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CTBasketball said:
I laugh at this Giffey-center thing. He's 6'6" and people expect him to give minutes at the 5. We sound like Quinnipiac or Marist fans wanting a 6'6" shooting small forward to be our emergency center.
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He played center a few games last year an was probably the teams best defender at the spot. He's not ideal at all but he could theoretically play a minute or two if needed during some conference games. I wouldn't want him playing any center in the NCAAT of course. There is a huge gap between the two. The conference games are going to be close to Marist in a few instances.
 
I don't think Giffeys guarding a 5 full time but he sure could switch on to one during some possessions. Great defensive IQ and hands
 
Giffey played most of the 2nd half and all of OT at C against Georgetown and was rotating on defensive rotations and defending shots at the rim better than I saw from Tyler the entire year. He also played it against Prov when Tyler and Wolf fouled out and its not like they were providing any help on the boards when we got ate up that game. Nobody is saying he should start there but in a pinch he can provide minutes.
 
CTBasketball said:
To an extent I agree, but if a kid is staying here illegally and gets a fake birth certificate then I have no problem in deeming a kid ineligible. I would deport him.
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Thankfully, deportation is one power the NCAA does not yet have. I'm sure Emmert would gladly take it though.
 
Dom Amore ‏@AmoreCourant
Kevin Ollie says NCAA is examining Kentan Facey eligibility. Confident it will work out, but not sure. #uconnmen

Neill Ostrout ‏@NeillOstrout
Ollie on Kentan Facey (who is on campus but facing eligibility issue): "I don't see it being a problem."

Neill Ostrout ‏@NeillOstrout
UConn coach Kevin Ollie on Terrence Samuel's eligibility: "I think he'll be on campus this fall...still some NCAA issues going on."

Dom Amore ‏@AmoreCourant
Terrence Samuel had to take a couple of classes over summer. Ollie expects he will be okay for fall #uconnmen

David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Kevin Ollie concerned but doesn't seem overly worried about Facey, Samuel eligibility issues. #uconn

David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Ollie on Facey: once he's able to tell his side, why he decided to come over when he did, formality of him being placed in certain grade I think that'll put case on our side. Think we'll see him with #uconn jersey on in the fall. And if not, we've gotta move on like always
 
selles said:
Thankfully, deportation is one power the NCAA does not yet have. I'm sure Emmert would gladly take it though.
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Hold one there Emmert's not that bad.




...Couldn't even type that with a straight face.
 
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tcf15 said:
Dom Amore ‏@AmoreCourant
Kevin Ollie says NCAA is examining Kentan Facey eligibility. Confident it will work out, but not sure. #uconnmen

Neill Ostrout ‏@NeillOstrout
Ollie on Kentan Facey (who is on campus but facing eligibility issue): "I don't see it being a problem."

Neill Ostrout ‏@NeillOstrout
UConn coach Kevin Ollie on Terrence Samuel's eligibility: "I think he'll be on campus this fall...still some NCAA issues going on."

Dom Amore ‏@AmoreCourant
Terrence Samuel had to take a couple of classes over summer. Ollie expects he will be okay for fall #uconnmen

David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Kevin Ollie concerned but doesn't seem overly worried about Facey, Samuel eligibility issues. #uconn

David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Ollie on Facey: once he's able to tell his side, why he decided to come over when he did, formality of him being placed in certain grade I think that'll put case on our side. Think we'll see him with #uconn jersey on in the fall. And if not, we've gotta move on like always
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So in other words, we're ducked?
 
CTBasketball said:
I laugh at this Giffey-center thing. He's 6'6" and people expect him to give minutes at the 5. We sound like Quinnipiac or Marist fans wanting a 6'6" shooting small forward to be our emergency center.
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The idea of putting our best five on the court and assassinating teams with a spread court offense isn't at all enticing to you? He played a ton of crunch time minutes in both the Cincy and Georgetown games, and UConn played just as well if not better with him at that spot than with Olander at the five. Boatright + Napier +Daniels + Calhoun + Giffey on the court = nobody in the paint for the opposing defense and wide open driving lanes for Daniels, Bazz, and Boat. Giffey's rebounding rate was just about on par with Olander's last season, plus, this gives us the flexibility to double the post, wreck havoc with our speed and athleticism on defense, and beat opposing big men up the floor in transition. As ace says, eventually this lineup will ware down having to expend so much extra energy on defense, but in two or three minute sequences per half against slower, laboring teams, I think it could work.
 
CTBasketball said:
I laugh at this Giffey-center thing. He's 6'6" and people expect him to give minutes at the 5. We sound like Quinnipiac or Marist fans wanting a 6'6" shooting small forward to be our emergency center.
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He did it last year. Were you not around? You don't run into a lot of Dwight Howards in college basketball (or the NBA, for that matter). You don't need a 7 footer in the paint - depending on the matchup there's no problem with Giffey getting minutes down there.
 
Think press like this could hurt recruiting for 2014 kids? If I'm a rival coach I'm telling kids and there parents look at the ban last year and the crap they have going on over there now!
 
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COOSCOOS13 said:
Jordan is fully academically eligible
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Is he enrolled at UConn? I thought he was going to prep school to develop his football skills more before enrolling at UConn second semester.
 
Jaybo said:
Think press like this could hurt recruiting for 2014 kids? If I'm a rival coach I'm telling kids and there parents look at the ban last year and the crap they have going on over there now!
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Nope. Pretty sure KO will be in very good graces with the NCAA.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Is he enrolled at UConn? I thought he was going to prep school to develop his football skills more before enrolling at UConn second semester.
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It appears I'm a month late on news. He enrolled at Milford Academy. That ends that.
 
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From what I found, Kentan Facey was born 07/14/1994, which makes him currently Age 19 (as of last month), but still Age 18 at the time of Graduation from Lutheran in June/May. Back track 3 years, that would have made him Age 15, nearly Age 16 when he graduated from High School in Jamaica? So maybe he should have enrolled at UConn when he was Age 16! ;)

Yet, College Basketball allows players like Mitch McGary, OJ Mayo,Tyler Hansbrough, Taj Gibson to be 20/21 year old Freshman, with 4 years of eligibility. Amazing!
 
BearJWS said:
From what I found, Kentan Facey was born 07/14/1994, which makes him currently Age 19 (as of last month), but still Age 18 at the time of Graduation from Lutheran in June/May. Back track 3 years, that would have made him Age 15, nearly Age 16 when he graduated from High School in Jamaica? So maybe he should have enrolled at UConn when he was Age 16! ;)

Yet, College Basketball allows players like Mitch McGary, OJ Mayo,Tyler Hansbrough, Taj Gibson to be 20/21 year old Freshman, with 4 years of eligibility. Amazing!
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And Don Mattingly's 26-year-old son is about to play basketball at Lamar.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Is he enrolled at UConn? I thought he was going to prep school to develop his football skills more before enrolling at UConn second semester.
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HE IS A MILFORD (AKA PRISON CAMP) I MEANT HE IS FULLY QUALIFIED NOT THERE FOR ACADEMICS-
 
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Uconn just hired an assistant for Warde that has 10 years working enforcement issues at the NCAA. One would think she can get the NCAA's attention on this prior to the start of the season.
 
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