Phil nolan commits

[superjohn]

Are we recruiting Norvel Pelle?

 

[UConnSwag11]

bazz, boat/calhoun/evans, calhoun/giff/evans/daniels, TO/Nolan/evans, TO/Nolan/wolf... is this kind of what might happen? i know i listed everyone just seeing if this is what people feel...

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

He's only about 5-11 and not very athletic

Wow...is this what we have fallen to? Any description of a recruit that has that as the starting line really gets the excitement going!

 

[caw]

I'm honestly a bit shocked by this commitment.

Getting a borderline top 100 player at this stage of the game is very impressive to the recruiting staff.

I guess this puts the roster at:

Napier, Boatright, Evans, Calhoun

Daniels, Giffey

Olander, Wolf, Nolan

Another 4 or 5 could make this team fairly decent and allow UConn to pursue 4 players in 2013.

2014 Giffey, Olander, Wolf and Napier would all be gone and those 4 scholarships would be open.

 

[Dann]

you know what i'm shocked about? that this board has lost its diehards and guys who follow the recruit scene to the point where a cuse fan comes over here to break us the news that we got a commit. chesus.

 

[2Infinity]

"The Huskies are desperate for front court help after three key members of post duo — Alex Oriakhi (transfer to Missouri), Andre Drummond (NBA Draft), Michael Bradley (transfer to Western Kentucky) and Roscoe Smith (released from scholarship) have bolted the team after last year's first-round NCAA loss."

Trying to decipher what the beginning of the sentence means. After three key members of post due. Am I just completely misreading this or does it not make sense? Especially when he goes on to list 4 players.

I agree with a prior post that this article is poorly written and filled with opinion, instead of news. Someone else made the point that he actually only attended three HSs and not the five that the author mentions.

As for your question, well this is poorly written as well. I think he means that UConn has lost three key members (the fourth being Bradley) of their front court duo (positions). UConn did play a fair amount of the time with three guards, but also quite a bit with three front court positions , whether you are using a center or three forwards. So not sure why he is saying duo except to make his point sound even more dramatic. And lastly...I understand it' trendy to bash UConn...but why be doing it to this HS kid as well? What class this guy has!!

 

[Danzz]

you know what i'm shocked about? that this board has lost its diehards and guys who follow the recruit scene to the point where a cuse fan comes over here to break us the news that we got a commit. chesus.

True, 99 usually catches these things and in the past Hooper Scooper would have been all over it. There are a lot on Boneyarders from 10+ years ago who no longer post or post infrequently.

 

[businesslawyer]

Any rumors of us looking at a JUCO big? I'd take Johnnie Selvie or Chuck Hayes right about now.

 

[g_smith]

I checked out some of his twit pics, this is the college recruitment mail he was getting back in december. DAMN haha. So pumped we finally got a big man!

 

[UCHuskies08]

you know what i'm shocked about? that this board has lost its diehards and guys who follow the recruit scene to the point where a cuse fan comes over here to break us the news that we got a commit. chesus.

People are more focused on making 10923484 threads saying Calhoun needs to make an announcement soon. Cuz they said so.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

He's 6' 10" and he shot 77% from the foul line last year.

Good enough for me based on that alone.

 

[Fishy]

I was pretty much sold after I saw his name and read that he committed.

The whole part about being tall and able to play basketball was just gravy.

 

[Adios]

Welcome, Nolan!

 

[UofCT]

Great News!

 

[hungry husky]

Fantastic! Should be getting 25+ minutes a night from Day 1!

 

[huskymagic]

I say save the scholarship, unless we get Opbeka i don't think there is anything else left in this class. Save one for a stud down the road.

This class still has the beast that is Devonta Pollard. We should be going after Devonta big time with or without Obekpa committing. We will still have 4 scholarships for next year with Evans graduating so we will still have plenty of scholarships for big time recruits for next year.

P.S. Phil Nolan is already an upgrade to Wolf and Olander put together so this was a very good signing. He's 6'10 who can shoot and has great athleticism, and he has the confidence that he believes he's a great player and has been undervalued. I like it. Good signing for Calhoun now lets get another surprise with Devonta and Obekpa for this year.

 

[nomar]

This should, but of course won't, put an end to the CALHOUN HAS TO SAY PUBLICLY WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO nonsense.

What matters is what he says to the recruits, not what he says to Dom Amore. This should have been obvious based on the last couple offseasons.

 

[Jim]

Before everyone goes orgasmic that we signed a new recruit, does anyone know what kind of grades this kid has? I'd hate for him to be part of the square root club and bring down the APR any further.

 

[champs99and04]

Don't know much about the kid but the fact that he's boarderline top 100, 6'10, and can play PF or C is good enough for me to call this great news.

Welcome aboard, Phil. Would be nice to add one more big heading into next season.

 

[UCHuskies08]

Before everyone goes orgasmic that we signed a new recruit, does anyone know what kind of grades this kid has? I'd hate for him to be part of the square root club and bring down the APR any further.

I hear he got a B+ in Social Studies, a B- in Creative Writing, a C+ in Trigonometery.......

What are we, his guidance counsilor?

 

[BarkingDog]

I was going to write something about the committment, but chris bosh just made me fall out of my chair laughing. That is too funny.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

If he is half as good as the last Milwaukee area recruit who also played HS ball in the Northeast, I will be overjoyed!

 

[djct1999]

just read borges's interview......sounds to me that ollie played a huge role in this. this sort of came out of left field, but the more i read about this kid, like reminding people of chris bosh, has to make people excited. more importantly, i think if we read between the lines a bit, it only strengthens the belief that the staff is telling kids that ollie is def the next coach.

 

[superjohn]

Looks like a nice late pick up and he definitely fills a need but let's calm down with the Bosh comparisons, Bosh was top 5 coming into college.

 

[djct1999]

From UConnBall and Chevtheman:

"As far as his game, Phil runs the floor well, rebounds, blocks shots, has a nice mid range jumper and can finish around the basket. Reminds many a little of Chris Bosh."