5 scholarships available for 2019

[tcf15]

 

[tcf15]

 

[JMick]

Well that's interesting. Gives us a lot of options for how we fill out the roster next year.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Dawes
Bouknight
Achiuwa
Delaire
Kofi

Thanks.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

IMO, this is HUGE. There's a realistic chance that Williams plays the least amount of minutes on this year's roster. Looking forward to exchange his scholarship with a player who can make a difference.

 

[Dove]

Kwintin's biggest jump yet.

 

[WrenchFan69]

IMO, this is HUGE. There's a realistic chance that Williams plays the least amount of minutes on this year's roster. Looking forward to exchange his scholarship with a player who can make a difference.

He would have graduated either way. I would rather him have the flexibility of a year of eligibility after his graduation, plus give the kid a chance at a free master's should he want it.

 

[UconnU]

When it's all said and done I bet we have 6 or 7 open scholarships. I think Hurley is going to completely remake this roster after this year.

 

[YoungFree]

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I bet Hurley is licking his chops...

 

[pj]

When it's all said and done I bet we have 6 or 7 open scholarships. I think Hurley is going to completely remake this roster after this year.

I doubt it, Hurley is proud of his history of having only one transfer. I think he genuinely likes kids and wants to help them. We may have a transfer from kids who will lose time to the likes of Achiuwa, Delaire, Cockburn, etc., if they come in. But I don't think it will be Hurley "remaking" the roster. If there are departures, it will be Hurley recruiting new kids and lesser players seeking playing time elsewhere.

But the elite recruiting has to happen first, and players have to play for a year and find their level. No reason to speculate now.

 

[YoungFree]

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Could be 6 if Vital jumps ship to some form of pro league.

 

[RipCity]

When it's all said and done I bet we have 6 or 7 open scholarships. I think Hurley is going to completely remake this roster after this year.

I don’t want more than 5 freshman. I doubt there’s more than 6 scholarships anyway barring another horrible year, but if there’s more than 5, we should go grad transfer from there on. Probably would be nice to grab a grad transfer PG regardless, so I wouldn’t mind another open scholarship.

 

[RipCity]

Hurley has called Williams a senior in interviews before so this isn’t surprising.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Williams only played one Juco year as a freshman.
Plus a couple of games after he transferred . I believe he has two years of eligibility left . It took him 3 Juco years to get an AS degree from some colleges more lowly regarded than the CC ‘s in the Phoenix East Valley. Actually Scottsdale,Mesa,and Chandler/ Gilbert are decent and affordable but large
If he gets a BS in two years at UConn his academic transformation would be miraculous. Can anyone say North Carolina
He is the strangest recruit ever at UConn or at least in my memory.
The kid hadn’t played in over 2 years largely do to academics. Thinking of him getting a Mssters from UConn is beyond ironic.

 

[StunningSteve]

Williams only played one Juco year as a freshman.
Plus a couple of games after he transferred . I believe he has two years of eligibility left . It took him 3 Juco years to get an AS degree from some colleges more lowly regarded than the CC ‘s in the Phoenix East Valley. Actually Scottsdale,Mesa,and Chandler/ Gilbert are decent and affordable but large
If he gets a BS in two years at UConn his academic transformation would be miraculous. Can anyone say North Carolina
He is the strangest recruit ever at UConn or at least in my memory.
The kid hadn’t played in over 2 years largely do to academics. Thinking of him getting a Mssters from UConn is beyond ironic.

As an elder statesman on the team, Kwintin is getting at the age where that degree is everything. I wouldn't be surprised if he hit the books harder than ever.

 

[Rocktheworld]

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[pj]

The kid hadn’t played in over 2 years largely do to academics. Thinking of him getting a Mssters from UConn is beyond ironic.

More likely he grad transfers to study for a Master's elsewhere.

 

[Son of Robert]

Something changed. I thought he was technically a junior.

 

[tcf15]

Something changed. I thought he was technically a junior.

I guess his academic path to UConn was so complicated that they were unsure when the start of his five year clock was. So he was incorrectly listed as a sophomore last year. they figured it out and now he's a senior.

 

[Son of Robert]

I guess his academic path to UConn was so complicated that they were unsure when the start of his five year clock was. So he was incorrectly listed as a sophomore last year. they figured it out and now he's a senior.

Thank you for responding/clearing that up. I figured it was something like that.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Nice kid, but kind of begs the question what was the point of signing a 4-year project with only 2 years of eligibility? With the number of question marks on the roster last year and this year, that scholarship could have been used in a much more useful way.

 

[YoungFree]

Nice kid, but kind of begs the question what was the point of signing a 4-year project with only 2 years of eligibility? With the number of question marks on the roster last year and this year, that scholarship could have been used in a much more useful way.

One word: Ollie

 

[tcf15]

Nice kid, but kind of begs the question what was the point of signing a 4-year project with only 2 years of eligibility? With the number of question marks on the roster last year and this year, that scholarship could have been used in a much more useful way.

I don't think anybody else wanted the scholarship

 

[TRest]

I don't think anybody else wanted the scholarship

Blaze Strategy

 

[UconnU]

I don't think anybody else wanted the scholarship

4D marketing strategy by Ollie to build brand awareness by bringing in a kid to make dunk videos wearing Uconn gear. Kid was on Sportscenter top 10 again yesterday.