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another one for the older gang was Terry Coffey. Big numbers in HS and we finally plucked an all state kid from the DC area.
 
Donyell, Ray, put me in the group that followed recruiting with KEA, Andre, Jalen. But I'm really excited by Alterique right now.
 
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Hugo said:
Donyell. Back when there was a Big East magazine dedicated to BB recruiting that came out n Sep't/Oct there was a lot of press re: him. An McD AA with great skills and size who was very highly recruited. Big East called him a can't miss type of player and a real coupe for JC. Add Yell to a class that already had Donny, Fair, KO and Rudy and that gave us our most highly rated class at the time. Couldn't to see him play and he more than lived up
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I used to subscribe to that too if we're talking the same thing.

Big East Briefs.
 
Ken Whitney, Mr. Maine Basketball and Sandy Fishman, fulfilled his all-pine predictions.

But for real, Corny Thompson. the one guy who made a big mistake coming to UConn during that era. For the guys who fret about elites maybe not progressing as expected, Corny, while always very good, was top notch off the bat and didn't add that much to his game. Hands down the best outlet passing big man we ever had who had all the other tools. When he came in, he and Mark Aguirre of DePaul were considered probably the two best forwards in their class. It wound up not being that close, and certainly not in the pros. Corny was much more oven ready coming in than Drummond, who was both fun and painful to watch at the same time.
 
cohenzone said:
Ken Whitney, Mr. Maine Basketball and Sandy Fishman, fulfilled his all-pine predictions.

But for real, Corny Thompson. the one guy who made a big mistake coming to UConn during that era. For the guys who fret about elites maybe not progressing as expected, Corny, while always very good, was top notch off the bat and didn't add that much to his game. Hands down the best outlet passing big man we ever had who had all the other tools. When he came in, he and Mark Aguirre of DePaul were considered probably the two best forwards in their class. It wound up not being that close, and certainly not in the pros. Corny was much more oven ready coming in than Drummond, who was both fun and painful to watch at the same time.
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Wished JC had his time with Corny and McKay. They both would've left much better players under the right coach. Corny had it all minus the elite athleticism - shoot it, rebound in traffic, intelligence, as you said outlet passing. There was more there - a little better diet, weights etc etc - he would've stayed int he league a long time I think.
 
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The whole 2011 class of AD, DD, and Boat. That was one star studded class.
 
After Donyell, the other early one (in my fandom) that comes to mind is Brian Fair. He was rated in the top forty if I recall.
 
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Scottzer said:
After Donyell, the other early one (in my fandom) that comes to mind is Brian Fair. He was rated in the top forty if I recall.
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Rudy Johnson, prior to knee troubles, was way up there and we stole him from Florida State and others I believe. Nice piece of the puzzle for some very good teams but obviously not quite what he was supposed to be. Great Husky kid though and still very much part of the family.
 
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I just remember after watching this video, I was convinced that Drummond would lead us to back-to-back titles as a freshman. Just an insane mixtape.
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Even better than I remembered. I thought we could repeat too.
 
Boatright. Remember free boat?

Wasn't that long ago the NCAA jerked him around for his fist 6 games. Then decided they didn't jerk him around enough so made him sit a few in Jan.
 
Jalen is the recruit that I've been most excited to see play since Andre Drummond committed.

Before Andre, couldn't wait to see Charlie Villanueva.

Before Charlie, probably tie between Scott Burrell and Chris Smith.

Before those two, had to be Corny Thompson and Mike McKay coming in together.
 
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Jim Abromaitis, Edmund Saunders, Dougie Wiggins, Fish Fry and Stix
 
Khalid. I met him in August of '97 and couldn't picture how he could be as talented as advertised. He was, of course, but I needed to see it to believe it.
 
1. Rudy
2. D HAM for me...a recruit we needed at the time and who i think will have a great year
3. Andre - see video
4. Charlie V.. big time get
5. Marcus williams
 
hoophuskee said:
I used to subscribe to that too if we're talking the same thing.

Big East Briefs.
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Ha, I used to get that newsletter too.

I used to follow recruiting much more in the 90's and I distinctly remember whichever preseason magazine I had at the time (Street & Smiths?) ranking Kirk King as a higher rated high school senior than Ray Allen. Based on that, when they started mentioning incoming freshman during televised games, I remember thinking it was odd that they were mentioning Ray Allen so much more that KK. It didn't take long to figure out why.

As for the OP, another vote for Deng
 
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