Scholarship #12: Nnamdi Amilo (former walk-on)

[tcf15]

UConn Men's Hoops ‏@UConnMBB 3m
#UConn: Coach Ollie awards scholarship to former walk-on Nnamdi Amilo. Congratulations! http://Post original url/1vfc01M

 

[CallMeBruce]

So there's one to go, right?

 

[Scot-e]

who?

 

[muhmitchell]

A 6-2 forward? Interesting...

 

[joober jones]

Amilo, by walk-on standards, has actually performed pretty well when he's been in games.

 

[joober jones]

who?

He joined with the team late last season and wore jersey number 23.

 

[tcf15]

Tim Fontenault ‏@Tim_Fontenault 23m
Oftentimes when I would talk to @phillipnolan0 about handling other teams' bigs last year, he would credit Nnamdi with preparing him.

 

[huskiesnyc]

So out of our 13 scholarships for 2014-15 we only have 10 legit scholarship players. I can't say enough how important next years recruiting class is. Adams is a great start but we need 3-4 more 4 star recruits to go with him.

 

[CTBasketball]

Ollie would essentially let him tackle people in practice towards the end of the year - was a good strategy as our rebounding improved from Feb - April.

 

[Walker11]

Ollie has open scholarships and is rewarding walk-on's. Don't see how there should be any response other then "congrats."

 

[jollari]

congrats

 

[Marat]

who?

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...ncaa-tournament-schedule-nnamdi-amilo-huskies

 

[Kitaman]

6'2" working with our bigs.

We're Doomed!!!

At least he practices like the Champion that he is.

 

[joober jones]

The way I look at it, we're better off rewarding the walk ons with scholarships than frantically searching at the last minute for a guy who's just going to ride the pines for a year or two and then transfer.

 

[GemParty]

Congrats. Yet I'm surprised we weren't a good option for the next Kromah after two yrs of successful transfers to us.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Congrats. Yet I'm surprised we weren't a good option for the next Kromah after two yrs of successful transfers to us.

Unfortunately, it seems that fifth-year transfer big men are much harder to come by than wings like Evans and Kromah. Only a handful of guys have moved, and it sounds like the academics weren't there for most of them. I'm still bummed that Rhett picked Mississippi right before Daniels declared. I really feel like we might have had a great shot at him if he'd known Daniels would be gone. Darius Campbell would have been a great like-for-like replacement for DD because of his shooting, but the rumors are that he wasn't getting into grad school here (though he ended up at Wake, which doesn't seem like a fit).

 

[warbler1055]

UConn Men's Hoops ‏@UConnMBB 3m
#UConn: Coach Ollie awards scholarship to former walk-on Nnamdi Amilo. Congratulations! http://Post original url/1vfc01M

Oh yes, 6'2" forward, we are so DOOMED!!!!

 

[mcs333]

Great reward and also it is smart since it will also help our APR rating since we know both are excellent students.

 

[warbler1055]

Great reward and also it is smart since it will also help our APR rating since we know both are excellent students.

Not to mention that KO runs a pretty tough practice!!!!

 

[UCweCONN]

who?

What he said.

 

[Oxford Bob]

When the APR gets calculated, does the ncaa only count scholarship players or do they add in the walk-ons as well?

 

[Dynasty]

When the APR gets calculated, does the ncaa only count scholarship players or do they add in the walk-ons as well?

Just scholarship players.

 

[HooperScooper]

UConn Rewards Another Walk-On, Nnamdi Amilo, With Scholarship

At Michigan State? I could have sworn the regional final was at MSG. Dom Amore really needs to proofread what he writes.

 

[Yonick]

UConn Rewards Another Walk-On, Nnamdi Amilo, With Scholarship

At Michigan State? I could have sworn the regional final was at MSG. Dom Amore really needs to proofread what he writes.

Well, he was only 7-800 miles off!!