PG Alterique Gilbert (McDonald's All-American)

[mauconnfan]

Jaylen Fisher is probably the biggest name that we have a reasonable shot at - gotta get him out of SEC/Memphis land, though.

I would not be surprised if we offered Trent Forrest out of Florida, but expect that it will not come to anything - Florida State is on him and that generally means we're cooked.

Love Fisher's game. It would be well worth the wait with that kid.

 

[UCweCONN]

Every time we offer a recruit and he posts something like "Wow!!! Just offered by UCONN!" or "So blessed! Just picked up UCONN offer" I want to puke. We offer so many and get these reactions almost every time. If you're so thrilled, how about signing. It's all about bragging rights for kids, then they sign with VCU or St. John's.....I don't pay any attention to recruiting news until it's time for signing on the dotted line.

 

[Clockshop]

Possible official visit this Friday :

(free)
http://scouthoops.scout.com/story/1...15-gilbert-shines-adds-high-major-offers?s=75

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Looks like the article was just updated to say the visit is scheduled for April 17th.

 

[mauconnfan]

Love the stats especially steps, assists and rebounds. Great numbers, but vs. what? If it's good comp the kid fills that stat sheet. On the negative side he's listed at 5'10, so he's not even that!

 

[bmo22]

First official visit? That's promising.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Love the stats especially steps, assists and rebounds. Great numbers, but vs. what? If it's good comp the kid fills that stat sheet. On the negative side he's listed at 5'10, so he's not even that!

He's listed as 6'1 on espn and 6'0 on every other site besides scout

 

[RipCity]

Draft express measurements from summer 2013
Height without shoes: 5'10
Wingspan: 5'11

I'd assume that by now, he's likely 5'11 without shoes and 6'0 on court, possibly 6'1.

The scary thing is that we have such a terrible track record with 5'11 guards

 

[RichZ]

Shaky Handlesman

Nah, he's a lock for Providence.

 

[johnhuskies95]

According to Rivals he's looking to commit in the next few months. Hoping the official visit along with his timetable means we have a good shot here.

 

[RipCity]

According to Rivals he's looking to commit in the next few months. Hoping the official visit along with his timetable means we have a good shot here.

We also got the typical visit crystal ball pick from Jerry Meyer. So now, when Gilbert picks a different school, we can all cry about getting beat in recruiting by a school were so much better than.

 

[johnhuskies95]

We also got the typical visit crystal ball pick from Jerry Meyer. So now, when Gilbert picks a different school, we can all cry about getting beat in recruiting by a school were so much better than.

I like Meyer's opinions on basketball, but it's funny how he tries to completely game the crystal ball. I'm sure when Gilbert visits Georgia Tech his crystal ball pick will switch to them.

 

[caw]

If he were to commit, would he count? I'm leaning toward no. Because UConn has such history with shorter PGs.

 

[Stainmaster]

If he were to commit, would he count? I'm leaning toward no. Because UConn has such history with shorter PGs.

Georgia was also one of the original thirteen colonies. Know which other states were too? Connecticut and Massachusetts. Bam. Invalid.

 

[JimHurley]

He's listed as 6'1 which means he's closer to 5'10 or 5'11. But.....
Boatright is listed as 6'0 and was barely taller than me (I'm 5'9).
Shabazz and Kemba are listed as 6'1 and I'm not sure either of them are even 6'0.
So Alterique Gilbert being 5'10 is no problem. And to make things better, he listed us along with Illinois and Miami as he top 3 schools right now. If Jalen Adams is as good as advertised, which I think he is, he won't be around for 4 years. Alterique would be a great pickup for UConn. I think he would be a great player for this program.

 

[mauconnfan]

If he's really 5'10-11 that's fine. I like to see the 6-1,6' listings now.

He looks like a nice player, although as rip said our 5'10 - 5'11 guards as of late have killed us.

 

[jfuchs91]

It's always tough to tell from YouTube highlights, but if nothing else, it's apparent that he's got incredible quickness, body control, and overall athleticism to go with solid PG skills (nifty handle, passing vision, etc.). He'd be a great fit here. I love that we're his first visit. Sign him up!

 

[sammydabiz]

Just going off of highlights... (which is tremendously flawed, I know)

This kid passes the eye test with flying colors, would love to have him in national flag blue....lock him up Ollie!

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Nice handle, change of direction, and change of speed. He really seems to know how to create space and he breaks ankles regularly. Also seems to have good court vision and threads passes through traffic. Looks pretty strong for his height. Only a couple of jumpers in the video, but looked to have good form on his shot as well. He looks very good to me.

Anybody know if Waters is likely to move up to 2016? I guess the staff can't worry about that. I wish Alterique could move up to 2015.

 

[Matrim55]

Starting to get some movement toward us on the crystal ball. Did he come visit this weekend?

 

[tcf15]

Starting to get some movement toward us on the crystal ball. Did he come visit this weekend?

No visit yet...his official is set for 4/17. I'm guessing these are just anticipatory picks. But, I think it's a very good sign that we are his first official visit and that it's happening relatively soon.

 

[tcf15]

Also, FWIW, Gilbert is following Kevin Ollie and Jalen Adams on Twitter. Probably means nothing, but interesting nonetheless.

 

[aceboon]

just noticed he plays for the same AAU program, CP3, that Rodney played for...

 

[RipCity]

He's planning on committing sometime in the next few months. I think us being seemingly all in on Gilbert hints that Tremont Waters likely isn't reclassifying.

 

[huskiesnyc]

According to the 247 site Gilbert is set to officially visit UConn on April 17th. He's a top 50 player in his class and would be a great way to start off our recruiting class for next year.