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Favorite One That Got Away
ThomasFremont
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If you could have any local recruit choose UW instead of leaving, who would it be?
Favorite One That Got Away 28 votes
Stewart twins (USC and Kansas)
3%
1 vote
Marvin Williams (UNC)
39%
11 votes
Peyton Siva (Louisville)
14%
4 votes
Marcus Williams (Arizona)
7%
2 votes
Zach LaVine (UCLA)
7%
2 votes
Gary Bell Jr (Zaggots)
0%
Terrence Williams (Louisville)
3%
1 vote
Martell Webster (NBA draft)
10%
3 votes
Shaqquan Aaron (Louisville/USC)
0%
Aaron Brooks (Oregon)
14%
4 votes
Comments
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Marvin Williams (UNC)The #1 seed Dwags natty with Marvin Williams.
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Aaron Brooks (Oregon)2005 BRoy senior year with Brooks as a sophomore would have gone to the final four.
2004 #1 seed UW makes the final four with Luke Ridnour at PG instead of Conroy. Will was good, Ridnour was a really good college guard.
On second thought Williams is the best choice. He would have been a big help to that 2004 UW team. -
Marvin Williams (UNC)It boils down to which player helps which team most for me. Brooks and Webster would have helped BRoy in 06, but I think Williams does more for the 05 team.
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Ridnour was drafted in 03. UW didn’t make the tourney (UAB) til 04. The one seed was 05. Senior B Roy was 06.theknowledge said:2005 BRoy senior year with Brooks as a sophomore would have gone to the final four.
2004 #1 seed UW makes the final four with Luke Ridnour at PG instead of Conroy. Will was good, Ridnour was a really good college guard.
On second thought Williams is the best choice. He would have been a big help to that 2004 UW team.
I don’t remember Brooks being any good until his senior year (when he was awesome). -
Aaron Brooks (Oregon)
My memory is like Swiss cheese. I can't be expected to check the interwebs on everything that comes out of my brain. I rely on the villainy and scum of this site to make sure my knowledge is corrected when need be. Like spelling that German guys name for me on another thread. I remember Brooks being pretty good his sophomore and senior years. He was suspended a chunk of time for punching Appleby his junior year. That might be wrong, I'm not looking it up. I really cant remember. Don't twist.dnc said:
Ridnour was drafted in 03. UW didn’t make the tourney (UAB) til 04. The one seed was 05. Senior B Roy was 06.theknowledge said:2005 BRoy senior year with Brooks as a sophomore would have gone to the final four.
2004 #1 seed UW makes the final four with Luke Ridnour at PG instead of Conroy. Will was good, Ridnour was a really good college guard.
On second thought Williams is the best choice. He would have been a big help to that 2004 UW team.
I don’t remember Brooks being any good until his senior year (when he was awesome).
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Marvin Williams (UNC)Brooks or Webster would have been big upgrades over true freshman JD. A case could be made for that being the bigger improvement in the lineup.
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Soph Brooks was better than I remember. You guys may be right.ThomasFremont said:Brooks or Webster would have been big upgrades over true freshman JD. A case could be made for that being the bigger improvement in the lineup.
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)Marvin in 05, and Marcus in 06. Martel in 06 as well would have been difference makers. Hell Marcus in 07 probably would have been a difference maker as well, with Hawes, and Brockman.
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Quinn Snyder
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)I wanna add that Marvin was all Roy Williams, was set to go to Kansas, then followed Roy to UNC.
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)Also going way back to the early 90's but I remember hearing Steve Nash wanted to go to UW. Also Michael Dickerson with Donald Watts would have been interesting.
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Martell Webster (NBA draft)Jason Terry?
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Aaron Brooks (Oregon)
Mark PopePurpleThrobber said:Quinn Snyder
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Very good callNeGgaPlEaSe said:Jason Terry?
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)
Utah Valley University head coach. My brother has a state tournament program from like 91. The amount of dudes that were leaving the state was astounding. The times did a piece on it in the mid 90's. At the state tournament that year were Michael Dickerson (Arizona), Donny Marshall (UConn), Mark Pope (UW / Kentucky), and I think another dude or two. When you also take into account that a two time NBA MVP was 72 miles away and his tape was thoroughly ignored by UW coaches (and others). I think I remember Steve Nash saying he wanted to go to UW because it was the closest US college. Late 80's and 90's guys like Doug Christie, Peter Dukes, Bill Elleby, all went elsewhere. You missed out on keeping guys like Brian Scalabrine, and unfortunately Quincy Wilder (Decatur) couldn't keep himself out of trouble. One has to wonder if O'mma Givens (Aberdeen 94) maybe has a better career at UW instead of getting lost in the shuffle at UCLA, then Pepperdine. Curtis Bortchardt (Eastlake / Stanford). Mark Bigelow (Olympia / BYU). 2000s guys, Rodney Stuckey sticks out the most not already listed. That 95 class of JT and Donald Watts. Fred Brown Jr. was the other big name. JT was committed then flipped to UA. Three years later Doug Wrenn basically purposely failed his classes to get out of his commitment to UW. Losing Jamal Crawford, even though in hindsight was probably the best, but he seems to be steering locals to UW, or at least putting in a very good word. Helps that Conroy is on the staff.DerekJohnson said:
Mark PopePurpleThrobber said:Quinn Snyder
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He's the BYU coach now.huskyhooligan said:
