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seanmc94 said:
Not even close. Athletic dorms are pressurized hyperbaric chambers.
No one can touch oregons facilities
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I know the University of Nike is tough to beat facility wise, but we're going to be damn close. There are maybe three or four football programs nation wide with facilities as good as ours and I don't see them doing anything less for the basketball program.
 
seanmc94 said:
Not even close. Athletic dorms are pressurized hyperbaric chambers.
No one can touch oregons facilities
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Assuming UConns training facilities are as depicted, they will likely be nicer than Oregons for men's and women's basketball, mainly because of the sole access.

If you are talking about the playing arena/court than Oregons is nicer than the HCC or Gampel, though I hate the trees. I don't know what Oregons dorms for athletes are like, but if they are like UKs then they are nicer.
 
The new football facility at Oregon is pretty sick, but I don't think they would put the same kind of money into a basketball practice facility:
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Thread says to decide. He'll let us know. I am optimistic. Hired an employee recently. Changed my mind often. The one I picked is great. Did I make the best choice? Cannot ever know.
 
seanmc94 said:
I'm curious what your question has to do with Oregon vs Uconn facility wise?
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I'm curious as to what you have to do with either UConn or Oregon? "Not even close" is a crappy answer from a PC fan to a Husky fan who's a little excited about our programs building for hoops.......you stated the obvious as Oregon is Phil Knight U just wondering why you have to be such an a** to UConn4ever?
 
You're right. The facilities are equal. No one does anything better than UCONN. My bad. Carry on
 
seanmc94 said:
You're right. The facilities are equal. No one does anything better than UCONN. My bad. Carry on
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I would take issue with the statement "not even close". A little bit of hyperbole with the hyperbolic rooms! Everyone gets the incredible facilities at Oregon. I believe Mau and others are pointing out that PC would be in the not even close category! UConn is close!
 
caw said:
Assuming UConns training facilities are as depicted, they will likely be nicer than Oregons for men's and women's basketball, mainly because of the sole access.

If you are talking about the playing arena/court than Oregons is nicer than the HCC or Gampel, though I hate the trees. I don't know what Oregons dorms for athletes are like, but if they are like UKs then they are nicer.
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Yes but, green and yellow makes for hideous uniforms. Those are ugly colors no matter how strangely they change them game to game. A duck as a mascot? The only thing worse would be beavers...it seems that the whole state is mascot challenged. For football, maybe you can suffer the humiliation of playing in a yellow and green uni that says "Ducks" for the strong program (I'd choose Washington instead) but for basketball? We've won national championships as often as they've won Pac 10 tournament championships. There is no hoops history there.
 
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seanmc94 said:
You're right. The facilities are equal. No one does anything better than UCONN. My bad. Carry on
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Ah, but PC players have their own special facilities at the Dunkin Donuts Center.

Players can soak in a hot vat of a Dunkaccino Coffee with a Turbo Shot of Espresso… or cool down in Frozen Mocha Coffee Coolatta after good work out! Their players are always wired for practice!
 
He has an article up called "One team stands out for Ray Kasongo."

I wanted this kid to commit to UConn with twelve 247 predictors all saying Oregon.

Now, however, this kid is hopefully going to commit to UConn, and twelve 247 predictions are going to be flipped to UConn in the next twelve minutes.
 
BearJWS said:
Ah, but PC players have their own special facilities at the Dunkin Donuts Center.

Players can soak in a hot vat of a Dunkaccino Coffee with a Turbo Shot of Espresso… or cool down in Frozen Mocha Coffee Coolatta after good work out!
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Perfect for watching the NCAA tourney, since they never get to play in it.
 
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If one school stands out after his official visits, and he said he's announcing this week, I think it's pretty obvious he's coming here.

