Players that got away

[superjohn]

Isaiah Fox was the real one that got away and led to Emeka.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Has to be Durant or Camby. That said, things worked out pretty well for us in most cases.

 

[mauconnfan]

Courtney Alexander transfer from UVA. I think UConn was a lock but there was domestic issues? Ended up at Fresno.

Corchianni too no?

 

[mauconnfan]

Phil Dixon via Canada ended up at Utah after being thrown out of Storrs while taking summer classes or working out with team prior to his freshman year. Maybe woman issues, hand crushed glass .

 

[CallMeBruce]

Oops, I was thinking Jamaal Sampson who I believe went to Arizona. Why didn't we get Diogu? I believe we were the favorites.

You're thinking of Isaiah Fox.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Did Gomes “get away?” Were we really on him? Just wondering.

 

[HooperScooper]

You're thinking of Isaiah Fox.

UConn lost out on Fox (Arizona) and Sampson to Cal. I think Sampson was actually JC's first choice. I could be wrong, but I remember being very disappointed when Sampson chose Cal and I don't remember much about losing out on Fox.

 

[superjohn]

Did Gomes “get away?” Were we really on him? Just wondering.

It took Wayne Simone 18 months to sell Tim Welsh on him. Geezus f*^^ing christ...

 

[XLCenterFan]

It took Wayne Simone 18 months to sell Tim Welsh on him. Geezus f*^^ing christ...

I used to play AAU hoops in CT. I tried out for a Wayne Simone team once. He was very off-putting. I never followed up with his program.

 

[huskyfan224]

Yea that one hurts, having one of the best basketball players of all time as an alumni would be great to have

Durant took quite the payday to go there.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Good ones. Remember Perry Carter too who ended up at Ohio St first big time recruit we almost stole.

I remember being so happy beating OSU/Perry Carter to win the NIT.

 

[MTHusky]

Tom Roy

 

[MTHusky]

Walter Luckett, great baller but tore up a knee and never played in the NBA. Was almost a package deal with Tom Roy.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Durant took quite the payday to go there.

I’m sure that investment has paid off now

 

[AdamaNation]

Kevin Durant. Texas is crooked. ;-)

Billy Curley. JC said this was his biggest loss in recruiting. He really wanted Curley. Even the other BE coaches involved thought he was UConn bound.

If I’m not mistaken KD was part of a class that may have included Wayne Ellington and the Lawson ad well.

 

[AdamaNation]

Curley was a big miss three ways.
He lost every game he played against UConn.
We missed out on a player that may have helped us win a NC or two.
Curley missed out on playing and developing under Calhoun.

Anthony Harris??
Diamond
Brandon Jennings even though we got kemba
Josh selby
Cory Joseph we got Bazz
Brandon knight We got bazz
Diarra
Camby( imagine him with Marshall And ray)
Rodney purvis the first time

 

[olehead]

Courtney Alexander transfer from UVA. I think UConn was a lock but there was domestic issues? Ended up at Fresno.

Believe Alexander played high school ball in Ct.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Believe Alexander played high school ball in Ct.

Yeah I think he split time in CT and VA.

 

[Chief00]

It’s part of recruiting, you just keep moving forward into your next plan. The population pool isn’t fixed as some assume, it keeps changing with guys reclassifying, changing their minds and transferring in the portal.

 

[temery]

He's by far the biggest player who got away. If he came to UConn there would be 1 or 2 more national championships here. Camby and Ray Allen together would've possibly made for one of the best college bball teams ever.

That would have been vacated.

 

[mauconnfan]

Phil Lott and the kid Powell (marvin?) from Hartford went to MD and shot it really well. I believe he almost transferred to UConn too???

 

[huskyrob1]

Was wondering after El Ellis, how many of the players that got away from us at the last minute turned out to be great players. I know we really wanted Precious last year and he turned out to be everything we thought he would be.

Best recruits we just missed on?

One of Calhoun's biggest disappointments was losing out on Wayne Turner (Kentucky) and Randell Jackson (FSU) in the same year. It was around 1995-1996 IIRC.

 

[rayrayfor3]

Remember when we lost out on Brandon Knight and Cory Joseph? We got stuck with that reclass guy Shabazz..

 

[alexd]

That would have been vacated.

Yep. The Sports agent that got to Camby also got to Ricky Moore and Kirk King.

 

[temery]

Yep. The Sports agent that got to Camby also got to Ricky Moore and Kirk King.

No comparison as to what was taken by each. Camby didn't even hide it, and Calipari didn't care (or was behind it all).

 

[August_West]

Camby was a great college player, but it’s hard to argue he would’ve made those UConn teams better .

29-5 , 28-5, 32-3 respectively.

That’s UConn’s record during cambys time.

things don’t happen in a vacuum. This isn’t fantasy sports.

problem is no titles. But our style was set in those years built around yell and then ray. It obviously worked.

does camby help that? I don’t know. Did Drummond help a team coming off a natty? I say no. Great talent and guy but it upset the Apple cart.

 

[Waquoit]

No comparison as to what was taken by each. Camby didn't even hide it, and Calipari didn't care (or was behind it all).

When asked about all the gold Camby was wearing, the Squid said he thought it was "zirconia". He was flying so high he didn't need to even lie accurately.

 

[superjohn]

Camby was a great college player, but it’s hard to argue he would’ve made those UConn teams better .

29-5 , 28-5, 32-3 respectively.

That’s UConn’s record during cambys time.

things don’t happen in a vacuum. This isn’t fantasy sports.

problem is no titles. But our style was set in those years built around yell and then ray. It obviously worked.

does camby help that? I don’t know. Did Drummond help a team coming off a natty? I say no. Great talent and guy but it upset the Apple cart.

Yep, the best player in the country wouldn't have made those teams better.

 

[August_West]

Yep, the best player in the country wouldn't have made those teams better.

Wasn’t Drummond best player in country?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Wasn’t Drummond best player in country?

"That's different."