Jermaine Samuels

[Matrim55]

One of our top targets for the 2017 class, a borderline 5-star SF from Massachusetts.



It'll be interesting to see where he lands. If it's Vermont Academy I think we pretty much just have to hire their coach.

 

[UConNick]

I wonder what the chances are he leaves the NEPSAC (I can't think of a good reason, but you never know). Maybe Huntington or Findlay Prep come calling.

 

[tcf15]

Welp...

 

[husky99]

Welp...

Please forward this to our prez and AD.

 

[James]

I wonder when we will hear a recruit say... " i want to play in the AAC"

 

[JimHurley]

I wonder when we will hear a recruit say... " i want to play in the AAC"

Hope Rothstein is right and this is a breakout year for the AAC. We need recruits to know that it's not as bad of a conference as people think it is.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Welp...

Well, even if we were in the Big10 we would be screwed since he only wants to play in the ACC. Big deal.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Welp...

That's not going to be good for business.....That's not going to be good for anybody. So now both Waters and Samuels want to go ACC bound? Great.....

 

[RipCity]

Chances are we have a 22 year old larrier by the time he is a freshman and he won't want to sit behind him for a year anyway.

 

[RipCity]

Good to see the kid back at it. We picked up a crystal ball pick for him from Prezkop on 11/16, and are still the only team to be picked for him over the past couple years.

 

[Matrim55]

New image at the top of his twitter profile:

He also follows a few UConn-specific feeds like UConnGifs, etc, as well as a few of the players on the team and a few of our other top targets (Diallo & MAL).

We could be in for a monster 2017 class:

PG: MAL (Top 40)
SG: Diallo (Top 12)
SF: Samuels (Top 40)
PF: William (Top 150)
C: Brown (Top 20)

On paper that'd be right up there with the '91 and 2011 classes as the best in program history, and given the way KO closed on most of his top targets for 2016, I'm feeling optimistic.

 

[Jay-Bone]

New image at the top of his twitter profile:

He also follows a few UConn-specific feeds like UConnGifs, etc, as well as a few of the players on the team and a few of our other top targets (Diallo & MAL).

We could be in for a monster 2017 class:

PG: MAL (Top 40)
SG: Diallo (Top 12)
SF: Samuels (Top 40)
PF: William (Top 150)
C: Brown (Top 20)

On paper that'd be right up there with the '91 and 2011 classes as the best in program history, and given the way KO closed on most of his top targets for 2016, I'm feeling optimistic.

I wonder if that is AJ Reeves from Brimmer & May on the right. Keep an eye on him.

 

[upstater]

New image at the top of his twitter profile:

He also follows a few UConn-specific feeds like UConnGifs, etc, as well as a few of the players on the team and a few of our other top targets (Diallo & MAL).

We could be in for a monster 2017 class:

PG: MAL (Top 40)
SG: Diallo (Top 12)
SF: Samuels (Top 40)
PF: William (Top 150)
C: Brown (Top 20)

On paper that'd be right up there with the '91 and 2011 classes as the best in program history, and given the way KO closed on most of his top targets for 2016, I'm feeling optimistic.

Who is wearing the UConn hat? Samuels appears to be wearing some kind of red team hat.

 

[Matrim55]

Who is wearing the UConn hat? Samuels appears to be wearing some kind of red team hat.

99% sure that's Azar Swain, the PG for Rivers School and an Ivy League-level recruit. Going by social media sleuthing, he and Rivers are tight.

Yale & Brown just offered Swain last week.

 

[husky99]

New image at the top of his twitter profile:

He also follows a few UConn-specific feeds like UConnGifs, etc, as well as a few of the players on the team and a few of our other top targets (Diallo & MAL).

We could be in for a monster 2017 class:

PG: MAL (Top 40)
SG: Diallo (Top 12)
SF: Samuels (Top 40)
PF: William (Top 150)
C: Brown (Top 20)

On paper that'd be right up there with the '91 and 2011 classes as the best in program history, and given the way KO closed on most of his top targets for 2016, I'm feeling optimistic.

Two words brandon jennings :_)

 

[Matrim55]

Two words brandon jennings :_)

Are you suggesting Samuels is going to skip college to go pro in Europe? That'd be a weird choice for a kid who's not a top 15 (or so) prospect - he'll fall off the map.

 

[husky99]

Are you suggesting Samuels is going to skip college to go pro in Europe? That'd be a weird choice for a kid who's not a top 15 (or so) prospect - he'll fall off the map.

No it was a joke. Kid wearing uconn in our past

 

[Matrim55]

No it was a joke. Kid wearing uconn in our past

Ah right - I'd forgotten about that!

Let's hope I haven't jinxed anything.

 

[mauconnfan]

Kid in the back with glasses may have a Husky hat on also.

 

[Matrim55]

I wonder if that is AJ Reeves from Brimmer & May on the right. Keep an eye on him.

FWIW I just looked at Reeves's twitter, and he's certainly keeping an eye on us. He follows a ton of UConn-related stuff on twitter (including a couple of boneyarders), and a bunch of his New England-area peers who we're recruiting/have recruited. That includes Jalen.

Also - and I think this is a good sign - Rodney is basically the only college player he follows who's not in his peer group.

Kid's the No. 1 sophomore in New England and a consensus top 40 player nationally for what it's worth.

 

[Kitaman]

I wonder when we will hear a recruit say... " i want to play in the AAC"

I don't know about you but I've heard a lot of recruits say that. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but then I wake up.

 

[Jay-Bone]

FWIW I just looked at Reeves's twitter, and he's certainly keeping an eye on us. He follows a ton of UConn-related stuff on twitter (including a couple of boneyarders), and a bunch of his New England-area peers who we're recruiting/have recruited. That includes Jalen.

Also - and I think this is a good sign - Rodney is basically the only college player he follows who's not in his peer group.

Kid's the No. 1 sophomore in New England and a consensus top 40 player nationally for what it's worth.

kw>sn>rb>rp>sg>ja>ag>mal>hd>ajr

 

[Jay-Bone]

Anybody know why the recent crystal balls to Villanova? Did he tweet something?

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Anybody know why the recent crystal balls to Villanova? Did he tweet something?

Yeah he said "Villanova has better Mac N Cheese than Uconn"

 

[Rocktheworld]

Anybody know why the recent crystal balls to Villanova? Did he tweet something?

Probably taking a visit of some kind in the future.