Sam Cassell Jr. to UCONN!

[Sibeerian]

YES. My obsessive checking of this board finally pays off.

 

[bear]

YES. My obsessive checking of this board finally pays off.

Amen. We get a break until Robinson's visit.

 

[Lynch494]

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?

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

 

[huskiesnyc]

247 moved our recruiting class up to #23, although I think we should be higher who really cares. When you consider 5 star Rodney Purvis isn't factored into these rankings, it's clear KO is putting together some damn good pieces for 2014. Hey Robinson, YOU'RE NEXT!!!

http:// /Season/2014-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings

Edit: the link doesn't appear to work. I think the site is blocked

 

[caw]

So we have:
PG: Boatright (might leave early), Cassell
SG: Purvis, Samuels (switch Samuels and Cassell maybe)
SF: Calhoun, Hamilton, Tolksdorf
PF: Daniels (might leave early), Facey, Lubin
C: Nolan, Brimah

I would be more than OK with taking only Robinson (or another stud) in the fall an then see what happens in the spring.

 

[Drumguy]

Thankfully some real and exciting news to spare us from bed bugs and hose threads.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

There are many reasons why schools stop recruiting players. A common one? They know the player isn't going to pick them.

 

[UConn Dan]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

Lousiville "pulled out on recruiting him" because they gave him an ultimatum... he didn't bite, he wanted UConn.

 

[Sibeerian]

Maybe of interest: found this old evaluation written by a Terps fan back in 2012 when Sam was a Maryland recruit. No idea how accurate or insightful it actually is.

http://www.testudotimes.com/2012/5/...rylands-incoming-2012-freshmen-sam-cassell-jr

 

[upstater]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

Yep, like UConn pulled out of the Jahlil Okafor recruitment after Lubin committed.

 

[caw]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

UL pulled out for two reasons, they have a ton of good guards and Cassell was favoring UConn quite heavily. He wasn't a need for them, but he also wasn't leaning there when they pulled off him.

 

[aceboon]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

Based on Borges tweet last Wednesday it was pretty much known that Cassell was coming here, Louisville leaked that they were no longer recruiting him on Sunday. Seems to me like they knew it was a done deal that he was UConn bound.

 

[Matrim55]

We've now beaten Louisville, UCLA, Marquette and most of the ACC for recruits this year.

Doomed.

 

[UChusky916]

the resemblance in Cassell Jr and Bazz's game is pretty uncanny, same kind of fall back shooting motion and they have the midrange game down

Uncanny! Agree 100% as I stated above. This kid will be special.

 

[upstater]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

"The 6-foot-3 Cassell Jr., the son of the former NBA guard and current Washington Wizards assistant, had cut his list to Louisville and UConn, but Louisville pulled out of recruiting him. Cassell Jr. also previously considered Marquette and Missouri."

Does not look like he choose UCONN over Louisville!!!

This is what Sam Cassell Jr. had to say about Jody Demling's claim: "Can't force me to do something I don't wanna do"

I have no doubt that Louisville stopped recruiting him. The question is why.

UConn stopped recruiting a player recently as well. The bottom line: Uconn wanted that player at UConn, but stopped recruiting him because of the circumstances.

 

[uchusky32]

Sorry, it is over, Sam is ours!

 

[Catsailor]

Yes, finally some good news!!!!

YUmmmmmmmmmm

fixed!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yes, finally some good news!!!!

Somehow I read..."Yes, finally some good !!!!"

 

[UConnDan97]

Welcome to the Dog Pound, Sam!!!

 

[upstater]

We've now beaten Louisville, UCLA, Marquette and most of the ACC for recruits this year.

Doomed.

Add Arizona (Hamilton) and Missouri (Cassell) to that.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Updated Zags article with quotes.
“I thought it was the best place for me,” Cassell Jr. told SNY.tv. “I felt at home and I will bring whatever it takes to [win] a national championship.”
http://zagsblog.com/articles/sam-cassell-jr-to-uconn/

 

[tcf15]

Rodney Purvis paying dividends:

Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria
UConn commit @sam2ss2ll told me he's excited to play with @rpurvis5. Here's a story on Purvis from this summer http://zagsblog.com/articles/uconns-purvis-hoping-to-make-u19-roster/ …

 

[Danzz]

Huge get! If we don't sign anyone else, this has still been an outstanding recruiting job by Ollie and staff. I don't remember UConn being involved with so many players. As suspected, we swung and missed on many but we ended up with more than our share. Ollie has cast a wide net and it has paid off. Cmon Devin!

 

[UConn77]

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!

There's a guy next to her? This makes me so wish that I was back in college.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Huge get! If we don't sign anyone else, this has still been an outstanding recruiting job by Ollie and staff. I don't remember UConn being involved with so many players. As suspected, we swung and missed on many but we ended up with more than our share. Ollie has cast a wide net and it has paid off. Cmon Devin!

I agree he's done a great job given the circumstances. With all the elite prospects visiting for Midnight Madness the future is looking pretty bright.