James Bouknight Unofficial Today (6/12)

[Hey Adrien!]

Has a similar build, shot and flow to Jeremy Lamb. Seems like a great fit with the team...hopefully he commits soon!

 

[UConnStats]

Better chance with Harris than with Watts at this point right?

Harris is a heavy VT lean according to Slater. I really don't think we have much of a shot there.

Watts has a million suitors, 2 being huge in state schools, and he just got a FSU crystal ball pick. We may get an OV from him, but I don't like our odds.

Not sure who we are in a better spot with, but I'd be shocked if either ended up here.

 

[JMick]

A torn miniscus as a junior in high school is not an injury you would be worried about two years later. It's not like an ACL.

Whether he's good enough to want -- and if that is why top schools aren't after him -- I have no opinion on.

I was gonna say. A torn meniscus isn't a big deal at all. It's an extremely common injury

 

[JakeTheDog]

I wonder if they read Chop Wood Carry Water for Bouknight.

 

[Stainmaster]

I wonder if they read Chop Wood Carry Water for Bouknight.

The new “course schedule.”

 

[mauconnfan]

Close it good start.

 

[Son of Robert]

Shows a lot of athleticism, body control, and basketball skill in this mixtape and I am not referencing the dunks. Looking at everything else though, he has great natural movement, and puts the ball in the hoop many different ways. 6'4, 6'5, 190 with length. Showing a lot of transition defensive stops in that tape and that's athletic. Seems to me we have been on this guy for a while. Gotta trust these 4 excellent coaches to make the right choices.

 

[superjohn]

He's the top prospect in New England a top 75 kid, if he wants to commit you take it. 6'5 athletic guards don't grow on trees.

Top prospect in New England??? What?

 

[HooperScooper]

He's the top prospect in New England a top 75 kid, if he wants to commit you take it. 6'5 athletic guards don't grow on trees.

Adam Finkelstein of NERR has him at #6 in New England.

New England Class of 2019 |

 

[UconnU]

Top prospect in New England??? What?

Highest rated prospect in New England on 247

 

[HuskyHawk]

We need to land a big time PG for 2019.
That’s the absolute 1st priority.

I think we need a SG much more than a PG. We have a Freshman coming in at PG, and Gilbert is a McD AA PG who is only a sophomore eligibility wise. At SG next year all we have is a senior in Vitale.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Adam Finkelstein of NERR has him at #6 in New England.

New England Class of 2019 |

Thanks for that link. I'd never seen that. Have we ever gotten a kid from St. Andrews in RI?

 

[UconnU]

I think we need a SG much more than a PG. We have a Freshman coming in at PG, and Gilbert is a McD AA PG who is only a sophomore eligibility wise. At SG next year all we have is a senior in Vitale.

Playing with smaller guards has really caught up to us. Need more size in the backcourt.

 

[selles]

Thanks for that link. I'd never seen that. Have we ever gotten a kid from St. Andrews in RI?

T Rob

 

[businesslawyer]

Playing with smaller guards has really caught up to us. Need more size in the backcourt.

Yeah, we won two championships with smaller guards THIS FRIGGIN DECADE, but that's the reason we've sucked the last two years.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Got a crystal ball pick from Chris Fisher today. Let’s get him locked down!

 

[HuskyHawk]

T Rob

Nobody recently. I'll inquire as to whether Hurley might change that.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah, we won two championships with smaller guards THIS FRIGGIN DECADE, but that's the reason we've sucked the last two years.

Agreed. I do think Hurley wants bigger guards for his style of play. B. Adams is 6'4", so I'm not sure what the issue is. Our very first Hurley freshman is a big guard.

 

[businesslawyer]

Agreed. I do think Hurley wants bigger guards for his style of play. B. Adams is 6'4", so I'm not sure what the issue is. Our very first Hurley freshman is a big guard.

That's fine if you want to recruit bigger guards. Hurley gets to build a team however he wants before anyone should be criticizing it. But for a team that won with Kemba and Shabazz, and then Shabazz and Boat, playing together to think guards being too small is what hurt us is absurd.

 

[UconnU]

How active is campus during summer?

 

[JustbrewitMan]

How active is campus during summer?

Was up there yesterday. I think the construction workers outnumbered the students...

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

How active is campus during summer?

Haha, I went up there for a tour 2 summers ago and the only students I saw were the ones giving the campus tour.

 

[UconnU]

Haha, I went up there for a tour 2 summers ago and the only students I saw were the ones giving the campus tour.

I hope they didn't have him on one of those boring ass tours.

 

[CL82]

I hope they didn't have him on one of those boring ass tours.

Yeah the UConn tours weren't that great. Worst tour is Rutgers. You climb on a bus and go between their mini-campuses.

 

[UconnU]

Has a similar build, shot and flow to Jeremy Lamb. Seems like a great fit with the team...hopefully he commits soon!

In person his frame looks bigger than it does in these pictures online. I think most of these pictures are older.

 

[CL82]

So any word on how it went?

 

[Gwynning]

Doesn't look like a PG to me. Resembles Jeremy Lamb minus a few inches IMO.

 

[UconnU]

Doesn't look like a PG to me. Resembles Jeremy Lamb minus a few inches IMO.

He's just as tall and lengthy as lamb, easily 6'4. He's also more aggressive defensively and more fluid. Doesn't have quite the stroke Lamb had.

 

[Vancat]

So nobody knows nothin' about the visit?

 

[YoungFree]

We need to land a big time PG for 2019.
That’s the absolute 1st priority.

In comparison to landing a Top 50 frontcourt guy? I thought our focus would be on bringing in Precious, Akok, or Cockburn. But then again I am not a D1 basketball coach.