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Post Player Workouts (Emeka, Diarra, Mo Bamba)

pj said:
Not long ago one of the alums, think it was Rip Hamilton, said that "we're all family at UConn, and we all love our brothers, and that's why we're all ready to help KO". Since then we've seen Ray at the Jordan Classic talking to Tremont, and now Emeka working out with Bamba. I'd be surprised if UConn isn't making a last push at Bamba. It does make a lot of sense, a rim-protecting big man who can rebound, pass, and move would make this team a national championship contender -- they have all the other pieces, especially if Waters and Wilson come.... No idea if Bamba will be receptive but I think we have a strong pitch.
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It was Caron.

This is good news. That's the type of thing that we all expected when KO started and its kind of puzzling why we haven't seen it more (could just be behind the scenes who knows). Either way we need to lean on the big name alumni now more than ever as long as we are in the AAC. Need every edge we can get.
 
Nebraskan18 said:
We are not getting Bamba, but this thread is much more fun than any other ones so what the heck..

IF WE GET SID, WATERS, AND BAMBA IM PUTTING DOWN MY LIFE SAVINGS (35$) ON US WINNING THE 5TH BANNER NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!
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100/1 odds!!!!!
 
Austin316 said:
A great BIG is the missing piece to our puzzle. Brimah was a fun project and all.... but a 1-2 year guy would put us back into national contention again. Why would he be working with Diarra and Emeka? What are the Spartacus-ing odds of that? He's been quiet for 4 months and we are the only legit program that we will start from the get-go without contention. Why the hell not us??
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Brimah was certainly not a fun project by any stretch.
 
Guy I work with plays a, leisurely, sport with a certain X head coach at UConn. Couple of things. KO is meeting with said X head coach about three to four times a month so he can get advice and learn what it take to win a championship. Winning a championship starts with recruiting certain guys and coaching them the right way (Not my words). Many within this circle believe that after KO won the championship he took his foot off the gas pedal and got too comfortable. Word is he has 'woken up' and is hungrier than ever. I also heard that while the coaching staff is trying to bring this team up to snuff it is really the 2018 and 2019 seasons where they expect to see success with recruits. Didn't hear anything about who they expected/ were optimistic they would get this summer.

Do what you will with this information ya filthy animals!
 
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After doing some research (googling Mo Bamba), it appears it's down to UK and Texas by all accounts. After seeing this post I am cautiously optimistic that maybe somehow we are still in it. If we are, certainly we should at least have a leg up on Texas, no? I mean they just had a disastrous season (11-22, didn't won one true road game). I know our season was less than ideal to put it lightly, but not even close to being as bad as Texas' season.
 
pj said:
Not long ago one of the alums, think it was Rip Hamilton, said that "we're all family at UConn, and we all love our brothers, and that's why we're all ready to help KO". Since then we've seen Ray at the Jordan Classic talking to Tremont, and now Emeka working out with Bamba. I'd be surprised if UConn isn't making a last push at Bamba. It does make a lot of sense, a rim-protecting big man who can rebound, pass, and move would make this team a national championship contender -- they have all the other pieces, especially if Waters and Wilson come.... No idea if Bamba will be receptive but I think we have a strong pitch.
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Remember in my Waters thread I mentioned another situation - it's not a coincidence.
 
HuskiesAllDay said:
It was Caron.

This is good news. That's the type of thing that we all expected when KO started and its kind of puzzling why we haven't seen it more (could just be behind the scenes who knows). Either way we need to lean on the big name alumni now more than ever as long as we are in the AAC. Need every edge we can get.
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Glen Miller did not need the NBA edge.
 
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Zionn said:
Not true. Seasons mean little. All relationships and Shaka in there strong.
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Are we in it tho?? Thats the million dollar mentally insane question lol
 
I hate myself for opening this thread.

I was finally over the lack of La Bamba shirts that would exist in Storrs. Now this....
 
The idea that he could see the overall picture as: he'd make us instantly a contender while having 2 other possible high level scoring wing/guards, getting tons of minutes because depth is an issue, he isn't interested in the aspects of UK/Duke lots of kids are, etc etc etc ...

Does not seem crazy to me, nor unprecedented. But right now we're so inclined to believe the downward turn we've had will continue rather than think we could pull a big time recruit from the big boys.

I'm there too. But I do see the scenario where it's not a crazy that he thinks we're appealing. We all just are in hyper-let-me-see-first mode.
 
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Mr. French said:
The idea that he could see the overall picture as: he'd make us instantly a contender while having 2 other possible high level scoring wing/guards, getting tons of minutes because depth is an issue, he isn't interested in the aspects of UK/Duke lots of kids are, etc etc etc ...

Does not seem crazy to me, nor unprecedented. But right now we're so inclined to believe the downward turn we've had will continue rather than think we could pull a big time recruit from the big boys.

I'm there too. But I do see the scenario where it's not a crazy that he thinks we're appealing. We all just are in hyper-let-me-see-first mode.
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Like your thought process & mindset, well stated, couldn't agree more, nice job!!

You are what the Boneyarders are all about!!
 
We need an Andre Drummond sighting right about now training with Mo Bamba. We are one Mo Bamba away from being an elite team with title aspirations. Make it happen Mo commit.

#UCONNBeastingForBamba
 
Mo Bamba watching old Duke games...

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Is there a way to make this photo smaller on here? o_O
 
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I never understood why these young kids would say we were too guard oriented. We have always had a shot-blocking anchor 5 & relied on tough rebounding. Calhoun essentially describes defensive bigs as his bedrock strategy for developing the program in the 90s in one of his books...
 
It's a reach, but we have pedigree & opportunity to rival any of those programs he's considering. Texas ? Shaka please!
 
SticksIn2032 said:
I never understood why these young kids would say we were too guard oriented. We have always had a shot-blocking anchor 5 & relied on tough rebounding. Calhoun essentially describes defensive bigs as his bedrock strategy for developing the program in the 90s in one of his books...
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It's not Calhoun's team.
 
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