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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 3389791, member: 2844"] I am not convinced that concentrating on 4* and 5* is the best way to go at this point in time. There are way too many P5 and others goings after the same guys and when push comes to shove - both KO and Dan Hurley have experienced the pain - these guys have a huge propensity to go to those P5s. There are tons of really solid 3* and non top 100 kids out there who are maybe not that well known but possess the skills and most importantly the body that can allow them to compete and contribute. KO and Dan Hurley look at this like a lot of kids in high school look at a prom date - they put all this effort into 20% of the girls and like most, they don't have a chance. I understand that if you don't try you don't get it, but the strategy has to be tweeked The important thing right now is to WIN Is our 2020 recruitment strong? I say its very good, throwing in Spriggs and Cole, but not strong. Jackson is a freak athlete, has a lot of areas he needs to work on. According to 247/ESPN and other recruiting "experts" he was 58% UConn, 17% Cuse and 25% among Iowa, UCLA and Alabama. These aren't the elite. Brown is young, very young and unproven but he is still growing and I think will be a really productive big in 2 years. In my view, these two young men are not going to step into the starting line up and contribute - that is what a top 100 recruit should do. Both Jackson and Brown should be very good players down the road. Why did UConn play so well vs Fla, Xavier and Buffalo? Because we matched up better with these teams physically and if you notice that these teams also struggle against all those teams that are bigger and stronger. UConn needs size, UConn needs shooters, UConn needs scorers, UConn needs more men, not boys. UConn needs to WIN [/QUOTE]

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