2023 Recruiting: Stephon Castle Commits to UConn

[Husky Alien]

i am admittedly not as knowledgable as most. He says Hurley told him that he would push him to the standard he needed to be. That being a one and done. So we get a 19 yr old for one year. I am not overly excited about this. I must be missing something.

Look at my post above. #97

 

[UCTitleTown]

I like the confidence in his game. The "You can't stop me" attitude. Not loving coaches making playing time and NBA promises to land kids, but maybe that's the only way to land top recruits. Feed their egos.

 

[uconnever]

Welcome to the family Stephon.

 

[HooperScooper]

Why UConn?​

“It was really just the coaching staff and the culture that they have there,” Castle said. “There aren’t any pro teams in Connecticut so basketball is the biggest thing out there. It’s not a football school, it’s a primary basketball school. The way the coaches push their players…they don’t pick favorites and they push everybody the same way so they can all reach their highest potential and I really liked that…I feel like they can help me get to the NBA, which is my main goal.”

Stephon Castle, 2023’s No. 1 Shooting Guard, commits to UConn

Stephon Castle has committed to UConn basketball for the class of 2023. Find out why he's headed to Storrs to play for Dan Hurley.

www.on3.com

 

[UKemba15]

Shoutout to @husky429 for those great game breakdowns and highlight vids. I’m happy the effort was worth it in the end, it’s always appreciated!

 

[Husky Alien]

I like the confidence in his game. The "You can't stop me" attitude. Not loving coaches making playing time and NBA promises to land kids, but maybe that's the only way to land top recruits. Feed their egos.

Coaches better make a good attempt to deliver or they will not come.

 

[polycom]

i am admittedly not as knowledgable as most. He says Hurley told him that he would push him to the standard he needed to be. That being a one and done. So we get a 19 yr old for one year. I am not overly excited about this. I must be missing something.

Just one time why can’t the boneyard just let me down. One thread no stupid posts.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Why UConn?​

“It was really just the coaching staff and the culture that they have there,” Castle said. “There aren’t any pro teams in Connecticut so basketball is the biggest thing out there. It’s not a football school, it’s a primary basketball school. The way the coaches push their players…they don’t pick favorites and they push everybody the same way so they can all reach their highest potential and I really liked that…I feel like they can help me get to the NBA, which is my main goal.”

Stephon Castle, 2023’s No. 1 Shooting Guard, commits to UConn

Stephon Castle has committed to UConn basketball for the class of 2023. Find out why he's headed to Storrs to play for Dan Hurley.

www.on3.com

I think that quote should calm down everyone worried about playing time promises.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I think that quote should calm down everyone worried about playing time promises.

Also it'd be shocking if he wasn't in the top 6 rotation players by ability alone. It's not a risky "promise."

 

[I Bleed Blue]

!!! Do we have enough spots for a 5 man class?

PG: Castle
SG: Edwards
SF: Griffiths
PF: Bowen
C: Miranda/Bradshaw

 

[NJHoops]

I think that quote should calm down everyone worried about playing time promises.

It’s bizarre. Their pitch is, we know what your goal is in basketball, and we recognize your talent. They lay out their plan, which includes expectations on all sides. How do you look at this staff and come away thinking they’re giving anything to anybody who doesn’t earn it?

 

[bendm]

Everyone is calling him a SG. We may need to play another person in the 6'1-6'3 height range just for defensive purposes... but this kid is a PG through and through. He's a pass-first player.

a la hunter sallis?

 

[nadavtheman]

No more recruiting off of YouTube at the bar, friends.

that literally made me lol

 

[husky429]

a la hunter sallis?

Similar build physically. I always pegged sallis as more of a 2g. Castle is truly and unselfish pass first guard

 

[87Xfer]

This should get a like from anyone who has ever meet a Hoosier fan.

I shared a house with one, a ball player born and raised in Indiana, for a couple of years just before our 99 'chip. I'm sure you understand what I went through.

 

[UConnKev]

 

[Jre2000]

!!! Do we have enough spots for a 5 man class?

PG: Castle
SG: Edwards
SF: Griffiths
PF: Bowen
C: Miranda/Bradshaw

By my count, and on my recruiting lists I make, we have 4 total spots for that class. But the COVID scholarship thing threw me off so I might be wrong. I think castle, Griffiths, Edwards/Bowen, Miranda/Bradshaw is most likely

 

[tzznandrew]

!!! Do we have enough spots for a 5 man class?

PG: Castle
SG: Edwards
SF: Griffiths
PF: Bowen
C: Miranda/Bradshaw

We have 3 more slots, but that assumes Hawkins a junior and Jackson a senior and no other player leaving.

 

[MTBingNinja]

 

[navery12]

 

[BGesus4]

Great edit

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

i am admittedly not as knowledgable as most. He says Hurley told him that he would push him to the standard he needed to be. That being a one and done. So we get a 19 yr old for one year. I am not overly excited about this. I must be missing something.

Without getting too inside baseball, he's a very talented young basketball player. He's going to play for UConn and will make the team better when he's here.

There. You're all caught up.

 

[444JR]

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Without getting too inside baseball, he's a very talented young basketball player. He's going to play for UConn and will make the team better when he's here.

There. You're all caught up.

But we could have had an unranked guard that sticks around for four years before a lucrative pro career in Uzbekistan.

 

[UConnKev]