[LUconn]

Are you excited about this signing Sly? He's sort of a Texan, and now he's got the best opportunity to succeed. I know how much you like it when Texans do well.

http://www.courant.com/sports/college/h ... nes-sports

sounds like he wont need to much polish.

[Sly Fox]

The dude needs lots of work. He has Manute Bol-ish ups. But you can't teach size and he is beginning to gain more knowledge of the game.

He is the one I was telling everyone to get word to the staff about last fall (back before the rest of the hoops world discovered him).

[LUconn]

He almost didn't qualify. Maybe we could have landed him then.

[Sly Fox]

He had cultural issues to overcome. But as we have seen over the years, African players seem to have a quick learning curve.

[LUconn]

just because I know everybody cares

Update: After concerns that he might not have the proper paperwork to show that he is in this country legally, he has finally been declaired eligable by the NCAA. A big sigh of relief is shared by all.

[PAmedic]

deeply saddened to report the article now reads like this: