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I’m sorry but if this happens this is bigger than the Fab 5 from a recruiting standpoint. I’ve never seen a coach literally get every single guy he wanted in year 12, let alone year 2ish
 
HuskyFich said:
I’m sorry but if this happens this is bigger than the Fab 5 from a recruiting standpoint. I’ve never seen a coach literally get every single guy he wanted in year 12, let alone year 2ish
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A lot of these kids are from Memphis. Penny needs to have a really good season to keep national recruits flowing in. That or get bigger bags
 
Memphis has the #1 overall class.
The AAC middle is now making their push to the top of the league.
It’s gonna be a fun year.
 

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JMick said:
A lot of these kids are from Memphis. Penny needs to have a really good season to keep national recruits flowing in. That or get bigger bags
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Not trying to be that guy but...

Boogie Ellis - Cali
Lester Quinones - NY
Precious Achiuwa - Florida
James Wiseman - Memphis
Rayjon Tucker - North Carolina
 
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HuskyFich said:
Not trying to be that guy but...

Boogie Ellis - Cali
Lester Quinones - NY
Precious Achiuwa - Florida
James Wiseman - Memphis
Rayjon Tucker - North Carolina
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I thought Achiuwa was from New Jersey.
 
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Any time a top ranked recruit decides to wait until the spring AND not take official visits in the fall, you best take your 2nd and 3rd ranked player over him if they're willing to commit. Do not wait.

It is obviously very telling when that happens. & when the player visits Western Kentucky. Also a very big tell.
 
What makes me most mad is that UConn is by far the bigger brand, with the bigger fanbase, with more tradition/history/prestige...but even located in the most populous pocket of the country (with highest household income), we still do not have a sugar daddy/mommy willing to pay top dollar for the top recruits.

Kudos to Memphis for finding their sugar daddy and promoting him to AD. They'll likely get to a Final Four now, eventually earn a P5 conference invitation, then have to vacate this Final Four long after they are in a P5 conference...which won't matter because they'd be in the money club and will be able to do whatever they want. Following Louisville's blueprint perfectly, to be honest.

I'm so fired up to read UConn's APR scores release though.
 
Dooley said:
What makes me most mad is that UConn is by far the bigger brand, with the bigger fanbase, with more tradition/history/prestige...but even located in the most populous pocket of the country (with highest household income), we still do not have a sugar daddy/mommy willing to pay top dollar for the top recruits.

Kudos to Memphis for finding their sugar daddy and promoting him to AD. They'll likely get to a Final Four now, eventually earn a P5 conference invitation, then have to vacate this Final Four long after they are in a P5 conference...which won't matter because they'd be in the money club and will be able to do whatever they want. Following Louisville's blueprint perfectly, to be honest.

I'm so fired up to read UConn's APR scores release though.
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They’re not going to the final 4 lmaoo
 
Dooley said:
What makes me most mad is that UConn is by far the bigger brand, with the bigger fanbase, with more tradition/history/prestige...but even located in the most populous pocket of the country (with highest household income), yet we still do not have a sugar daddy/mommy willing to pay top dollar for the top recruits.

Kudos to Memphis for finding their sugar daddy and promoting him to AD. They'll likely get to a Final Four now, eventually earn a P5 conference invitation, then have to vacate this Final Four long after they are in a P5 conference...which won't matter because they'd be in the money club and will be able to do whatever they want. Following Louisville's blueprint perfectly, to be honest.

I'm so fired up to read UConn's APR scores release though.
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Again, we've never known how to play the game. Only time we were ever really a part of the game was when Lew Perkins was running things but we've never had the sugar daddies.
 
Jbirdp5 said:
Well at least now we can get out of this holding pattern and find out what the staff is doing with the final roster spot.
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We don't have a final roster spot. All full at the moment.

superjohn said:
Not true. He's spreading that sneaker/FedEx money all over the country.
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True Story. Since FedEx is an international company, maybe some of that cash will make its way out of the country.
 
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Dooley said:
What makes me most mad is that UConn is by far the bigger brand, with the bigger fanbase, with more tradition/history/prestige...but even located in the most populous pocket of the country (with highest household income), we still do not have a sugar daddy/mommy willing to pay top dollar for the top recruits.

Kudos to Memphis for finding their sugar daddy and promoting him to AD. They'll likely get to a Final Four now, eventually earn a P5 conference invitation, then have to vacate this Final Four long after they are in a P5 conference...which won't matter because they'd be in the money club and will be able to do whatever they want. Following Louisville's blueprint perfectly, to be honest.

I'm so fired up to read UConn's APR scores release though.
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Hurley has a vastly different approach to recruiting and building a program than Penny.

Hurley is trying to build a college program. Penny is trying to build an NBA factory.

Trust me, I'd love to be in Memphis' position right now. I'm just saying their approach is different, and I like the way Hurley is doing it. We are going for the Villanova approach, they are going for the Kentucky approach.
 
Dooley said:
What makes me most mad is that UConn is by far the bigger brand, with the bigger fanbase, with more tradition/history/prestige...but even located in the most populous pocket of the country (with highest household income), we still do not have a sugar daddy/mommy willing to pay top dollar for the top recruits.

Kudos to Memphis for finding their sugar daddy ...
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The FBI is sending parents to jail for bribing a college choice for their kids, using the charge of "mail fraud". The same logic applies to bribing a high school basketball player's college choice. And we know the FBI is looking into these arrangements. It is only a matter of time before the "sugar daddies" start getting prosecuted for mail fraud.

So why would anyone want to become a sugar daddy? What's in it for the daddy?
 
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pj said:
The FBI is sending parents to jail for bribing a college choice for their kids, using the charge of "mail fraud". The same logic applies to bribing a high school basketball player's college choice. And we know the FBI is looking into these arrangements. It is only a matter of time before the "sugar daddies" start getting prosecuted for mail fraud.

So why would anyone want to become a sugar daddy? What's in it for the daddy?
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Boosters are a strange breed.
 
pj said:
The FBI is sending parents to jail for bribing a college choice for their kids, using the charge of "mail fraud". The same logic applies to bribing a high school basketball player's college choice. And we know the FBI is looking into these arrangements. It is only a matter of time before the "sugar daddies" start getting prosecuted for mail fraud.

So why would anyone want to become a sugar daddy? What's in it for the daddy?
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Memphis just named their sugar daddy their new AD. That gives him access to line pockets up and down P5 conferences / NCAA on Memphis' behalf. And if this guy can deliver another community college to a P5 conference like Louisville, that's the type of ego drive these boosters live for.
 
I don't think anyone really thought we had a chance here with him never visiting us? I guess it was more wishing that NC or Kansas would get him instead of Memphis.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
Hurley has a vastly different approach to recruiting and building a program than Penny.

Hurley is trying to build a college program. Penny is trying to build an NBA factory.

Trust me, I'd love to be in Memphis' position right now. I'm just saying their approach is different, and I like the way Hurley is doing it. We are going for the Villanova approach, they are going for the Kentucky approach.
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Yeah I get that and agree. We've never been a one-and-done type of program. I'm just impatient and tired of years without tournament bids.
 
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