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I haven't watched a ton of tape on him yet, but this kid reminds me of a left handed Bazz! He has that swagger and plays with a chip on his shoulder just like Napier.
 
soxfan23 said:
I haven't watched a ton of tape on him yet, but this kid reminds me of a left handed Bazz! He has that swagger and plays with a chip on his shoulder just like Napier.
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He seems to play a little more carefully than shabazz but still with craft and touch. I'm thinking hes more of an AJ Price type of player...which would be great also.
 
I'm extremely excited for RJ. He's only one month older than Precious, yet has already scored 1500 points at the D-1 level. As @tcf15 tweeted out he has the 8th highest scoring freshman year of all time, and his numbers jump off the page. He'd be highly sought after if was held back + prepped like other top recruits tend to do.
 
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Eight years of no St. Anthony guys and now two in two years for Dan. Time was running out!

R.J. is a great guy and a very solid pick-up to eventually round out a great group of guards. This season, I love the idea of him as an experienced guy who, as a practice player, will push the other guards and serve as a mentor for guys like Adams, Bouknight, and Gaffney. That’s a foursome that will not be outworked. Jalen and James are going to have some frustrations as freshmen and having R.J. as a resource will be a help. Sometimes that guy who’s sitting out can provide some important insight and perspective to his teammates.
 
The flip side of all this, of course, is that we will have 11 scholarship players next year (as things stand now). If that number includes Diarra, we're dangerously close to starting the season with 10. Which puts is in all sorts of trouble the moment anyone suffers even a minor injury or catches a cold.
 
businesslawyer said:
The flip side of all this, of course, is that we will have 11 scholarship players next year (as things stand now). If that number includes Diarra, we're dangerously close to starting the season with 10. Which puts is in all sorts of trouble the moment anyone suffers even a minor injury or catches a cold.
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Diarra doesn't have basketball in his future, he'll be on a scholarship other than bball. The question is do we use the scholarship on a big for this year, use it on a very good player like Ntambwe who can't play until the following season like RJ, or take the best available talent who can play right away regardless of position.
 
superjohn said:
Diarra doesn't have basketball in his future, he'll be on a scholarship other than bball. The question is do we use the scholarship on a big for this year, use it on a very good player like Ntambwe who can't play until the following season like RJ, or take the best available talent who can play right away regardless of position.
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Same point, isn't it? If you're taking a transfer who can't play, and Diarra is retiring, then you're still down to 10 scholarship players nexxt year. If you don't care if you're good or decent, fine I guess, but it's a very risky formula to go into a season with that few players because your roster only shrinks from there.
 
businesslawyer said:
Same point, isn't it? If you're taking a transfer who can't play, and Diarra is retiring, then you're still down to 10 scholarship players nexxt year. If you don't care if you're good or decent, fine I guess, but it's a very risky formula to go into a season with that few players because your roster only shrinks from there.
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Yes, I'm just giving you our options. Diarra won't be playing, we'll either go into next season with 11 players who can play games next season or 10 players who can play games next season depending on what the staff does.
 
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UConnNick said:
You speak of him in the past tense. Is he dead?

His nickname...the Morris Mountain.
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Ever since I found out that he only lists playing for Kentucky and not UConn, he's been dead to me. ;)

Seriously I went to school with Chuck and he was great guy. I'm not sure what his deal is with UConn.
 
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CL82 said:
Ever since I found out that he only lists playing for Kentucky and not UConn, he's been dead to me. ;)

Seriously I went to school with Chuck and he was great guy. I'm not sure what his deal is with UConn.
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He won a natty at Kentucky under Joe B. Hall. If he was disenchanted enough to leave Kentucky after his freshman year, it seems weird that he now only acknowledges having played there. Somebody in Storrs must have pissed in his Cheerios.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Couldn't have been Dom Perno; he was supposed to be a nice guy. However, Chuck joined UConn towards Perno's end ...
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No, he didn't. Chuck joined in Perno's prime, his 4th year of a 9 year stint. In fact, landing Chuck was the height of Perno's UConn tenure. It was all downhill from there. Much of it due to Chuck.

I think Chuck's turn is just a matter of his trying to cash in on UK's current hoop cache.
 
Waquoit said:
No, he didn't. Chuck joined in Perno's prime, his 4th year of a 9 year stint. In fact, landing Chuck was the height of Perno's UConn tenure. It was all downhill from there.
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Clearly, my memories of Chuck are immemorable. On the other hand, it's challenging to identify a transfer to UConn who had a massive positive influence for the Huskies. Chuck was massive.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Clearly, my memories of Chuck are immemorable. On the other hand, it's challenging to identify a transfer to UConn who had a massive positive influence for the Huskies. Chuck was massive.
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My first memory of him was walking behind him getting dinner at Putnam. I'm a relatively tall guy but I was looking at his shoulder blades. Like I said though, he was a great guy,.
 
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My memory is fixed on him charging into David Russell to blow the BET game in the HCC.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Clearly, my memories of Chuck are immemorable. On the other hand, it's challenging to identify a transfer to UConn who had a massive positive influence for the Huskies. Chuck was massive.
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I remember being on the court with him as a skinny teenager, he is a monster.
 
Waquoit said:
No, he didn't. Chuck joined in Perno's prime, his 4th year of a 9 year stint. In fact, landing Chuck was the height of Perno's UConn tenure. It was all downhill from there. Much of it due to Chuck.

I think Chuck's turn is just a matter of his trying to cash in on UK's current hoop cache.
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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.
 
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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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.
 
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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