EDIT: There's also a sub-headline that says "Oregon has some work to do"
 
"Right now I am leaning towards UCONN," said Kasongo late Tuesday night. "I still am considering Oregon but I am just feeling UCONN a little more right now."
If Kasongo ends up committing to UCONN this would be a total shock as most have pegged Kasongo to Oregon. Kasongo's crystal ball was at 100% Oregon Tuesday afternoon but has started to pick up new predictions for UCONN Wednesday morning.
Florida and Kansas were two other schools who have tried to get involved, but don't appear to be players.
Kasongo told DuckTerritory.com he hopes to pick a school this week.
 
The OR run on the crystal ball was based on us getting Lubin, but with Lubin being 245lbs and just now starting lifting weights, and putting up freak like bench numbers to boot for a guy just starting out, he could probably play some C here as long as he's long enough. There's plenty of 6'8" guys with mass that play C and have played C in college, Lubin should be able to play both PF/C, opening up another spot for a PF.
 
I have to say I'm a little concerned about a kid saying that "right now" he's "leaning" toward UConn. You never hear a kid making an outright statement like that to a recruiting site. Especially not in the last week of the decision. I'm not saying that he cares little about "announcement hype" (which is refreshing) but I just wonder about the parameters at play. If someone is confident enough to say where they're leaning, then what's the hold-up?
 
upstater said:
I have to say I'm a little concerned about a kid saying that "right now" he's "leaning" toward UConn. You never hear a kid making an outright statement like that to a recruiting site. Especially not in the last week of the decision. I'm not saying that he cares little about "announcement hype" (which is refreshing) but I just wonder about the parameters at play. If someone is confident enough to say where they're leaning, then what's the hold-up?
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Thats completely false. Kelly Oubre has stated many times that Kansas and Kentucky are leading in his recruitment. These things happen all the time. Recruiting is an ongoing process where schools lead and have ground to make up. We are ahead of Oregon at this point. It is a good thing.
 
upstater said:
I have to say I'm a little concerned about a kid saying that "right now" he's "leaning" toward UConn. You never hear a kid making an outright statement like that to a recruiting site. Especially not in the last week of the decision. I'm not saying that he cares little about "announcement hype" (which is refreshing) but I just wonder about the parameters at play. If someone is confident enough to say where they're leaning, then what's the hold-up?
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I feel the same, I like our chances but it wouldn't shock me at all if when he announces its OR. These guys like to have some suspense with their announcements, if you say you're leaning one way and you're announcing this week, then shouldn't you just go ahead and commit?
 
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Check out that last dunk. 6'9", 235 lbs and he jumped over that kid like it was nothing. Now I REALLY want him.
 
upstater said:
I have to say I'm a little concerned about a kid saying that "right now" he's "leaning" toward UConn. You never hear a kid making an outright statement like that to a recruiting site. Especially not in the last week of the decision. I'm not saying that he cares little about "announcement hype" (which is refreshing) but I just wonder about the parameters at play. If someone is confident enough to say where they're leaning, then what's the hold-up?
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I saw it more like he wants to commit to UConn now, but maybe he wants to let Oregon down easier by tempering their expectations before he officially announces? He's just a teenager and might not know how to deal with rejecting a school that's put so much effort into recruiting him.
 
kansashusky said:
Thats completely false. Kelly Oubre has stated many times that Kansas and Kentucky are leading in his recruitment. These things happen all the time. Recruiting is an ongoing process where schools lead and have ground to make up. We are ahead of Oregon at this point. It is a good thing.
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What is completely false? Not getting you.
 
huskyniner said:
I saw it more like he wants to commit to UConn now, but maybe he wants to let Oregon down easier by tempering their expectations before he officially announces? He's just a teenager and might not know how to deal with rejecting a school that's put so much effort into recruiting him.
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Or it could be as simple as his parents telling to make sure he doesn't make a rush of it.
 
kansashusky said:
Thats completely false. Kelly Oubre has stated many times that Kansas and Kentucky are leading in his recruitment. These things happen all the time. Recruiting is an ongoing process where schools lead and have ground to make up. We are ahead of Oregon at this point. It is a good thing.
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Wait a second... are you comparing leaning to one school over another to a kid choosing between two schools? Oubre is not leaning to one school over the other. Kasongo is.
 
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