Not only did he not pitch at UConn, I am fairly certain he wasn't even on scholarship. I believe the Expos paid for his tuition.
I know really! I want to understand what I'm missing. I'm obviously not a coach or a scout of any kind, although I've seen enough high level prospects in AAU and high school basketball settings, so maybe I can learn how these guys look at recruits by following this recruitment. He still has 3 more years of high school so things could change.
What games did you see him play? I saw his St. John's team play 3 games last year, including the Central Mass. final against Franklin. Franklin had nobody close to his height but they did a good job on him. He did hit the winning free throws with 5 second left. I've never seen him play AAU games so maybe he looks better there against better competition?
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Not sure what you'd consider high major if UConn, Providence, Marquette, DePaul (Big East), Iowa (Big 10), BC (ACC) don't count as high major offers
I saw St. Johns win in a blowout once, and he was literally just going through the motions out there. While he didn't really "need" to score, seeing a player who I read about in the newspaper several times (before his recruitment heated up) just kind of float around. Second time I saw him he didn't make much of an effort to be an impact player, he seems to prefer to let the game come to him.
I don't see how you can say those are high majors? I think there's tiers to it, and I personally can't list those teams you did with Duke, UNC, Kentucky, etc.
Yeah I was thinking about Doherty also, who I saw play a few times in high school. But he wasn't nearly as highly ranked or had the same acclaim at the same age as Power does. I also didn't understand ND taking him. It might have had something to do with Zach Auguste coming from the same high school and having a pretty good career at ND. Maybe the Marlborough coach talked Brey into taking him because Brey trusted him after Auguste?
He's played 2 years of high school at St. John's but is currently repeating his sophomore year at Worcester Academy.
Forgot about Dennis Long. Sat bench on Hoop team, I believe he was a pitcher on baseball team ( but not 100% sure). Wasn't baseball team that went to College World Series a couple years after they graduated?
High major does not mean blue blood. A high major is any of the power 5 conference teams and for basketball I think the Big East is right in that conversation too.
Doesn't the pecking order go... Blue Blood, High Major, Low Major, Mid Major and everyone else? Just curious.
He's listing them as high majors because they are high majors.
Big East is as high major as it gets.
Tyler Olander was (maybe still is?) a pitcher in the Toronto organization. Did he play baseball at UConn too? I don't think so.
Walt Dropo Was an amazing athlete. You said the NBA, so your quote is correct, but Dropo was drafted in three professional sports.
What year would that have been? I went to high school there and don't remember anyone quite that tall. We had Randy Gunther who played football at UConn and was also on the basketball team his freshman year but he was more like 6'7 or 6'8. He was a defensive player in football though.
There no reason he couldn't be on a throwing program during basketball season and then join the baseball team for April- June
They say if randy Johnson wasn’t so tall he might have reached his full potential, he couldn’t figure out how to keep people from seeing the ball for so long out of his hand. Lol
Yes. I saw he's been released.