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Wow, the Gibbs brothers would be a perfect short-term and long term fix for our PG/2 guard and ball-handling needs. Plus, throw in Gilbert into the fold. And we shored up the front court for '15 with Miller. Crazy how things can turn around so quickly.
 
I feel like KO went to see Gilbert again just to clear up any rumors of him to OKC.
 
If we manage to add Gibbs, we would have a really talented roster. If that team could learn to lock down on defense, we could be a top team next year.

We had a down year this season, but I'm bullish on the talents of Hamilton, Purvis, and Brimah. And then we add in impact guys like Jalen Adams, Shonn Miller, and Gibbs. If there's any real smoke to us adding Gibbs, I really hope it comes to fruition. That would give us a fairly complete roster with few holes.
 
CTBasketball said:
I said fit-wise. Of course the kid can ball. Remember this is Purvis's and DHam's team next year, they'll be expecting to take the most shots.
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If those guys are that concerned about how many shots they are expecting, then they should expect to be back in the NIT while they are at it. Ollie isn't going to pass up an opportunity to significantly upgrade the roster because it might mean 2-3 fewer shots per game for a couple of guys who didn't shoot a very high percentage last year.

To be clear, I'm talking about "fit" too. What are the current concerns with the backcourt now that Boatright is gone? In my mind they are 1) we don't have a knock-down shooter; 2) we have a very limited number of guys who can be trusted to play point guard for long stretches; and 3) we're putting an awful lot of eggs into a freshman point guard's basket. Mr. Gibbs alleviates all three of those concerns in one shot.
 
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CTBasketball said:
Yep meaning he would never play with Temple. It would help in recruiting Temple though.
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Not sure what you mean, unless you got the names mixed up in your OP. I wasn't referring to Temple. You said "Alterique is a much better fit and player than Sterling - He'll want to demand the ball right away, he's a scorer. Plus Gilbert's a 3-4 year guy." Sterling would be considered a 5th year transfer, eligible right away for 2015. If he were to choose UConn, it would have no impact on Alterique Gilbert, a 2016 recruit.
 
CTBasketball said:
I said fit-wise. Of course the kid can ball. Remember this is Purvis's and DHam's team next year, they'll be expecting to take the most shots.

May have misspoken, but he's a better fit.

Yep meaning he would never play with Temple. It would help in recruiting Temple though.
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You seem very confused, if Sterling Gibbs comes to UConn it's nothing but amazing news.
 
tcf15 said:
Not sure what you mean, unless you got the names mixed up in your OP. I wasn't referring to Temple. You said "Alterique is a much better fit and player than Sterling - He'll want to demand the ball right away, he's a scorer. Plus Gilbert's a 3-4 year guy." Sterling would be considered a 5th year transfer, eligible right away for 2015. If he were to choose UConn, it would have no impact on Alterique Gilbert, a 2016 recruit.
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Wow hey I need a coffee. Thanks tcf for the clarification.
 
Sterling can come to uconn and really boost the bench. Lions share of minutes at the 1 are still jalens though. Exactly what we need however , a talented guard off the bench... 3rd college team maybe he will be ok filling a role.

Gilbert AND temple gibbs sounds redundant, but who knows Adams has 1&done potential and '16 is Samuels last season
 
James said:
Sterling can come to uconn and really boost the bench. Lions share of minutes at the 1 are still jalens though. Exactly what we need however , a talented guard off the bench... 3rd college team maybe he will be ok filling a role.

Gilbert AND temple gibbs sounds redundant, but who knows Adams has 1&done potential and '16 is Samuels last season
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If Gibbs comes here, it's as a starter. He was one of the best guards in the Big East last year.
 
CallMeBruce said:
If Gibbs comes here, it's as a starter. He was one of the best guards in the Big East last year.
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Yeah Gibbs will start if he comes here. Second team all big east two years in a row. That would make Adams transition to college bball so much easier for him and really add depth to our team. To say Sterling Gibbs would be a huge addition would be an understatement. Hes really, really good.
 
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If Sterling Gibbs comes to UConn, we will have some real competition going on. I would not say that next year's Huskies are Dan Hurley and RP's team. Neither has shown the maturity, consistency, or leadership to warrant that label at this point. If we have SG and SM come in as experienced upper classmen, then I would hope that they would be ready to be leaders. Daniel and Rodney could also take on leadership roles. The PG tends to be "The" leader of the team and it would seem that Sterling would be the favorite to be the starter. Who knows who would end up being the starting 5, but what matters is that we would suddenly have a huge improvement in talent, depth, and experience.
 
CallMeBruce said:
If Gibbs comes here, it's as a starter. He was one of the best guards in the Big East last year.
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so if we had signed briscoe or newman over adams, would gibbs come here and start over them? because I think adams is pretty much equal to the former.
 
