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Talked to a PeeCee Junior a neighbor yesterday. FWIW he said the campus talk was that the Kid felt EC was too tough on him and his security blanket left for Alabama.
 
Husky1964 said:
Talked to a PeeCee Junior a neighbor yesterday. FWIW he said the campus talk was that the Kid felt EC was too tough on him and his security blanket left for Alabama.
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No offense, but that sounds like cliche #1 for any transfer. Can't handle the heat.
 
Heard Kansas and another school were reached out to. This was way under way before official announcement including discussions on playing time. If this comes out or if this runs its course and he gets cold feet on mid west then UConn has a shot. Most likely Kansas deal has been set for a while.
 
FriarJ said:
Put this in the something smells bad dept. rumor going around PC that Kansas contacted Chuckwu through an intermediary. Self calls Chukwu's parents 30 minutes after PC releases him but before they made it public.
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Outside of Duke & KY, Kansas probably has better access to top 25-30 kids than any other school.
I find it very hard to believe Kansas would risk a tampering charge for Pascal Chukwu. Yeah, he's over 7', but what has he shown for Kansas to risk a penalty over.
Sounds like a sour grapes rumor going on at PC.
 
I have no clue why this kid decided to move on from PC or what he is looking for at his next school (although exposure could play a large role). I do believe however that unless there is some guarantee that Brimah will enter next year's NBA draft regardless of anything, we have little to no shot at landing him.
 
SirHypeAlot said:
I was told this evening Paschal will not be coming to UConn. I can confirm we did contact him and while Paschal likes coach ollie and the program he will be headed elsewhere. Currently his list is Kansas, MSU, Nebraska, UVA and Maryland. From what i was told UVA is a slight front-runner.

All focus should be on Larrier and rising seniors for 2016.
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We shall see.
 
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He's going to take visits to Kansas, Virginia, Nebraska and Michigan State according to Rothstein
 
Yep, Doug. Couldn't agree more.

Doug Gottlieb ‏@GottliebShow 4m4 minutes ago
Doug Gottlieb retweeted Jon Rothstein

I dont understand guy who transfers for more minutes wants to go “Up” a level.

Doug Gottlieb added,

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein
Providence transfer Paschal Chukwu will visit Kansas + Nebraska in early June, source told @CBSSports. UVA and Michigan State are TBD. #pcbb
 
djct1999 said:
Yep, Doug. Couldn't agree more.

Doug Gottlieb ‏@GottliebShow 4m4 minutes ago
Doug Gottlieb retweeted Jon Rothstein

I dont understand guy who transfers for more minutes wants to go “Up” a level.

Doug Gottlieb added,

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein
Providence transfer Paschal Chukwu will visit Kansas + Nebraska in early June, source told @CBSSports. UVA and Michigan State are TBD. #pcbb
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He would have gotten boat loads of playing time this year at PC.
 
djct1999 said:
Yep, Doug. Couldn't agree more.

Doug Gottlieb ‏@GottliebShow 4m4 minutes ago
Doug Gottlieb retweeted Jon Rothstein

I dont understand guy who transfers for more minutes wants to go “Up” a level.

Doug Gottlieb added,

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein
Providence transfer Paschal Chukwu will visit Kansas + Nebraska in early June, source told @CBSSports. UVA and Michigan State are TBD. #pcbb
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Was there ever actually confirmation that he said he was transferring for more playing time?
 
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HuskyFich said:
Who in their right mind transfers for less playing time?
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There's plenty of examples included the two that Matrim55 listed below. What if he didn't like playing for Cooley, didn't like PC for some reason, or felt that even with less initial PT, another school gave him a better shot at making it to the NBA? Realistically, he'll probably be at least a rotational big man wherever he goes, with the potential to be much more so it's not like he's going to just sit on the bench all game.
 
Matrim55 said:
RJ Evans and Lasan Kromah, to name two.
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They didn't, but I think that's the point. Those are guys who weren't close to good enough for our level coming out of high school, but after four years of busting their butts, they were good enough to be rotation guys (and in Kromah's case, a part-time starter) for a brand name program. Though I don't think that's what Chukwu is looking for. I think he'll be able to play at any of those schools, and if he does, the rewards are much greater.

Another thing all those schools have in common is that they're all pretty far from New England. I wonder if he's just trying to get the hell out of dodge, which would explain why UConn didn't even get a look from him this time around.
 
CallMeBruce said:
They didn't, but I think that's the point. Those are guys who weren't close to good enough for our level coming out of high school, but after four years of busting their butts, they were good enough to be rotation guys (and in Kromah's case, a part-time starter) for a brand name program. Though I don't think that's what Chukwu is looking for. I think he'll be able to play at any of those schools, and if he does, the rewards are much greater.

Another thing all those schools have in common is that they're all pretty far from New England. I wonder if he's just trying to get the hell out of dodge, which would explain why UConn didn't even get a look from him this time around.
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Yeah, you can add Seth Curry to that list as well. Played a ton at Liberty his Freshman year and then took a significant cut in PT to transfer to Duke. It's a totally different world playing for PC and playing for Kansas or the likes.
 
