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If Kansas really has no interest I love our chances. Cuse has the acc going for them, but an OLD coach, and a system that is not made for a small guard like TW could work in our favor.

Chillious needs to be sending waters clips of Isaiah Thomas in college daily.
 
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Zionn said:
They can't bring AI into mix via GTown's effort. NCAA no no.....also KU is not going to be a real option.
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You came here for a reason, potential for some optimism?

Also then Ray can't do anything to promote UConn at this event?
 
AntG168 said:
Idk man AI is different. He's a cultural icon. The black community worships AI. We dont have an AI in that sense
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But why does it even matter? It's not like AI is going to be there ever during practice. May show up to 1 game a year.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
He is not a guard. Small forwards and wings are expected to have the skills he has. He's 6'9", so for the college game, a big SF. For NBA, he'd be average size at that position.
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Great. Glad we've established he is a SF/Wing. So in other words, NOT A BIG. Don't lose the forest for the trees, folks. Our frontcourt is unbelievably bad. Like, low-major bad. I bet most American East teams have better Post players than we do this season.

Whether you call Terry Larrier a Guard w/ SF size, or a Wing, or whatever... I'll tell you what he is not. He's not a banger. He's not a post defender. He averaged 5.0 rebounds/game, so he's passable there.

Lets not get all defensive and miss the point. Our frontcourt is capital A awful right now. our Guards are really good, and maybe awesome if Tremont comes. Not sure why that is eliciting defensive posts. Its reality, don't sugar-coat it.
 
AntG168 said:
Idk man AI is different. He's a cultural icon. The black community worships AI. We dont have an AI in that sense
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Fair points but I'll take Selvie, Dyson, Robertson, KEA, Rip, Kemba and Shabazz + 4 championships, 1 NIT championship, 1 Final Four and Rays and Rips NBA championships over Georgetown and Iverson. We're a better option for the kid and we feature guards with his skill set. We've actually won with guys like Tremont.
 
bmayuc said:
Great. Glad we've established he is a SF/Wing. So in other words, NOT A BIG. Don't lose the forest for the trees, folks. Our frontcourt is unbelievably bad. Like, low-major bad. I bet most American East teams have better Post players than we do this season.

Whether you call Terry Larrier a Guard w/ SF size, or a Wing, or whatever... I'll tell you what he is not. He's not a banger. He's not a post defender. He averaged 5.0 rebounds/game, so he's passable there.

Lets not get all defensive and miss the point. Our frontcourt is capital A awful right now. our Guards are really good, and maybe awesome if Tremont comes. Not sure why that is eliciting defensive posts. Its reality, don't sugar-coat it.
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See, this is where wanting to be negative just crosses into stupid. "I bet most American East teams have better post players than we do this season."

O.K. -- first of all, we only have half a roster at the moment, and we know the coaches have to add bodies before you know what we have. But if the season started today, we'd be using Larrier to guard a 4 -- whatever position you decide he is -- and he'd join two top 100 recruits and a JUCO who started at Auburn. So in the middle of America EAst you really think you have that?

Things are in fact bad enough. But just throwing dumb hyperbole out there adds nothing.
 
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husky99 said:
We may win by default
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I'll take it, as long as it doesn't create another situation where the kid perpetually has one foot out the door.

To my earlier point about being considered big name, remember that we're talking about 17-18 year old kids. I don't mean middle-aged fans or commentators who saw the ascent of our program and appreciate our history over 25+ years.

To the current crop of recruits, whose memory of college basketball may only go back 5 or so years (and who care about exposure more than what championships those teams have won in their history), there are many programs who they would consider to offer a bigger stage: UK, KU, UNC, Duke, Arizona, UCLA, Louisville, MSU, Florida, Villanova, Gonzaga. You could even argue programs like Maryland, Michigan, Oregon, Indiana, Virginia.

This program has some work to do to get back to a place where we're thought of as a premier destination by today's elite talent. Fortunately, the flip side of the issue about kids having a short memory is that it will only take a few consistently great seasons to get back into the picture.
 
uconnever said:
Don't really like this guy....but I agree Kansas would make the most sense if it were me.
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You dont know him. Hes a good kid

Edit: My apologies i have thw wacko he's talking to on ignore :)
 
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uconnever said:
Don't really like this guy....but I agree Kansas would make the most sense if it were me.
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Trevon Duval may still very well up at Kansas. Duval + Graham (who will be ball dominant this season to up his NBA stock as a PG) would be enough to deter him
 
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Don't hold your breath on a visit. He's quoted as saying “I think I visited enough, being from Connecticut and going to camps and stuff when I was younger,” said Waters, a New Haven native. “So I think I visited enough.”
 
bmayuc said:
Great. Glad we've established he is a SF/Wing. So in other words, NOT A BIG. Don't lose the forest for the trees, folks. Our frontcourt is unbelievably bad. Like, low-major bad. I bet most American East teams have better Post players than we do this season.

Whether you call Terry Larrier a Guard w/ SF size, or a Wing, or whatever... I'll tell you what he is not. He's not a banger. He's not a post defender. He averaged 5.0 rebounds/game, so he's passable there.

Lets not get all defensive and miss the point. Our frontcourt is capital A awful right now. our Guards are really good, and maybe awesome if Tremont comes. Not sure why that is eliciting defensive posts. Its reality, don't sugar-coat it.
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You know who else isn't a banger? Josh Jackson. You know who played power forward for Kansas all year last year? Josh Jackson. Look. I'd love to have a roster that allowed us to play Larrier just at the 3. I'm sure he'd love that too. I don't think we'll go 3 guard all the time, but we will do that quite a bit if Waters signs, and when we do, TL is the 4. If some stud C or PF drops in our laps, then things will change. Terry has the size and strength (much stronger looking than he was at VCU) to play the position. I'm mostly worried about his desire to do so.
 
What am I missing about Kansas? Mason is gone. Seems like they have a lot of playing time available and that national stage he said himself he'd like.
 
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