2025 Recruiting: This was once an Eric Reibe Thread

[aceboon]

Feels like we've known it's been these 5 schools for awhile now

 

[awy]

another way of seeing the immediate playing time question is whether the staff has demonstrated capability to use freshman in impactful ways. this takes good understanding of the player and ability to design scheme to use them, and there's no one better at this than UConn. different positions but Castle/McNeeley demonstrate this plenty.

 

[NJHoops]

How is available minutes and immediate playing time a negative for UConn? All we have for bigs next season is Reed and Singare.

In comparison to the others, plus it‘s all over his quotes. It’s what other teams are selling him on. Do most freshman bigs start and excel right away? No, but that never gets mentioned when you’re telling a guy all about your graduating minutes.

Player says something is a concern. Immediate rationalization- it is not. Ok, but it is to him! It’s fine, this staff is great with stuff like that, I am not worried, but it is a thing.

 

[Huskyforlife]

He’d be the most talented center on the roster day 1. Would he start over a senior Reed? Who knows, but there’s a nice spot in the rotation ready for him either way.

 

[Waquoit]

He talks a lot about available minutes and immediate playing time, which is a negative for UConn.

He would get PT without the pressure of being the only big man. Seems like a perfect spot for him.

 

[RuffRuff]

Is there any real news here? These have been the 5 all along. Cmon Eric, slash a team to make it interesting. Seems to state instant playing time for everyone but UConn.

Not sure if stock risers offers anything Zagoria doesn’t.

Five-star senior Eric Reibe down to five schools, breaks down finalists

One of the nation's top-rated bigs goes in-depth on his final schools

stockrisers.com

 

[TheHorde]

I feel like his floor would be 15 minutes a game as a freshman with the possibility to get 20 minutes a game depending on who returns that season out of the players with remaining eligibility. I could potentially even see him getting minutes with Reed since Reibe can also play away from the paint.

 

[TheShot1990]

Here Eric, let me make this simple for you...very simple:
2024 NBA draft:
7th pick - Donovan Clingan UCONN after winning a NC
9th pick - Zach Edy after losing a NC
Ryan Kalkbrenner is still in college ....

 

[awy]

I don't think hurley is just handing out playing time guarantees. it's more of a challenge to the recruit plus a belief that they can win the competition. it's a bit different from what other programs are doing wrt playing time, there's less certainty but more of a selection for the kind of player who won't back down and responds positively to a challenge, because that's how they'll have to operate every day if they do come here.

 

[RuffRuff]

He’d be the most talented center on the roster day 1. Would he start over a senior Reed? Who knows, but there’s a nice spot in the rotation ready for him either way.

He plugs perfectly into the script with the multi faceted 5 combo. He would bring a very different look to Reed. It’s basically the Donovan Clingan school to being a lottery pick. Let’s go big boy, don’t overthink it.

 

[HooperScooper]

Is there any real news here? These have been the 5 all along. Cmon Eric, slash a team to make it interesting. Seems to state instant playing time for everyone but UConn.

Not sure if stock risers offers anything Zagoria doesn’t.

Five-star senior Eric Reibe down to five schools, breaks down finalists

One of the nation's top-rated bigs goes in-depth on his final schools

stockrisers.com

Exact same quotes as Zags. Did the 2 of them speak to Reibe at the same time?

 

[Lambeau]

Sounds like McDermott bonded with him about family at Creighton--I'm a big, I can relate, I developed Kalk, I sent my son to the League from here, you're my next son I'll develop and send up there....

 

[uconngb]

Sounds like McDermott bonded with him about family at Creighton--I'm a big, I can relate, I developed Kalk, I sent my son to the League from here, you're my next son I'll develop and send up there....

Sooooo......one per decade? And it'll take 4 years (or more) for me to "develop" you? Not the slickest of sale pitches

 

[Lambeau]

I'm not saying he should buy it, but it's a seduction; Danny shoots straight, but it may be a little tough love for some.

 

[bendm]

clingan wasnt scared off by sanogo. reibe should definitely not be scared off by reed.

he can still be a O&D at UConn if he takes the starting C spot from reed at some point during his frosh season. and if he cant beat out reed as a frosh then he wouldnt be a O&D anyways.

 

[superjohn]

Reibe is ranked too low. He looks like a top 10-15 player in the class to me.

 

[HooperScooper]

New article.

UConn: "They'll still have a big but see me playing alongside Tarris Reed. They want to use me like a Donovan Clingan."

Four-star big man Eric Reibe breaks down his final five schools

Eric Reibe will choose between Indiana, Oregon, Creighton, UConn, and Kansas.

247sports.com

 

[kcc1442]

Is there any real news here? These have been the 5 all along. Cmon Eric, slash a team to make it interesting. Seems to state instant playing time for everyone but UConn.

Not sure if stock risers offers anything Zagoria doesn’t.

Five-star senior Eric Reibe down to five schools, breaks down finalists

One of the nation's top-rated bigs goes in-depth on his final schools

stockrisers.com

I love the idea. Who is going to be the first kid to have a list of 7 and have a “A Cutdown Week”. Where he cuts 1 team per night! That’d be first rate entertainment. I’d tune in. It should be live with fan bases on live stream too. Watch them in despair as everyone sighs with relief that they are still in for another night of Cutdown week! Real survivor vibes.

 

[RuffRuff]

I love the idea. Who is going to be the first kid to have a list of 7 and have a “A Cutdown Week”. Where he cuts 1 team per night! That’d be first rate entertainment. I’d tune in. It should be live with fan bases on live stream too. Watch them in despair as everyone sighs with relief that they are still in for another night of Cutdown week! Real survivor vibes.

And get Pat Sajak and Vanna White out there to flip a tablet of the slashed teams logo.

Maybe have one of the competing mascots come out and body slam the losing mascot. Love it!

 

[bendm]

Idk what this has to do with reibe but I can’t stop laughing. How much weight has Baylor put on this summer jeeze

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I've been saying that Creighton is the biggest threat but this guy is delusional. more NBA ready if he goes to Creighton? on what planet?

yea sure the Creighton system is pretty nice but if you want the cutting edge there's nowhere to go but UConn.

I can’t believe he would pick McDermott over Hurley and Luke. I mean is Kalkbrenner ever going to be NBA ready?

 

[dennismenace]

Can we start a thread titled, "Tweets that make you throw up in your mouth a little" and kick it off with this one?

Good idea. How about: "Ajita Tweets!"

 

[nomar]

Darius my man

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

He’d be the most talented center on the roster day 1. Would he start over a senior Reed? Who knows, but there’s a nice spot in the rotation ready for him either way.

I wouldn’t count a junior Singare out that easily. I may need to watch more film but I think Reibe isn’t the most physical center as is and may need a year to develop and learn how to bang down there.

Something Singare may be ready to do in an impactful way by next year.

 

[444JR]