OT: Gavin Griffiths to Announce on Thursday

[Chief00]

I 100% disagree. You don't let an in-state player that is among your top targets not even consider you. The fact they couldn't even get him on an official is telling. This is a massive L by Hurley & Co. Besides Castle (and with how things work there is not even a guarantee he'll ever put on a UConn uniform) and missing on another top target (Edwards) the class of 2023 is looking like a bad year (following a 1-man class of 2022) which means we'll have to rely on mid-major transfers once again.

The Edwards miss was big but his recruitment was very competitive. Chief really liked his game.

 

[kansashusky]

Papa Kante to Rutgers as well……

 

[Jbirdp5]

I'm just bummed because he's a CT. kid who can shoot it from all over. I watched all his games online expecting he would come here.

I agree it’s a bummer because the kids got the potential to be a really good/great college player. But if the family ties are true there might not have been a whole lot the staff could do to change it.

 

[Brandon86]

I agree it’s a bummer because the kids got the potential to be a really good/great college player. But if the family ties are true there might not have been a whole lot the staff could do to change it.

Agreed

 

[Brandon86]

I 100% disagree. You don't let an in-state player that is among your top targets not even consider you. The fact they couldn't even get him on an official is telling. This is a massive L by Hurley & Co. Besides Castle (and with how things work there is not even a guarantee he'll ever put on a UConn uniform) and missing on another top target (Edwards) the class of 2023 is looking like a bad year (following a 1-man class of 2022) which means we'll have to rely on mid-major transfers once again.

I feel you. Blew my mind too we couldn’t even get an official visit.

 

[CL82]

When 7’ 2” Bristol Native Donovan Clingan hits 37% of his 3’s during his Sophomore season, we won’t give a damn about Gavin.

Besides, we can just get him as a transfer as a Sophomore when he realizes that Rutgers is lame, B10 is an overrated suck-ass BB conference, and the D’Amelio-UConn NIL collective is more lucrative.

Ah but will we want him then?

 

[Huskymagic]

Like I said before, Gavin was Little Ten bound and UCONN was playing from behind.

Also, the people here rooting for Rutgers to do well in basketball lol. The work that Pikiell has done there is remarkable.
Speaking of regional rivals, Rutgers with Pikiell has the potential to affect us in recruiting if he has them performing at the level they have for the last 2 years. We are seeing that a little bit. We are already competing with Nova and Syracuse for some of the same recruits, we don't need another competitor for recruits so close to us.

We have whiffed on some of our major wing targets in 2023 recruiting other than Castle. We are now in the process of making offers to other good players in the top 100. We also need to see some progress on the big man front. We can't go 0 for 5 (Kinglsey, Miranda, Estrella, Kante, Tafare) right in our backyard with big man recruiting.

Shooting is a concern and we are whiffing on pure knockdown shooters. Stojakovic would be great but unlikely.

 

[HU5KIES]

 

[McLovin]

Crazy that he's the highest ranked recruit they have ever had, considering all the money they have claimed some guys have made in the league!

 

[Slick]

I hope he is a real bust

 

[RipCity]

Lets just wait for Chief to confirm this

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Sad, a recruit that highly rated from the same town as me decides to play for Rutgers. Will still root for him wont be rooting for Rutgers though

 

[Punkbo]

Sad, a recruit that highly rated from the same town as me decides to play for Rutgers. Will still root for him wont be rooting for Rutgers though

I absolutely will root for this kid. We all should be cheering for local products. Even Marcus Camby!

 

[B1GEast]

We can always get him in the transfer portal

 

[superjohn]

Rutgers basketball lands commitment from elite 2023 prospect Gavin Griffiths

Rutgers basketball lands commitment from elite 2023 prospect Gavin Griffiths

Four-star forward Gavin Griffiths is the highest-ranked recruit of the Steve Pikiell era at Rutgers.

www.nj.com

 

[Hondo 77]

Crazy that he's the highest ranked recruit they have ever had, considering all the money they have claimed some guys have made in the league!

Hard to believe he’s ranked higher than Phil Sellers.

 

[Umami Zen]

Sad, a recruit that highly rated from the same town as me decides to play for Rutgers. Will still root for him wont be rooting for Rutgers though

You're from Simsbury??

 

[UconnU]

We also lost Paul Mulcahy and Cliff to Rutgers. They’ve been eating our lunch on the trail.

 

[BGesus4]

We also lost Paul Mulcahy and Cliff to Rutgers. They’ve been eating our lunch on the trail.

Have they though?

 

[UconnU]

Have they though?

Cliff is a borderline bust but Paul is a hell of a player.

 

[BGesus4]

Cliff is a borderline bust but Paul is a hell of a player.

Cliff is a good player too but the point is Rutgers would take pretty much anyone on our roster in a second. 80% of the players our team would be one of the highest ranked recruits to ever put on a Rutgers jersey. They are not eating our lunch on the recruiting trail by any rational stretch.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Rutgers sucks.

 

[runner11]

Cliff is a good player too but the point is Rutgers would take pretty much anyone on our roster in a second. 80% of the players our team would be one of the highest ranked recruits to ever put on a Rutgers jersey. They are not eating our lunch on the recruiting trail by any rational stretch.

I’m not sure Mulcahey even had a real offer. It seemed like feeler interest early on in the cycle. And we ended up with a pretty decent Jersey big.

 

[Chief00]

As far as reality, are we really surprise that the team known for the High Hedge defense, slow pace offense and first weekend tournament exit - isn’t reeling in top recruits?

Danny is at the point in which the sales pitch needs to be accompanied by March results. Chief always keeping things real.

 

[HooperScooper]

We also lost Paul Mulcahy and Cliff to Rutgers. They’ve been eating our lunch on the trail.

I think that's sarcasm. I'll go with that.