'17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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That's funny. Does the Dayton board know he was wearing a URI shirt during a pick up game ??
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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ramster wrote:
Stop! Rammer Time wrote:My brother in law lives in Ossining and has recently started playing basketball at the rec center there, he texted me a few pictures of Toppin playing there tonight, repping a URI shirt. There's a sign-in sheet at the place, so he knows it's him. Interesting that he's repping Rhody ...
interesting story. What is your brother in law's take on him?

I just thought it was funny considering that he's going to a school in our conference and is still repping our free t-shirt in public. Good branding for us.

My brother in law thought he was really really good, but one would think that most D1 college athletes look really really good compared to other guys at a rec center.
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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I still feel that if we had had 2 openings, we would have signed him in April.
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Let's hope he doesn't turn into something special
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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reason #12349871342871234097 why I trust Dan with any recruit he signs or stops pursuing:

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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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More on Toppin and the entire Dayton Roster

http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/c ... 8rGYU4SXJ/
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Glad we passed
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Hurley is an educator, and molds boys into men.
.....I was told on two separate occasions [by two asst. coaches] that not all recruits want to buy into the discipline and academic effort to be successful here. You do not always know that when offering, but it can come up later, resulting in us backing off. You try to avoid that scenario, but sometimes it happens.
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Delroy James. Taking these types could have huge pay off.
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For the record, Toppin wasn't offered here not just due to his academics but because it wasn't believed he'd be good enough to play here this year or next. Likely won't contribute much until his RS Soph year.
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Looks pretty good in this video..
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Toppin was a Hurley miss.
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Toppin has been instrumental in all of Dayton's wins including today . Boy did we miss on him as you said 83. I have seen all of Dayton's games
and he is becoming Dayton's biggest offensive weapon . He is amazingly polished and athletic . We can only hope that Harris can reach his level
by the end of the season or sometime next season. As far as the Flyers, they are a very mistake prone team, giving the ball away far too often .
However, they do have a load of talent and will be tough if they ever learn to take better care of the ball.
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CTRamfan wrote: 6 years ago Hurley is an educator, and molds boys into men.
.....I was told on two separate occasions [by two asst. coaches] that not all recruits want to buy into the discipline and academic effort to be successful here. You do not always know that when offering, but it can come up later, resulting in us backing off. You try to avoid that scenario, but sometimes it happens.
Makes sense I think we as fans do not realize what goes on behind the scene in regards to recruiting. It is ironic though that Hurley took Akok at Uconn I have heard some not so good things about him as far as buying in but maybe they are not true. I guess we will find out. Or is Hurley maybe more willing to take risks there to deliver faster.
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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I think Akok is 19 years old and he hadn’t taken the SATs until earlier this month when he decided to leave PSA. That might be a sign of his academic strength.
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If DH wants five star guys he will have to loosen his archetype - he will have to swim with the sharks and probably take some high risk kids.
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Blue Man wrote: 6 years ago reason #12349871342871234097 why I trust Dan with any recruit he signs or stops pursuing:

This didn’t age well
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Section104 wrote: 5 years ago
Blue Man wrote: 6 years ago reason #12349871342871234097 why I trust Dan with any recruit he signs or stops pursuing:

This didn’t age well
Dre3000 wrote: 6 years ago For the record, Toppin wasn't offered here not just due to his academics but because it wasn't believed he'd be good enough to play here this year or next. Likely won't contribute much until his RS Soph year.
Idk, this one may be worse. And FWIW, this tracks closer to what I heard at the time. I don’t think they loved Toppin when they had him in for a look, if I am remembering that correctly.
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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They didn’t love him then and they also assumed he may go the JUCO route. His grades were POOR. I don’t think DH thought he was worth the risk.

Win some, lose some. Story of Rhody fan right now.
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I wrote above glad we passed

Jeez am I dumb this kid is a player

Sometimes u never know I guess
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For future reference ...Risk it!
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We couldn't get Toppin, he can make his free throws. Any true Ram fan knows we only recruit players who can't make their foul shots.
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Since we've been talking about Obi lately, I thought I'd bump this. Always interesting to read our old comments.
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Billyboy78 wrote: 4 years ago Since we've been talking about Obi lately, I thought I'd bump this. Always interesting to read our old comments.
I like how u bump’d it, should do the same around June next year when his name gets called in the draft
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Pretty cool that Obi drove a Jacob back to URI during Xmas break and he met with some of the URI players
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Blue Man wrote: 6 years ago reason #12349871342871234097 why I trust Dan with any recruit he signs or stops pursuing:



:shock: :shock: :shock:
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Rhody15 wrote: 4 years ago
Blue Man wrote: 6 years ago reason #12349871342871234097 why I trust Dan with any recruit he signs or stops pursuing:



:shock: :shock: :shock:
Lol well hindsight is 20/20
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Thank Christ we got his brother though.

Not gonna make the same Toppin mistake!
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Re: '17 NY PF - Obadiah Toppin (Dayton)

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Hurt his ankle against UMass. There's blood in the water and I see sharks circling....
VCU gets the first bite of Dayton on Tuesday. Nom, nom..haha.
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Usually I don’t care if an opponent’s star player gets hurt. But Obi is special and his brother plays for us. Beating an Obi-less Dayton would be a hollow victory.
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Rhody74 wrote: 4 years ago Usually I don’t care if an opponent’s star player gets hurt. But Obi is special and his brother plays for us. Beating an Obi-less Dayton would be a hollow victory.
Yeah, would be nice to go toe to toe with him healthy. Just referencing how other teams like VCU must be feeling. I'm sure to plenty of opponents it would be a relief to not have to face him and could have a shot at a victory with a high ranking.
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