Kofi Crystal Ball to Illinois

[husky429]

Reminds me of when Abu picked NC State, but he never really panned out to much.

He averaged 13/9 his sophomore year. I would cut off a finger for that production from a big man.

 

[Jay-Bone]

He averaged 13/9 his sophomore year. I would cut off a finger for that production from a big man.

Touche, please keep all your body parts intact though.

 

[ucawn]

So I guess he’s fine with only 2 visits? Looks like he could be down to good guys and Illinois

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Reminds me of when Abu picked NC State, but he never really panned out to much.

Muslim community was the clincher there

 

[WrenchFan69]

View attachment 37974 So I guess he’s fine with only 2 visits? Looks like he could be down to good guys and Illinois

He's made jokes about committing 100 times since the summer, not worth worrying about

 

[uchusky32]

 

[superjohn]

He's made jokes about committing 100 times since the summer, not worth worrying about

Heard we are still good but there is certainly a lot of smoke, Jerry Meyer picking them is worrisome.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Can't afford to lose this one.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Can't afford to lose this one.

We can only afford to lose this one if we get Wahab.

 

[yukonfan4]

This would be a huge loss on the recruiting trail. Please lord let us have Kofi! I don't want to watch Josh Carlton start at center next season.

losing kofi is one thing, but having josh start again next year is a whole nother story. if kofi goes to illi i'm not gonna throw my hands up in despair until we miss out on wahab and mitchell too.

 

[JMick]

We can only afford to lose this one if we get Wahab.

Or if we want to win next year. Wahab would still be a good get but I don't think he starts next year like Kofi would

 

[BNich]

He averaged 13/9 his sophomore year. I would cut off a finger for that production from a big man.

Just like when the Red Sox won the World Series in 04' someone may come knocking on your day in the future asking for that finger. You posted it on the internet. It is now forever.

 

[JimHurley]

We can only afford to lose this one if we get Wahab.

Not even then. Wahab will have a great college career but he won’t command starter minutes from day 1 like Kofi. Kofi would run Carlton out of the gym from the very first practice. We need Kofi. I’ll gladly take Wahab if we miss on him but it’s not an equal tradeoff.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

I agree with all the takes here, but it might be time to wrap our heads around not having him. This was definitely a priority recruit, but it’s not looking good. Wahab isn’t a slam dunk either, so we might need to prepare for that as well.

 

[djct1999]

Heard we are still good but there is certainly a lot of smoke, Jerry Meyer picking them is worrisome.

If you are worried, then I am really worried.

 

[superjohn]

Or if we want to win next year. Wahab would still be a good get but I don't think he starts next year like Kofi would

To be honest, I don't really see how Wahab helps us. Losing Kofi would hurt badly, I don't know what happened on his visit but I heard they weren't even a threat beforehand....I like Tre Mitchell. Haven't heard any other names really but the last thing we need is another reach like Coulibaly.

We need impact bigs next season or more pain.

 

[husky429]

Not entirely unexpected after OVs. Staff will make some emergency calls/visits and get this locked down.

 

[JMick]

To be honest, I don't really see how Wahab helps us. Losing Kofi would hurt badly, I don't know what happened on his visit but I heard they weren't even a threat beforehand....I like Tre Mitchell. Haven't heard any other names really but the last thing we need is another reach like Coulibaly.

We need impact bigs next season or more pain.

Wahab helps us protect the rim. But he's probably not an impact guy until he's a JR.

 

[ucawn]

yeah I think we are looking good with Kofi. Maybe we could snag precious after that. If not I’d be satisfied with tre Mitchell. But I think he might do a post grad year then come in 2020.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

To be honest, I don't really see how Wahab helps us. Losing Kofi would hurt badly, I don't know what happened on his visit but I heard they weren't even a threat beforehand....I like Tre Mitchell. Haven't heard any other names really but the last thing we need is another reach like Coulibaly.

We need impact bigs next season or more pain.

I’ve come around a lot on Mitchell. He needs a lot of time with Coach Sal, but I’m much more intrigued by his upside at this point. That said, he isn’t an immediate solution to our problem. If Kofi is gone, we need to be a heavy player on the grad transfer market, even if we get Mitchell or Wahab

 

[Wordbomar]

What confuses me is if the staff doesn’t think they definetely have either Kofi or Wahab wrapped up, why have we not been trying to recruit anyone else? We need help in the front court badly

 

[Hi-Low]

Not entirely unexpected after OVs. Staff will make some emergency calls/visits and get this locked down.

I'm guessing he's going to Illinois.....BG10. If UConn was still UConn we would get him probably but we're a couple years away from being competitive.

 

[Minicoop69]

What are our insiders saying about Kofi as of now? I know we felt confident before the Illinois visit, but nobody has really said much following said visit.

 

[yukonfan4]

chief was on top of all the late breaking akok news but he's been noticeably quiet for the past couple weeks

 

[BackAftaThis]

What confuses me is if the staff doesn’t think they definetely have either Kofi or Wahab wrapped up, why have we not been trying to recruit anyone else? We need help in the front court badly

I take that the other way and interpret is they aren’t concerned. Def glass half full thinking but this coaching staffs ability to recruit buys them that.