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FourRings said:
With just over a minute of highlights wouldn't you stay away from a missed dunk attempt? He twanged one off the rim at the 50 sec. mark. ???
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mauconnfan said:
Kind of like that highlight, leave it. Shows his aggressiveness and that's a good thing.
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There were saying that the ball ended up hitting a light fixture. Sounds like a pretty ferocious dunk attempt.
 
He would outplay Nolan today and be second off the bench. Facey doesn't have his strength and bulk. AB may be a better shot blocker but Enoch would be tougher to body inside and maybe he would finish better. He had 6 inches on his defender in the video.
 
RipCity said:
For those who are wondering: 7'3 wingspan for Enoch
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That's huge, on par with the top centers in the 2015 class.

Stone: 7-foot-3.5
Zimmerman: 7-foot-3
Labissiere: 7-foot-1
Diallo: 7-foot-3
Ellenson: 7-foot-1.5
Swanigan: 7-foot-3
Davis: 7-foot-1.5
 
jibsey said:
He would outplay Nolan today and be second off the bench. Facey doesn't have his strength and bulk. AB may be a better shot blocker but Enoch would be tougher to body inside and maybe he would finish better. He had 6 inches on his defender in the video.
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He's still learning the game and really needs to hit the weight room hard. E's made great strides primarily on defense and can position himself for rebounds much better than november. He relies a lot on the jump hook because he's usually on the block. When he plays the four he will usually get a good look on his jumper out to the 3 point area...........this doesn't happen often.
He isn't getting bodied down as much as before and competes just about all the time now.........we probably won't see the finished product until the end of his sophomore year but if he can play facing the basket primarily he should be a force ...of course that depends on how hard he hits the weight room.
 
tcf15 said:
There were saying that the ball ended up hitting a light fixture. Sounds like a pretty ferocious dunk attempt.
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You could see it went far up in the building. Everyone was looking up for a few seconds. Okay, I like it.
 
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jibsey said:
He would outplay Nolan today and be second off the bench. Facey doesn't have his strength and bulk. AB may be a better shot blocker but Enoch would be tougher to body inside and maybe he would finish better. He had 6 inches on his defender in the video.
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Ah, the yearly ritual where we take a highlight video of a raw high school kid playing other high school kids and declare the kid an impact player from day one, thus ensuring that he is immediately roasted when he suits up for UConn when we realize that high school highlight videos rarely translate to immediate, consistent positive impact at the college level. A tradition like no other.

Incidentally, I don't think being six inches taller than your defender is a "talent" that translates to college, and if it does doesn't that mean Brimah is even better than Enoch?
 
These late bloomers like Enoch quite often end up being the very best recruits. It's probably not out of the question to think that this kid could be on a Emeka Okafor like trajectory. He's only 17!

Rashamel Jones is someone that comes to mind as an example of an early bloomer who had little room to grow after he entered college.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Ah, the yearly ritual where we take a highlight video of a raw high school kid playing other high school kids and declare the kid an impact player from day one, thus ensuring that he is immediately roasted when he suits up for UConn when we realize that high school highlight videos rarely translate to immediate, consistent positive impact at the college level. A tradition like no other.

Incidentally, I don't think being six inches taller than your defender is a "talent" that translates to college, and if it does doesn't that mean Brimah is even better than Enoch?
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There is also the other yearly ritual where someone throws cold water on the fans who are making their optimistic projections. That group is no better than the former. The fact that we have 4 national championships in 16 year shows that quite often the optimistic projections have been warranted. Lets not forget that Enoch has a heck of an offer list, so there are indeed a lot of experts who are projecting great success for him.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Ah, the yearly ritual where we take a highlight video of a raw high school kid playing other high school kids and declare the kid an impact player from day one, thus ensuring that he is immediately roasted when he suits up for UConn when we realize that high school highlight videos rarely translate to immediate, consistent positive impact at the college level. A tradition like no other.

Incidentally, I don't think being six inches taller than your defender is a "talent" that translates to college, and if it does doesn't that mean Brimah is even better than Enoch?
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You're not catching on, he had an advantage on his defender who looked shorter and pretty easy in the game, but he already has something Brimah, Facey and Nolan don't have and that looks to be athleticism with a sturdy body which is helpful down low. We don't know at this point what he will do, but it doesn't have to be much to bypass Phil. I see him playing alongside AB and when he's out with Facey.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
There is also the other yearly ritual where someone throws cold water on the fans who are making their optimistic projections. That group is no better than the former. The fact that we have 4 national championships in 16 year shows that quite often the optimistic projections have been warranted. Lets not forget that Enoch has a heck of an offer list, so there are indeed a lot of experts who are projecting great success for him.
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I think there is a difference between projecting good things for him and declaring him already better than the big men on the current roster.
 
metsfan2323 said:
There is also the other yearly ritual where someone throws cold water on the fans who are making their optimistic projections. That group is no better than the former.
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See, I would argue that the people who urge caution when saying that kids playing in high school games aren't necessarily better than kids playing high level D1 basketball, because once upon a time those kids had their own high school mix tapes, and that we shouldn't inflate expectations that will inevitably be used as fuel to tear a kid down when he doesn't immediately replicate his high school achievements are, in fact, better. Only because it's something we see basically every season. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that the kids that you're ________ on during games in the chat are the very same kids that you were probably calling better than the last crop of UConn players. But to each his own.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
In fact, I'd be willing to bet that the kids that you're ________ on during games in the chat are the very same kids that you were probably calling better than the last crop of UConn players. But to each his own.
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You have me confused with someone else. I don't chat during games, nor do I _____ on the players.
 
champs99and04 said:
I think there is a difference between projecting good things for him and declaring him already better than the big men on the current roster.
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Good Point, I may have misinterpreted the post I was responding to, my bad. I do think Enoch looks like a very promising recruit.
 
