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JMick said:
Losing out on him would sting a lot. Hopefully we get him here soon
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Yea, kids like this from Hartford don't come around too often. That would hurt.
 
JMick said:
Losing out on him would sting a lot. Hopefully we get him here soon
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Yeah, it would suck. But if you are gonna lose out, it might as well be Duke. They got Prima Nocte.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
What’s a Vandy?
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Named after "the Commodore" Cornelius who had some serious cash. In RI they had a little summer cottage called "The Breakers" Gloria Vanderbilt, a descendant, had her fine family name put on everyone's rear end when she launched a designer jeans line.
 
dennismenace said:
Named after "the Commodore" Cornelius who had some serious cash. In RI they had a little summer cottage called "The Breakers" Gloria Vanderbilt, a descendant, had her fine family name put on everyone's rear end when she launched a designer jeans line.
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The Breakers was a decent little pad for Corny. After walking through it years ago what amazed me more than anything else is how they could import all of that marble and other structures and then somehow build this "cottage" back in those days. I mean I realize it's not the only one but to look at the size of some of the structures they brought in and then get them on to that property without the luxuries which exist these days is just amazing. People worked a lot harder back then that's for damn sure.
 
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KSC94 said:

Sheesh
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Maybe not the biggest hops, but that's not an unathletic play. He hung up there too. What are these 'unathletic' claims about?
 
intlzncster said:
Maybe not the biggest hops, but that's not an unathletic play. He hung up there too. What are these 'unathletic' claims about?
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Lateral quickness & he has no second jump (which limits his rebounding ability, especially out of area).

But still, kid's a stud.
 
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dennismenace said:
Named after "the Commodore" Cornelius who had some serious cash. In RI they had a little summer cottage called "The Breakers" Gloria Vanderbilt, a descendant, had her fine family name put on everyone's rear end when she launched a designer jeans line.
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Visited The Biltmore in December. their "main" estate wasn't as extravagant as I assumed when compared to the tiny little Breakers. Only a mere 6000 acres
 
HuskyFich said:
Visited The Biltmore in December. their "main" estate wasn't as extravagant as I assumed when compared to the tiny little Breakers. Only a mere 6000 acres
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Greatly reduced from original property.
 
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Almost impossible to get a quality education with big time sports. The guy that is covering me tonight played free Safety for UCONN x 2 yrs. He could not get his core classes in n had to drop football after 3 yrs. This was in the early 90s when UCONN was DII.
 
Whtdmd said:
Almost impossible to get a quality education with big time sports. The guy that is covering me tonight played free Safety for UCONN x 2 yrs. He could not get his core classes in n had to drop football after 3 yrs. This was in the early 90s when UCONN was DII.
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UConn was never DII. They were 1AA.
And I think Emeka Okafor dispells your myth about not getting a quality education while playing a major sport.
 
"I like the schools I'm talking to." Sounds like 1 (or 2) of the schools he's talking to is a clear favorite, even if other schools come in. I like our chances.
 
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Whtdmd said:
Almost impossible to get a quality education with big time sports. The guy that is covering me tonight played free Safety for UCONN x 2 yrs. He could not get his core classes in n had to drop football after 3 yrs. This was in the early 90s when UCONN was DII.
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The women's bb team doesn't seem to have the same problem.
 
temery said:
The women's bb team doesn't seem to have the same problem.
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There is a big difference between correspondence courses and actual class room classes. Most of the difficult classes like Math/Computers/Biology/Chem/physics/Organic chem have regular labs that require your physical presence. The sad thing is that as UCONN is emphasizing STEM majors, few if any of the UCONN MBB, WBB and FBB players are majoring in those. The most common UCONN athletic majors are Sociology and communications. It is mostly submitting papers at the end of the semester. Coach Danny Hurley was a Physical Ed major at Seton Hall. He had to take a yr for a Leave of absence due to the stress of the major n playing basketball.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Or maybe someone tells him about Mek!
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I was thinking the same thing - you recruit this kid like Calhoun recruited Okafor.

And it’s not like we completely suck academically- if you’re a smart kid, you can definitely use it to open doors and get a great education.
 
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