Sam Cassell Jr. to UCONN!

[tcf15]

Sam Cassell Jr ‏@sam2ss2ll
Blessed to say that I have committed to the University of Connecticut #UCONN #huskynation

David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Sam Cassell, Jr. announces that he has committed to #UConn.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Welcome to UConn Country, Sam! Glad to have you aboard!

 

[UConn Dan]

Yes, finally some good news!!!!

 

[Dove]

Twitter said so !!

Nice get.

 

[Kembacity]

Woohoo, Sam I am V2.0

 

[Rico444]

Welcome to UConn, Sam!

 

[UChusky916]

Yes, finally some good news!!!!

mmmmmmmmmm

 

[Scot-e]

We are putting together one great class!! 2 seasons removed from losing our HOF head coach- wow- great job!!!!!

 

[Rico444]

Yes, finally some good news!!!!

Now, someone make sure this girl parties with Devin Robinson next weekend!

 

[8893]

Welcome, Sam. Damn glad to have you!

 

[huskiesnyc]

Yesssss!! Welcome to the UConn family!

 

[tcf15]

From August: http://phenomhoopreport.com/?s=sam+cassell

The former Maryland commit plays with a true scoring mentality and has the DNA of a marksman. Cassell has a quick release and loves to utilize the step back jumper on the perimeter. In dribble penetration moves, he likes to use the one-foot step back leaner. Cassell is more of a scorer than a shooter, but one thing he does not lack is confidence. He has the ability to be an effective passer off the dribble and will surprise you with his court vision.​

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Just want to make sure I understand. It's been said many times that losing recruits to VCU, Providence and Oregon is very, very bad. So when a kid chooses Uconn over Louisville and Marquette, that must be really, really good. Right?

 

[8893]

Sam Cassell Jr ‏@sam2ss2ll
Blessed to say that I have committed to the University of Connecticut #UCONN #huskynation

David Borges ‏@DaveBorges
Sam Cassell, Jr. announces that he has committed to #UConn.

Just want to note that I just gave you the "Like" that made your like-to-post ratio greater than 1-to-1.

 

[UChusky916]

From August: http://phenomhoopreport.com/?s=sam cassell

The former Maryland commit plays with a true scoring mentality and has the DNA of a marksman. Cassell has a quick release and loves to utilize the step back jumper on the perimeter. In dribble penetration moves, he likes to use the one-foot step back leaner. Cassell is more of a scorer than a shooter, but one thing he does not lack is confidence. He has the ability to be an effective passer off the dribble and will surprise you with his court vision.​

Sounds like a good early skillset that Ollie will mold into a 3-year program player. Excited to see how he develops! (edit to 3 years, forgot he lost a year of eligibility)

 

[3rdbass]

Wow some great news! Welcome aboard Sam Cassell Jr.! So does this mean RP is going to play mostly SG which seems his natural poistion? Also, I'm guessing we might see a linup of SC Point Guard, RP Shooting Guard, OC Small Forward, and DH at Power forward with PN at center. I know it is small but it will keep our best players on the court at all time. I can't see where they won't play OC, RP and DH in the starting lineup. Great news and rather have these issues than not having enough quality players.

 

[Edge2017]

From August: http://phenomhoopreport.com/?s=sam+cassell

The former Maryland commit plays with a true scoring mentality and has the DNA of a marksman. Cassell has a quick release and loves to utilize the step back jumper on the perimeter. In dribble penetration moves, he likes to use the one-foot step back leaner. Cassell is more of a scorer than a shooter, but one thing he does not lack is confidence. He has the ability to be an effective passer off the dribble and will surprise you with his court vision.​

Sounds a lot like Bazz

 

[upstater]

Welcome to UConn Sam.
The 2014 version of the Huskies is going to lock people down.
Cassell Jr and his incoming teammates at UConn (Daniel Hamilton, Rakim Lubin, Rodney Purvis) are going to make for one hell of a quattro!

 

[upstater]

Sounds like a good early skillset that Ollie will mold into a 4-year program player. Excited to see how he develops!

3 year! He'll have 1 year at Chipola under his belt.

 

[Rico444]

Wow some great news! Welcome aboard Sam Cassell Jr. So does this mean RP is going to play mostly SG which seems his natural poistion? Also, I'm guessing we might see a linup of SC Point Guard, RP Shooting Guard, OC Small Forward, and DH at Power forward with PN at center. I know it is small but it will keep our best players on the court at all time. I can't see where they won't play OC, RP and DH in the starting lineup. Great news and rather have these issues than not having enough quality players.

Sounds like Sam can play just as well on or off the ball, so him and Purvis will probably share PG duties. Sound familiar?

 

[bear]

This is awesome. It's possible we could have SC and RP split on-ball/off-ball duties similar to Bazz and Boat (and Kemba/Bazz for that matter)

 

[upstater]

Wow some great news! Welcome aboard Sam Cassell Jr.! So does this mean RP is going to play mostly SG which seems his natural poistion? Also, I'm guessing we might see a linup of SC Point Guard, RP Shooting Guard, OC Small Forward, and DH at Power forward with PN at center. I know it is small but it will keep our best players on the court at all time. I can't see where they won't play OC, RP and DH in the starting lineup. Great news and rather have these issues than not having enough quality players.

Think of PG combos who pass AND score. Especially with 3 guards on the floor.

Bazz and Boatright.
Kemba and Bazz.
Kemba and Dyson.
AJ Price and Dyson.
Khalid and Ricky Moore.

The only guard combo I remember as being absolutely set as "distributor" and "scorer" were Taliek and Ben Gordon.

 

[Mooch82]

So Cassell will be a sophomore when he gets to UConn, Samuel will be a sophomore, and Purvis will also be a sophomore eligibility wise. Look forward to those three guys sharing the backcourt for at least a couple years (could see Purvis jumping after two years since he will probably have graduated). We've had small backcourts in recent years - and will this coming year - will be great to have a bunch of 6'3'' guys back there and possibly 6'5'' and 6'7'' if OC and DH see time at the two.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

After all the hand wringing over recruiting this summer, if we were told back in March that Ollie was going to replenish the backcourt with Rodney Purvis, Daniel Hamilton, and Sam Cassell Jr in this class, I'm pretty sure most of us would have been doing backflips.

 

[SouleMan]

Yes, finally some good news!!!!

That's probably the best husky impression I've seen in the stands in a while. Talking about the guy next to her.

Oh and Welcome Sam!