James said:
so if we had signed briscoe or newman over adams, would gibbs come here and start over them? because I think adams is pretty much equal to the former.
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You're entitled to think as highly of Adams as you'd like, but you need to recognize that your opinion is not widely held; no independent scouting service that I've seen has Adams ranked as highly as Briscoe. Briscoe is also particularly known for his physical and mental maturity, ideal for a freshman coming in.

I'm very high on Adams, but Gibbs was top-5 in the BE in scoring and assists, and was an elite shooter. He would not come here as a bench player. If he's coming to UConn, it's to start. Adams will still get plenty of burn. He'd be the third guard in the rotation, and given how much we go three guards, he'd probably play around 25mpg still.
 
CallMeBruce said:
You're entitled to think as highly of Adams as you'd like, but you need to recognize that your opinion is not widely held; no independent scouting service that I've seen has Adams ranked as highly as Briscoe. Briscoe is also particularly known for his physical and mental maturity, ideal for a freshman coming in.

I'm very high on Adams, but Gibbs was top-5 in the BE in scoring and assists, and was an elite shooter. He would not come here as a bench player. If he's coming to UConn, it's to start. Adams will still get plenty of burn. He'd be the third guard in the rotation, and given how much we go three guards, he'd probably play around 25mpg still.
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I just don't think its that far fetched for a freshman (5 star) to be better than a player putting up gaudy stats on a .500 team. this is all meaningless because sterling isn't coming here tho
 
James said:
I just don't think its that far fetched for a freshman (5 star) to be better than a player putting up gaudy stats on a .500 team. this is all meaningless because sterling isn't coming here tho
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Well, I guess we'll see what happens.
 
James said:
I just don't think its that far fetched for a freshman (5 star) to be better than a player putting up gaudy stats on a .500 team. this is all meaningless because sterling isn't coming here tho
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According to SportsReference, only one freshman point guard in the entire country was ahead of Sterling Gibbs in WS (Win Shares), and it was Tyus Jones.
 
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@BrandonClayPSB: BREAKING: '16 PG Alterique Gilbert seems to get an offer daily. Today, it's Louisville.

EVAL: http://post original url/TKlFHVl0dj http://post original url/94ihQQjREO
 
We need to finish the job with Gilbert ASAP... He's blowing up. Throw his timeframe of a couple months out the window and get the verbal now.
 
The longer this goes the worse it is for us. The buzz seemed strong for uconn, but all these top offers is not good
 
husky99 said:
The longer this goes the worse it is for us. The buzz seemed strong for uconn, but all these top offers is not good
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I agree. Unless he's a huge KO and UConn fan, the more he blows up and the more time that elapses since his visit, the less I like our chances.

Let's hope he already decided, but is simply delaying his announcement. Maybe wishful thinking on my part.
 
DogMania said:
I agree. Unless he's a huge KO and UConn fan, the more he blows up and the more time that elapses since his visit, the less I like our chances.

Let's hope he already decided, but is simply delaying his announcement. Maybe wishful thinking on my part.
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It's certainly not helping that we've got this sideshow going on with Ollie while he's scooping up offers from guys like Pitino, who is definitely in his last job.
 
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DogMania said:
I agree. Unless he's a huge KO and UConn fan, the more he blows up and the more time that elapses since his visit, the less I like our chances.

Let's hope he already decided, but is simply delaying his announcement. Maybe wishful thinking on my part.
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Happened with Adams, but much different circumstances.
 
I must say that it would helped if KO came out with a tad more definitive "HELLS NO" than a "no plans"...

Although I'm sure every coach is now saying it's only a matter of time before KO leaves anyway. If not this year, he'll travel with Kevin Durant to wherever he goes, yada yada yada
 
It seemed as if we got a silent verbal from him or were very close to doing so. Hopefully either is still the case, KO and Co. Have made him their top priority right now and should probably keep doing so to start off the '16 class well.
 
The Viking said:
I must say that it would helped if KO came out with a tad more definitive "HELLS NO" than a "no plans"...

Although I'm sure every coach is now saying it's only a matter of time before KO leaves anyway. If not this year, he'll travel with Kevin Durant to wherever he goes, yada yada yada
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Yeah, I think the second part is the problem for a recruit like this. I'm guessing that KO has reassured recruits that he's not going anywhere now, but that's really all he can honestly say.
 
KO can put an end to it by speaking up again and saying very precise things. "I am not looking for nor will accept any other offers at this time. We are in the middle of a very critical recruiting period. I need this NBA talk to end here and now so I can get back to recruiting and winning championships at UCONN."

Done.
 
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