Jalen Adams (Committed to UConn)

[caw]

No offense to Clarke (who UConn could end up with, and I love) but Adams is better. Mitchell just has never been better than Adams, IMO, certainly not 22 positions better. But whatever...Brimah was at 250+. I would take Adams over half the guys listed ahead of him every day and twice in a NC.

 

[UconnU]

It makes no sense its like as soon as a kid commits here they drop in the ratings. Hes dominated the best in the country how does he drop?? Ita like we're always fighting an uphill battle as uconn fans?

 

[Huskyforlife]

It makes no sense its like as soon as a kid commits here they drop in the ratings. Hes dominated the best in the country how does he drop?? Ita like we're always fighting an uphill battle as uconn fans?

He went up 1 from the last ranking

 

[TheChamps990411]

I scrolled through that darn list 3 times, just to see if they'd given Jalen the bump he deserves. Imagine my surprise when I can't find him. Eventually, I just click on the Malik Newman profile and go to the UConn page. According to that, Adams was number 50 (WAY TOO LOW but we'll get into that later). So I go back to the Top 2-4-7, and sure enough, by some happenstance, the list jumps right from 49 to 51. No number 50. No Jalen Adams. Could they make any stupider of a blunder????

Plus, there is no way Jawun Evans is the 8th best player in the country, if Jalen is no. 50. I know he's been rising this Summer, but come on! Not to mention that Mitchell, post UL commit, is now no. 28. IMO, Adams is a better guard than both of them (granted I have not watched Evans play, only read about him). I lost a ton of respect for these guys, and I had considered them the best recruiting service online.

Other Targets:
Malik Newman no. 4
Diamond Stone no. 9
Brandon Ingram no. 11
Dwayne Bacon no. 12
Malik Beasley no. 25
Derrick Jones no. 30
Chris Clarke no. 40
Chance Comanche no. 46
Steve Enoch no. 59
Djery Baptiste no. 84
Josh Sharma no. 92
Christ Koumadje no. 170

I couldnt care less about recruit rankings. Howd that work out for UK in `11 and `14? Both teams loaded with highly touted recruits while us not so much yet we have the trophies. Thank you. Have a nice day

 

[NightDog]

It makes no sense its like as soon as a kid commits here they drop in the ratings. Hes dominated the best in the country how does he drop?? Ita like we're always fighting an uphill battle as uconn fans?

No respect + underdogs = DOOMED!

 

[UConNick]

I couldnt care less about recruit rankings. Howd that work out for UK in `11 and `14? Both teams loaded with highly touted recruits while us not so much yet we have the trophies. Thank you. Have a nice day

Agreed; to a point. I do want to have some semblance and understanding of how out future stars supposedly stack up against their peers. They mean nothing in the long run, but I wouldn't totally disregard recruit rankings. It's nice to have a barometer, albeit a faulty one.

 

[donyell34]

Our guy should be top 25 ,5 star and a Mickey d's aa. Yeah! Man.

 

[Palatine]

Look what happened to Andrew Bynum when he got bumped.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Considering that guys don't play better or worse because of their 247 ranking, this is all just vanity. I get it, and I'm the same way, but it's pointless to get upset about it.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Agreed; to a point. I do want to have some semblance and understanding of how out future stars supposedly stack up against their peers. They mean nothing in the long run, but I wouldn't totally disregard recruit rankings. It's nice to have a barometer, albeit a faulty one.

Sure its fun when we get a recruit thats highly rated and its great that we get kids like that but it dont mean much at all until they preform and being highly touted doesnt guarantee jack. Just look at the class of `11 as a perfect example. Look at our roster this year compared to uk,duke,kansas and others. I get excited when the ball gets thrown up and the recruits start contributing.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Sure its fun when we get a recruit thats highly rated and its great that we get kids like that but it dont mean much at all until they preform and being highly touted doesnt guarantee jack. Just look at the class of `11 as a perfect example. Look at our roster this year compared to uk,duke,kansas and others. I get excited when the ball gets thrown up and the recruits start contributing.

How is the class of '11 a perfect example? That was a very highly-touted class, and they've delivered.

 

[Walker11]

Pretty much every fan base thinks that the recruit guys hate them. Fact is, 247 is just a little lower on Jalen than the other sites. Rivals had him @26 and both Rivals and Scout saw Jalen go absolutely bananas in Vegas so I wouldn't be surprised if they both have him @ a 5 star. I don't think ESPN is at enough of these events to take seriously.

 

[RMoore1999]

Pretty much every fan base thinks that the recruit guys hate them. Fact is, 247 is just a little lower on Jalen than the other sites. Rivals had him @26 and both Rivals and Scout saw Jalen go absolutely bananas in Vegas so I wouldn't be surprised if they both have him @ a 5 star. I don't think ESPN is at enough of these events to take seriously.

That's why the 247 composite provides the most balanced ranking.

 

[UConn990411]

When are people here gonna learn to stop giving a duckk about recruiting rankings?

More than anyone, UConn fans should know better by now.

 

[Stainmaster]

I'll concede that players who are ranked in the Top 10 in their class generally turn out to be as good as advertised. But an online ranking list doesn't set the book on the level of productivity someone will have over the course of their college career. There's a reason two teams play the game out instead of simply averaging the star ratings of each team's roster...

 

[HuskyBballFan]

How is the class of '11 a perfect example? That was a very highly-touted class, and they've delivered.

I'm guessing he probably meant the class of 2010 (the guys who were freshman on the 2011 team).

 

[intlzncster]

I'll concede that players who are ranked in the Top 10 in their class generally turn out to be as good as advertised. But an online ranking list doesn't set the book on the level of productivity someone will have over the course of their college career. There's a reason two teams play the game out instead of simply averaging the star ratings of each team's roster...

Tell that to the analysts during the NCAA tournament. You would have thought UK's collective recruiting rankings would have suffocated the life out of UCONN prior to ever stepping on the court.

 

[alexd]

Scout has Adams at #25. And Mitchell, now that he committed to LVille, jumped all the way up to #20.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=7...=2015#/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&pid=88&yr=2015

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[Scot-e]

No biggy- but this was posted already.

 

[UConnSwag11]

No biggy- but this was posted already.

had a feeling

 

[BearJWS]

had a feeling

It was new video actually just posted yesterday (August 13th), so it was new. I don't think anyone posted it here. It's recent footage.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I cannot wait to watch him drive and dish to Junior AB on the weak side all season.

 

[Huskybass]

This kid is going to be scary good. One of our best "gets" ever. I cannot wait to see him on the court with DHam and AB.

 

[Kitaman]

I guess we can save our hard drive (or SSD) space now, of course links are cool. Let others drool/dream over and on his mixtapes.

@tcf15 will be serving us up the real thing in about a year or so. No hype just the real good 'live' sh|t.

That's the beauty when basketball dreams become reality here at UConn.