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I said that partially in jest. Not entirely true on your second point, there are a lot of guys who have a certain pedigree and that is reflected in the schools they will hear from.
 
If you're going to judge a prospect by his offers, it should be by his top 3-5 offers. Going beyond that is just weird.
 
UConnStats said:
Just curious... What makes you say that?
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He's been mentioned by name in articles detailing the recruitments of Diarra (he was his main guy) and other recent prep commits. Additionally, if you look at his track record...being a HC for 6 years in the NESCAC and 10 years in the Ivy League kind of necessitates that you are able to navigate the New England prep scene. An inordinate number of commits for those schools end up coming from the NEPSAC.
 
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KemBuckets21 said:
The question is, if you average the quality of his offers, what is the avg school to offer him? Kansas Zona and UCONN obvi rounds it up. But I'm thinking he is still no more than a 10 mpg guy at most until he is an upperclassman for us.
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O.K. -- that makes no sense whatsoever. So if UConn and Duke and Kansas and Kentucky offer someone, and then there is a second prospect who those same four schools offer but is also offered by ten other schools at various other levels for whatever other reasons (geography, a coach knowing his AAU coach, whatever), you are downgrading the second kid because his "average" is lower? Any idea how dumb that is?
 
businesslawyer said:
O.K. -- that makes no sense whatsoever. So if UConn and Duke and Kansas and Kentucky offer someone, and then there is a second prospect who those same four schools offer but is also offered by ten other schools at various other levels for whatever other reasons (geography, a coach knowing his AAU coach, whatever), you are downgrading the second kid because his "average" is lower? Any idea how dumb that is?
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i was speaking in jest dudes...no biggie.
 
Borzello says he thinks Thompson ends up at UConn, but rest of ESPN staff says Syracuse:

No. 86 Taurean Thompson, 6-9, PF
Jeff Borzello prediction: UConn
ESPN Scouts' prediction: Syracuse
Others in the mix: Xavier, Seton Hall, Georgetown

This is a recruitment that has gone on longer than many people expected. Thompson took visits early in the process to Xavier and Syracuse, and then saw a long list of schools shuffle in and out of his recruitment over the last few months. He still plans on taking some of his remaining official visits, but obviously the clock is ticking. UConn is losing most of its frontcourt players and could use someone like Thompson next season.
 
This is a home run for him if he's looking for tick, he could easily see 25 mpg or more. Reminds me of the shonn Miller situation , not having anything at the four and him fitting like a glove.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
@Stairmaster
I think commiting to 3 pf for the next 4 years is a little overkill. However, if the kid can play, Ollie believes(SP) in him, and so does everyone else, then sign me up.
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I'm glad you added the "and so does everyone else" part. I hate when people say, "If KO likes him, that's all I need to say bring him in." No coach is infallible so I don't blindly buy in just because a coach offers a kid. Lord knows, we've had some wastes of a scholarships under both JC and KO. I don't like project players. We've won two titles in five years. Give me kids that can contribute immediately.
 
UCweCONN said:
I'm glad you added the "and so does everyone else" part. I hate when people say, "If KO likes him, that's all I need to say bring him in." No coach is infallible so I don't blindly buy in just because a coach offers a kid. Lord knows, we've had some wastes of a scholarships under both JC and KO. I don't like project players. We've won two titles in five years. Give me kids that can contribute immediately.
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Taurean Thompson is not a project player.
 
superjohn said:
Taurean Thompson is not a project player.
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I understand you’re probably saying this because he is a top 100 4* player but I don’t think anyone can say with certainty if a player is a project or not. I’m sure people from KU and UK were not saying that Diallo and Skal were projects. Similarly, I’m sure there have been players that were thought to be projects and came in to have an immediate impact. Just my opinion.
 
tjc1888 said:
I understand you’re probably saying this because he is a top 100 4* player but I don’t think anyone can say with certainty if a player is a project or not. I’m sure people from KU and UK were not saying that Diallo and Skal were projects. Similarly, I’m sure there have been players that were thought to be projects and came in to have an immediate impact. Just my opinion.
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Good call. Let's not recruit anyone. They might be projects!
 
tjc1888 said:
I understand you’re probably saying this because he is a top 100 4* player but I don’t think anyone can say with certainty if a player is a project or not. I’m sure people from KU and UK were not saying that Diallo and Skal were projects. Similarly, I’m sure there have been players that were thought to be projects and came in to have an immediate impact. Just my opinion.
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The only thing about those guys were they had better more prepared players already at those schools (it also tells you how really great these 2 are at prepping players for the NBA, I mean Cal's supposedly great yet this guy was awful vs his hype all year) taking their minutes. Thompson has a chance to play if he can rebound and defend no matter who's coming back.
 
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mauconnfan said:
The only thing about those guys were they had better more prepared players already at those schools (it also tells you how really great these 2 are at prepping players for the NBA, I mean Cal's supposedly great yet this guy was awful vs his hype all year) taking their minutes. Thompson has a chance to play if he can rebound and defend no matter who's coming back.
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True....I wasn't really saying this about Thompson. I was just saying in general......guys that are not top 20-30 players could be immediate impact players or they could have to develop. You never really know. That's all my point was.
 
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August_West said:
I dunno. This kids mixtape has my mouth watering. By the way, this is how EVERY mix tape looks to me.

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This so BAD its hilarious!
 
PeterSanDiego said:
Official Visit in about a week

Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 6m6 minutes agoRoss Township, PA
2016 Brewster Academy forward Taurean Thompson has set an official visit to UConn for April 18-19, per his coach http://www.hoopseen.com/players/291
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digging around to see where he visited and what the word was with him, came across an interesting post on cuses board

Rumor had it that his mom wanted him to stay local and that Syracuse was too far for her. How would Kansas be?
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Have to be optimistic if that's the case , storrs is much closer from jersey/manhattan than cuse is.
 
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