Hartford notes

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lsbal

Discussion Starter · Oct 13, 2019

Traci Carter and Malik Ellison were best friends in high school when they played together.

Coach Gal said this is the best freshman class he has brought in.

High expectations for frosh Flowers.

Gal said Miroslav Stafl is the best offensive down low player he has brought in.

Malik Ellison's father was basketball great "Pervis".

On the women's side:

Senior Lawrencia Moten's father was ex NBA'er Lawrence.

Junior Liz Garcia's (who has been out injured her frosh & soph years) brother is Andrew Garcia who plays for Stonybrook.

Completely different women' team for first year head coach Valley.

Their best player (Abed) graduated. The next two most productive players Jade Young and Sierra Dicosta (went to East Carolina with ex-coach) have both transferred.

No one who will start has played more than 2 minutes before. Expecting a very transitional year.

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RazorRamon

· #21 · Nov 14, 2019

OT Notes, Ex Hartford commits, Vasic and Petrusev.

Vasic looks to have fully recovered from his ACL tear, still in a reserve role for Charlotte.

Petrusev is absolutely dominating for Gonzaga avg nearly 20 pts and 9 rebounds...

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South End

· #22 · Nov 14, 2019

Those guys committed because of Imo Simovic and when he left, they both decommitted. This was about the time Ryan Daly also decommitted and went on to become CAA Rookie of the Year at Delaware (he's now moved on to St. Joseph's where he is averaging 21 ppg as a junior).

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lsbal

Discussion Starter · #23 · Nov 14, 2019

RazorRamon said:
OT Notes, Ex Hartford commits, Vasic and Petrusev.

Vasic looks to have fully recovered from his ACL tear, still in a reserve role for Charlotte.

Petrusev is absolutely dominating for Gonzaga avg nearly 20 pts and 9 rebounds...

Imagine having Petrusev....crazy.

What is interesting is the younger brother of Petrusev plays at Avon Old Farms. The new coach at Avon Old Farms is Matt Mihalich who was an asset at Hartford the last 3 years. Curious if we are in on him at all.

lsbal

Discussion Starter · #24 · Nov 14, 2019

South End said:
Those guys committed because of Imo Simovic and when he left, they both decommitted. This was about the time Ryan Daly also decommitted and went on to become CAA Rookie of the Year at Delaware (he's now moved on to St. Joseph's where he is averaging 21 ppg as a junior).

Daly was an interesting guy.....was very under recruited. I think Gal was friendly with Daly’s father who I think was a high school coach. We already had fall signings which filled up our allotment. Then Daly verballed to Hartford after that. I think the assumption was someone would leave which did not happen. So Daly moved on. Then in AUGUST Pancake announces he was leaving. If he only made that decision in May.

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lsbal

Discussion Starter · #25 · Nov 14, 2019

South End said:
Those guys committed because of Imo Simovic and when he left, they both decommitted. This was about the time Ryan Daly also decommitted and went on to become CAA Rookie of the Year at Delaware (he's now moved on to St. Joseph's where he is averaging 21 ppg as a junior).

The other one that was a big loss of a commitment we had ( and this one was signed) was a while ago. Larry Harrison has signed a center ( name escapes me). We released him when Leibovitz came on board. He went on to have a very good career at south Florida.

UVM Hoop Cat

· #26 · Nov 15, 2019

Jarrid Famous

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South End

· #27 · Nov 15, 2019

Jarrid Famous decommitted after Larry Harrison was let go and went to junior college. By the time he was ready to transfer for his junior year, Jim Calhoun (and other Big East schools) had offered him a scholarship.

What could have been with a little luck

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RazorRamon

· #28 · Nov 25, 2019

Hartford seems to have been brought back down to reality. Any word on Ellison? This has now turned into a 4 week absence basically, this sounds like an extensive injury...

Alumni96

· #29 · Nov 25, 2019

The son of "Out-of-Service" Pervis?

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vtballerfan

· #30 · Nov 25, 2019

I would love to know about Ellison for Fantasy purposes ?

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RazorRamon

· #31 · Nov 26, 2019

I've always wondered why most teams are so quiet on the injuries on their players. I can understand in the pros, but, in AE college basketball, it wouldn't hurt to acknowledge at least some sort of timeline for their player. Unless they did already and I missed it somewhere. The team seems to be entering a slump, it'd be nice to know as to when they will be getting their so called 'best player' in the lineup...

lsbal

Discussion Starter · #32 · Nov 27, 2019

I don't know any specifics but do see the last few Hartford games Ellison has been out of the boot and seems to be walking ok. Hopefully that means he is back soon as Hartford needs an injection. Right now the young guys have talent but nobody is a go to guy. Hopefully Ellison can be more of that though I think scoring is less of his strength compared to defense & rebounding.

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RazorRamon

· #33 · Dec 2, 2019

heard on the broadcast on Saturday that they are targeting a Thursday return for Ellison

lsbal

Discussion Starter · #34 · Dec 8, 2019

RazorRamon said:
heard on the broadcast on Saturday that they are targeting a Thursday return for Ellison

Maybe today?

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RazorRamon

· #35 · Dec 9, 2019

Ellison looked good. A little rusty, but, solid player. Reminds me a little of Nwakamma. Same size, body type, with better athleticism.

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Hartford Alum

· #36 · Dec 9, 2019

Any Rumors on Gallagher’s tenure? I believe he is in the last year of his deal? Are they going to give yet another extension or let him walk and look for a new coach?

lsbal

Discussion Starter · #37 · Jan 5, 2020

I think Hartford got a verbal from Rastislav “Rasta” Sipkovsky . He used to play on the same team as Stafl at GBA academy. Rasta was the 4 Stafl the 5.

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lsbal

Discussion Starter · #38 · Jan 15, 2020

Kingman has been out injured this season. Was supposed to make a big impact this year. He already had his knee surgery 2 months ago and today has shoulder surgery. Hopefully he will be good to go next season.

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RazorRamon

· #39 · Jan 15, 2020

lsbal said:
Kingman has been out injured this season. Was supposed to make a big impact this year. He already had his knee surgery 2 months ago and today has shoulder surgery. Hopefully he will be good to go next season.

so can he redshirt? or not at this point as a JUCO?

RazorRamon

· #40 · Jan 16, 2020

solid solid win for the Hawks. Team win. Bench push in the first half was really good to see. See what happens when you find PJ Henry minutes? He makes plays. Although this was a nice bright spot for the team, PJ didn't see the 2nd half, which was surprising. I really like DJ Mitchell, but I think Gal can find a better mix of sprinkling PJ in during games to find scoring chances. DJ has been off the past 4 games. I get it that PJ is primarily a PG, and Gal wants to use him to spell Carter, but he's gotta find time for the freshman. He plays well! anyways, don't want to take away from the solid win. Hope they keep the momentum going against UVM and gives them a really good game

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