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2024 Recruiting: Liam McNeeley

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From a mom perspective there sure are a few difference between the Alabama program and the UConn program.
 
UConnRock said:
From a mom perspective there sure are a few difference between the Alabama program and the UConn program.
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What does Alabama offer that UConn doesn’t for a basketball player? Maybe more Nil?
 
superjohn said:
Some of our fans are talking about Nowell like he's the second coming of Jason Kidd and he's going to be an awesome starting point guard from day 1. Thanks for bringing some reality into to the conversation.
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On the seventh day God created Ahmad Nowell to lead the UConn Huskies to their third consecutive National Championship. Thank you God.
 
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Hassan Diarra is going to be a top 10 finalist for the Cousy Award. He’s going to be one of the better pg’s in the country. I think we’re putting a lot of limitations on this kid. He’s going to be an old, experienced, dog next season. He’s the bridge between Newton and Nowell. Sign me up
 
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Umami Zen said:
JC handed him the ball and said the team is yours. KEA was the real deal
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Well, no, not really.

He came in and was our second scoring option behind Rip and the secondary ball handler next to Ricky. Khalid was great, but he stepped into an amazing situation.

Biggest what-if with Khalid…what if he had stuck around for one more year and got to pair with Caron for a season?
 
Nowell and Diarra on floor together, double point. Similar to the double big, but better.
 
Fishy said:
Well, no, not really.

He came in and was our second scoring option behind Rip and the secondary ball handler next to Ricky. Khalid was great, but he stepped into an amazing situation.

Biggest what-if with Khalid…what if he had stuck around for one more year and got to pair with Caron for a season?
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Just referencing JC's words on KEA.. He was never the scorer.. Always the facilitator. Ricky was off the charts in other ways. Rip was Rip..
 
Umami Zen said:
Just referencing JC's words on KEA.. He was never the scorer.. Always the facilitator. Ricky was off the charts in other ways. Rip was Rip..
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Per your point- If he had stayed another year. Another NC
 
Fishy said:
Honestly, if he doesn’t roll an ankle against Utah State, that tournament had cracked wide open for UConn.

With Khalid, we beat Tennessee easily. After that, it’s 8-seed UNC in the sweet 16 and 7-seed Tulsa in the elite eight.
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I'm with you dude. Always felt it was a missed opportunity. Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda
 
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Fishy said:
Honestly, if he doesn’t roll an ankle against Utah State, that tournament had cracked wide open for UConn.

With Khalid, we beat Tennessee easily. After that, it’s 8-seed UNC in the sweet 16 and 7-seed Tulsa in the elite eight.
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It's exactly the sort of thing that never broke for us from 1990-2003 that began to from 2004-2023.
 
Fishy said:
Well, no, not really.

He came in and was our second scoring option behind Rip and the secondary ball handler next to Ricky. Khalid was great, but he stepped into an amazing situation.

Biggest what-if with Khalid…what if he had stuck around for one more year and got to pair with Caron for a season?
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It's sort of the same with Doron. He came in and was awesome, but we also had a junior Kevin Ollie. Just as KEA was a better offensive player than Ricky, but the duo complemented each other well, so Doron to KO.
 
tzznandrew said:
It's exactly the sort of thing that never broke for us from 1990-2003 that began to from 2004-2023.
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07-09 we had decently bad injury luck. AJ tore his ACL in that first round game against USD in 2008 (we were a 4 seed, JC's first first round exit if I recall correctly).

And then Dyson and his meniscus the following year. We still made the final 4 but we would have beaten MSU and given UNC a game had Dyson been healthy.
 
Sometimes things work out. And then they don't.. Injuries are part of the deal. The last two years we've had an awesome run with a team that was wired for winning and we didn't have any significant injuries. 2 NCs
 
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Fishy said:
I love when recruiting sites offer such inside nuggets like, his mom will be a factor in his recruitment. Man…where do I subscribe?
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Bro-Apparently Reed's Mom is into the Sax.Grover Washington Jr or Najee or Danny Hurley?
 
Mike Honcho said:
07-09 we had decently bad injury luck. AJ tore his ACL in that first round game against USD in 2008 (we were a 4 seed, JC's first first round exit if I recall correctly).

And then Dyson and his meniscus the following year. We still made the final 4 but we would have beaten MSU and given UNC a game had Dyson been healthy.
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Fair. I meant more breaks in the bracket that we could take advantage of.

Like, in 1994, BC upset UNC as the 1-seed in our bracket and made the E8. But we, as a 2-seed, missed FTs to win the game to Florida in Florida.

In 2004, our 1 seed lost and we got an 8 in the E8 and a 3 in the Finals. That finally started to even out. Even in 2008, we weren't beating UCLA even if we didn't lose that game. Still, a S16 would have been better than an upset.

2009? Yeah, that one stings. But hey, a Final Four is a successful season and we have as many national championships as UNC.
 
AllHusky said:
Nowell and Diarra on floor together, double point. Similar to the double big, but better.
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The ball pressure they will create on defense will be amazing. The turnovers they’ll create , then with Stewart and Johnson running down the court will be fun times.
 
Fishy said:
I love when recruiting sites offer such inside nuggets like, his mom will be a factor in his recruitment. Man…where do I subscribe?
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His mother played D1 basketball. At Rice. And she's a single mom. So that's a couple reasons why she's probably heavily involved.

Just keep her away from Mrs. Flagg.
 
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HooperScooper said:
His mother played D1 basketball. At Rice. And she's a single mom. So that's a couple reasons why she's probably heavily involved.

Just keep her away from Mrs. Flagg.
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Thoought she had a lot of good things to say about UConn, haven't thought about them for a while...
 
Fishy said:
Biggest what-if with Khalid…what if he had stuck around for one more year and got to pair with Caron for a season?
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There’s a couple of what-ifs throughout the 2000s as far as connecting the PG tree.

KEA stays one more year to mentor Taliek

Marcus stays out of trouble to get a full year in 04 with Taliek

AJ doesn’t have his surgery in 2006 to get a year with Marcus

Could’ve especially used AJ in 2006 :(
 
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