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Looks like I might be wrong...

clearly we have ties in GA. I've heard some thing about this kid since September when i last posted, i just don't see how he fits with polley and possibly hami. Hammonds is a serious prospect, he could be ollies jewel for this class.
 
clearly we have ties in GA. I've heard some thing about this kid since September when i last posted, i just don't see how he fits with polley and possibly hami. Hammonds is a serious prospect, he could be ollies jewel for this class.
well, Hamidou looks pretty shiny and bright, but not signed so who knows. This kid does look very good on a couple of videos that I've seen. He's a smooth looking athlete who can handle up the court and see other players (at least sometimes). He's got some range on his jumper too. He doesn't look to be a ultra-super leaper, but a multi-threat tall wing. He looks like he's pretty strong and could get stronger to be more of a force on the boards (again, based solely on a couple of videos). He does seem close to Polley in what type of player he is, but Hammonds does seem a little smoother and more skilled.
 
I am very excited for the class of 18 kids that we are in on. But I don't think you can turn down a spot for a top 50 combo forward. This kid has game.
 
I agree with almost your entire post. But there is no recruit taking Hami's spot. KO has spent more time on Hami than any recruit ever.
I didn't mean to suggest he would. Quite the opposite, I quoted James who said Hammonds could be the gem of the class. I said that Hami looks pretty shiny and bright to mean that his gem will shine the brightest if he comes, but he's not signed so we can't count on him. To me, Hammonds looks very good and I would love to get him, but at this point Hamidou would be our clear gem if he were only to sign.
 
This kid looks way better than #60, definitely a riser.
 
Scholarship crunches usually have a way of figuring themselves out. Transfers, early departures from college, ect.

Not every prospect pans out or is a fit at their school. If UConn gets lucky enough and all of their recruits in 2016 and 2017 do, then nobody will be complaining about 2018 scholarships, because the team will be amazing.
 
Larrier might be living up to the offseason hype at practice if we're opening it back up with 2017 SFs.
 
Scholarship crunches usually have a way of figuring themselves out. Transfers, early departures from college, ect.

Not every prospect pans out or is a fit at their school. If UConn gets lucky enough and all of their recruits in 2016 and 2017 do, then nobody will be complaining about 2018 scholarships, because the team will be amazing.
Yea it nobody leaves early and we add hami and this kid. That team would be #1 in the country imo
 
Larrier might be living up to the offseason hype at practice if we're opening it back up with 2017 SFs.

He'll be a junior when Hammonds arrives, should he commit.
 
He'll be a junior when Hammonds arrives, should he commit.
He's made his way into mock drafts already, so if he plays well this year he could be gone by the time Hammonds would be in Storrs.
 
Hammonds is a very nice player, but will be a very real challenge to pull out of the South. Go get him Ricky!!
Early NLI signing period is November 9th-16th. If his visit date stays to the original first weekend of November, it could put Ollie in a great spot to seal the deal.
 
Hearing he might commit after his visit. Not sure how far though.

Good to hear. Everyone likes a top 50 guy on the rise. He's sort of a smaller-side power forward, correct?

How do you think this would impact us with HamD in the bad probably (I think he's coming...) and us working hard on Mo Bamba?
 
We're actually in the running for this kid? I saw the article that was posted that said we were dropped. Thought we were dead in the water
 
We're actually in the running for this kid? I saw the article that was posted that said we were dropped. Thought we were dead in the water

I was surprised too. But anything can happen once you get them on an official visit, who knows.

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I'm more impressed with this kid the more I look up. Has a pretty no frills game, but he's most recently measured at 6'9 220lbs--perfect size for a stretch four in our system.
 
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This would not impact Hami and only Mo due to limited 'ships. The one to feel this impact would be Polly.

Yeah. I was thinking that it might impact the two PF's we already have on the roster if MoBa decides to commit. He's obviously not going to blink over a #130 recruit on the roster if they're still offering him a spot.

Things have a way of working out with transfers and NBA departures anyways. Not gonna speculate of course.

For reference... Rayshaun's EYBL stats were very similar to HamD's (obviously from a different position)... Shows you the kind of kid we're working with. I think his ranking might be a little lower because he just had that recent growth spurt, has a kind of old man game, and isn't hyper-athletic like Hami D is.

I'll take him.
 
FWIW, Slater on 247 was saying that UConn is probably out of the Bamba race because they've been asking about available bigs to get involved with.

If that's true, Hami and Hammonds can easily get the final two scholarships.
 
FWIW, Slater on 247 was saying that UConn is probably out of the Bamba race because they've been asking about available bigs to get involved with.

Yeah.. MAL, HamD, Hammonds, Polley, and Carlton would be a pretty excellent class if it happened.

We're just not really recruiting the level of bigs we did in the Calhoun days because Ollie is known as a big-time guard coach. I think if one of Diarra, Enoch, Durham, Polley, Carlton can develop, people might start to see him otherwise... Only need one for some name recognition with the hs kids.
 
Yeah.. MAL, HamD, Hammonds, Polley, and Carlton would be a pretty excellent class if it happened.

We're just not really recruiting the level of bigs we did in the Calhoun days because Ollie is known as a big-time guard coach. I think if one of Diarra, Enoch, Durham, Polley, Carlton can develop, people might start to see him otherwise... Only need one for some name recognition with the hs kids.

Not sure about the "level" of bigs you speak about though. I mean the impact guys like Jake, Hasheem, Emeka were hardly highly ranked guys and turned out to be gems. Besides Andre, who did JC ever get that was regarded as a highly touted 5/big man? I agree though the fact he is touted as such a high level guards coach maybe it paints a tougher picture for a big to get serious about them But going into a battle with the big names since JC took over we lost many a big who was interested in UConn, but always ended up at UNC, Duke, UK etc etc.. He's fine I think we all know that bamba and richards are a long shot from the day they even say they like KO.

It's as easy as NEXT ;)
 
Yeah.. MAL, HamD, Hammonds, Polley, and Carlton would be a pretty excellent class if it happened.

We're just not really recruiting the level of bigs we did in the Calhoun days because Ollie is known as a big-time guard coach. I think if one of Diarra, Enoch, Durham, Polley, Carlton can develop, people might start to see him otherwise... Only need one for some name recognition with the hs kids.

But what was the ranking of those bigs?

Voskuhl, Thabeet, Okafor, Boone, Edwards, Okwandu and Armstrong were not highly rated. Several of them panned out. Not so much yet for Ollie.
 
Yea but the difference is the guys you guys are naming were priorities out of the gate for Calhoun. JC identified those guys are much better than their rank and recruited them until they signed. He didn't miss out on bigger fish and then settle on Emeka, Voskuhl, Armstrong as last second backups.
 
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