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Honestly, I think he'd be just fine as a lead guard - he's just so athletic and such a gifted scorer that some of these recruiting nutniks overlook his ability to play point. He is no one's plan B - he's very, very good.

Adams and Jackson* could play together at either backcourt position with Ali on the wing.

Teams would get off the bus playing zone hoping to keep that trio away from the rim.


Edit* - Fixed.

(Daily trial with the profanity filter - you can't use as asterisk to start text.)
 
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Would love to get Adams and Sharma - keep the talent flowing down that Boston pipeline. Make sure everybody knows that they have to beat us for any top talent coming out of New England.

Adams/Turtle/Prince/Sharma/Govan

That's a beautiful recruiting class. It won't win any "No. 1 class ranking!" contests, but we always save our victories for the actual games, don't we?
 
Fishy said:
Honestly, I think he'd be just fine as a lead guard - he's just so athletic and such a gifted scorer that some of these recruiting nutniks overlook his ability to play point. He is no one's plan B - he's very, very good.

Adams and Turner could play together at either backcourt position with Ali on the wing.

Teams would get off the bus playing zone hoping to keep that trio away from the rim.
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Who is Turner? Guessing you meant Turtle?
 
Matrim55 said:
Would love to get Adams and Sharma - keep the talent flowing down that Boston pipeline. Make sure everybody knows that they have to beat us for any top talent coming out of New England.

Adams/Turtle/Prince/Sharma/Govan

That's a beautiful recruiting class. It won't win any "No. 1 class ranking!" contests, but we always save our victories for the actual games, don't we?
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Excellent point.
 
Matrim55 said:
Would love to get Adams and Sharma - keep the talent flowing down that Boston pipeline. Make sure everybody knows that they have to beat us for any top talent coming out of New England.

Adams/Turtle/Prince/Sharma/Govan

That's a beautiful recruiting class. It won't win any "No. 1 class ranking!" contests, but we always save our victories for the actual games, don't we?
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Sharma is a good player but I think we are just heavily involved with too many 5 star type bigs to get Sharma, he would be considered a safety at this point. Ollie has some serious juice on the recruiting trail.
 
superjohn said:
Sharma is a good player but I think we are just heavily involved with too many 5 star type bigs to get Sharma, he would be considered a safety at this point. Ollie has some serious juice on the recruiting trail.
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Maybe. But Sharma is a stretch 4, and we have a good history with those going all the way back to Donyell.

There may be other guys out there who are more physical and better NBA prospects, but Sharma is going to help some college team win a hell of a lot of basketball games, and probably do so for his entire 4 years of eligibility. I hope he chooses us.
 
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superjohn said:
Sharma is a good player but I think we are just heavily involved with too many 5 star type bigs to get Sharma, he would be considered a safety at this point. Ollie has some serious juice on the recruiting trail.
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I agree, KO appears to be on a roll, but let's see if we close the deal on any of the Top Ten type talent. We have been in the running for a bunch of such players before and ended up having to put up with Kemba and Shabazz.
 
Fishy said:
Jackson, yes - my bad.

I can't stand highlight reels, but the video of Jalen Adams is terrific - there doesn't seem to be even a trace of wasted movement in his game. He reminds me of a smaller (brace yourselves) Ray Allen.
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The shooting stroke, and the pull up off the dribble are very similar looking to Ray's game. Good call.
 
Fishy said:
Jackson, yes - my bad.

I can't stand highlight reels, but the video of Jalen Adams is terrific - there doesn't seem to be even a trace of wasted movement in his game. He reminds me of a smaller (brace yourselves) Ray Allen.
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Agreed on Adams, I really think he will be a star. I agree with you that he could be and will be a lead guard. His athleticism, body control and length are going to be devastating at the next level. Really want him in a Husky jersey.
 
