This also won't hurt in our recruitment of Rodney Rice, a 4-star Guard who just transferred to Dematha and also plays for Team Durant.
Is anyone else reading the tea leaves of how our 2021 recruits are mentioning Andre Jackson as a teammate?
Seems Hurley is pushing the narrative that he'll be around.
And now the same as Hawkins. Think it's a perfect strategy to just keep recruiting that 2 year player and cycle one in and one out to the NBA every year. Bouk/Jackson to Jackson/Hawkins to Hawkins/??? (maybe Roddy Gayle)The plan for Andre is to be in Storrs for two years. Same as Bouk.
You know what I don't miss? Missing out on Top 10 guys that we were never going to get in the first place and then panic recruiting from YouTube sight unseen from a bar stool.
We're in the Big East and we have elite recruits who fit our system. What a time.
I think he’s referencing beloved Kwinten Williams. But exactly there are a lot of great 4 year players who never touch the ranking systems. Whaley is a great example and is probably being used by the staff on every big man recruit they talk to.While it is true we have done some panic recruiting, we've landed Tyler Polley and Isaiah Whaley. Which shows there's a lot of top D1 talent out there waiting to be developed.
Josh Carlton was actually not a panic recruit; he was being courted as our big man early on.
FIFYWhen I called Coach Hurley and the other assistant coaches, he ran off camera when we were on FaceTime because he was so excited. Haha!
Dan Freaking OUT Hurley! I love this guy!
Hurley and his staff have done an incredible job recruiting.