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aburks41 said:
Yeah...praying this kid just goes straight to the G league or something because he's the type of player that can carry Duke to a title on his own. Damn
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Monteverde has a crazy stat that EVERY two-year starter in the last {large number] of years has made it to the NBA. Cooper started as a sophomore.
 
UCfor3 said:
Do you have information or are you just being pessimistic because Duke offered? Throwing that out without context is going to stir up curiosity because he is this years top target and he's local.
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Slater called this a couple months back. Unfortunately we don’t have the resources to compete with Duke on a recruiting battle unless there is a really specific tie to UConn. Unfortunately he is a priority for them.
 
UCfor3 said:
Do you have information or are you just being pessimistic because Duke offered? Throwing that out without context is going to stir up curiosity because he is this years top target and he's local.
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Most of his/her posts have been on the negative side lately.
 
kansashusky said:
Slater called this a couple months back. Unfortunately we don’t have the resources to compete with Duke on a recruiting battle unless there is a really specific tie to UConn. Unfortunately he is a priority for them.
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HooperScooper said:
Why?
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Guys from the Hartford area in CT typically aren’t UConn fans and don’t like the idea of staying in state.

Being familiar with his family, (no I have not talked to anyone about it just a feeling) I’d be surprised if he ended up here.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Guys from the Hartford area in CT typically aren’t UConn fans and don’t like the idea of staying in state.

Being familiar with his family, (no I have not talked to anyone about it just a feeling) I’d be surprised if he ended up here.
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Why are players from Hartford area not UConn fans?
 
kansashusky said:
Slater called this a couple months back. Unfortunately we don’t have the resources to compete with Duke on a recruiting battle unless there is a really specific tie to UConn. Unfortunately he is a priority for them.
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I'm aware of the NIL imbalance and all the challenges that creates. Wondered if you had inside info other than a blurb from Slater a while back. It may be an uphill battle but I don't think there should a chicken little outlook either. You take your best swing and have a backup plan at the ready. Probably won't land him but way too early for any absolute proclaimations.
 
husky429 said:
Having seen him play a half dozen times now, he definitely doesn't know it the way he should. Maybe it's late riser syndrome. He's the best player on the court 99% of the time but acts like a 5th man.

Credit where it's due though, the kid plays the game the right way. Very few players are making the extra pass or hunting the higher % shot in AAU.
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No, I meant he might be who UConn wants, but UConn is not what he wants.
 
kansashusky said:
Slater called this a couple months back. Unfortunately we don’t have the resources to compete with Duke on a recruiting battle unless there is a really specific tie to UConn. Unfortunately he is a priority for them.
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A specific tie like it being his home state school with an easy drive for family and friends to see him and watch him play?
 
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TheHorde said:
A specific tie like it being his home state school with an easy drive for family and friends to see him and watch him play?
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Yeah we thought the same thing with Nick Timberlake too. NIL money can buy a lot of plane tickets.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Wish I could tell you. But it’s a thing from what I’ve seen and experienced. A lot of people just want to leave CT and experience new things too unless they have ties that keep them here.

Like I said before, NIL will probably definitely be a thing in this recruitment. And rightfully so because why would someone not want to cash in on their talent?

If he’s picking between us and other talented schools and a school like Kansas is giving Timerblake offers while we’re talking about development and championships. That’s not going to win it.
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I agree to an extent. NIL is gonna be a steep mountain to climb. But it did win it enough to land the #3 rated class. Castle could have decommitted or asked out of his letter of intent anytime he wanted. The connections were made with him just like they were with Andre(Hurley talked about that recently). Same with Solo, Jaylin, etc..I'm sure other programs could have given them more NIL. Money usually talks but I wouldn't compare Timberlake's situation to recruiting high school players. Timberlake is looking for a 1 year cash in with probably not much of an NBA future. The transfer portal is like speed dating. Recruiting high school is most of the time a long process where relationships and trust can be eatablished with the players and their families. Many will go for the short money still, nothong wrong with that, but some players will value other things. In a year Castle will most likely be making a lot more money than NIL. He can now go play for a coach and program he believes in and trusts. Best of both worlds.
 
kansashusky said:
Yeah we thought the same thing with Nick Timberlake too. NIL money can buy a lot of plane tickets.
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Timberlake is from right outside of Boston. Betsey lives maybe a 10-15 minute drive from the XL Center. It’s not like UConn has nothing to offer. Remember 10 kids on Dook, Kentucky, and UNC will all have their hands out.
 
