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What if we had actually gotten our 1st choice?

I was REALLY into getting Hamidou. Wanted him badly for multiple reasons.
 
bfs3 said:
Sanogo was my #1 target for that class. I might be remembering wrong but he was ranked in the 30s and climbing before he reclassified.
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I think Omoruyi was the higher rated recruit. I thought Hurley went after Sanogo after missing out on Omoruyi, who was the 1st choice initially. Sanogo was a huge surprise as Seton Hall was the heavy favorite. Both were spring signees.
 
Who was the recruit in the late 80’s from Danbury? Tony something I think. Many signs were pointing towards UCONN but he ended up going to Syracuse. Not sure of plan B.
 
NH Husky said:
Who was the recruit in the late 80’s from Danbury? Tony something I think. Many signs were pointing towards UCONN but he ended up going to Syracuse. Not sure of plan B.
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Found it. Tony Harris. Went to Syracuse for 1 year then transferred to Hawaii.
It was class of 91. Donny’s, Ollie, Fair, Rudy Johnson and more. Guess we ended up okay.
That was the class when I felt we finally hit the big time.
 
MJKI said:
The rumor I knew at the time was Calipari's pitch to Knight was that Calhoun was old, sick, and might not be alive throughout Knight's whole career. No idea if it's true, but have hated Calipari (even more) since
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The Calipari “Carnesecca Special”
 
MJKI said:
The rumor I knew at the time was Calipari's pitch to Knight was that Calhoun was old, sick, and might not be alive throughout Knight's whole career. No idea if it's true, but have hated Calipari (even more) since
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Interesting pitch for a 1 and done. Lol
 
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stick said:
Imagine what would have happened if we actually got our 1st choice of a recruit.

My top 3 in order

1 Isaiah Fox/Jamal Sampson – We missed out on both targets in the fall. Funnily enough, pretty sure that Arizona could have easily had Emeka Okafor but they didn’t recruit him and instead opted for Fox and Sampson went for 1 uninspired season at Cal.

2 Brandon Jennings – I believe we were heavy favorites for him at one point and he was a top 3 recruit. Jennings had a connection to Marcus Williams. Everyone was shocked he committed to Arizona and JC pivoted heavily to his backup option of Kemba. He didn’t qualify and went overseas.

3 Brandon Knight/Cory Joseph/Josh Selby/Doron Lamb – I have no idea what happened with Knight as we were supposed to be in the driver’s seat at one point. Joseph was the one I really wanted and I believe we came in 2nd. Shabazz really wanted to come to Uconn and I believe he re-classified and accepted the offer in the spring before Selby decided. Doron Lamb was in the same class and I think Uconn had a legit shot, but he decided to wait till spring and Jeremy Lamb signed in the fall.

Any others.
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Clearly Brandons are not for us...
 
Jimmy Page famously wanted Terry Reid to front Led Zeppelin, after Terry Reid turned him down he recommended a little known singer named Robert Plant.
 
Just thinking about recruits we could have maybe had that we didn't get I think of some guys but I think of Andrew Bynum a lot. albeit went to NBA not to another school. And ryan gomes who jim calhoun infamously didnt recruit. I think i went to the game he had that press conference after. "Caron butler and emeka okafor were pretty good"........yes but so was ryan gomes haha
 
Connhomer99 said:
Just thinking about recruits we could have maybe had that we didn't get I think of some guys but I think of Andrew Bynum a lot. albeit went to NBA not to another school. And ryan gomes who jim calhoun infamously didnt recruit. I think i went to the game he had that press conference after. "Caron butler and emeka okafor were pretty good"........yes but so was ryan gomes haha
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Haha?

Gomes at his best (which couldn't have been anticipated when he was in HS) wasn't close to the level of player of either Caron or Emeka.
 
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Almost pulling Ronnie Brewer away from Arkansas when he was a legacy recruit there
 
UConNick said:
Yup, his final three was us, Georgetown, and Duke
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I think roscoe was one of those early risers and Dook didn’t really want by his Sr year. Was def tough losing him I would imagine he regrets leaving as UNLV was nothing and he’d have won a 2nd.
 
NH Husky said:
Found it. Tony Harris. Went to Syracuse for 1 year then transferred to Hawaii.
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I've never heard him called Tony. It was always Anthony. But there was a year at Marshalltown Community College in Iowa between 'cuse and Hawaii.
 
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Tony Scott who was dunking at the Field House one day and committing them a couple days later was turning Orange. Left for Texas A & M a year or 2 later and got in trouble I think because of an agent or something?
 
Who did we get instead of Kevin Durant? Pretty sure it was Stanley Robinson.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Haha?

Gomes at his best (which couldn't have been anticipated when he was in HS) wasn't close to the level of player of either Caron or Emeka.
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You’re right. Gomes did start on an NBA team for 5 seasons and averaged double figures. Shot 37% from 3 in his last two years as a starter and made $22 million. He won a d league award in his mid 30s in 2016. Not bad for a 6’ 6 power forward from Waterbury. As a Waterbury native I always rooted for him.
 
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