Utah Valley University head coach. My brother has a state tournament program from like 91. The amount of dudes that were leaving the state was astounding. The times did a piece on it in the mid 90's. At the state tournament that year were Michael Dickerson (Arizona), Donny Marshall (UConn), Mark Pope (UW / Kentucky), and I think another dude or two. When you also take into account that a two time NBA MVP was 72 miles away and his tape was thoroughly ignored by UW coaches (and others). I think I remember Steve Nash saying he wanted to go to UW because it was the closest US college. Late 80's and 90's guys like Doug Christie, Peter Dukes, Bill Elleby, all went elsewhere. You missed out on keeping guys like Brian Scalabrine, and unfortunately Quincy Wilder (Decatur) couldn't keep himself out of trouble. One has to wonder if O'mma Givens (Aberdeen 94) maybe has a better career at UW instead of getting lost in the shuffle at UCLA, then Pepperdine. Curtis Bortchardt (Eastlake / Stanford). Mark Bigelow (Olympia / BYU). 2000s guys, Rodney Stuckey sticks out the most not already listed. That 95 class of JT and Donald Watts. Fred Brown Jr. was the other big name. JT was committed then flipped to UA. Three years later Doug Wrenn basically purposely failed his classes to get out of his commitment to UW. Losing Jamal Crawford, even though in hindsight was probably the best, but he seems to be steering locals to UW, or at least putting in a very good word. Helps that Conroy is on the staff.DerekJohnson said:
Mark PopePurpleThrobber said:Quinn Snyder
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)
Oh yeah. Good coach. I don't know if he'd ever consider moving back up here. I assume his folks are still in the area but you can get a lot more home in Provo.PurpleThrobber said:
He's the BYU coach now.huskyhooligan said:
Utah Valley University head coach. My brother has a state tournament program from like 91. The amount of dudes that were leaving the state was astounding. The times did a piece on it in the mid 90's. At the state tournament that year were Michael Dickerson (Arizona), Donny Marshall (UConn), Mark Pope (UW / Kentucky), and I think another dude or two. When you also take into account that a two time NBA MVP was 72 miles away and his tape was thoroughly ignored by UW coaches (and others). I think I remember Steve Nash saying he wanted to go to UW because it was the closest US college. Late 80's and 90's guys like Doug Christie, Peter Dukes, Bill Elleby, all went elsewhere. You missed out on keeping guys like Brian Scalabrine, and unfortunately Quincy Wilder (Decatur) couldn't keep himself out of trouble. One has to wonder if O'mma Givens (Aberdeen 94) maybe has a better career at UW instead of getting lost in the shuffle at UCLA, then Pepperdine. Curtis Bortchardt (Eastlake / Stanford). Mark Bigelow (Olympia / BYU). 2000s guys, Rodney Stuckey sticks out the most not already listed. That 95 class of JT and Donald Watts. Fred Brown Jr. was the other big name. JT was committed then flipped to UA. Three years later Doug Wrenn basically purposely failed his classes to get out of his commitment to UW. Losing Jamal Crawford, even though in hindsight was probably the best, but he seems to be steering locals to UW, or at least putting in a very good word. Helps that Conroy is on the staff.DerekJohnson said:
Mark PopePurpleThrobber said:Quinn Snyder
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Peyton Siva (Louisville)Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Didn’t Stuckey go to Eastern?RoadDawg55 said:Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Word at the tim was that he didn't have the grades for higher levels. Not sure what the difference is in requirements (if any).ThomasFremont said:
Didn’t Stuckey go to Eastern?RoadDawg55 said:Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Dejuan Piper had similar issues. Which sucks because he was a defensive monster. Him plus Thybulle would have been insane together.dnc said:
Word at the tim was that he didn't have the grades for higher levels. Not sure what the difference is in requirements (if any).ThomasFremont said:
Didn’t Stuckey go to Eastern?RoadDawg55 said:Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)
I thought he was the glue on those beach teams. Loved his defense.ThomasFremont said:
Dejuan Piper had similar issues. Which sucks because he was a defensive monster. Him plus Thybulle would have been insane together.dnc said:
Word at the tim was that he didn't have the grades for higher levels. Not sure what the difference is in requirements (if any).ThomasFremont said:
Didn’t Stuckey go to Eastern?RoadDawg55 said:Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
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Marvin Williams (UNC)
Absolutely. Him and Shabazz. Non stop hustle and ridiculous quickness. Murray gave effort all over too, but deferred to Shaquan Aaron too often on offense. They still won state pretty easily. Thybulle’s EC squad was the only team to give them trouble. Not even Garfield could hang.huskyhooligan said:
I thought he was the glue on those beach teams. Loved his defense.ThomasFremont said:
Dejuan Piper had similar issues. Which sucks because he was a defensive monster. Him plus Thybulle would have been insane together.dnc said:
Word at the tim was that he didn't have the grades for higher levels. Not sure what the difference is in requirements (if any).ThomasFremont said:
Didn’t Stuckey go to Eastern?RoadDawg55 said:Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
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Marcus Williams (Arizona)
He hit the game winner in the state title game. He's coaching at Highline High School, or at least was last year. If he can convince some of the kids in the area to stay and not transfer to Beach or Garfield, he could have some decent teams.ThomasFremont said:
Absolutely. Him and Shabazz. Non stop hustle and ridiculous quickness. Murray gave effort all over too, but deferred to Shaquan Aaron too often on offense. They still won state pretty easily. Thybulle’s EC squad was the only team to give them trouble. Not even Garfield could hang.huskyhooligan said:
I thought he was the glue on those beach teams. Loved his defense.ThomasFremont said:
Dejuan Piper had similar issues. Which sucks because he was a defensive monster. Him plus Thybulle would have been insane together.dnc said:
Word at the tim was that he didn't have the grades for higher levels. Not sure what the difference is in requirements (if any).ThomasFremont said:
Didn’t Stuckey go to Eastern?RoadDawg55 said:Rodney Stuckey is often forgotten, but is right at the top of the best high school players there has ever been in Washington. He was dominant.
