Wayne Selden

[caw]

I guess we will see, it's hard to separate them. Selden apparently has left BABC also but has he signed on with another AAU squad? Either way we have both been burned by the Tilton/BABC kids and their "advisers" I am surprised though that there is not one BE school on his list. I really expected to see UConn on his list but as I'm quickly figuring out both of us are in a damaged relationship with Tilton and BABC.

I never expected to see us on the list, Cooley tried to get in with Selden but he had some bad blood with the school going back to some fighting with Marshon Brooks about something or other, girl, ipod, and other bs...

Terrel, Abu, and Vonleh are the focus now but Vonleh while having an amazing relationship with Cooley is the longest of shots unless we start winning. That's why the status of Ledo is so important, with him we have a shot at winning. There is a new video circulating YouTube where he just schools John Wall. After watching the video I suspect he won't clear the clearinghouse. We never have that kind of good fortune.

No offense, I doubt PC has a shot with Vonleh. Assuming nothing sketchy (grades, etc.) is going on, the blue bloods will be all over him and I don't see him going to PC over UK, UNC.

Terrell and Abu depends on how much exposure they get in the next year+. Both are going to be good players with a lot of big names going after them.

I don't mean to be a jerk but how is PC's APR looking for next year (2013-2014)? I know PC had scores of 896, 904 and 917 the last three years single season scores (not including the 2011-2012 data which isn't out yet). That would put PC pretty close to the threshold for not being NCAAT eligible. With the transfers you just had, how is this looking? Any word on the estimate for the 2011-2012 single season?

If PC is not eligible, that can have a pretty bad effect on recruiting.

 

[FriarJ]

We are close but Cooley said we will be ok, all transfers left in good academic standing, one slip up though and I think we would be in trouble.

I agree on Vonleh but Cooley is still charging full steam ahead anyway. He is very close to Vonleh's folks as well. I think we will be in it till the end on Terrell and Abu but as you guys know anything can change in an instant.

 

[3uconn]

We are close but Cooley said we will be ok, all transfers left in good academic standing, one slip up though and I think we would be in trouble.

I agree on Vonleh but Cooley is still charging full steam ahead anyway. He is very close to Vonleh's folks as well. I think we will be in it till the end on Terrell and Abu but as you guys know anything can change in an instant.

UConn will get all three!

 

[caw]

We are close but Cooley said we will be ok, all transfers left in good academic standing, one slip up though and I think we would be in trouble.

I agree on Vonleh but Cooley is still charging full steam ahead anyway. He is very close to Vonleh's folks as well. I think we will be in it till the end on Terrell and Abu but as you guys know anything can change in an instant.

I hope so (regarding the APR) it's such a joke of a score I wouldn't want any school, aside from maybe BC, to have to miss anything due to it.

I don't know a ton about those three's recruitment besides what I've read, so I'll take your word for it.

 

[mauconnfan]

A reasonable person should be able to come to the conclusion that a Senior (regardless of who it is) who decides he wants to be tournament eligible is just protecting his interests as a collegiate athlete. Protecting the college experience that is.

This is a UConn message board so we have to expect biases. That is normal and what makes a fan a fan at times.

I would be "reasonable" as you say if indeed that was this Senior's intent.......but we know full well it wasn't......any reasonable person at least knows full well.......but you are correct as far as "what makes a fan a fan..."!!

 

[Gurleyman]

I'd have to disagree with the idea that Jamal Coombs-McDaniel was fundamentally sound.
That's a term that usually indicates playing within yourself. Jamal Coombs-McDaniel always thought he was better than he was and forced all sorts of bad shots in an effort to get his, and didn't have one good pass in two years (I exaggerate for effect, but I don't remember ever thinking 'nice pass Jamal'). In fairness, he did have a very heady timeout. That was his biggest contribution to our 2011 run. He was a fundamental timeout caller. I'm not even joking - that really was an awesome timeout.

I wish that could be my lasting Jamal Coombs-McDaniel memory, but instead I remember him turning the ball over against Kentucky and not even trying to give up a foul as they sped past him at midcourt for a fast break lay-up. Because, you know, in his world he was too important to get into foul trouble. But oh well, we overcame it.

I actually thought early in his career that AO was going to be a pretty fundamentally sound rebounder, at least on the defensive end, but that came and went. His hands weren't always there, and his reaction time was slow - even if he did the hard part well and earned position, he didn't always finish the job.

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[Kurt]

Isn't Shabazz a BABC kid?