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upstater said:
When you think about Perno landing Corny Thompson as well, people around the country must have been shocked.

While those teams underperformed, people tend to forget that UConn finished in the upper half of the league for several years when the Big East started, and it didn't go to the bottom until the mid to late 1980s.
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When I was a kid I would describe Boeheim as a Perno with talent
 
Mister P said:
Mike McKay, state kid from Harding High, was also on the team. Pure scorer in HS who ended up having a decent collegiate career.UConn had a nice team during the Alexinas, Thompson ,McKay years.
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Al McGuire said he wasn’t surprised a homebody kid like Corny went to UConn but was “shocked the McKay kid did.”
 
CL82 said:
Also, Norm Bailey. Vern Giscome and Jimmy Sullivan. It was a solid squad. As I've said before, I wonder what Jim Calhoun would have done with those guys. It was an impressive front court.
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Bob Dulin transferred in from Penn State about the same time. Was a three year starter with the Alexinas, Thompson, etc teams.
He left quite a mark at UConn and then after leaving.
 
Parsons said:
Bob Dulin transferred in from Penn State about the same time. Was a three year starter with the Alexinas, Thompson, etc teams.
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Red Auerbach thought Vern Giscombe was a good player. But Perno kept him pinned to the bench in favor of Dules. I got hacked by Giscombe in an adult league game once and he didn't argue the call. That was a career highlight. Went 1-2 from the stripe.
 
Waquoit said:
Red Auerbach thought Vern Giscombe was a good player. But Perno kept him pinned to the bench in favor of Dules. I got hacked by Giscombe in an adult league game once and he didn't argue the call. That was a career highlight. Went 1-2 from the stripe.
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He wasn't the best defender. (Also a great guy though!) Still, I think Calhoun would have used him in a Rashad Anderson (or John Gywnn) type role.
 
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Great addition for next year!
I saw a tweet last night but don’t see it now. Here is the title if the Courant article:
Meet RJ Cole: Things to know about the newest UConn men’s player

Mature player who will help train the new recruits while building for next year
 
UConnNick said:
Dom is a great guy. I know him personally.
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While Dom Perno is a really nice guy but he was a lousy coach. He was my freshman coach at South Catholic High in Hartford and we were like 4/16 and the very next year with almost the same team we went 15/5 with Gary Paladino ( U.of Hartford coach ) as our JV coach and of course there was the legendary Joe Reilly who coached varsity. And Perno was with out a doubt the least talented and knowledgeable of the 3 and it wasn't even close. Makes you wonder how KO and Perno got the job... we are sooooooo lucky to have had JC all these years.
 
UConniki said:
While Dom Perno is a really nice guy but he was a lousy coach. He was my freshman coach at South Catholic High in Hartford and we were like 4/16 and the very next year with almost the same team we went 15/5 with Gary Paladino ( U.of Hartford coach ) as our JV coach and of course there was the legendary Joe Reilly who coached varsity. And Perno was with out a doubt the least talented and knowledgeable of the 3 and it wasn't even close. Makes you wonder how KO and Perno got the job... we are sooooooo lucky to have had JC all these years.
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Gary lived in Forestville, same as me. We attended the same schools, although he was much older, so I didn't know him.

Dom coached at St. Paul's in Bristol before he was hired as an assistant coach on Dee Rowe's staff at UCONN. When Rowe decided to retire from coaching in the late 1970's, UCONN promoted Dom to head coach. We haven't had great success with promoting assistants.
 
Parsons said:
Bob Dulin transferred in from Penn State about the same time. Was a three year starter with the Alexinas, Thompson, etc teams.
He left quite a mark at UConn and then after leaving.
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Dulin was a nice player but the fact they didn't have impact guards was the only reason they didn't achieve more. I always said Early Kelley was a couple years late because if he had played with that frontline it would've been quite a treat for Cobb basketball. I mean Dulin, Clay Johnson and Jim "Disco" Sullivan just weren't the answer for Corny Chuck and Mike no matter who was coaching.

Weren't they like the best FT shooting tram in the country that year too? Probably the best ever at UConn much like 2014.
 
CL82 said:
Also, Norm Bailey. Vern Giscome and Jimmy Sullivan. It was a solid squad. As I've said before, I wonder what Jim Calhoun would have done with those guys. It was an impressive front court.
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It was a squad with more than enough talent to have been in the NCAA's Corny's junior and senior years. Dom Perno was not Jim Calhoun -- he did not have the ability to see the players the first few days of practice and figure out how they were going to be molded into the best team possible.
 
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Burnsbros23 said:
He’s not very explosive. Good shooter. MEAC is pretty bad basketball. Hopefully he gets more athletic in the year off.
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We once had a guy from D3 that helped out.

www.courant.com

IN THE BACKGROUND, THERE IS HARRISON

Behind the scenes at Gampel Pavilion, E.J. Harrison has operated in obscurity, almost undercover. And so his value to the UConn basketball team is difficult to gauge for all but the insiders, namel…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
 
uconnhuskies.com

RJ Cole Joins Men's Basketball Program - University of Connecticut Athletics

UConn Athletic Communications
uconnhuskies.com uconnhuskies.com

Anyone catch this at the end of the official announcement from UConn?

Cole will join incoming guards James Bouknight (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Jalen Gaffney (Columbus, N.J.) as newcomers to the UConn program this year, combining with nine returning players on the Huskies' roster.

That makes 12 scholarships, which is what UConn has next year due to docking themselves 1 scholarship. So does that mean no other big guy in this class? Maybe Carlton can just play every minute of every game. :)
 
HooperScooper said:
uconnhuskies.com

RJ Cole Joins Men's Basketball Program - University of Connecticut Athletics

UConn Athletic Communications
uconnhuskies.com uconnhuskies.com

Anyone catch this at the end of the official announcement from UConn?

Cole will join incoming guards James Bouknight (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Jalen Gaffney (Columbus, N.J.) as newcomers to the UConn program this year, combining with nine returning players on the Huskies' roster.

That makes 12 scholarships, which is what UConn has next year due to docking themselves 1 scholarship. So does that mean no other big guy in this class? Maybe Carlton can just play every minute of every game. :)
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The MD thing isn't public yet even if it is true. Not surprising that the article doesn't mention that.
 
McLovin said:
Maybe I'm reading into this too much, but sounds like they are not going to try and apply for / do not expect to get a waiver for Cole?
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No, he's gonna sit 1 and play 2.
 
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Is there some sort of risk or reason to not apply for the waiver? Only reason I can see not to is if you really felt strategically it made sense for him to sit, mentor and not eat up another upperclassmen’s minutes.
 
Mister P said:
Mike McKay, state kid from Harding High, was also on the team. Pure scorer in HS who ended up having a decent collegiate career.UConn had a nice team during the Alexinas, Thompson ,McKay years.
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My first all-time favorite Husky. Loved pretending to be McKay when I was a littlin'.
 
Palatine said:
Perno stole the ball from Bill Bradley. Everything flows from there.
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QUOTE="CL82, post: 3158731, member: 44"]
That moment is probably why Perno became coach at UConn. Great moment, great guy, bad coach though. He never seemed to develop anyone.
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So, Phil Nolan is going to be a UConn coach?
 
Chin Diesel said:
My first all-time favorite Husky. Loved pretending to be McKay when I was a littlin'.
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I also liked him a lot and was happy when he chose UConn. I grew up a couple of towns north of Bridgeport and always followed the Harding box scores and articles in the Bpt. Post. He played when Harding dominated HS ball in the state. If my memory is correct I believe played with John Bagley and Wes Mathews among others.
 
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