mark going forward with recruiting is who we're going to have playing the four. We're set at guard for the next decade it seems like, and Nolan is a junior and Brimah a sophomore next year. As for the forward position, hopefully we get DD for another year. Facey has the size for it, but does he have the shot and face up game to play the stretch four or will he be used more traditionally as a PF? D Ham will play the 3 but in reality seems closer to an NBA 2. No doubt we'll see more of the three guard sets, but does anyone with any knowledge of recruiting have an idea of who could potentially fill that DD role for us going forward?
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Facey hit a three pointer this year. actually 2. Too bad i have no clue of his age
 
PAHusky said:
No doubt we'll see more of the three guard sets, but does anyone with any knowledge of recruiting have an idea of who could potentially fill that DD role for us going forward?
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Given that Ollie has signed Facey and Lubin in consecutive classes, it seems that he prefers traditional 4s.

That said, we're still involved with Bennie Boatwright (6-foot-9, 200 lbs) and Josh Sharma (7-foot, 210). Boatwright would be more of a DD-type stretch 4, while Sharma is a Charlie V-type.

Carlton Bragg, who's a top-10 recruit, is an Aaron Gordon-type 4: 6-foot-9, 220, super-athletic, high volume rebounder who has range out to 19 feet, but isn't really a "stretch" 4.

All three of the above are 2015s.
 
PAHusky said:
Everyone keeps bringing up our need for bigs, particularly centers, after our recent stockpiling of guards. I think it would be great to get Govan or another highly rated 5 on board, but for me the biggest question mark going forward with recruiting is who we're going to have playing the four. We're set at guard for the next decade it seems like, and Nolan is a junior and Brimah a sophomore next year. As for the forward position, hopefully we get DD for another year. Facey has the size for it, but does he have the shot and face up game to play the stretch four or will he be used more traditionally as a PF? D Ham will play the 3 but in reality seems closer to an NBA 2. No doubt we'll see more of the three guard sets, but does anyone with any knowledge of recruiting have an idea of who could potentially fill that DD role for us going forward?
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Such players are very rare. I don't see this as a concern. Maybe Facey, but he needs a much more developed offensive game to come close to DD.

Regardless, I could see UConn going with 4 scorers and a big like Brimah, or a big (Brimah/Nolan) with Facey or one of the big chunkies they might be bringing in (Lubin, or Obi or the kid from Tenn St.)

How's this for a lineup?

Brimah/Nolan
Hamilton/Facey
Ali/Calhoun
Purvis/W. Jackson
Samuel/Cassell Jr.

As long as the guard/SFs show a willingness to rebound, I don't see why this wouldn't work.
 
James said:
briscoe >>>>>>> adams. Briscoe has nba all star potential written all over him. a wizard with the ball coupled with rare physical/athletic traits.
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You must know a different Briscoe. What are his rare physical traits? He reminds me of Khaliff Wyatt. He's got an unconventional old man style. Right now he's just stronger than the guards that are trying to check him. Good player, but "NBA all star potential" might be a little much.
 
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