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UCfor3 said:
I agree to an extent. NIL is gonna be a steep mountain to climb. But it did win it enough to land the #3 rated class. Castle could have decommitted or asked out of his letter of intent anytime he wanted. The connections were made with him just like they were with Andre(Hurley talked about that recently). Same with Solo, Jaylin, etc..I'm sure other programs could have given them more NIL. Money usually talks but I wouldn't compare Timberlake's situation to recruiting high school players. Timberlake is looking for a 1 year cash in with probably not much of an NBA future. The transfer portal is like speed dating. Recruiting high school is most of the time a long process where relationships and trust can be eatablished with the players and their families. Many will go for the short money still, nothong wrong with that, but some players will value other things. In a year Castle will most likely be making a lot more money than NIL. He can now go play for a coach and program he believes in and trusts. Best of both worlds.
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Oh I’m not saying there’s other recruitments we can’t win without playing NIL the same. There’s going to be plenty of big time kids interested just like last year’s class.

I’m just not sure Betsey will be one of them when it comes down to it. Would love to be wrong. And again, there would be nothing wrong with thinking he can get the same things he would at UConn while also cashing in on his value to go with it.
 
UCfor3 said:
Why are players from Hartford area not UConn fans?
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Historically, Most are. Of course there are always some kids that aren’t. Honestly most kids don’t even watch basketball games much anymore. They watch nba highlights on YouTube and tiktok
 
I don't think UConn is completely out of it with Betsey but it's pretty clear UConn is not his defacto first choice.

Duke may not have him as their first choice though (pretty clear he hasn't been so far actually). Already have a commit from Harris at SF and are in on a few other SF/SGs in the class. If Betsey had a committable offer from them, I think he would have pounced already.
 
aburks41 said:
Are we in on Cooper Flagg or is he Duke/UK bound at this point
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went down a rabbit hole on this kid trying to figure out if his mom and donovan clingan's mom were college teammates at maine. they were both there in the late nineties.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
Guys from the Hartford area in CT typically aren’t UConn fans and don’t like the idea of staying in state.
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I'm not sure where you're getting that from. Although Betsey has said he wasn't a UConn fan growing up so that's one.
 
I don’t really care if Duke and UK and UNC snag a whole team of 5 star recruits. They don’t have the coaches to put together a championship team. Sheyer is unproven but not impressed with his first year with the talent he had. Cal gets a top 1-2 class full of 5 stars every year and every year he does nothing with it. UNC went to a final four 2 years ago but have been awful since. Give us the 2nd tier 20-75 rated guys and let Hurley steamroll everyone.
 
TheHorde said:
Timberlake is from right outside of Boston. Betsey lives maybe a 10-15 minute drive from the XL Center. It’s not like UConn has nothing to offer. Remember 10 kids on Dook, Kentucky, and UNC will all have their hands out.
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Yes that’s true but he’s one of if not their biggest priority, so it’s not like he’s number ten on the outside looking in. Scheyer has visited him more than any other 24’ prospect.
 
HooperScooper said:
Wasn't there only a 3 year period where UConn was bad? 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019.
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Exactly. Many of these kids are old enough to remember 2014, and they certainly all have 2023 fresh in their minds.
 
elmcityboy said:
went down a rabbit hole on this kid trying to figure out if his mom and donovan clingan's mom were college teammates at maine. they were both there in the late nineties.
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Believe they overlapped for 2 years at Maine
 
HooperScooper said:
I'm not sure where you're getting that from. Although Betsey has said he wasn't a UConn fan growing up so that's one.
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He says he wasn't a basketball fan growing up. Clingan was a Michigan fan growing up, he seems to be a pretty big UConn fan now.
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