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Following the news last week that Sidney Wilson would transfer to UConn from St. John’s, UConn announced Tuesday that Wilson has enrolled at the school.
Even though he is a freshman beginning his first full semester of classes, he was enrolled in summer school classes at St. John’s and is considered a transfer. Per NCAA rules, he must sit out the 2017-18 basketball season, pending the outcome of a waiver application. If the waiver is denied, Wilson will be able to practice with the Huskies throughout this season and will have four years of eligibility remaining, beginning with the 2018-19 season.
“We are happy and excited to welcome Sid to the UConn family,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “He is an outstanding player and a high-character young man, who has the kind of talent, versatility and athleticism that we want in our program.
Moses Brown, the 7-foot-2 senior big man from Archbishop Molloy High School and the New Heights AAU program, enjoyed his weekend official visit to Louisville and will next trip to Maryland
Brown, ranked No. 17 in the 2018 ESPN 100, took his first official to Louisville with his father, Malcolm.
“It was great,” his father said Tuesday by phone. “Rick Pitino, I’ve always been a big fan of his, from my father to me to my family, from the New York Knicks to the Boston Celtics. He was really, really supportive and I really think Moses would get a lot out of being around him, not just in basketball but growing as a man.
“We had a good time, Rick Pitino showed us a lot of love.”
Malcolm said the staff also emphasized that Moses would not be limited to just playing under the basket.
“They would not limit his skills,” he said. “Due to the fact that he’s a big man, he would do more than just rebound and block shots because they see he has more tools to use and they would let him live up to everything that he’s capable of doing.”
The Browns toured the Louisville facilities during the visit.
“Yes, we took a tour of the school, it was really, really nice,” Malcolm said. “Moses was impressed, I was impressed. He was impressed with the player development plan that [Pitino] had for Moses and he thinks that he would be really successful in their program.”
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