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UConn out on Valdir Manuel

Captbluefin said:
Loosing Kofi really hurts. I hope lessons were learned.. We had a lot of eggs in the Kofi basket.
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Hurley doesn't need to learn any lessons. I don't think you realize how hard it was to recruit in the AAC after two losing seasons. We are in a much better position to recruit for 2020 then for 2019. It's not like the staff fell asleep at the wheel and just recruited Kofi, but they had a late start because of the hire date.
 
kansashusky said:
Hurley doesn't need to learn any lessons. I don't think you realize how hard it was to recruit in the AAC after two losing seasons. We are in a much better position to recruit for 2020 then for 2019. It's not like the staff fell asleep at the wheel and just recruited Kofi, but they had a late start because of the hire date.
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Imagine landing three out of your four primary targets in the top 100 coming off a year where your predecessor threw the program's reputation in the toilet, you're playing in a total dung hole of a conference against schools like East Carolina and people are mad you missed one of them.
 
BFieldHusky said:
We are in really good shape with multiple Top 50 players for 2020. Let it play out. Big East news really is helping.

Hurts for 2019 no doubt. A lot of small ball.
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Besides maybe Jackson do you really believe we lead with any of these kids? Why aren’t they mentioning us more in interviews? why aren’t recruiting gurus linking us more often with some of these kids? why aren’t there more players taking unofficials? Xavier seems to be confident in Lane; Cliff, Cam and Lance all still seem like long shots to me. Hate to sound like a pessimist but it seems like we are behind where we were last year.
 
UcannUconn said:
Besides maybe Jackson do you really believe we lead with any of these kids? Why aren’t they mentioning us more in interviews? why aren’t recruiting gurus linking us more often with some of these kids? why aren’t there more players taking unofficials? Xavier seems to be confident in Lane; Cliff, Cam and Lance all still seem like long shots to me. Hate to sound like a pessimist but it seems like we are behind where we were last year.
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Lead? Hard to say. Fairly in the mix or better? Yes.

I don't listen to interviews, no comment there.

The insiders are linking us w these players. It's just in private because of how much they get roasted when a kid changes his mind on this board. Zion used to be much more active on here, for one example.

We just moved to the big east a month ago. Kids are unbelievably busy through August. Visits will happen in the fall. Give it time.

Xavier is condident in Lane. Of the 4 recruits you mention, he's probably the least likely. The other 3 are far from longshots. I know for as close to a fact as possible in recruiting that Cliff is barely, if ever, being contacted by Kentucky and Jackson has had his eye on UConn since May.

We're not behind. Our first commitments weren't until September for 2019. And better players commit later--the timeline is pushed back every year for top 100 players. Some kids commit on official visits or shortly after, some wait until the hs season is starting, others until the spring. No one is commiting in July without a visit a week after peach jam
 
UcannUconn said:
Xavier seems to be confident in Lane; Cliff, Cam and Lance all still seem like long shots to me
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even if this turns out to be the case...i'd still be optimistic about idk...

SG-mashburn
SF- jackson
PF- lewis or springs
C- cardwell

beyond that is when it starts getting a bit dicey...
 
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McLovin said:
I'm assuming your kids are bigger than these...?

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Looks great against middle schoolers. Except for that drive at about 1:00 into it, where he took 4 complete steps through traffic after picking up his dribble. That didn't look good at all.
 
bendm said:
even if this turns out to be the case...i'd still be optimistic about idk...

SG-mashburn
SF- jackson
PF- lewis or springs
C- cardwell

beyond that is when it starts getting a bit dicey...
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Throughbacks list from the 90s?
 
Burnsbros23 said:
He’s a 2020 has to do another year at the Juco I coach At. TCU Rutgers Oklahoma West Virginia N.C. State are all kinda messing with him. We want him to go somewhere and redshirt just turned 19 July 7th. Redshirt and play two.

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Tough to judge a young big, because they so often compete against smaller players. That being said, your guy looks pike he moves well and has good movement around the basket. Whether that holds up against defenders his size and bigger... who knows? He does look more ready than Manuel though.
 
djct1999 said:
At some point, we need to start being UConn on the court again. Manuel would have had immediate impact and was worth far more to this team than an extra scholarship. This one hurts. His grades must really suck.
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Chief won’t go there.
 
BFieldHusky said:
We are in really good shape with multiple Top 50 players for 2020. Let it play out. Big East news really is helping.

Hurts for 2019 no doubt. A lot of small ball.
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My Bucs are about to blow a game to the Phillies so this is the juice that sustains me.

Jackson, Thomas, Cliff, Lane.

Lets announce our presence with authority. (Bonus points for those of you who love Bull Durham and understand the Nuke LaLooche reference)
 
Pgh2Storrs said:
My Bucs are about to blow a game to the Phillies so this is the juice that sustains me.

Jackson, Thomas, Cliff, Lane.

Lets announce our presence with authority. (Bonus points for those of you who love Bull Durham and understand the Nuke LaLooche reference)
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Hope those guys are first ball fastball hitters....
 
UConnStats said:
- Akok is a huge improvement in rim protection and rebounding over Polley, who is better suited to guard the 3 or soft stretch 4s than some of the 4s he had to guard this year
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Polley is the definition of “soft stretch 4”.
 
Wasn’t there an article a few weeks back that mentioned the staff was possibly looking over seas for a big?
 
Pgh2Storrs said:
My Bucs are about to blow a game to the Phillies so this is the juice that sustains me.

Jackson, Thomas, Cliff, Lane.

Lets announce our presence with authority. (Bonus points for those of you who love Bull Durham and understand the Nuke LaLooche reference)
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I was paying attention to Susan Sarandon.
 
Would've loved this guy but I'm telling everyone, Whaley is going to surprise us. He's put in tons of work this summer and he'll be a very serviceable backup big. I think he'll give us 15 mpg, provide some energy off the bench, and play solid defense. One thing he has that you really can't teach is a good feel for the game. His overall skill may be slightly lacking but he has an above average IQ and he knows where to be on the floor.
 
JimHurley said:
Would've loved this guy but I'm telling everyone, Whaley is going to surprise us. He's put in tons of work this summer and he'll be a very serviceable backup big. I think he'll give us 15 mpg, provide some energy off the bench, and play solid defense. One thing he has that you really can't teach is a good feel for the game. His overall skill may be slightly lacking but he has an above average IQ and he knows where to be on the floor.
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Is that really true, though? Because Hurley got picked up on hot mics yelling at Whaley to get to the right spot/learn the plays basically every time he was on the court
 

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