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Precious to Memphis

It would appear this is Hardaway taking the "short-term, do-whatever-it-takes to win immediately" approach... VS. ...Hurley taking the long-term, building-a-winning-culture-through-good-habits approach, and identifying 3-4 year foundational players.

For Hardaway, good luck. Eye-candy in the beginning, but typically does not turn into sustainable or consistent success (championships).

If anything this helps recruiting for the good guys and the conference as a whole. What true competitor doesn't want to go up against the best competition?
 
tcf15 said:
I'm like 95% certain it will.
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I get the same feeling. It's tough to get that many good recruits in one class. Wiseman is going to be a stud. No question on that one. The rest of the guys will be fighting for minutes and some of them won't be happy. Hardaway will have have to earn his money this year.
 
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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We’re in repair mode right now. I’m sure most of these kids would likely commit to a vintage UConn program right now but we’re trying to get back to being competitive. It’s a slow process. One misplaced duffle bag could set us back another 5-10 years.
 
It’s disgusting that this can happen. It’s clear as day whts happening in Memphis and the NCAA doesn’t care
 
InKembaITrust said:
If anything this helps recruiting for the good guys and the conference as a whole. What true competitor doesn't want to go up against the best competition?
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I don’t know. It probably helps ACC teams, though the ACC had cache before K started going heavily for 1-and-dones. But has Kentucky helped the recruiting at other SEC schools? Did UK help Auburn put together its team? I really don’t know, but it doesn’t feel like the SEC has become a better basketball conference.
 
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tcf15 said:
I'm like 95% certain it will.
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Boogie Ellis and Tucker were huge. They're both going to score for sure. Achiuwa and Wiseman may not score as much as people expect, but those two kids could make up for it. Jeffries, Achiuwa, and Wiseman should be a monstrous defensive frontcourt too.

But overall they lack experience both as players and coaches, so we'll see if their talent wins out there.
 
Dooley said:
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.
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Acting/Interim AD... Memphis Commercial Appeal:Who could replace Tom Bowen as Memphis athletics director?

>>... Tom Jurich: Jurich served as an athletics director from 1988-2017 at Northern Arizona, Colorado State and Louisville. His most notable achievements came in his 20-year stretch with Louisville, overseeing an Orange Bowl victory, Sugar Bowl victory and 2013 men's basketball national championship that later was vacated. While Jurich was in place for the controversial rehiring of football coach Bobby Petrino and retainment of basketball coach Rick Pitino, as well as NCAA sanctions in men's basketball, he also helped elevate the school's resources and profile to the point that it was invited to the ACC. Louisville and Jurich reached a $4.5 million settlement after he stepped down in wake the national federal corruption investigation of college basketball.<<
 
Bad for Uconn, good for the AAC. They have added another team to make them more relevant in the post season. We all know the Huskies will return to glory. Staying in conference is actually great news. Except for actually not getting him. Although is no surprise to the staff who has not been hounding him as of late.
 
Kemba2Rememba said:
How come chief didn’t tell us The Dam is actually in Tennessee???
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Someone needs to photoshop this picture with $100 bills overflowing from that bag in the aisle.

Mind you, I'm not one of those people saying they're paying recruits.

View image on Twitter
 
formerlurker said:
This will be one of the "surprises" we were promised in February.
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Have we landed Any guys we’ve been involved with for a long time AND had the drivers seat in since Jalen? Precious Diallo even young man from TX cheesin with mek and mo.
 
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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Because we look the other way on sports in America if you're a top program.
 
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Memphis is playing the game that Duke and Kentucky get away with. The problem is they aren’t Duke or Kentucky. If they get caught cheating it’s over
 
I don’t understand why everyone is assuming they paid players. They pick up the #1 recruit who is from Memphis (insert sarcastic surprise). Who wouldn’t want to play with the best player who will be a lottery pick. The pitch for Memphis is great. Play for an NBA star, with other future nba stars, in a conference that you can easily win, make it to the tournament an make a run at the final four and be a serious contender for a national champion. How is that not superior to Uconn’s pitch. “ oh well UConn is kinda close to your hometown I guess. We used to win national championships all the time. You could lead this team to greatness or it might show your downfalls of being unable to lead a team and tank your draft stock. Oh I forgot to mention that we just finished 9th in the AAC and were below .500... again. But hey we have 4 good players coming in so join them. Well Memphis has 4 better players coming in lol. Y’all crazy
 
Never thought UConn had a ghost of a chance in the first place
Tom Bowen announces he is leaving Memphis CC as the AD on Tuesday - he's no fool - he has no interest in getting his name muddied
I understand the Penny allure to these kids but Memphis is a hairy armpit of a "city" and a great place for these kids to find crap to get into - we'll see
Its an amazing recruiting class but it does make one wonder
Best of luck to all these kids and looking forward to UConn facing them in 2019-2020 because most of them won't be around at Memphis CC in 2020-21
 
ucawn said:
I don’t understand why everyone is assuming they paid players. They pick up the #1 recruit who is from Memphis (insert sarcastic surprise). Who wouldn’t want to play with the best player who will be a lottery pick. The pitch for Memphis is great. Play for an NBA star, with other future nba stars, in a conference that you can easily win, make it to the tournament an make a run at the final four and be a serious contender for a national champion. How is that not superior to Uconn’s pitch. “ oh well UConn is kinda close to your hometown I guess. We used to win national championships all the time. You could lead this team to greatness or it might show your downfalls of being unable to lead a team and tank your draft stock. Oh I forgot to mention that we just finished 9th in the AAC and were below .500... again. But hey we have 4 good players coming in so join them. Well Memphis has 4 better players coming in lol. Y’all crazy
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"Y'all crazy"?

I don't know if Memphis is paying players. It's entirely possible they are, and it's entirely possible they aren't.

But have you followed college basketball recruiting the last 20 years? Or nah
 
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This whole thing goes to show you when a previous NBA superstar really wants to grind day in & day out, they can be a heck of a recruiter both at the college & NBA level, fortunately Magic didn’t want to. Penny looks like he enjoys the grind of coaching & recruiting, happy for him.
 
HooperScooper said:
Someone needs to photoshop this picture with $100 bills overflowing from that bag in the aisle.

Mind you, I'm not one of those people saying they're paying recruits.

View image on Twitter
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You have to respect Memphis for investing in a private jet for their basketball coaches. It's a sound investment of university funds.
 
Would have been great seeing him as a Husky. Hope we beat him every time. Other than that, best of luck to him.

Penny is going to be a problem for at least the next four years.
 
Weird stuff and Memphis recruiting is nothing new. Aside from the stuff Pastner and Cal actually got caught for people tend to forget the super sketchy hiring of Keelon Lawson who just happened to be the father of of some top rated recruits.
 
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