SirHypeAlot said:
I was told this evening Paschal will not be coming to UConn. I can confirm we did contact him and while Paschal likes coach ollie and the program he will be headed elsewhere. Currently his list is Kansas, MSU, Nebraska, UVA and Maryland. From what i was told UVA is a slight front-runner.

All focus should be on Larrier and rising seniors for 2016.
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We all know the most well-connected Yarders, but we don't get enough credit to more unheralded Yarders who build up a reliable track records. Those with inside info that pans out exactly right. Check out this post from @SirHypeAlot on Thursday, days before any CBB recruitment reporter mentioned anything about Paschal's visits or who he was most interested in. Dude was spot on. Looks like we have another source with some serious inside scoops and should celebrate another solid connection.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
There's plenty of examples included the two that Matrim55 listed below. What if he didn't like playing for Cooley, didn't like PC for some reason, or felt that even with less initial PT, another school gave him a better shot at making it to the NBA? Realistically, he'll probably be at least a rotational big man wherever he goes, with the potential to be much more so it's not like he's going to just sit on the bench all game.
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Chukwu isn't a grad student who has one last chance to make a title run or improve his potential draft stock last minute. He is targeting schools that will still recruit over him and he should know that. Not saying that any program won't try to constantly improve, but they will be targeting players who have much more potential. Plus the fact that he has to sit out a year hurts him in the recruiting process of these big time P5 schools. You are right, I also think that he will be a rotational big man wherever he goes, how can you not be at 7'2 with athleticism? But he could be a starter for a team that doesn't consistently bring in blue chippers that will be threatening his PT the second the ink hits the LOI.
 
HuskyFich said:
Chukwu isn't a grad student who has one last chance to make a title run or improve his potential draft stock last minute. He is targeting schools that will still recruit over him and he should know that. Not saying that any program won't try to constantly improve, but they will be targeting players who have much more potential. Plus the fact that he has to sit out a year hurts him in the recruiting process of these big time P5 schools. You are right, I also think that he will be a rotational big man wherever he goes, how can you not be at 7'2 with athleticism? But he could be a starter for a team that doesn't consistently bring in blue chippers that will be threatening his PT the second the ink hits the LOI.
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I'm not making the decision. Based on the schools he's mentioned with, he either doesn't care about the decreased playing times or believes his development will be better at one of the top programs and it will give him a better shot. My point was that these tweets are stupid because more playing time is quite obviously not the driving factor behind his transfer.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
The basketball decision that should have been questioned was choosing PC to begin with. Realizing that it is not a place to build a basketball career is pretty much a no-brainer.
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Well, actually Lenny Wilkens, Jimmy Walker, Otis Thorpe, John Thompson, Kevin Stacom, Michael Smith, God Shammgod, Mike Riordan, Eric Murdock, Joe Hassett, Ryan Gomes, Johnny Egan, Billy Donovan, Ernie Digregorio, Austin Croshere, Bryce Cotton, and Marvin Barnes, Eric Williams, and Dickey Simpkins would likely disagree with you:)
 
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Windsorlocks said:
Well, actually Lenny Wilkens, Jimmy Walker, Otis Thorpe, John Thompson, Kevin Stacom, Michael Smith, God Shammgod, Mike Riordan, Eric Murdock, Joe Hassett, Ryan Gomes, Johnny Egan, Billy Donovan, Ernie Digregorio, Austin Croshere, Bryce Cotton, and Marvin Barnes would likely disagree with you:)
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Bryce Cotton went to PC in this millennium.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
Yeah, you can add Seth Curry to that list as well. Played a ton at Liberty his Freshman year and then took a significant cut in PT to transfer to Duke. It's a totally different world playing for PC and playing for Kansas or the likes.
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And Tarik Black transferred to Kansas. He probably didn't think he was going to be getting a lot of minutes at Kansas.
 
Windsorlocks said:
Well, actually Lenny Wilkens, Jimmy Walker, Otis Thorpe, John Thompson, Kevin Stacom, Michael Smith, God Shammgod, Mike Riordan, Eric Murdock, Joe Hassett, Ryan Gomes, Johnny Egan, Billy Donovan, Ernie Digregorio, Austin Croshere, Bryce Cotton, and Marvin Barnes, Eric Williams, and Dickey Simpkins would likely disagree with you:)
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God, could you imagine if this was the list of players we bragged about?
 
Windsorlocks said:
Well, actually Lenny Wilkens, Jimmy Walker, Otis Thorpe, John Thompson, Kevin Stacom, Michael Smith, God Shammgod, Mike Riordan, Eric Murdock, Joe Hassett, Ryan Gomes, Johnny Egan, Billy Donovan, Ernie Digregorio, Austin Croshere, Bryce Cotton, and Marvin Barnes, Eric Williams, and Dickey Simpkins would likely disagree with you:)
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Wasn't Eric Williams the star of that NBA Housewives reality tv show?
 
This kid is getting way too much attention and he sounds like he may be mentally fragile. Time to move on.
 
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