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2020 Recruiting: UConn in for Andre Jackson

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meanwhile, we have these infamous billboards in the ohio countryside. the mls teams in cincinnati and columbus call their rivalry "hell is real" because of these billboards between the cities

really makes you think as you drive along
 
Fishy said:
I don’t know who’s going to get this kid ultimately, schools really need to know where to focus their resources.

I cannot imagine what Iowa was thinking putting this much effort into this kid. Like, why?
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It’s the Albany thing.

Cmon. Albany is Smallbany. Fran McCaffrey as Siena HC is tied into Fruscio at AA & Albany City Rocks. Etc etc. He certainly is amongst the hoop guys who gang up in Saratoga in August. (Pitino, Raftery etc). And AJ parents certainly have been brought along in the crew. Because WTF else is a great connection there.

I’m not surprised by Iowa.
 
Pudge said:
It’s the Albany thing.

Cmon. Albany is Smallbany. Fran McCaffrey as Siena HC is tied into Fruscio at AA & Albany City Rocks. Etc etc. He certainly is amongst the hoop guys who gang up in Saratoga in August. (Pitino, Raftery etc). And AJ parents certainly have been brought along in the crew. Because else is a great connection there.

I’m not surprised by Iowa.
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Dude he cancelled his Iowa visit. He isn't going there.
 
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Road2Five said:
I’m having a difficult time trying to understand what you’re saying here. Probably means it’s time for me to go to bed.
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The joy was through the roof about AJ even with no commitment yet announced. Then, NL's impending visit was cancelled which quickly got people nervous about what that might mean............what if we really had a chance at Lane but now he's skipping his OV.........then what if AJ doesn't commit or changes his mind?

You know, the usual ups and downs of emotions here.
 
kansashusky said:
It has been reported that LSU will indeed receive a notice of allegations from the NCAA during this season, do you think that helps us out at all?
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If it doesn't help with kids considering them and us then we were recruiting the wrong kind of kid.
 
Scrutiner said:
The joy was through the roof about AJ even with no commitment yet announced. Then, NL's impending visit was cancelled which quickly got people nervous about what that might mean..what if we really had a chance at Lane but now he's skipping his OV....then what if AJ doesn't commit or changes his mind?

You know, the usual ups and downs of emotions here.
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Thank you for dumbing it down for me. It would def put everyone at ease if AJ had officially committed before Lane cancelled his OV. One has to believe that Lane was told something about AJ committing, so why waste everyone’s time visiting us. After all, he knew AJ was visiting us before him. Why cancel after his visit? If he just simply wasn’t into us, he could’ve cancelled before AJ’s visit. So he has to know something that just hasn’t been made official yet.
 
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MattMang23 said:
Hahah, trust me, my gf has more than proven her loyalty to the UConn men’s basketball program. She knows where I stand on her Duke fandom, but I’ve forgiven her for her sins.

As for me, everything you have asserted about me is generally true.
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God their best moments are a FT jump shot and Tyler Hansborough getting a bloody nose

That program is worthless
 
Rocktheworld said:
God their best moments are a FT jump shot and Tyler Hansborough getting a bloody nose

That program is worthless
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I know we love to hate them and we try to diminish them every chance we get (and rightfully so), but that might be taking just a fewwww too many liberties with the truth of their history.
 
Road2Five said:
Thank you for dumbing it down for me. It would def put everyone at ease if AJ had officially committed before Lane cancelled his OV. One has to believe that Lane was told something about AJ committing, so why waste everyone’s time visiting us. After all, he knew AJ was visiting us before him. Why cancel after his visit? If he just simply wasn’t into us, he could’ve cancelled before AJ’s visit. So he has to know something that just hasn’t been made official yet.
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Yes, Andre is coming our way.
 
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Finally got a moment to watch the Westtown vs Albany tape and I agree with Thabeetdown's observations re Gaffney and Jackson. I just wanted to add a couple other points.

First, Gaffney was allowed to handle the ball at the top of the defense without much 'on ball' pressure. He initiated the offense or took a 3 without having to work hard. For that reason I never really got a feel for the PG vs 2G issue.

Jackson is a highlight reel in waiting, but he tries to hit some home run passes that don't work out. I think he probably had 4 - 5 passing turnovers. You take the bad with the good and you don't want to throttle down a kid's instincts when he can make great plays. At the same time, risk reward needs to be coached.

Noah Collier was much better in this game than when I saw him. He jumped much better, shot better, and generally surprised me. I hadn't seen anything before that interested me. He'll contribute at Pitt.

August Mahony going to Yale is just the kind of non athletic shooter that kills teams with great athletes that rely on their athleticism, reputations, and rankings.
 
Its been a long time since back to back classes are looking so nice. Last good class I could remember was 2016 and we only have 2 of those players playing this year.
 
Ricker said:
Finally got a moment to watch the Westtown vs Albany tape and I agree with Thabeetdown's observations re Gaffney and Jackson. I just wanted to add a couple other points.

First, Gaffney was allowed to handle the ball at the top of the defense without much 'on ball' pressure. He initiated the offense or took a 3 without having to work hard. For that reason I never really got a feel for the PG vs 2G issue.

Jackson is a highlight reel in waiting, but he tries to hit some home run passes that don't work out. I think he probably had 4 - 5 passing turnovers. You take the bad with the good and you don't want to throttle down a kid's instincts when he can make great plays. At the same time, risk reward needs to be coached.

