I've been to at least 15 Hoophall events, a handful of Albertus Magnus events, dozens of Brewster and other Nepsac games, and watched about 1/15th of the streams that
@husky429 must watch. I really can't remember seeing players like Karaban and Filipowski that have size, good handles to take the ball end to end themselves, shoot threes often and proficiently, drive to the basket, and can finish in traffic, rebound, plus are willing and able facilitators with their passing. Now here it looks like a third kid of the same mold. Beyond the on court play is the fact that they all are/were playing within our recruiting footprint. Having 1 of these types of kids would really help the team. Having 2 kids like this compliment our athletes like Samson Johnson, or shooters like Jordan Hawkins, would really set UConn apart as a team to reckon with on the national stage. Imagine the ball movement with Diggins and these guys with Johnson and Jackson cutting and Hawkins spotting up.
I get the sense that Reid Ducharme is a skilled 6'6 player with many of the same attributes but with primary strength as a deep shooter. I really hope we can close some of this talent along with a 6'4 to 6'5 point guard (Castle/Lamothe/Lemond), a 6'8 athlete, and a big big. Regardless of ranking, I'm not as sold on all the 2022 guards, Epps etc. They each have a nice strength, but don't seem like any are good enough to meaningfully impact chasing a championship by being better than the guys we have, (Cole, Gaffney, Diggins, Floyd). That talent seems to be in the 2023 prospects we're involved with. Obviously it isn't just a talent choice, the staff will weigh who they have the best shot at and how the pieces fit. The possibilities with all these kids that have shown interest is exciting.