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Steven Enoch (Committed to UConn)

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noeynox said:
I have found that there are/were a lot of basketball people in CT that didn't like Calhoun because he "neglected CT kids". I remember getting into this heated debate with a youth coach from Manchester, who was going on, and on, about a kid from Manchester that ended up at BU. His name may have been Chaz Carr or something like that. This guy, who was good bball player for a man his age (mid 40s), and a coach himself could not accept that a 150lb kid, probably wasn't going to get recruited at the uconn level, irregardless of the fact that he could 360 slam dunk.

I think there were a few cases where Calhoun whiffed on Ct kids, Gomes, Murray Williams nephew come to mind, but overall he did a fair job. Problem is, as UConn became a national program, it seemed like everyone felt "dissed" if their local hs hoops star didn't get a look from UConn. People in WTBY were pissed that Calhoun, didn't recruit Jerome Malloy who went to UMass under Cal before transferring. Malloy himself when I asked him about UConn told me, " UConn" in hallway back in HS.
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The truth is there are very few impact players who left CT that he wasn't trying to get involved with……The Gomes and William's of the world were obviously not whiffs but pure luck by the coaches who took the chance. We've had a few of our own in that regard…….CT coaches should worry about doing a better job and making their kids better because quite honestly there weren't many in the 90's worth looking at……..
 
Those were some interesting years for college basketball with both Calvin Murphy and Pistol Pete Maravich putting up better than 40 points/game. Both guards and both doing it without the benefit of the 3 point shot. Amazing!
 
Norwalk High's address was 23 Calvin Murphy Dr. in his honor up until very recently. He came back to the school and wanted some memorabilia that the school had put on display. The administrators refused, and the feud culminated in the school removing that honor. Still highly revered in these parts, however. He and Mo Vaughn are Norwalk's claim to athletic fame.
 
I know he was a standout at Pangos but can't seem to find any game film of Enoch. What's his game like?
 
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Crazy that this kid has blown up. My only memory of him was a teacher yelling at him for throwing a snowball at some kid a couple years ago :) Incredible how far he's come and I want this kid at UConn!! He projects as a 4 at the next level so getting him doesn't hinder our chances for the package deals.
 
He didn't even play varsity as a sophomore, kid is only 16 and it sounds like he's just scratching the surface. KO sign Mr. Enoch up.
 
When Enoch was first mentioned on this board I believe I was one of the first detractors. Let me defend that assessment by saying my analysis came from 3 or 4 games I saw him play in Dec/Jan last year. In those, especially the loss @ Bpt Central, he looked lost and overwhelmed. Kind of a deer in headlights kind of thing. Looked athletic and talented just not like a high major player.

Now, let me be the first to say that it looks like I was wrong. If the videos I'm watching now are for real he has made amazing strides in just his understanding of the game. My fear with him was/is still that Ater Majok fear; tons of talent but just trouble adjusting to the speed of the game. But I had the same feeling about Brimah. If we get him I hope he proves me wrong some more.
 
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Love the left at 1:50 or so followed up by a finger roll…….big kid, lots of potential……plays a lot like Govan only seems to be more active and he's a home stater - nice!
 
Being old school, I like a kid without a mixtape hype film (to date). Furthermore in the old school dept., having a good player from CT is important to our program, regardless of how elite we are.
 
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Jere Quinn next huh? ……….hmmmmm

Anyway love the strides in his improvement in such a short amount of time…..the ceiling is high here I'm guessing.
 
16 years old with a description of 'hard work' in the article. Hmm sounds 'UConn perfect' to me (i.e. hard work=stairs).
 
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sounds like he's going to let the process play out - doesn't see like we will be getting a commit anytime soon. Plus he still may re-classify to 2016. Would love to get this kid though. Hopefully Drummond help steer him to us
 
This is what I was alluding to in the other thread re: re-classifying...

Matthews said, "the plan 2 months ago was to reclassify, but now with all the high major interest, and the advice I am getting from others, I don't think he needs to reclassify. It's still an option because he's young and he needs more experience, but I think his talent level and ceiling is so high I don't know if we want to waste time in high school."
 
rip7774 said:
This is what I was alluding to in the other thread re: re-classifying...

Matthews said, "the plan 2 months ago was to reclassify, but now with all the high major interest, and the advice I am getting from others, I don't think he needs to reclassify. It's still an option because he's young and he needs more experience, but I think his talent level and ceiling is so high I don't know if we want to waste time in high school."
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At this point in time going into my senior year, I was 16 years old as well. I'm sure that's true for half of the rising seniors in America. Only in highly competitive team sports is it weird to be 16 as a rising senior. I turned 18 after I graduated.
 
rip7774 said:
This is what I was alluding to in the other thread re: re-classifying...

Matthews said, "the plan 2 months ago was to reclassify, but now with all the high major interest, and the advice I am getting from others, I don't think he needs to reclassify. It's still an option because he's young and he needs more experience, but I think his talent level and ceiling is so high I don't know if we want to waste time in high school."
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Yeah, I'd be surprised if he reclassified now. If he's getting offers from high-majors, he should just go to college. Especially if one of those high-majors is UConn. Worst-case scenario, he redshirts a year and spends it practicing against top college players instead of against high school players.
 
upstater said:
At this point in time going into my senior year, I was 16 years old as well. I'm sure that's true for half of the rising seniors in America. Only in highly competitive team sports is it weird to be 16 as a rising senior. I turned 18 after I graduated.
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Yea it was like when Drummond reclassified back to the 2011 recruiting class and all these writers were saying he was "young" for the class when he was actually the normal age for his graduating class, he just had a later birthday in the summer.
 
http://www.bluestarmedia.org/index....ed-at-pangos-all-american-event-in-California

I really like what was said at the bottom of this article:

Steve Enoch, St. Thomas More, Oakdale, Conn.: Here’s what really stood out about the Norwalk, Conn., native. Even though is Saturday night game was completed, Enoch stuck around and went to check out fellow big men play. “Just checking out what the other bigs are doing,” he says. That’s refreshing when most of cohorts were zoning out to tunes on their IPods. Enoch admits he needs to add about 20 pounds of muscle, pushing his weight to 240 pounds, to absorb the rigors of high-major college ball. Too much upside here, college is a stopover before the pros.

Agree with @Kitaman that Enoch seems like the perfect fit for UConn. A big that is a raw, hard-working, late-bloomer that can be coached into something special. I'm convinced. Sign him up.
 
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