Noah Collier was much better in this game than when I saw him. He jumped much better, shot better, and generally surprised me. I hadn't seen anything before that interested me. He'll contribute at Pitt.

August Mahony going to Yale is just the kind of non athletic shooter that kills teams with great athletes that rely on their athleticism, reputations, and rankings.
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I wanted to ask about Andre at least having a floater or mid range game but Thabeetdown mentioned maybe not according to the game he reviewed. I mean the kid has a ton of pluses checked off so I'm guessing he knows what he has to do in order to get himself to the next level after college and obviously working his shot is highest on the list. Hopefully he's prepared to do that starting now and through his college career. Even if he had Lambs floating ability it would be a major plus.
 
this makes me happy

from an apparently plugged-in syracusefan.com poster:
Bulldog04 said:
"This is over. He’s headed to UConn. Hate to break that news but I just got word from my source at SU......this isn’t speculation because I’m not that guy to stir the pot just because. I love su everything but unfortunately AJ is UConn bound"

and in reply:
RF2044 said:
"same, unfortunately"
 
UConn2SF said:
this makes me happy

from an apparently plugged-in syracusefan.com poster:
Bulldog04 said:
"This is over. He’s headed to UConn. Hate to break that news but I just got word from my source at SU.this isn’t speculation because I’m not that guy to stir the pot just because. I love su everything but unfortunately AJ is UConn bound"

and in reply:
RF2044 said:
"same, unfortunately"
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And this would explain the crystal ball movement back in the summer to Cuse and also the grind Hurley and co put in on this:

Bulldog04 said:
Absolutely not Gerry’s fault on this one. He has had a relationship with him since 8th grade or so. The other part people don’t know is AJ made several silent commitments to Gerry in July and August. Not shedding any bad light on AJ here in any way Bc that’s not the case. But AJ was nervous to fully commit Bc he was interested in UConn and wanted to see it allll the way through. This absolutely is not about Gerry and what he didn’t do so please don’t go there.
 
Storrs South said:
And this would explain the crystal ball movement back in the summer to Cuse and also the grind Hurley and co put in on this:

Bulldog04 said:
Absolutely not Gerry’s fault on this one. He has had a relationship with him since 8th grade or so. The other part people don’t know is AJ made several silent commitments to Gerry in July and August. Not shedding any bad light on AJ here in any way Bc that’s not the case. But AJ was nervous to fully commit Bc he was interested in UConn and wanted to see it allll the way through. This absolutely is not about Gerry and what he didn’t do so please don’t go there.
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Gerry taking the L. You hate to see it.
 
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UConn2SF said:
this makes me happy

from an apparently plugged-in syracusefan.com poster:
Bulldog04 said:
"This is over. He’s headed to UConn. Hate to break that news but I just got word from my source at SU.this isn’t speculation because I’m not that guy to stir the pot just because. I love su everything but unfortunately AJ is UConn bound"

and in reply:
RF2044 said:
"same, unfortunately"
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But then that Bulldog character says there's a good chance Isaiah Jackson picks Cuse. Not sure I can take him seriously...
 
Storrs South said:
And this would explain the crystal ball movement back in the summer to Cuse and also the grind Hurley and co put in on this:

Bulldog04 said:
Absolutely not Gerry’s fault on this one. He has had a relationship with him since 8th grade or so. The other part people don’t know is AJ made several silent commitments to Gerry in July and August. Not shedding any bad light on AJ here in any way Bc that’s not the case. But AJ was nervous to fully commit Bc he was interested in UConn and wanted to see it allll the way through. This absolutely is not about Gerry and what he didn’t do so please don’t go there.
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So basically Jackson changed his mind because of the Big East move? Goes to show just how quickly that changed the entire perception around our program..we just stole a cuse lock and life long cuse fan simply because we left the AAC lmao
 
aburks41 said:
So basically Jackson changed his mind because of the Big East move? Goes to show just how quickly that changed the entire perception around our program..we just stole a cuse lock and life long cuse fan simply because we left the AAC lmao
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I have no doubt we lose if still in the AAC. Huge move and timing for the staff to take advantage of. If this one does work out we can check the first Big East recruiting W, more to come with this staff.

I am sure GMac had to double down on his work as soon as he saw the UConn to the Big East news and hopefully he still fell short.
 
aburks41 said:
So basically Jackson changed his mind because of the Big East move? Goes to show just how quickly that changed the entire perception around our program..we just stole a cuse lock and life long cuse fan simply because we left the AAC lmao
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If you read through that thread (which weeding through the toxicity is so painful) they say immediate playing time was a huge factor for Andre
 
BackAftaThis said:
If you read through that thread (which weeding through the toxicity is so painful) they say immediate playing time was a huge factor for Andre
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I did see that, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that Andre apparently gave cuse silent commit during the summer and then when the Big East news dropped his entire recruitment changed
 
aburks41 said:
So basically Jackson changed his mind because of the Big East move? Goes to show just how quickly that changed the entire perception around our program..we just stole a cuse lock and life long cuse fan simply because we left the AAC lmao
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aburks41 said:
I did see that, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that Andre apparently gave cuse silent commit during the summer and then when the Big East news dropped his entire recruitment changed
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This has the timeline wrong. UConn announced the Big East move in June. Jackson gave Cuse silent verbals in July and August.

I think it was Hurley's surgery that made the difference. Jackson came for his visit and said, I want to play for the guy with a scar on his neck.
 
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