Team updates.....

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.....and tweets from Borges:

Kevin Ollie relishes golden opportunity with USA Basketball U-18 team

• There is no timetable for freshman Alterique Gilbert to begin full-contact drills after undergoing shoulder surgery in early May. Gilbert, a 5-11 point guard, has been shooting and handling the basketball, but nothing “full-blast,” according to Ollie. That may not happen until August or September.

• Juwan Durham, who has undergone surgery on both knees over the past 18 months, also has yet to start contact drills. It’s possible he could be red-shirted, but that’s not on Ollie’s mind at the moment. “I’m not thinking, ‘September, if he’s not ready, we’re gonna red-shirt him.’ I’m not thinking like that right now.”

 

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Nice wall posters in the background:

 

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Here's the Courant write-up:

UConn Hoops Freshmen Quintet Borrows From Drake: 'Top 5, Top 5 Top 5'

 

[KhalidShockedTheWorld]

I didn't realize that Vance Jackson had grown to 6-9". There was all this talk about him battling Larrier at the 3 but sounds like Jackson could even be a stretch 4, if he is as versatile as he says he is.

 

[KhalidShockedTheWorld]

Blades,

That story you posted isn't really complete unless you post the song that goes with the story, by Drake:

 

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Blades,

That story you posted isn't really complete unless you post the song that goes with the story, by Drake:

I hear ya KSTW, I usually drop da' underground beats when I'm out rockin' it for the masses...but I'll give ya a like for reppin' that mainstream chit' to go with the story.......Ha HA !

 

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Here's the Borges story:
UConn’s ‘Top Five’ recruiting class could be second to none