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Apparently he's going on a visit to Syracuse.....

This league really kills our recruiting hopes sometimes.....
 
LOL at the people who said Syracuse's sanctions were harsh and would hurt their recruiting.
 
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djct1999 said:
They aren't exactly hitting the cover off the ball.
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Depends on how you define that? They are hitting as well as we are.

In 2016 they got the #19 class including the
#35 and #40 players and that ranking did not include #84 Taureen Thompson which should move them up.

In 2015 they got the #35, #64, #77 and #86.

In 2016 we got #34, #47, #80, #133 and #145 for the #9 class.

In 2015 we got #23 and #58

In total:

Syracuse - 35, 35, 40, 64, 77, 84 and 86
UConn - 23, 34, 47, 58, 80, 133 and 145

Pretty damn even and people are raving about our recruiting. And keep in mind that Rivals ranked Adams the highest. And, on Scout, our 2016 class has dropped to #14.

The Rivals comment on Syracuse's 2016 class, prior to even getting Taureen was the following, "NCAA sanctions and scholarship reductions don't seem to have hurt the Orange's recruiting efforts at all. Battle is a big wing with shooting touch while Moyer is a bouncy and versatile swingman who has some C.J. Fair in his game."

Cue the conference excuses. Just don't look at how well Nova and Marquette have been doing the last couple of years.
 
JMick said:
At what cost down the line, though? Enoch and Adams both would have had more playing time last year if we didn't have Gibbs and Miller.
I'm not saying I wish we didn't take them, but there's really no experience like live game experience.
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What do you think was more important to the program last year? PT for rooks or making the Dance?
 
Paesano said:
LOL at the people who said Syracuse's sanctions were harsh and would hurt their recruiting.
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Come on. It has clearly hurt them. They had like six players last year (granted, Boeheim has always run a tight bench, but last year he couldn't even afford to take guys out for a minute).

We know what the deal is with this. It's not devastating. You can still win on probation. To say that it doesn't have an effect, though, given what we've seen here, is simply incorrect in my estimation.
 
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champs99and04 said:
Come on. It has clearly hurt them. They had like six players last year (granted, Boeheim has always run a tight bench, but last year he couldn't even afford to take guys out for a minute).

We know what the deal is with this. It's not devastating. You can still win on probation. To say that it doesn't have an effect, though, given what we've seen here, is simply incorrect in my estimation.
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I don't care what their bench depth was. They were hurt so bad, they got to the final four. Imagine what they could do without those horrible sanctions. In the argument of recruiting you have to look at, recruiting. In the last two seasons they got 7 and we got 7 and the quality was about the same. One could argue theirs is better. Same depth. As good or better quality. Sanctions have had little to no effect just as some of us predicted. They are a joke. They got a slap on the wrist. We, for far lesser crimes, got shot in the heart and then, when it was obvious were were still alive, they came back and shot us in the head. No matter how horrible the fate is that karma delivers to Emmert, I will rejoice in his misery and dance on his grave.
 
I agree Syracuse did not get hurt enough.
But when you state that the #19 recruiting class is as good or better than the #9 recruiting class, you lose your credibility.
 
Paesano said:
They were hurt so bad, they got to the final four.
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Yay! Let's strip the context of them being a 10-seed who lucked into the 2 seed losing to a 15, and then the 3 seed lost to the 11.

They had a mediocre year capped by a great run--a run where, despite being the 10 seed, they wore home colors in the second round and S16.

I'd take a Final Four every year, but that sort of run says nothing about what the sanctions did to them.
 
David 76 said:
I agree Syracuse did not get hurt enough.
But when you state that the #19 recruiting class is as good or better than the #9 recruiting class, you lose your credibility.
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Did I say that? No. Stop making strawmen. Over the last two years our recruiting classes are even and one could argue that Syracuse's is better. Argue against what I actually said.
 
Paesano said:
In 2015 they got the #35, #64, #77 and #86.

In 2015 we got #23 and #58.
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I guess #77 and #86 in 2015 more than made up for for our top two recruits being better in 2015 and our 2016 recruits being better.
 
David 76 said:
I guess #77 and #86 in 2015 more than made up for for our top two recruits being better in 2015 and our 2016 recruits being better.
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No need to guess. Use data. Again, we both got 7 recruits. Their average ranking is 60 and ours is 74. The best argument, in your favor, is to look at the top 5 recruits brought in by both teams. In that scenario, their average recruit ranking was 50 and ours was 48. So, in summary, same number of recruits, UConn had the highest rated recruit of the bunch, Syracuse has the better average rating over all 7 recruits by 14 spots, UConn's top 5 are better than Syracuse's top 5 by 2 spots. Do you honestly see a big difference here? Where is the proof that the sanctions have hurt them? Either the sanctions haven't hurt them or our recruiting has been a bit over hyped. Or the truth could lie somewhere in the middle. Maybe our recruiting has improved, which is a good thing. And maybe Syracuse's recruiting is a little down from where they were, which it should be. But the end result is that our improvement has simply brought us up to the same level as a sanction hampered Syracuse program.
 
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BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
Andy Katz‏@ESPNAndyKatz4h4 hours ago
Source close to situation says Miami no longer pursuing Nebraska transfer Andrew White. Destination Syracuse? CBB free agency here to stay.

Don Maurice Jackson ‏@dmauricejackson 9h9 hours ago
Hartford's Cleveland "Pancake" Thomas the most recent graduate transfer to be denied a release to transfer and play. #ShermanActviolation
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This has taken a strangely long time. Classes start in a matter of days at most places. I wonder if there is something more to this than we're hearing, given Cuse fans have been on pins and needles waiting for an announcement for what seems like (and probably is) a month.
 
champs99and04 said:
This has taken a strangely long time. Classes start in a matter of days at most places. I wonder if there is something more to this than we're hearing, given Cuse fans have been on pins and needles waiting for an announcement for what seems like (and probably is) a month.
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Last day to register for classes at VCU is August 31. Last day to register for classes at Syracuse is September 6. So a decision should be coming soon
 
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The fact that he visited SU July 1st and classes at SU start a week from Monday and there hasn't been a commitment yet is weird. I wouldn't be shocked if he goes overseas at this point.
 
EastCoast2 said:
The fact that he visited SU July 1st and classes at SU start a week from Monday and there hasn't been a commitment yet is weird. I wouldn't be shocked if he goes overseas at this point.
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He's waiting for cto to get back from Rio to get the okay and make the close.
 
Something is definitely weird with this one. Various internet sources saying he and handlers are problems. I can see him being a chemistry issue someplace. I'm guessing he is telling programs he wants to start and they are telling him he has to earn it. If he wanted to start he should have just stayed at Nebraska. He would have started there and been able to showcase his talents. There may be delusions of grandeur here.
 
80shusky said:
Something is definitely weird with this one. Various internet sources saying he and handlers are problems. I can see him being a chemistry issue someplace. I'm guessing he is telling programs he wants to start and they are telling him he has to earn it. If he wanted to start he should have just stayed at Nebraska. He would have started there and been able to showcase his talents. There may be delusions of grandeur here.
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He'd start almost anywhere in the country. There's no way that's the issue
 
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