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OkaForPrez said:
He only gets 99 words a week.
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Surreal that after a guard from Roxbury, MA leads UConn to title #4, there's another talented guard from Roxbury, MA that could be coming to Storrs.
 
At this point I'm hoping for the ridiculousness of a Newman/Briscoe, Turtle, Prince, Diallo, Stone/Govan class, depending on whether we manage to snag that nice Newman/Stone package, but "settling" for Adams or Sharma wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. I realize that recruiting stars obviously aren't everything but grabbing a huge class like that after winning a national championship would only keep the mojo going in our direction and would be huge for recruiting going forward as well. For some reason bringing in highly ranked classes does more to bring in more highly ranked classes than actually winning games does sometimes, or at least it seems that way.
 
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PAHusky said:
. For some reason bringing in highly ranked classes does more to bring in more highly ranked classes than actually winning games does sometimes, or at least it seems that way.
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But, does bringing in more highly ranked classes mean winning more games? That is the question. I vote for bringing in more classes like the ones we have been winning national championships with.
 
CAHUSKY said:
But, does bringing in more highly ranked classes mean winning more games? That is the question. I vote for bringing in more classes like the ones we have been winning national championships with.
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This post split my head open.

It sapped my will to live.

I am either going to bed or across the street to drown myself in the pond.
 
Fishy said:
Thank you for expanding your thoughts into a second word. I almost feel like I should print that one out and have it bound.

The kid could be ridiculous here.
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sorry fishy, I was speechless that you were adding recruiting content with any real significance to this board and not your typical logorrheic mockery. Good for you and thanks..
 
PAHusky said:
At this point I'm hoping for the ridiculousness of a Newman/Briscoe, Turtle, Prince, Diallo, Stone/Govan class, depending on whether we manage to snag that nice Newman/Stone package, but "settling" for Adams or Sharma wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. I realize that recruiting stars obviously aren't everything but grabbing a huge class like that after winning a national championship would only keep the mojo going in our direction and would be huge for recruiting going forward as well. For some reason bringing in highly ranked classes does more to bring in more highly ranked classes than actually winning games does sometimes, or at least it seems that way.
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I want a great class too but I definitely want Adams over Briscoe without a doubt.
 
upstater said:
I want a great class too but I definitely want Adams over Briscoe without a doubt.
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I like Adams over briscoe, but I would be happy with either. Both are moving away from our typical small guard lineup
 
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CAHUSKY said:
But, does bringing in more highly ranked classes mean winning more games? That is the question. I vote for bringing in more classes like the ones we have been winning national championships with.
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Both the 2014 and (especially) 2011 teams had plenty of highly rated recruits.
 
We are involved with so many outstanding players that it is hard pick favorites. You make a wish list and come to the conclusion that the players who don't make it would be just fine. The Newman and Stone combination is very appealing.
 
Bottom line. Who shows Ollie they want to be at UConn first? Once again, Ollie is casting a wide net, but every guy is Top talent. Which of them will feel like Samuel? TS has been very outspoken, how much being at UConn means to him. Those are the guys we want.
 
I'm starting to lose track:

Verbals:
Prince Ali
Willie "turtle" Jackson

Main targets said to be recruiting:
Jalen Adams, Isaiah Briscoe, Malik Newman

Cheik Diallo, Diamond Stone, Jessie Govan, Josh Sharma (maybe), Derrick Jones

Is that it, are those the main targets right now?
 
Fishy said:
This post split my head open.

It sapped my will to live.

I am either going to bed or across the street to drown myself in the pond.
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After a couple of Martinis and a half a bottle of Pinot I turn into a philosopher
 
Fishy said:
This post split my head open.

It sapped my will to live.

I am either going to bed or across the street to drown myself in the pond.
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Which did you chose?

It's unclear to me why you want better players. I mean it makes no sense. Imagine how much we spend on recruiting. There is the potential for enormous savings by recruiting only average players within a 2 hour drive. Why is it so hard to comprehend?
 
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