Tevin Mack (Committed to Texas)

[FASTEDDY]

This is the kid I want for the WF slot. Those skills totally transfer and he can shoot the rock nice as hell.
Carbon copy of J. Lamb
There's a lot to work with there.

 

[mauconnfan]

I love his shooting touch and he's got some Rashad in him, which could come in really handy. I'm not sure if he has the lateral quickness or not to be a good enough defender...often hard to tell from one or two videos. Excellent looking player and great to see how hard he is working!

Some 'Shad, some Rip , some Lamb and soon to be some DHam........nice game!!

 

[UconnU]

A long athletic shooter who can rise up hit deep contested shots off the dribble? And work ethic to boot? Sign me up!

 

[UconnU]

Also, kid seems to have hit a growth spurt of some sort 247 had him listed at 6'4 a few months ago according to his twitter hevjust got measured at 6'7

 

[mauconnfan]

He looks like about 6'5" maybe 6-5 1/2"......but who cares, he can play.

Anyone say anything about Clarkes visit to Creighton?

 

[Zionn]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/chris-clarke-enjoys-creighton-virginia-tech-next/

sounded ho hum - the next one is the one that scares me......

 

[David 76]

All 3 of them look good. Each brings something different. Can someone please organize a round-robin 1 on 1 with Jones, Clarke & Mack so I can know who to pull for?

 

[scotty0330]

Love the kids game. Rankings be damn kid is gonna be a nice player for some division 1 team

 

[Walker11]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/chris-clarke-enjoys-creighton-virginia-tech-next/

sounded ho hum - the next one is the one that scares me.

I wouldn't write off Creighton based on those responses. He did tell another reporter that the visit was marvelous. Who knows, reading into quotes is impossible.

 

[mauconnfan]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/chris-clarke-enjoys-creighton-virginia-tech-next/

sounded ho hum - the next one is the one that scares me.

Agree Zionn. How about a feel on this one 1-10 based on 10 being strong chance? A little something please LOL

 

[tcf15]

Evan Daniels ‏@EvanDaniels 1m
Defending champ Kevin Ollie will visit Tevin Mack today.

 

[Zionn]

7 Mau - to the good guys

 

[Silk31]

Evan Daniels ‏@EvanDaniels 1m
Defending champ Kevin Ollie will visit Tevin Mack today.

Oh no we are really out on Chris Clarke now...............

 

[Yankees32123]

Oh no we are really out on Chris Clarke now.....

Oh my god no were not. Y'all read into this stuff way too much. You're reading too much into KO even talking to other players of similar positions, and you're reading too much into these recruits heads. You can not assume that Clarke, Mack, and Jones all think that only 1 of them can commit to UConn. It's not the case and I guarantee that they are not thinking about it as much as the posters on the Yard are. We have AT LEAST 2 scholarships left to hand out…maybe 3 and maybe even 4 depending on how things work out. This can be a 5 player class realistically. We can take a class of Adams, Clarke, Mack, Enoch, and Stone for example. With how few players we will have on our roster after this season, this is doable. The roster would look like this:

PG's: Jalen Adams, Sam Cassell Jr, Terrence Samuel
SG's: Rodney Purvis, Chris Clarke, Omar Calhoun
SF's: Daniel Hamilton, Tevin Mack
PF's: Kentan Facey, Steve Enoch, Rakim Lubin
C's: Amida Brimah, Diamond Stone, Phil Nolan

The bolded players could be gone to the NBA by then, and it any of them are, that's 13 players on scholarship. Look, Enoch knows he won't necessarily start right away. Clarke wouldn't either if Purvis or Hamilton are still here. Also, as much as I want Stone, there's a good chance that he doesn't come. In which case we DEFINITELY have room for 2 SF/SG-type players (Mack, Clarke, Jones)

So don't think that we have no chance with a player just because we're still recruiting others. Don't read so much into it.

 

[Matrim55]

7 Mau - to the good guys

And how about Mack?

I'd take either kid, mind you - but always prefer the one with a jump shot.

 

[Catsailor]

Said in a Rivals article today that he will likely be officially visiting the weekend of October 11th.

