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Alright so some general/weird info here that I’m not sure has been posted yet.

-Tristen Newton has a brother who is also in the portal who played 4 years at Evansville. He’s actually a pretty good player.

-The Newton’s are from El Paso Texas, but neither brother received an offer from their hometown university, UTEP.

-Furthermore, the Newton’s cousin is Green Bay packers RB Aaron Jones, who is probably UTEPs most famous alum. Aaron’s brother also played football at UTEP.

-There are tweets out there from Aaron imploring UTEP to offer the Newton brothers but that seemingly never happened (probably a mistake)

-The last carrot here is that Kimani went to UTEP. Not sure if the Newton’s mom or dad went to UTEP but with the UTEP connection in the family I’d say it’s a possibility. Either way there’s probably some sort of El Paso-area connection to take advantage of there. This might also explain why Kimani wasn’t watching Castle this weekend (Murray and more were there) even though he was the lead recruiter on Castle, because he might also have the best connection in to Newton.
 
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4xChamps said:
Alright so some general/weird info here that I’m not sure has been posted yet.

-Tristen Newton has a brother who is also in the portal who played 4 years at Evansville. He’s actually a pretty good player.

-The Newton’s are from El Paso Texas, but neither brother received an offer from their hometown university, UTEP.

-Furthermore, the Newton’s cousin is Green Bay packers RB Aaron Jones, who is probably UTEPs most famous alum. Aaron’s brother also played football at UTEP.

-There are tweets out there from Aaron imploring UTEP to offer the Newton brothers but that seemingly never happened (probably a mistake)

-The last carrot here is that Kimani went to UTEP. Not sure if the Newton’s mom or dad went to UTEP but with the UTEP connection in the family I’d say it’s a possibility. Either way there’s probably some sort of El Paso-area connection to take advantage of there. This might also explain why Kimani wasn’t watching Castle this weekend (Murray and more were there) even though he was the lead recruiter on Castle, because he might also have the best connection in to Newton.
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Boneyard worthy sleuthing. 3 stars for everything except how it ties to the knoll in Dallas.
 
4xChamps said:
Alright so some general/weird info here that I’m not sure has been posted yet.

-Tristen Newton has a brother who is also in the portal who played 4 years at Evansville. He’s actually a pretty good player.

-The Newton’s are from El Paso Texas, but neither brother received an offer from their hometown university, UTEP.

-Furthermore, the Newton’s cousin is Green Bay packers RB Aaron Jones, who is probably UTEPs most famous alum. Aaron’s brother also played football at UTEP.

-There are tweets out there from Aaron imploring UTEP to offer the Newton brothers but that seemingly never happened (probably a mistake)

-The last carrot here is that Kimani went to UTEP. Not sure if the Newton’s mom or dad went to UTEP but with the UTEP connection in the family I’d say it’s a possibility. Either way there’s probably some sort of El Paso-area connection to take advantage of there. This might also explain why Kimani wasn’t watching Castle this weekend (Murray and more were there) even though he was the lead recruiter on Castle, because he might also have the best connection in to Newton.
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That’s just good clean internet sluething
 
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Ramey is more of a shooter so he fits better than Carter next year. OTOH Carter has a higher ceiling, 3 years of left, and I love watching PC fans cry when we take their lunch money. Either one and we’re good
 
PNolanFan said:
Wait, I'm sorry, I have no idea what this means.... Is he saying he is comforting us cause we should be sad? Is he using a Bill Murray reference to Luke? Is he saying we should be happy? Am I the only one who has no idea what he is talking about
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I'm with you. No idea what's happening. My first thought was Luke Murray because of his dad.
 
BackAftaThis said:
He posted the Bill Murray reference when he hinted very early on we were hiring Luke so I imagine he’s doing something similar
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But what does it mean? Perhaps somebody Luke would have connections to?
 
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HuskyHawk said:
But what does it mean? Perhaps somebody Luke would have connections to?
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That was my thought as well, that he is confirming that some "" is going on regarding a UConn recruiting target and he's letting us know that Luke is involved.
 
Pretty sure he is referring to Newton committing. What are the chances that our teacher and soccer journo insiders have scoops but not the guy who actually does this for a living.
 
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navery12 said:
Are you suggesting we were supposed to infer that Corey Floyd Jr was transferring from your post that Dan Hurley is like the AD at your daughter's Catholic HS?
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I confess I didn't get it. Especially the AD reference as opposed to Principal. I can imagine, having had a kid go K-12 in Catholic school recently, some parallels. We had a choice of two HS and know many kids who went to each. The one she picked ended up being overly strict and nitpicky about so many things. The other one gave the kids a little more freedom and individuality.

It wouldn't surprise me if playing for Dan Hurley is pretty constricting and not a lot of fun. All season I commented on how freaking tight our team seemed. The just weren't loose much of the time, and I think it caused some of the shooting woes, especially among guys like Hawk, but probably Gaff as well. Then the tweet from Slater talked about Hurley finding guys who are mentally tough, and Stacey Castle made related comments.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I confess I didn't get it. Especially the AD reference as opposed to Principal. I can imagine, having had a kid go K-12 in Catholic school recently, some parallels. We had a choice of two HS and know many kids who went to each. The one she picked ended up being overly strict and nitpicky about so many things. The other one gave the kids a little more freedom and individuality.

It wouldn't surprise me if playing for Dan Hurley is pretty constricting and not a lot of fun. All season I commented on how freaking tight our team seemed. The just weren't loose much of the time, and I think it caused some of the shooting woes, especially among guys like Hawk, but probably Gaff as well. Then the tweet from Slater talked about Hurley finding guys who are mentally tough, and Stacey Castle made related comments.
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Third hand, but I heard from a friend with a good source two weeks ago that Hurley might be wearing players out with his over-the-top stuff.
 
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KembaStepback said:
Love his game. He's a good player
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Me too. Really love his game. Skilled 4 man.

Did he get hurt or simply get no run? I def saw that transfer as a tamper but I guess there was a coaching change in retrospect.
 
The thing is, I know our backcourt is the top priority right now, but I feel like we could use a good shooter who plays the wing. Any good options other than Shannon who I doubt we'll get?
 
Marquette's Justin Lewis declared for draft while maintaining eligibility. Which leaves Shaka in a spot where he's also going to have to look to the portal for a replacement. If Lewis doesn't get drafted, it'll be after the portal deadline, so I'm not sure what that means - does he have to go back to Marquette if he opts to not play G league or overseas? This new world has me confused...
 
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