Purvis wasn't good enough to play at NC State, so he had to drop down to a mid-major to get more meaningful minutes. Him landing at uconn makes perfect sense.
Great slam, Michael Gbingie.
I swear some people don't think before they try and slam others. Purvis played 25+ minutes a game and put up 10 points per game, how did Gbingie do at Duke? I happen to think both are good players who were in less than ideal situations based on their skill sets, but my lord.
I might have have exaggerated when I said there there was no comparison between us and them. However, we have won 20 or more since JB has been here every year except for 2 seasons, and one of those we won 19. Our only "down" year since he's been here was a 16-11 record over 25 years ago. We were sub .500 in the Big East ONCE with a record of 7-9. What I'm saying is we have a good competitive team each and every year. They have had several very good seasons and several horrible ones. We have had several very good seasons and no horrible ones. Even with their 2 extra nc's, we fans have derived a much higher enjoyment level since 1980. BTW, we do have more Final 4's than them.
I swear I have to say it every time but Cuse and UConn are extremely close. Every metric says that. ESPN's listing of the top 50 programs over the past 50 years had UConn and Cuse back to back at 8 and 9 (though Cuse's point total was questionable, they were the only program where the decade totals did not add up to the final total, IIRC). Assuming the point totals were correct than Cuse is ahead by one spot in the college basketball world right now.
As for the highlighted part, it's absurd to say any fanbase has derived more enjoyment.
McCullough>Hamilton.
Move on.
Not sure how that is related, I believe the point was that UConn was still recruiting well, not that Cuse isn't. It's not a zero sum game with UConn and Cuse recruiting well.
For the record, McCullough does have the potential to be the best in his class, Kevin Garnettesque. He doesn't always show up though, not sure he has the Garnett fire yet.
Hamilton is more like Rip Hamilton and may take a few years to be a top NBA pick, but is an outstanding scorer.
While you're not necessarily wrong, there's about 30 teams in the country that think they have 1 player that's about to become elite, and 3 or 4 other players who are either really good or on the cusp of being really good.
I feel like every thread involving UConn turns into the same posts; everyone saying their irrelevant, then you chiming in saying you're positioned for a run and how everyone is improved from last year.
Daniels is a stud. Calhoun is really good (needs to work on his dribble though). Bazz is really good and will win several games by himself. Boatright is meh. Everyone else is meh. That frontcourt might be able to hold it's own in the AAC most games, but unless Nolan or Facey breakout, it's going to have major issues against any team with decent size, either OOC or in the tournament. Facey ideally needs to sit a year and develop I'd think, but he'll be forced into time. Wolf is what he is. Nolan showed flashes last year, but he has a massive amount of work do in the summer if he wants to impact player enxt year. Otherwise you're way too perimeter orientated and if you have a bad shooting game you could lose to anybody.
I agree with the first paragraph.
You do realize that Cuse has as many question marks (if not more) in the back court? and front court?
I get you hate/dislike Boatright and that's fine, but my question is, what are you basing your opinion of Facey on? Every game I've seen him play in, has lead me to believe he can contribute next year in the post in UConn's two areas of need (rebounding and shot-blocking). He may not be the most skilled in the post on offense but he won't be called on to do so.
