Kofi Commits to Illinois

[Hoophound]

Do we prioritize Precious since we need bigs?

He’s a priority but he’s also a tough get. Mitchell, Wahab and under the radar guys or a post grad are our priorities for this spot now.

 

[Stainmaster]

Annnnd what if he had committed and was all in on Hurley?

We all know the answer to that one.

 

[spudzj6]

People on here tend to either dramatically overestimate our position in current national recruiting or drastically understate it.

"Perspective" and "Boneyard" don't go together too well.

It seems he even fooled gaffney amd bouknight. “*ing me” with a face palm on instagram

 

[Palatine]

The way we are playing isn't helping. We need to offer a little more hope and a little less "playing time."

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Cuz Illinois is a powerhouse.

 

[Walker11]

The way we are playing isn't helping. We need to offer a little more hope and a little less "playing time."

Again. He committed to a 4-11 team.

 

[mrl2016]

Annnnd what if he had committed and was all in on Hurley?

I'm just happy none of our players post 300 second insta stories. Did I want to get him absolutely he will be a great player, but my comment about him being an attention seeker still holds

 

[Towney007]

He’s a priority but he’s also a tough get. Mitchell, Wahab and under the radar guys or a post grad are our priorities for this spot now.

Those are the guys i'm most in on at this point.

Precious would be a historically great get for us, but that is only going to get crazier as we roll into the spring.

To me there was kinda two paths - Kofi/Precious and your path back to being good again is shorter.

Wahab/Mitchell and your path is a little longer, but you're still headed in the right direction.

I actually feel oddly good about Wahab. I think we're in a good place with that. That really seemed like a slam dunk Pitt commit and now it's def. not. The silver lining in Cockburn going to IL is that all of a sudden if you're a talented big on the board - you're not seeing much competition at UConn for playing time. And while sure, I'd rather have had Cockburn, i'd happily take those guys.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

It seems he even fooled gaffney amd bouknight. “*ing me” with a face palm on instagram

Just saw this. Gaff and Bouk both seem like they are caught by surprise.

 

[AllAbout5]

I'm just happy none of our players post 300 second insta stories. Did I want to get him absolutely he will be a great player, but my comment about him being an attention seeker still holds

Gaffney And Bouk both commented on his post and seemed not happy

 

[Stainmaster]

I'm just happy none of our players post 300 second insta stories. Did I want to get him absolutely he will be a great player, but my comment about him being an attention seeker still holds

That will be every recruit we are after in 2-3 years.

 

[Jluc]

He committed to a team that hasn’t been relevant in 10 years, a team that is 4-11 this year, a team that lost to Florida Atlantic while he was on his visit, and a team with a coach on the hot seat. Not to mention this happened ridiculously quick out of nowhere. If this doesn’t scream sketchy I don’t know what does.

 

[superjohn]

This has stink all over it. I wouldn't consider this the end of his recruitment story.

 

[navery12]

Do we prioritize Precious since we need bigs?

We'll prioritize Precius but they're not related. We still need a big man and Precius is a wing

 

[uchusky32]

I'm in the camp that there has to be more to it. Ok you dont go to Uconn. But it's not Pitt or Kansas it's the Illini?

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Do we prioritize Precious since we need bigs?

FIFY. The answer is, even with Cockburn we'd be foolish not to go hard after Achiuwa.

 

[dannyHAM]

Gaffney and Bouknight's comments on his post say it all man..

 

[UConNick]

Not that we were ever probably in as good a spot as many here (including me) thought, but the celerity of this coming together for a 4-11 program and the factors involved (Antigua, handlers, etc.) doesn't smell right. Whatever, I guess. On to the next one.

 

[tcf15]

Would love to get the behind-the-scenes story on this one.

 

[superjohn]

Not being a jerk, but....

When you come for a visit, have the coaches coming to see you consistently and know you can step onto a roster and maybe be the best player on the team from day-1 at a program like UConn's and get a degree at a school like UConn and you don't commit when there's such an obvious want and need for you there - you're probably not coming to UConn.

Some of the best players we've had don't fit your theory.

 

[uchusky32]

Gaffney and Bouknight's comments on his post say it all man..

Can someone post. Not an Istagramar

 

[UConnSwag11]

Did it seem as if it wasn't up to him?

 

[HawkHusky]

Antigua is a **** coach and a sketchy *** recruiter.

 

[mrl2016]

That will be every recruit we are after in 2-3 years.

Your not wrong things are trending that way. Luckily for us Akok has 2 posts on his account and hasn't put up a story since I followed him. I'm going to pretend that's because he's too busy working on his game lol

 

[Stainmaster]

Did it seem as if it wasn't up to him?

Yeah, there's no way a kid would ever want to commit to somewhere other than the school I've been rooting for my entire life!