PF Kenny Wooten

[upstater]

I don't know, what could you possibly see in those quotes to think he's headed to Oregon?

After reading that, I just booked RT airfare to Oregon. I'm flying into Burns, OR. Can't wait. What's to see? From all the hype, it's gotta be fantastic! Woohoo.

 

[bazz&boujee]

either canada just started getting college basketball or this kid is getting paid i mean wth are those quotes

 

[huskiesNhoos]

...but Oregon is Oregon and is in Oregon! Plus their mascot is Donald Duck wearing green. Oregon!

And white, and neon yellow, and silver, and black, and any other combination Nike is feeling that particular day

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Why is everyone here shocked hes into Oregon? They have a lot to offer outside of football prestige. In fact their football team stunk this year and has been relatively "down" since Kelly left.

Aside from being in the Pac-12 and getting ridiculous Nike money, they're coming off an E-8 and final four in the last two years. They play an exciting fun versatile offensive system that has produced some very good players the last few years including a guy like Jordan Bell who I'm sure Wooten wouldn't mind turning out to be like.

I actually see their offensive system as one that is similar to the one that KO wants to have and one that we should try to emulate. Lot of pressure, versatility, and speed.

They seem like a perfect fit for this kid.

 

[Matrim55]

After reading that, I just booked RT airfare to Oregon. I'm flying into Burns, OR. Can't wait. What's to see? From all the hype, it's gotta be fantastic! Woohoo.

Burns is nice but I really recommend doing the ARTA Rogue River trip: Rogue River family vacations | ARTA River Trips

 

[KingAG]

Why is everyone here shocked hes into Oregon? They have a lot to offer outside of football prestige. In fact their football team stunk this year and has been relatively "down" since Kelly left.

Aside from being in the Pac-12 and getting ridiculous Nike money, they're coming off an E-8 and final four in the last two years. They play an exciting fun versatile offensive system that has produced some very good players the last few years including a guy like Jordan Bell who I'm sure Wooten wouldn't mind turning out to be like.

I actually see their offensive system as one that is similar to the one that KO wants to have and one that we should try to emulate. Lot of pressure, versatility, and speed.

They seem like a perfect fit for this kid.

I mean its Oregon!! How can he pass up Oregon

 

[dennismenace]

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long story short, it does rain here but it’s often dreary and mists instead of torrential down pour so we don’t have the highest amount of actual rain. moving from the abundant sunshine state of colorado 6 years ago has been an adjustment to say the least. i do remember the first winter we lived here i counted 13 straight days of no sun…just a solid grey sky trying to take my happiness (season affective disorder is real people).

it’s perfect weather if all you had to do was snuggle, drink hot cocoa and read all day but apparently people have to function beyond those important responsibilities. cookies help as a stand-in for sunshine sometimes

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I mean its Oregon!! How can he pass up Oregon

Kasongo

 

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[intlzncster]

Kids associate Oregon with Nike. So if you go to Oregon, you are going to play for the Nike Flagship. Not true, but perception.

 

[Huskyforlife]

 

[Storrs South]

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This feels like we've somehow reverted back to Morse code

 

[TheDude]

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what does n.w.a. mean

 

[Huskyforlife]

This feels like we've somehow reverted back to Morse code

It works as an easier, less public way of answering questions. Works for me.

 

[WrenchFan69]

what does n.w.a. mean

Probably homage to the rap group

 

[TheDude]

Probably homage to the rap group

what do you think he means in response to that tweet

 

[King Husky]

what do you think he means in response to that tweet

Stockton is a lot closer to Oregon than Compton?

 

[WrenchFan69]

what do you think he means in response to that tweet

That's his twitter bio. He only liked the tweet, didn't respond to it.

 

[BUConn10]

This sport is only about what have you done for me lately, not a surprise to see kids exited about Oregon and not UConn.

 

[RipCity]

Next

 

[kcc1442]

This sport is only about what have you done for me lately, not a surprise to see kids exited about Oregon and not UConn.

We won a national championship when this kid was a Freshman. Literally 3 years ago. How many championships has Oregon won period. Where was our big time influx of getting recruits under the impression that it is a what have you done for me lately?

 

[BUConn10]

We won a national championship when this kid was a Freshman. Literally 3 years ago. How many championships has Oregon won period. Where was our big time influx of getting recruits under the impression that it is a what have you done for me lately?

The bolded part is literally what I've been asking for years since 2014. People have been quoting how "good" our recruiting has been on paper since Ollie yet we never capitalized on the 2014 title. In fact UConn has never properly capitalized on its success, or else we wouldn't be in this position currently.[/QUOTE]

 

[Storrs South]

Where was our big time influx of getting recruits under the impression that it is a what have you done for me lately?

Top 5

 

[upstater]

UConn also won a championship in 2011.

