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Add Seton Hall to the list of offers for 2017 Tremont Waters, he visited Unofficially last night.@VerbalCommits @D1Circuit
 
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11 points in 45 seconds. The kid can PLAY! Here's to the hope he grows about 3/4 inches, which not a crazy idea given his age. I know it's very very early for him but if we don't land him I think it will be the most upset I've ever been missing a recruit. STAY HOME.
 
otp85 said:
11 points in 45 seconds. The kid can PLAY! Here's to the hope he grows about 3/4 inches, which not a crazy idea given his age. I know it's very very early for him but if we don't land him I think it will be the most upset I've ever been missing a recruit. STAY HOME.
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You are probably too young to remember the Brandon Bass recruiting. The old board crashed; definitely the most disappointing recruit loss for us.
 
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Were any UConn staffers present at the tournament in Massachusetts to witness Waters's feat?
 
Danzz said:
You are probably too young to remember the Brandon Bass recruiting. The old board crashed; definitely the most disappointing recruit loss for us.
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Not too young, just new to the board really. I'm sure I'm not amongst the oldest on here but 90s or later and I not much should get past me. But you're right, I was shocked and upset when he choose LSU. Honestly think my worst, angrier atleast, was when Bynum had the huge game at the McDonald’s AA and bolted for the NBA.
 
The big hits early in recruiting for me were Perry Carter to OSU and Tony Scott who changed his commitment to UC only to go to the Orange……..ended up at T A&M I believe
 
Wonkster said:
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Were any UConn staffers present at the tournament in Massachusetts to witness Waters's feat?
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Just speculating but I doubt it. Not to sound harsh but they really had more important places to be.

He will be at the Peach Jam next weekend. Not sure how much time he'll see with the 17u team, if any, but as usual he should be a feature for the 16u. I'm sure at some point someone will take in atleast one of his games.
 
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mauconnfan said:
The big hits early in recruiting for me were Perry Carter to OSU and Tony Scott who changed his commitment to UC only to go to the Orange……..ended up at T A&M I believe
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Not exactly recruiting loses but I hated losing Marcus Cox and Doug Wrenn. Such high hopes for them both when they signed on.
 
otp85 said:
Not exactly recruiting loses but I hated losing Marcus Cox and Doug Wrenn. Such high hopes for them both when they signed on.
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Marcus Cox was a huge disappointment. He just wasn't good enough.
As Mau mentioned, Perry Carter was an early disappointment and before that Sly Williams from New Haven.
 
Danzz said:
Marcus Cox was a huge disappointment. He just wasn't good enough.
As Mau mentioned, Perry Carter was an early disappointment and before that Sly Williams from New Haven.
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Yeah, this is where I am too young, my knowledge of Carter was non existent before today and I only remember Tony Scott from violations/transfer at Syracuse. Williams I know, but that's only because I'm a basketball fan from Southern CT.
 
Danzz said:
... Perry Carter was an early disappointment and before that Sly Williams from New Haven.
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Do you know why Sly Williams went to URI?

Some URI boosters gave Sly $10 grand at a party at a motel in Rhode Island during a campus visit. I knew the New Haven street agent who set up the whole thing. The sad thing about Williams was that when he retired after 7 years as a pro, he couldn't live on an NBA pension of over $100 grand/year. He'd blow it all on drugs in a week or two, then scrounge off friends until the next check.
 
Danzz said:
Marcus Cox was a huge disappointment. He just wasn't good enough.
As Mau mentioned, Perry Carter was an early disappointment and before that Sly Williams from New Haven.
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Sly, Soup, Eason, Heard, Mahorn's, Williamson's and so many others were "too good" to play for their state school at the time……….
 
We did not have the tutoring prog at the time. Most of those guys would never have lasted.:(:(
 
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Wonkster said:
Do you know why Sly Williams went to URI?

Some URI boosters gave Sly $10 grand at a party at a motel in Rhode Island during a campus visit. I knew the New Haven street agent who set up the whole thing. The sad thing about Williams was that when he retired after 7 years as a pro, he couldn't live on an NBA pension of over $100 grand/year. He'd blow it all on drugs in a week or two, then scrounge off friends until the next check.
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I heard there was something dirty with Sly and probably Jiggy Williamson too. Add Super John Williamson to the list.
 
