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Chief00 said:
We have to get a closer again! Finishing second means nothing.
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Are you making that based off of Justin Jackson going to Maryland, bc Ollie has gotten five very good players. Having another closer/Bunky/etc probably would not have changed that recruitment. He honestly took the best spot for a player looking for playing time, it was at a top University and a pretty solid basketball program in a major conference. If UConn did not already have 6 new players coming in, UConn probably would have had a better shot with him.

Who else has UConn finished second for recently, and not gotten a similar player instead? Stone is the only one that comes to mind.
 
pj said:
That may work in UConn's favor. The players who care about basketball first won't want night life to distract from their athletic development. The kids who prioritize night life won't develop. Jim Calhoun always got the lesser ranked kids who developed well, and partly it may have been a self-selection effect. There's not much to do in Storrs but basketball, so you'd better love basketball.
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Spoken like someone who never set foot on campus except for basketball games, and certainly not while college-age
 
pj said:
That may work in UConn's favor. The players who care about basketball first won't want night life to distract from their athletic development. The kids who prioritize night life won't develop. Jim Calhoun always got the lesser ranked kids who developed well, and partly it may have been a self-selection effect. There's not much to do in Storrs but basketball, so you'd better love basketball.
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What time did you start the bender today?.
 
This is what i am hearing. We are in great shape for MAL. Heard another visit this summer most likely. But also hearing dham is not a lock and we may not lead anymore.
 
husky99 said:
This is what i am hearing. We are in great shape for MAL. Heard another visit this summer most likely. But also hearing dham is not a lock and we may not lead anymore.
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I assume you mean Ham D (Diallo) not D Ham?
 
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husky99 said:
This is what i am hearing. We are in great shape for MAL. Heard another visit this summer most likely. But also hearing dham is not a lock and we may not lead anymore.
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Dham is hamidou diallo? If so, that really sucks.
 
husky99 said:
Do not let hooper see. He will blast me. O Shot. Yes HD . Uk and others are pushing
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haha. won't say anything. UK attempting to take our local talent irks me.

here's to hoping the hometown pull wins out.
 
No one should be surprised by the HamD news, thanks for the update 99.
 
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I think we were all expecting this to turn into a fight as he blew up and the other major programs started sniffing around. If he sees what the program has done over the years, and the family vibe, and is looking for that, we still may end up in good shape. If not, it sounds like we are in on a handful of other wings for 2017(DJ Harvey comes to mind). Gotta love the constant changing winds. Settle in for another interesting summer.
 
An article on TOS came out about this past weekend's visit but I'm not a subscriber. Can anyone summarize?
 
KemBuckets21 said:
PSA is in CT? He's spent the last several years in ct. Would you prefer more local than UK?
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I mean he's from NY(cue the 6th boro comments...), I don't consider NYers and kids from other states who go to NE prep shools as now being from the state where the prep school is.
 
aceboon said:
I mean he's from NY(cue the 6th boro comments...), I don't consider NYers and kids from other states who go to NE prep shools as now being from the state where the prep school is.
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I hear ya.
 
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husky99 said:
Hearing HD looking for a huge stage.. uk and duke gives that
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It's disappointing that we're no longer considered a big enough stage for the highest-level recruits. Though it wasn't common, we at least used to occasionally get that Top 10 guy.

I think KO can still return the program to its previous level of consistent and sustained success (like in the 90's and 00's) if we land enough of those guys in the 20-50 range, but it's still unpleasant to see a manifestation of our program having taken a step down.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
It's disappointing that we're no longer considered a big enough stage for the highest-level recruits. Though it wasn't common, we at least used to occasionally get that Top 10 guy.

I think KO can still return the program to its previous level of consistent and sustained success (like in the 90's and 00's) if we land enough of those guys in the 20-50 range, but it's still unpleasant to see a manifestation of our program having taken a step down.
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Relax 99 is wrong half the time
 
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husky99 said:
Ssshhhh drinking
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Heck that's only a little more than an hour a day - now if you increase that to 2 hours a day your 45% correct percentage would probably decrease accordingly but drinking is a lot more pleasurable than racking one's brain trying to be correct. At my age the biggest decision of the day is what time can I declare it's cocktail hour and not have my wife put a 9-iron in my head, gave up quite a while ago trying to be correct, folks only pay attention when they can prove you're wrong anyway.
 
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