Our Transfers Out

[UCONNJACK]

Have any of our transfers out received any interest from other teams?

 

[uconngb]

yes

 

[3rdbass]

Have any of our transfers out received any interest from other teams?

Diggins has gotten Interest from LaSalle and Penn St. while Floyd has a huge list headed with likely landing place in Providence. I haven't heard anyone wanting Gaffney and Akok just got in today. Corey Floyd's list is as follows: Providence Maryland Virginia Tech Georgia Temple Iona Wake Forest Pitt Depaul Fairfield NC State.

 

[3rdbass]

I guess based on what was posted Diggins is also getting attention from UMASS and URI as he isn't visiting Penn St.

 

[The Viking]

Nathan Strauss tweeted that Diggins is going to UMass to play for Frank Martin. Strauss just graduated from UMass and did college sports on the radio.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[TRest]

Diggins to UMass is confirmed on twitter. Kind of speaks for itself.

 

[BGesus4]

Tie down everything valuable

 

[CL82]

Does that seem weird to anyone else? You would think the potential transfer would travel to the school. Maybe Huggy Bear is thinking the less he knows ahead of time the better!

 

[methodology]

I’ll bet he’ll stop by Ted’s or a local watering hole

 

[MexicoHusky]

Does that seem weird to anyone else? You would think the potential transfer would travel to the school. Maybe Huggy Bear is thinking the less he knows ahead of time the better!

I suppose Huggy has a travel budget. Akok does not. Just like recruiting HS kids. But yeah, it would be weird to see Huggy walking around the Storrs area.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I suppose Huggy has a travel budget. Akok does not. Just like recruiting HS kids. But yeah, it would be weird to see Huggy walking around the Storrs area.

About 3 summers ago I saw Calipari walking through Storrs Downtown. I had to do a double take. But he was in town for a coaches event.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

Maybe Huggins is recruiting some Putnam Science or other kids at local prep schools snd he can visit multiple players.

 

[Huskymagic]

Proves what I said that Akok is the only one of our transfers that would have been a useful player for next year.

Huggins going out of his way to get Akok. Quite the statement there for a coach of Huggins stature to personally visit a UCONN transfer who everybody in Storrs thinks is no good.

 

[PNolanFan]

Honestly, I hope Hurley and or Calhoun find some time to get a drink with Huggy while he is here

 

[UCONNJACK]

I wonder if Hurley will have any interaction with Huggins? Is it permissible to have interaction with a coach recruiting one of your players transferring out?

 

[aburks41]

I wonder if Hurley will have any interaction with Huggins? Is it permissible to have interaction with a coach recruiting one of your players transferring out?

Coaches can talk to each other whenever they want

 

[UofCT]

Going to guess he’s crushing MJ steakhouse and hitting Mohegan hard

 

[HuskyHawk]

Does that seem weird to anyone else? You would think the potential transfer would travel to the school. Maybe Huggy Bear is thinking the less he knows ahead of time the better!

We played at WVU last season. So Akok has at least been there. School is winding down and Akok would potentially miss a lot if he had to fly.

 

[king conn]

I suppose Huggy has a travel budget. Akok does not. Just like recruiting HS kids. But yeah, it would be weird to see Huggy walking around the Storrs area.

Is it? Or is he savvy enough to know the way to our players is through Blaze?

 

[MexicoHusky]

About 3 summers ago I saw Calipari walking through Storrs Downtown. I had to do a double take. But he was in town for a coaches event.

Not a coach, but I saw Robin Roberts on campus. Mid/late 90s. Had a short conversation with her. 2 or 3 sentences. I said, "Are you....". She completed my sentence with, "Robin Roberts from ESPN."

I then asked why she was on campus. She was interviewing Nykesha Sales I think. Or another player from the Women's team. Can't remember which.

Robin was quite beautiful and I vividly remember her smile. Way better looking than Huggy or Calipari.

 

[CL82]

We played at WVU last season. So Akok has at least been there. School is winding down and Akok would potentially miss a lot if he had to fly.

Yeah, I guess, but playing there is a lot different from touring the facilities meeting the other players etc.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Proves what I said that Akok is the only one of our transfers that would have been a useful player for next year.

Huggins going out of his way to get Akok. Quite the statement there for a coach of Huggins stature to personally visit a UCONN transfer who everybody in Storrs thinks is no good.

I don't think the majority of people think Akok stinks. He got injured and it sadly rendered him a shell of his former self. His numbers speak for themself.

I'd rather have him stayed in a backup role and I suspect the staff feels the same, but he's going to seek clearer paths to getting on the court elsewhere.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Proves what I said that Akok is the only one of our transfers that would have been a useful player for next year.

Not sure it means that. By my count, WVU is bringing back 2 scholarship bigs. They've got a couple of okay recruits coming in but looks like they need depth much more than UConn does for next season.

 

[Kolumbo]

It's obvious. Huggy is on campus to talk to Hurley about joining the Big 12 - he wanted a better travel partner than cinci. Or he wants back into the Big East.