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Also, UK's 2 4 7 admin said he's getting the feeling that Newman is no longer Calipari & UK's #1 priority, being replaced by Jaylen Brown. That's not to say that UK wouldn't take Newman if he chose UK, but it's potentially a new wrinkle in his recruitment.
 
UConn990411 said:
How does he seem like a huge stretch?

Also, UConn is out of the Ali sweepstakes.
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Rivals put out a video interview with Ali today where he said he is still considering UConn. Take it FWIW. Newman I feel like he is Uk's to lose but I'd love to be wrong.
 
I get the sense that Stone is going to be a dogfight with Wisconsin up until November.

No idea on Newman, but I still think he'll go to Kentucky.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
I get the sense that Stone is going to be a dogfight with Wisconsin up until November.

No idea on Newman, but I still think he'll go to Kentucky.
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Agreed, but with an asterisk: they seem VERY committed to each other in terms of a package deal, and I think if they do stick together, we have the best shot by far.
 
@iammaliknewman: Stop trying to make me pick yo school…and stop saying who I'm leaning towards cause yall don't know…y'all just know the schools & who want
 
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3uconn said:
@iammaliknewman: Stop trying to make me pick yo school…and stop saying who I'm leaning towards cause yall don't know…y'all just know the schools & who want
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It's probably BBN.
 
Tonyf629 said:
Not saying he's responding to this, but it could be:

Hall Atchison ‏@UKHallA 1h
This Antonio Blakeney guy looks custom made for the dribble drive...gotta get that guy now that Malik Newman seems to be leaning UCONN
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Possibly that. I was thinking more along the lines of a conversation he had with a UK guy this morning on twitter. The UK fan said something about an expert changing his pick to UConn for him and he asked him why. Malik responded by saying he hasn't said anything and don't assume anything.
 
Tonyf629 said:
Not saying he's responding to this, but it could be:

Hall Atchison ‏@UKHallA 1h
This Antonio Blakeney guy looks custom made for the dribble drive...gotta get that guy now that Malik Newman seems to be leaning UCONN
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Looks like he is responding to some BBN guy (@lyfeluvva) who mentioned 247 picks moving from UK to UConn.
 
3uconn said:
Possibly that. I was thinking more along the lines of a conversation he had with a UK guy this morning on twitter. The UK fan said something about an expert changing his pick to UConn for him and he asked him why. Malik responded by saying he hasn't said anything and don't assume anything.
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You're right but that's kind of unnerving for us. With him reacting so strongly. I guess I can understand where he's coming from with not wanting anyone assuming they know what's going on in his head.

PS- I don't have twitter, I just use it to find out sports news so thanks for filling me in on stuff like that.
 
Tonyf629 said:
You're right but that's kind of unnerving for us. With him reacting so strongly. I guess I can understand where he's coming from with not wanting anyone assuming they know what's going on in his head.

PS- I don't have twitter, I just use it to find out sports news so thanks for filling me in on stuff like that.
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FWIW, here's the original tweet from the BBN goon:

Chad Baker‏@lyfeluvva
@iammaliknewman UCONN Malik? Fareal? u wanna go 2 a program that needs 2 keep players around 5 yrs to win? #BBN #TrustInCal #BecomeLegendary
 
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There are two things I take from that tweet:

1. He is annoyed by people who hit him up on twitter trying to influence his decision (why people would do that anyway, I don't know).

2. He, just like 99.9% of other top recruits, would prefer to play his recruitment as close to the vest as possible to build suspense and/or maintain privacy. The next time a recruit says, "hey, you know what, Jeff Borzello is right on, I'm leaning towards UConn" will be the first.
 
You can bet the second Uconn started getting some buzz BBN started pelting the kid. Rabid fan base.
 
I'm sure BBN takes as much credit for landing recruits as John Calipari does.
 
I just like him and Stone really want to keep the recruiting quiet and private
 
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Gurleyman said:
Man - we're truly through the looking glass in this era if people think winning with veteran players you developed is a great negative recruiting tactic.
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a comment so nice you had to say it twice
 
bmayuc said:
a comment so nice you had to say it twice
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Got bit by the phone glitch monster. Don't think I even hit send twice - just took a while to go through and then there were two of them. Oh well.
 
Gurleyman said:
If we have players for a few years, wouldn't we have to be the aged cheddar?
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We would. I've just never seen someone reference cheese when comparing basketball programs.
 
Gurleyman said:
Man - we're truly through the looking glass in this era if people think winning with veteran players you developed is a great thing to use for negative recruiting.
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It's also pretty funny since the one year Cal actually cut the nets down was the one year he had a good mix of freshman and veteran players. Maybe that Kentucky fan should follow his team more closely.
 
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champs99and04 said:
There are two things I take from that tweet:

1. He is annoyed by people who hit him up on twitter trying to influence his decision (why people would do that anyway, I don't know).

2. He, just like 99.9% of other top recruits, would prefer to play his recruitment as close to the vest as possible to build suspense and/or maintain privacy. The next time a recruit says, "hey, you know what, Jeff Borzello is right on, I'm leaning towards UConn" will be the first.
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3. Newman likes the attention or he wouldn't even acknowledge the tweets
 
tcf15 said:
We would. I've just never seen someone reference cheese when comparing basketball programs.
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I think they'd be more like Limburger. When you're around them, you can pick up the stench.
 
Gurleyman said:
Man - we're truly through the looking glass in this era if people think winning with veteran players you developed is a great thing to use for negative recruiting.
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Not to mention UK will have caulley-stein and Alex poithress as juniors next year. Are these fools really trying to convince kids that calipari will wave a magic wand and turn all these kids into lottery picks? There are only so many minutes in a game. A team with 10 McDonald's all Americans isn't going to have enough minutes for all of them to be stars. Poithress would be star in our system, in their’s he struggles for minutes and has to watch as we cut down the nets.
 
Actually WCS would been a late lottery to mid first round pick if he left (projected anyway). Polythress, you have a point there.
 
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