New commit for UConn?

[Fishy]

Hey, local kid, gonna walk on….sounds good to me.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[BigFanCT]

When have walkon’s ever had this much attention/gave themselves this much attention

 

[huskyblooz]

My son is now in high school, but played at a FAA middle school. Covid negated his 8th grade season, unfortunately. The school’s AD had the same phiosophy as yours and I had no problem with it. The challenge was that some kids on the roster were really serious about basketball and others not so much. The other thing that was crazy to me was how in middle school, one kid could completely take over a game. There was a kid at Ripp-Cisqua a few years ago and who would dominate and dropped 40 on my son.

Speaking of Greenwich High and the FAA. The best female player in the state is MacKenzie Nelson. Was the best player in the FCIAC as a freshmen. But, the Fairchester league recruits as much now as the Catholic schools. She is at St.Luke's now and will be verballing to a pretty good D1 school, probably this summer.

 

[Rico444]

Let me get this straight, a kid just a few days ago posted an edit along with an Instagram post saying he's committing to UConn, followed shortly by him deleting the post and saying that Hurley doesn't want walk-ons posting these announcements. Then today another walk-on does the exact same thing?

 

[CL82]

Let me get this straight, a kid just a few days ago posted an edit along with an Instagram post saying he's committing to UConn, followed shortly by him deleting the post and saying that Hurley doesn't want walk-ons posting these announcements. Then today another walk-on does the exact same thing?

Unless maybe there was an agreement for this guy to do it first, I don’t know it’s strange.

I thought this was interesting given that he’s a walk on to UConn.

 

[aburks41]

Unless maybe there was an agreement for this guy to do it first, I don’t know it’s strange.

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I thought this was interesting given that he’s a walk on to UConn.

He had offers from Michigan, Xavier, and academic scholarship offers from Brown and Columbia - and still chose to walk on at UConn? Damn, he must have grown up as a huge UConn fan

 

[Matt '99]

Unless maybe there was an agreement for this guy to do it first, I don’t know it’s strange.

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I thought this was interesting given that he’s a walk on to UConn.

Think that post was from 2019. Would be interested to see what teams were still involved recently

 

[CL82]

He had offers from Michigan, Xavier, and academic scholarship offers from Brown and Columbia - and still chose to walk on at UConn? Damn, he must have grown up as a huge UConn fan

I don’t know how much faith to put in those things. It may be as simple as he was contacted by those schools. It may be as simple as those were the schools he was interested in.

 

[Storrs South]

From July 2021, talks about who's interested towards end of video

 

[Storrs South]

Some recent film on him

 

[Storrs South]

 

[Huskybass]

How often do you get a kid of this caliber to walk on? Great addition.

 

[SouleMan]

How often do you get a kid of this caliber to walk on? Great addition.

NIL at work?

Lol

 

[caw]

He has a really nice looking shot. Highlights don't show much of anything else.

 

[CbbisGreat]

To win in basketball you need a Johnson . Now we have another Johnson If only he was 7 foot tall then we would have a big
johnson

 

[Improviser]

Sometimes, based on performance, walk-ons have been given full scholarships, and it has happened before at UConn.

Time will tell.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Sometimes, based on performance, walk-ons have been given full scholarships, and it has happened before at UConn.

Time will tell.

Gonna happen next year in baseball with Norwalk’s own Korey Morton

 

[navery12]

Gonna happen next year in baseball with Norwalk’s own Korey Morton

That is not remotely the same thing as basketball. Basketball has 13 scholarships for a 13 player roster, baseball has 11.7 scholarships for a 35 player roster

 

[bigknight3]

That is not remotely the same thing as basketball. Basketball has 13 scholarships for a 13 player roster, baseball has 11.7 scholarships for a 35 player roster

Why are there so few scholarships for baseball?

 

[CL82]

Why are there so few scholarships for baseball?

NCAA rule. I think the theory behind it is it makes fielding teams more affordable for smaller universities since they don’t have to offer a scholarship to every player.

For what it’s worth, I believe the NCAA is currently discussing eliminating scholarship limitations. On one hand it’s a good thing for student athletes since at larger schools every kid will get a scholly, but on the other hand it will likely widen the gulf between the haves and the have nots, causing smaller schools to offer less sports.

 

[pj]

on the other hand it will likely widen the gulf between the haves and the have nots, causing smaller schools to offer less sports.

Or downgrade to Division 2. We might see more sports adopt the FBS/FCS split like in football to let the have-nots compete against each other on a more even playing field.

 

[CL82]

Or downgrade to Division 2. We might see more sports adopt the FBS/FCS split like in football to let the have-nots compete against each other on a more even playing field.

It’s an interesting choice isn’t it? Do you maintain the same number of sports at a lower level or do you reduce the total number of sports and compete only on those which are, if not revenue producing, at least somewhat subsidized by the gate?

 

[Griggs]

Is this a player that played at Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx? Vern Giscome's school.

 

[HooperScooper]

Is this a player that played at Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx? Vern Giscome's school.

From Bristol, CT. Played at South Kent. Not sure if he ever played at Cardinal Hayes.