I remember when people on this board said TJ McConnell wasn't a Big East player because "who would he guard?" Basically the thought was a 6'0" white guy couldn't possibly play high level college basketball. He has now had a 10 year NBA career, has the NBA record for steals in a half and the second most steals in a game, and will likely be playing in the Eastern conference finals in a week. He is the best player from the Pittsburgh area born in the last 40 years and we chose to not recruit him.
TJ McConnell
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He was very good at first sighting at Greentree back in the day. But, who could have predicted a 10 year NBA career.
Yea, you could tell in that 1st Green Tree game vs Gibbs, that he was going to be really good but no one would have said NBA.
Wasn't this the McConnell timeline:
He was 5'9" 160 and zero stars on Rivals as a senior.
Offered by Duquesne and some even called it a charity offer due to his aunt's history at the school.
Started growing.
Started growing some more at Duquesne to where he became good enough to transfer to a bigger school.
Wanted to transfer to Pitt but was rightfully blocked, as were WVU, PSU and Ohio State.
The rest is history.
He was 5'9" 160 and zero stars on Rivals as a senior.
Offered by Duquesne and some even called it a charity offer due to his aunt's history at the school.
Started growing.
Started growing some more at Duquesne to where he became good enough to transfer to a bigger school.
Wanted to transfer to Pitt but was rightfully blocked, as were WVU, PSU and Ohio State.
The rest is history.
But such a story with facts makes trolling less fun.
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