Danzz said:
You are probably too young to remember the Brandon Bass recruiting. The old board crashed; definitely the most disappointing recruit loss for us.
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I'm not familiar with Bass' recruitment, but how can you consider him a loss? He was born and raised in Louisiana. He eventually settled on LSU. Many on this board and the football board want CT's best talent to "stay home" and that's exactly what he did at LSU. If he went anywhere else I would consider it a loss for LSU, but surely not a loss for Uconn.
 
BNich said:
I'm not familiar with Bass' recruitment, but how can you consider him a loss? He was born and raised in Louisiana. He eventually settled on LSU. Many on this board and the football board want CT's best talent to "stay home" and that's exactly what he did at LSU. If he went anywhere else I would consider it a loss for LSU, but surely not a loss for Uconn.
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It wasn't geography, it was Boneyard fans expectations. He was the perfect fit for us and Bass was saying all the right things. Then Uconn fans got way ahead of themselves and worked themselves into a frenzy . This board crashed on what became one of the most refreshed threads ever. The disappointment or "loss" may not have been justified but it was very real and I have never seen anything close to it since.
 
BNich said:
I'm not familiar with Bass' recruitment, but how can you consider him a loss? He was born and raised in Louisiana. He eventually settled on LSU. Many on this board and the football board want CT's best talent to "stay home" and that's exactly what he did at LSU. If he went anywhere else I would consider it a loss for LSU, but surely not a loss for Uconn.
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Speaking from the perspective of a fan who was not a boneyarder at the time I still remember this vividly. I was turned onto the boneyard far too late in life but have always followed recruiting. Geography or not I thought we had him, in fact I remember talking about it as such. So, it wasn't just because of the board people thought we had him. Although I'm sure it didn't help.
 
Tremont Waters always in control. No matter the score, makes the right play at all times! Playmaker and pure facilitator

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Danzz said:
It wasn't geography, it was Boneyard fans expectations. He was the perfect fit for us and Bass was saying all the right things. Then Uconn fans got way ahead of themselves and worked themselves into a frenzy . This board crashed on what became one of the most refreshed threads ever. The disappointment or "loss" may not have been justified but it was very real and I have never seen anything close to it since.
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The biggest recruiting frenzy I remember was Butler going to UNLV after verbally committing to us. We were ready to tar and feather the kid. I can only I imagine if he had backed out. I don't actually remember the Bass frenzy, but I believe you - it was probably a window where I wasn't following recruiting closely. The only time I personally remember anything stirred up over Bass was this:

 
The only thing that would have been worse:

If Andre Drummond had committed to UK. The board would have imploded and I don't think the pieces could have been put back together.
 
Similar to Bass was the Ike Diogu recruitment that ended with him choosing ASU over us. Sometimes we'd end up with a better player in the end, but in the case with Bass and Diogu, we could have used a big of their caliber.
 
DogMania said:
Similar to Bass was the Ike Diogu recruitment that ended with him choosing ASU over us. Sometimes we'd end up with a better player in the end, but in the case with Bass and Diogu, we could have used a big of their caliber.
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I didn't feel that Diogu was a huge deal at the time, though I do remember people being beat up about it.

We already had Caron. We had gotten Okafor the year before (and he looked promising). I guess for that 2003 year, we were a bit light in the shorts: Emeka, Mike Hayes, Marcus White, and a string bean freshman--Hilty. Oh, and the immortal Justin Brown. Villanueva, Boone and crew followed in 04. So did Championships.
 
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I didn't feel that Diogu was a huge deal at the time, though I do remember people being beat up about it.

We already had Caron. We had gotten Okafor the year before (and he looked promising). I guess for that 2003 year, we were a bit light in the shorts: Emeka, Mike Hayes, Marcus White, and a string bean freshman--Hilty. Oh, and the immortal Justin Brown. Villanueva, Boone and crew followed in 04. So did Championships.
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They weren't able to win one with Caron, and Diogu might have been the piece that put them over the top. Diogu was 2002 and would have had 2 years under his belt. I believe 2003/04 was the stuck ball loss against Texas and was the season that JC could never find that big to play next to Emeka, or spell him while he was on the bench. It was while JC was sidelined for a while, when Blaney played Marcus White who was buried deep on the bench when Calhoun was at the helm, but was not physically ready to play at the level we needed that season. If White was stronger or if it had been Diogu there in that spot, that attempted dunk would not have been stuffed and stuck between the rim and the backboard. I would have liked our chances of coming away with the W against Texas if that shot went in.
 
The board got upset in 2010 when we lost out on all the top 100 talent, but it didn't matter in the end!
 
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