Just FYI - the six inches on the defender was a good play taking advantage of a momentary mismatch like you are supposed to. It was not the matchup that existed in most of the game. He was matched against Tyrique Jones at 6'9 at times, against 6'11 280lb Samuel Mathias, and at times was the only big vs both the others at the same time. I would put absolutely zero weight on the thought that he was performing against smaller players. And, those smaller players could jump to the top of the box on the backboard in any event. PS the missed dunk did hit the light fixture on the open ceiling.
 
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Some other numbers...

247 updated rankings
Adams #53 overall, 4 star (not sure why he dropped this low from #32)

Rivals (last updated Oct. 22 2014)
Adams #25 overall, 5 star
Enoch #60 overall, 4 star

ESPN
Adams #24 overall, 4 star
Enoch #99 overall, 4 star

**247 has us with the 20th best recruiting class as of now. If we can get Stone/Dorsey (BIG if), this will be a top 5-7 class in the nation.
 
lange10 said:
Some other numbers...

247 updated rankings
Adams #53 overall, 4 star (not sure why he dropped this low from #32)

Rivals (last updated Oct. 22 2014)
Adams #25 overall, 5 star
Enoch #60 overall, 4 star

ESPN
Adams #24 overall, 4 star
Enoch #99 overall, 4 star

**247 has us with the 20th best recruiting class as of now. If we can get Stone/Dorsey (BIG if), this will be a top 5-7 class in the nation.
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There are 2 rankings on 247, composite and 247 specific. Adams had always been in the 50's on the 247 specific rankings. He is still number 32 in the composite rankings. Enoch is up to 65 in the composite, 35 in the 247 rankings.
 
Well nobody was complaining on this thread, so thanks for bringing it up. I don't get too upset or excited about recruiting because we've had such mixed results. Some of our highest rated recruits flamed out, and then we get "average" (relatively speaking) recruits that have been integral parts of national championship teams.

That said, I think the ideal situation for UConn is to have a mix of both. We always want the best talent in our backyard, and we always want to land one or two top kids regardless of where they are from. You're going to lose more recruiting battles than you win, I think many forget that.
 
WingU-Conn said:
Well nobody was complaining on this thread, so thanks for bringing it up. I don't get too upset or excited about recruiting because we've had such mixed results. Some of our highest rated recruits flamed out, and then we get "average" (relatively speaking) recruits that have been integral parts of national championship teams.

That said, I think the ideal situation for UConn is to have a mix of both. We always want the best talent in our backyard, and we always want to land one or two top kids regardless of where they are from. You're going to lose more recruiting battles than you win, I think many forget that.
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I'm sorry, youre right, I should have just bumped an older thread where people were complaining about recruiting, there are enough of them.
 
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But understand, UConn was always the frontrunner. Enoch had the Huskies in his eyes and nothing was going to change that view.
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I really could've done without reading this. Feeds the narrative that Ollie didn't put in work to secure this class. Reading it on the BY is enough, it shouldn't be permeating the media.

Otherwise, surprisingly not-atrocious piece by Koonz.
 
Stairmaster said:
I really could've done without reading this. Feeds the narrative that Ollie didn't put in work to secure this class. Reading it on the BY is enough, it shouldn't be permeating the media.

Otherwise, surprisingly not-atrocious piece by Koonz.
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can you show where in the article it said that?
 
UConnSwag11 said:
can you show where in the article it said that?
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I quoted it in my above post, but here it is emboldened and italicized.

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After a breakout summer camp performance last year in California, Enoch saw his world -- and his options -- go viral. Suddenly, the offers came from UConn, Providence, Boston College, Rhode Island, Memphis and others.

But understand, UConn was always the frontrunner. Enoch had the Huskies in his eyes and nothing was going to change that view. All that was missing was an upgrade in competition, the kind of schedule offered by St. Thomas More.

The remote prep school in eastern Connecticut is anything but Norwalk High. There are classes, a campus and precious little else at St. Thomas More, UConn's longtime incubator for incoming talent.

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This class is not close to done being secured and I'm quite sure they are working night and day on this so KO not putting work in is crazy talk just because Enoch wanted us. And one other thing, after watching some of the performances fall short don't you think they want to get as much insurance as they can for next year? Don't know who we'll get but it won't be because of effort I'm convinced.
 
Stairmaster said:
I quoted it in my above post, but here it is emboldened and italicized.

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After a breakout summer camp performance last year in California, Enoch saw his world -- and his options -- go viral. Suddenly, the offers came from UConn, Providence, Boston College, Rhode Island, Memphis and others.

But understand, UConn was always the frontrunner. Enoch had the Huskies in his eyes and nothing was going to change that view. All that was missing was an upgrade in competition, the kind of schedule offered by St. Thomas More.

The remote prep school in eastern Connecticut is anything but Norwalk High. There are classes, a campus and precious little else at St. Thomas More, UConn's longtime incubator for incoming talent.

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ok what are you saying? really don't get what you're saying about ollie not securing the class? that bc a recruit wants to go to uconn ollie has to offer them?

Stairmaster said:
I really could've done without reading this. Feeds the narrative that Ollie didn't put in work to secure this class. Reading it on the BY is enough, it shouldn't be permeating the media.

Otherwise, surprisingly not-atrocious piece by Koonz.
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