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Precious announcing this weekend? And Bill Self may or may not be a terrible human being

B1GEast said:
I hope he doesn't play the hat game
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Ha, couldn’t agree more. Question for recruiting gurus on here...

Has UConn ever signed a recruit who announced on national tv with 3 hats in front of him??

Not a single recruit comes to mind
 
djct1999 said:
Plan b is a sit 1 play 2 when you have no front court. Sure. Plan A/B committed to Illinois or will commit to Memphis this weekend. Try again.
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I was talking strictly uncommitted people we're pursuing, obviously Kofi was Plan A. People can talk about big, big, big all they want, but it's clear Hurley has prioritized Cole
 
nyhuskies13 said:
Ha, couldn’t agree more. Question for recruiting gurus on here...

Has UConn ever signed a recruit who announced on national tv with 3 hats in front of him??

Not a single recruit comes to mind
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Not all recruits use hats. For example, Wiseman used a stuffed unicorn.
 
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JimHurley said:
I’m thinking he realizes there’s only 1 scholarship left at Memphis and he wants to take it before anyone else does.
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Do they still have one left after Boogie Ellis committed?
 
navery12 said:
I was talking strictly uncommitted people we're pursuing, obviously Kofi was Plan A. People can talk about big, big, big all they want, but it's clear Hurley has prioritized Cole
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And he would be a very nice add. But Hurley even said after the season that our front court needs to be addressed. It hasn't.
 
djct1999 said:
And he would be a very nice add. But Hurley even said after the season that our front court needs to be addressed. It hasn't.
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Hopefully we're able to land one of our top 2020 targets and we'll have a good frontcourt again
 
With the way things are taking shape in the AAC, Hurley should eventually find bigs consistently.
 
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NYtoCT said:
Do they still have one left after Boogie Ellis committed?
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Yup. Plus Penny's son is on scholarship right now, but since he gets free tuition for being an employee's kid, Penny can move him to walk-on status.
 
HawkHusky said:
Yup. Plus Penny's son is on scholarship right now, but since he gets free tuition for being an employee's kid, Penny can move him to walk-on status.
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I'm sure either way it doesn't matter for someone who has tons of money like Hardaway does, but Memphis employees only get a 50% discount.
 
I really don’t get this. What is so sexy about Memphis?

We are in the same conference, have better facilities, are much better academically (I know not a huge deal for 1 and done), have a better pedigree, have a proven x and o’s coach, and a huge hole on our roster to fill. It makes no sense. I get Kentucky or duke or UNC or Kansas, even UCLA or Indiana. I don’t get Memphis, or, Illinois for that matter. At all.
 
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HobokenHusky said:
I really don’t get this. What is so sexy about Memphis?

We are in the same conference, have better facilities, are much better academically (I know not a huge deal for 1 and done), have a better pedigree and have a proven x and o’s coach, and a huge hole on our roster to fill. It makes no sense. I get Kentucky or duke or UNC or Kansas, even UCLA or Indiana. I don’t get Memphis, or, Illinois for that matter. At all.
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Penny seems to be selling recruits on a national takeover, more exciting and a little less mainstream alternative to Duke and Kentucky. Its new, fresh, and aggressive. Kids can be sold on this type of vision.
 
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Kenny11 said:
Penny seems to be selling recruits on a national takeover, more exciting and a little less mainstream alternative to Duke and Kentucky. Its new, fresh, and aggressive. Kids can be sold on this type of vision.
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This is the most fitting explanation. I am thinking the same thing but couldn’t word it. Memphis right now is just “in-style.”
 
I get keeping local studs with his AAU connects but Penny has somehow in a matter of weeks cleared out his entire roster and brought in studs from all around the country. No worries about playing time for kids joining a 8 man class full of studs.

When it comes to our recruiting all we ever here is longterm relationships/putting in the time and recruits being scared off by lack of available playing time because of all our 3 and 4 stars. Penny just waves his magic wand, must be nice.
 
superjohn said:
I get keeping local studs with his AAU connects but Penny has somehow in a matter of weeks cleared out his entire roster and brought in studs from all around the country. No worries about playing time for kids joining a 8 man class full of studs.

When it comes to our recruiting all we ever here is longterm relationships/putting in the time and recruits being scared off by lack of available playing time because of all our 3 and 4 stars. Penny just waves his magic wand, must be nice.
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Scared off or "lured" away? Truth is, there are many reasons why a school like Memphis can have sustained success in recruiting: a) coach with a strong shoe company relationship b) easy admissions c) administration that gladly looks the "other" way. Does UConn have any of that?
 
Memphis is going to be a suped up AAU team next season. They aren’t guaranteed success. Penny better win or all of this momentum is going to come swinging back the other way. Give me a Hurley’s approach any day. He taking the long term approach(singles and doubles), he’s taking contact swings. Penny is swinging for the fences. He better hit the ball.....
 
HawkHusky said:
Yup. Plus Penny's son is on scholarship right now, but since he gets free tuition for being an employee's kid, Penny can move him to walk-on status.
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Not sure that's the case after he's been a scholarship player. But I don't know that for a fact.
 
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AntG168 said:
Memphis is going to be a suped up AAU team next season. They aren’t guaranteed success. Penny better win or all of this momentum is going to come swinging back the other way. Give me a Hurley’s approach any day. He taking the long term approach(singles and doubles), he’s taking contact swings. Penny is swinging for the fences. He better hit the ball.....
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Last season, Duke started 3 of the projected NBA drafts top 10 picks and didn't make the Final Four. How are things in Raleigh? Memphis will be fine as long as Penny remains coach and his program remains a "priority" destination.
 
djct1999 said:
Last season, Duke started 3 of the projected NBA drafts top 10 picks and didn't make the Final Four. How are things in Raleigh? Memphis will be fine as long as Penny remains coach and his program remains a "priority" destination.
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I don't like comparing the greatness of Duke & Coach K to that of Memphis and Penny but your point is not moot.
 
djct1999 said:
Last season, Duke started 3 of the projected NBA drafts top 10 picks and didn't make the Final Four. How are things in Raleigh? Memphis will be fine as long as Penny remains coach and his program remains a "priority" destination.
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Coach K has shown he can coach at an elite level. If penny cannot coach the talent he brings in, things will fall apart very quickly at a place like Memphis
 
AntG168 said:
Coach K has shown he can coach at an elite level. If penny cannot coach the talent he brings in, things will fall apart very quickly at a place like Memphis
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Not disagreeing about Coach K. The similarities between Duke and Memphis solely lay in the past few recruiting classes for Duke and this one for Memphis. Neither have anything to do with X's and O's. Penny's future success won't either.
 
djct1999 said:
Not disagreeing about Coach K. The similarities between Duke and Memphis solely lay in the past few recruiting classes for Duke and this one for Memphis. Neither have anything to do with X's and O's. Penny's future success won't either.
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I disagree. If Memphis doesn’t win all of the “exposure” will be negative. He has to win. Not necessarily a championship. But they better be at minimum a top 20 team all season
 
businesslawyer said:
Not sure that's the case after he's been a scholarship player. But I don't know that for a fact.
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If he was recruited in high school then he has to be on scholarship as a freshman, but scholarships are (or used to be) year to year, and at some point players can move from scholarship to off scholarship. Not sure of the details or whether the NCAA has been altering rules, or if Memphis has its own policy, but odds are he can take the scholarship from his son and still have him play.
 
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