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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 2286715, member: 153"] Seems people are forgetting that Jalen, Alterique and Terry Larrier were transcendent talents out of high school. Add a gritty kid like Vital, and you're starting ahead of the game as a coach. All 3 were ranked high, but you could also make an argument that they were among the best handful of players in the entire nation. I know there was not a guard I wanted more than Jalen that year. Larrier also stood out. When these 3 move on, you need to replace them with similar studs to have any hope of bringing UConn back. Some kids like Jeremy Lamb are overlooked and ranked 70. But that's rare. So, Ollie has to nail it in recruiting at some point in the next several months. He needs 3 strong kids. 2 of them need to be immediate difference makers who can score it. [/QUOTE]