Well since that's my b-day, hope to have good news present

 

[Silk31]

Oh my god no were not. Y'all read into this stuff way too much. You're reading too much into KO even talking to other players of similar positions, and you're reading too much into these recruits heads. You can not assume that Clarke, Mack, and Jones all think that only 1 of them can commit to UConn. It's not the case and I guarantee that they are not thinking about it as much as the posters on the Yard are. We have AT LEAST 2 scholarships left to hand out…maybe 3 and maybe even 4 depending on how things work out. This can be a 5 player class realistically. We can take a class of Adams, Clarke, Mack, Enoch, and Stone for example. With how few players we will have on our roster after this season, this is doable. The roster would look like this:

Dude, I was totally joking, thus the "......" those were meant to emphasize my sarcasm. I already stated my opinion on the matter of those dismissing our chances with Clarke when he didn't commit after his visit and we offered Mack

Recruiting gets everyone so riled up sometimes, myself included

 

[tcf15]

@midlandsHSsport: Dreher's Tevin Mack and mom meeting right now with UConn staff incl Kevin Ollie at DHS. Huskies want Mack. Bad. @dreher_hoops @DreherHigh

 

[BearJWS]

Mack seems like very nice perimeter player. He's very Rip-like, with a high motor to get open. I really like players like that (Go-getters). His outside shot off screens brings back Rip memories. To me, he's more of a 2 guard, than SF and would look great next to slahsing Clarke or Jones. Yeah, Briscoe & Newman are studs, but Mack can be quite productive in his own right. It's about putting the ball in the basket, not highlight dunks or flashy plays. I really like this guy.

 

[superjohn]

I want Mack and I agree he could play alongside Clarke or Jones, kid is already good and has tremendous upside.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Mack seems like very nice perimeter player. He's very Rip-like, with a high motor to get open. I really like players like that (Go-getters). His outside shot off screens brings back Rip memories. To me, he's more of a 2 guard, than SF and would look great next to slahsing Clarke or Jones. Yeah, Briscoe & Newman are studs, but Mack can be quite productive in his own right. It's about putting the ball in the basket, not highlight dunks or flashy plays. I really like this guy.

Outside shot was set up by Hickory running the picket fence for Jimmy Chipwood.

Out of Clarke, Jones and Mack, Mack has the best handle and footwork. His catch and shoot footwork is textbook and he has the mid-range pull up 12'-15' shot.

 

[Chin Diesel]

And he looks a lot like Daniel Hamilton too. It would be very nice to have two 6'6" guys on opposite wings who can shoot and dribble penetrate.

 

[Matrim55]

To me, he's more of a 2 guard, than SF...

In the NBA, yeah. In college, guys like Mack - and Rip, and Ray and Lamb - actually spend more time at SF.

Either way, though, this kid looks impressive. Would love to get him to Storrs.

 

[BearJWS]

In the NBA, yeah. In college, guys like Mack - and Rip, and Ray and Lamb - actually spend more time at SF.

Either way, though, this kid looks impressive. Would love to get him to Storrs.

It's really how you play that defines a player, not by how tall you are or who you guard. Some are too concerned with if you're the 3rd tallest player, you're automatically a SF (that's a true evaluation). I've had my haters who say there's no such thing as a 3-guard line up, but it does exist. Go back to Ollie-Shefffer-Allen (all guards) and El-Amin-Moore-Hamilton (all guards) and Boatright-Napier-Lamb (all guards). Pretty sure UConn listed them all as guards. It's never a bad thing to have too many guards. 3 guards + 2 bigs can be quite productive.

 

[CallMeBruce]

It's really how you play that defines a player, not by how tall you are or who you guard. Some are too concerned with if you're the 3rd tallest player, you're automatically a SF (that's a true evaluation). I've had my haters who say there's no such thing as a 3-guard line up, but it does exist. Go back to Ollie-Shefffer-Allen (all guards) and El-Amin-Moore-Hamilton (all guards) and Boatright-Napier-Lamb (all guards). Pretty sure UConn listed them all as guards. It's never a bad thing to have too many guards. 3 guards + 2 bigs can be quite productive.

UConn listed all of Hamilton, Allen, and Lamb as F/G.