Kisunas released from LOI

[len0322]

I had a good feeling about him but we’ll be okay. Need 1 more guard and we’ll be a potential top 25 team. Right now we have:
PG: Adams, Gilbert
SG: Vital
SF: Wilson, Polley
PF: Williams, Whaley, Diarra
C: Carlton, Cobb

Throw a decent combo guard into that roster and there’s a lot to like.

Hoping we get a true picture of who is staying and who is leaving soon.

 

[djct1999]

Sounds a bit more like "you're not good enough"

Key words in initial tweet 'mutual decision'.

 

[Palatine]

Very much could've been a "we'd love to have you if you're willing to accept a smaller role" kind of thing. If he's decommitting and getting offers from Ivy League schools that tells you all you need to know. His offer list during his recruitment wasn't exactly a barnburner either. Purdue, Illinois, and MD were the only two P5 programs worth a lick to recruit him.

I'm sure that was what was said. Not.

 

[UCDaveD]

Could we be clearing a few schollies for an impending reduction?

 

[djct1999]

It may all work out, but in no way is losing an entire recruiting at this point a good thing.

It's better than signing guys you didn't recruit and don't fit into your system. You really shouldn't be surprised by this. If anything, it is a more a statement on how far back UConn fell in recruiting under Ollie. The blaze strategy = a quick way to have your program go up in flames.

 

[Coach J]

Yikes. I wonder where our recruiting class is ranked now.

What class, there are none left.

 

[len0322]

What class, there are none left.

Does Sid Wilson get moved to this class?

 

[HuskyHawk]

None of the linked players are going to be the same now that we've gotten rid of Ollie.

Perhaps. But bringing a Brandon Williams here at this stage would be an astonish feat for Hurley. Or Romeo Langford, or anybody else like that. There are an absolute ton of guys who only have verbals out right now though and no NKI. He could be trying to flip those guys.

Somebody like Luther Mohammed, out of NJ. UConn offered but Ohio State has his verbal.
https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2018/luther-muhammad-2699

The next few weeks before NLIs are due could be interesting. I'm about to meet up with a coach of a prep school basketball team. I'll see if he is hearing anything.

 

[reddevilhusky]

Isn't there a dead period coming up in April? Hope the board doesn't get to antsy waiting for news during that time as we probably won't hear much.

 

[lange10]

I had a good feeling about him but we’ll be okay. Need 1 more guard and we’ll be a potential top 25 team. Right now we have:
PG: Adams, Gilbert
SG: Vital
SF: Wilson, Polley
PF: Williams, Whaley, Diarra
C: Carlton, Cobb

Throw a decent combo guard into that roster and there’s a lot to like.

We need a guard who can stroke it and handle PG duties, a wing who can stretch the floor and another serviceable big. Then, maybe, we're a top 40 team. Lots of pieces to the puzzle to be fit in as of now. Our core of Adams, CV, Gilbert, Wilson, Diarra, Carlton must be kept in tact.

 

[AntG168]

Thought he’d stay when I thought DH wanted him. If DH doesn’t think he’s a UConn caliber player I’ll trust him. Until he gives me reason not to. You can always find a Kisunas

 

[len0322]

Isn't there a dead period coming up in April? Hope the board doesn't get to antsy waiting for news during that time as we probably won't hear much.

don't you worry....20 minutes until the next Akinjo staying thread gets posted

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Once he graduates from Cornell we can just sign him up as a Grad transfer.

 

[tcf15]

Isn't there a dead period coming up in April? Hope the board doesn't get to antsy waiting for news during that time as we probably won't hear much.

The dead period ends at noon on April 5. Then there's a recruiting period from noon on April 5 through April 18 (with another dead period thrown in there from April 9th to the 12th). Then there are two live periods from 4/20 - 4/22 and 4/27 - 4/29. Should be a busy April for Hurley, Moore and the rest of the staff.

 

[reddevilhusky]

The dead period ends at noon on April 5. Then there's a recruiting period from noon on April 5 through April 18 (with another dead period thrown in there from April 9th to the 12th). Then there are two live periods from 4/20 - 4/22 and 4/27 - 4/29. Should be a busy April for Hurley, Moore and the rest of the staff.

Always on top of things thanks TCF!

 

[August_West]

I had a good feeling about him but we’ll be okay. Need 1 more guard and we’ll be a potential top 25 team. Right now we have:
PG: Adams, Gilbert
SG: Vital
SF: Wilson, Polley
PF: Williams, Whaley, Diarra
C: Carlton, Cobb

Throw a decent combo guard into that roster and there’s a lot to like.

So for all his other shortfalls I guess Ollie COULD recruit.

 

[len0322]

So for all his other shortfalls I guess Ollie COULD recruit.

Hello gasoline, meet fire

 

[AntG168]

 

[Husky pride]

Trust the process

Agree. We wish these players well who have decommitted and we’ll go with a clean slate!!! All the best in recruiting, Coach Hurley!! Bring back the type of players who have made UConn great and appreciate the blue and white!!

 

[the Q]

We need a guard who can stroke it and handle PG duties, a wing who can stretch the floor and another serviceable big. Then, maybe, we're a top 40 team. Lots of pieces to the puzzle to be fit in as of now. Our core of Adams, CV, Gilbert, Wilson, Diarra, Carlton must be kept in tact.

you know, i get that Whaley isn't going to be our best player, but he was our best big last year. Without having a college ready body. I'm excited to see what an upperclassmen version of him looks like.

 

[gtcam]

So for all his other shortfalls I guess Ollie COULD recruit.

Shhhhhhhhhh
You are ruining the MoJo here
We need more of this:
Ollie man, wow. You know you have no clue what you are doing when a guy from from the A10 takes over at a blue blood and has no interest in retaining 66% of the recruiting class. That is wild.

 

[AntG168]

 

[alexd]

*&^$#@!$'

So much for my tie dye Lithuanian hoops shirt.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

So what's everyone thinking...how do we fill these three scholarships? Is it reasonable to think we can land three freshman who are also skilled? Or should we try to land one freshman and two grad transfers to plug the hole for now?

Give me 3 grad transfers, barring a big time kid shaking loose or reclassification.

I haven't done a ton of research, but give me two guards that can knock down threes and competently handle the ball and a wing that will take some pressure off of Sid to be a day 1 stud and I'll be thrilled.

While the 2016 class obviously didn't work out, I think the plan that we had in 2016 looking ahead to 2017 should be what we emulate here. Fill in blanks with grad transfers to maximize our (hopefully) last year with Jalen and then let DH start putting his stamp on the team with the '19 and '20 classes.

 

[intlzncster]

Trust the process

Trust the process.

The process is going to be wonderful.

You guys all sound like you know something. We getting Embiid?