Look at the classes since then.

2012: Calhoun, Nolan, Tolksdorf
2013: Facey, Samuel, Brimah

So, after 2014, they didn't capitalize in their first two classes.

2014: Hamilton, Lubin, Cassell
2015: Adams, Enoch
2016: Gilbert, Durham, Jackson, Diarra, Vital, Larrier.

I think you can make an easy case that grabbing 9 players in the top 100 over the last 3 years is indeed a good haul post 2014 championship. If they could have retained Hamilton, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

[kcc1442]

Top 5

Yeah. Top 5. Alright. Not even considering what became of them. It was like an 8-10th rated class nationally. And it was more depth that earned that ranking. As there was not one consensus 5 star, and no one rated in the top 25.

 

[kcc1442]

UConn also won a championship in 2011.

Look at the classes since then.

2012: Calhoun, Nolan, Tolksdorf
2013: Facey, Samuel, Brimah

So, after 2014, they didn't capitalize in their first two classes.

2014: Hamilton, Lubin, Cassell
2015: Adams, Enoch
2016: Gilbert, Durham, Jackson, Diarra, Vital, Larrier.

I think you can make an easy case that grabbing 9 players in the top 100 over the last 3 years is indeed a good haul post 2014 championship. If they could have retained Hamilton, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

You could say that but I still had higher expectations after the national championship run of two in 4 years. We really couldn't land a top 10-15 guy a couple years in a row after that? Dham being the best at 17 I think it was. Jalen at 22. I know we came close with plenty especially in '15 (Stone, Briscoe, Newman) and in other years (Gabriel, Oubre, Bennett, Ledo, Dunn) but a national championship especially 2 in 4 and 4 in 16, to me says "we have done plenty for you lately" now come join us. Just can't believe some of the big dogs haven't gone our way.

 

[upstater]

You could say that but I still had higher expectations after the national championship run of two in 4 years. We really couldn't land a top 10-15 guy a couple years in a row after that? Dham being the best at 17 I think it was. Jalen at 22. I know we came close with plenty especially in '15 (Stone, Briscoe, Newman) and in other years (Gabriel, Oubre, Bennett, Ledo, Dunn) but a national championship especially 2 in 4 and 4 in 16, to me says "we have done plenty for you lately" now come join us. Just can't believe some of the big dogs haven't gone our way.

1999 gave us Caron Butler and no one else in the top 20. That's the equivalent of Hamilton.
2004 gave us Rudy Gay and no one else.

Jalen Adams and Daniel Hamilton were stud recruits, no matter where they were ranked. Jalen unfortunately has not had much support, as UConn suffered by not bringing up another PG behind Boatright/Bazz. There should have been someone there. Kemba had AJ Price. Shabazz had Kemba.

Our recruiting suffered badly between 2010 and 2014.

This lead to the total lack of an experienced PG in Jalen's first year. Sterling Gibbs was brought in to provide that but it just didn't work out.

I just don't look at Briscoe, Ledo, Dunn as misses. Jalen is better than Briscoe, and Gabriel is still unproven.

 

[auror]

Pretty sure we got DeAndre Daniels after the 2011 title, don't think anyone has mentioned that. He was a 5*.

 

[Walker11]

You could say that but I still had higher expectations after the national championship run of two in 4 years. We really couldn't land a top 10-15 guy a couple years in a row after that? Dham being the best at 17 I think it was. Jalen at 22. I know we came close with plenty especially in '15 (Stone, Briscoe, Newman) and in other years (Gabriel, Oubre, Bennett, Ledo, Dunn) but a national championship especially 2 in 4 and 4 in 16, to me says "we have done plenty for you lately" now come join us. Just can't believe some of the big dogs haven't gone our way.

I think there is a pretty clear reason as to why the 2012 and '13 classes were weak, right? And we landed Andre and Deandre immediately after '11.

The recent classes have been good on paper. We shouldn't need more than 9 top 100 players to dominate the AAC and be a consistent top 20 team. Landing top 10 talent has never been the UCONN way. Guys with rankings similar to Gilbert, Durham, and Larrier have typically been the sweet spot for us and we have gotten absolutely nothing from them so far.

 

[EBonz30]

You could say that but I still had higher expectations after the national championship run of two in 4 years. We really couldn't land a top 10-15 guy a couple years in a row after that? Dham being the best at 17 I think it was. Jalen at 22. I know we came close with plenty especially in '15 (Stone, Briscoe, Newman) and in other years (Gabriel, Oubre, Bennett, Ledo, Dunn) but a national championship especially 2 in 4 and 4 in 16, to me says "we have done plenty for you lately" now come join us. Just can't believe some of the big dogs haven't gone our way.

Then you woke up and realized that we are now in the American conference & Jim Calhoun no longer is the coach....


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