Boatright comes to Connecticut after committing to two different schools, after UConn loses the PG they think they have a good shot at getting to the second school Ryan verballed to, Ryan feels mislead and decommits then joins UConn days later.
Daniels commits to Texas, decommits, waits and waits, having leaders from Duke to Kansas to UK, etc. then after little word of him and UConn having mutual interest, he joins the team without (I believe) an official visit.
Drummond states he is going to Post-grad, shortly after his good friend Kris Dunn transfers to WM, he joins WM. A few weeks later Kris Dunn announces he is returning to New London, then that he is announcing a commitment for 2012. Many assume/hope Dunn and Drummond are a package, or Dunn comes to UConn and Drummond to the NBA in 2012. Dunn announces for PC, many figure Drummond is now going straight to the NBA. Drummond surprises everyone by tweeting he is going to UConn this semester. No "decision", no official visits anywhere, heck no real recruitment hype/leak at all from anyone. Drummond might have had the tightest lipped recruiting circle ever.
What a crazy recruiting year. I don't know if this is the oddest, but I can't remember any other where all three were top 50 recruits and all three were sort of surprises when they announced/in the end.
Throw in Omar Calhoun, who wasn't really an odd commit, but was a nice surprise in how early he decided on UConn.
Ohh and don't forget Harkless who committed to UConn before last season, has his adviser rip UConn's chances of being a good/dominant program in the near future and make claims that UConn was becoming "more like Villanova" (guard dominated) and Harkless didn't "sign on to play the four" (because UConn had both Giffey and Smith at the 3). Harkless decommits only to commit to a BE rival in St. John's, then watches UConn not only go on to win the BET Championship and National Championship, but also gets to now see them pick up possibly the top big in 2011 and a higher ranked SF, while St. John's signs about 9 SF's in Harkless' class (2 higher ranked in Pointer and Sampson).
Daniels commits to Texas, decommits, waits and waits, having leaders from Duke to Kansas to UK, etc. then after little word of him and UConn having mutual interest, he joins the team without (I believe) an official visit.
Drummond states he is going to Post-grad, shortly after his good friend Kris Dunn transfers to WM, he joins WM. A few weeks later Kris Dunn announces he is returning to New London, then that he is announcing a commitment for 2012. Many assume/hope Dunn and Drummond are a package, or Dunn comes to UConn and Drummond to the NBA in 2012. Dunn announces for PC, many figure Drummond is now going straight to the NBA. Drummond surprises everyone by tweeting he is going to UConn this semester. No "decision", no official visits anywhere, heck no real recruitment hype/leak at all from anyone. Drummond might have had the tightest lipped recruiting circle ever.
What a crazy recruiting year. I don't know if this is the oddest, but I can't remember any other where all three were top 50 recruits and all three were sort of surprises when they announced/in the end.
Throw in Omar Calhoun, who wasn't really an odd commit, but was a nice surprise in how early he decided on UConn.
Ohh and don't forget Harkless who committed to UConn before last season, has his adviser rip UConn's chances of being a good/dominant program in the near future and make claims that UConn was becoming "more like Villanova" (guard dominated) and Harkless didn't "sign on to play the four" (because UConn had both Giffey and Smith at the 3). Harkless decommits only to commit to a BE rival in St. John's, then watches UConn not only go on to win the BET Championship and National Championship, but also gets to now see them pick up possibly the top big in 2011 and a higher ranked SF, while St. John's signs about 9 SF's in Harkless' class (2 higher ranked in Pointer and Sampson).
