Parker U'u: The best 14th man in America

[RockNFish]

Great story

www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/22/sdsu-basketball-parker-uu-walkon-hartford/

[Gundo]

Good kid in a tough spot.

[Old School]

It will be tough get minutes with all this talented shooting depth. I'm assuming we'll see more of him when we play small schools, lower division opponents and garbage time.

Oldie Out

[missiontrails]

He'll still get to keep his Nat'l Champ ring.

[azteccc]

Al U’u knew the Tapleys because Drake played against Chase in AAU ball.

“I remember Chase’s dad telling me, ‘San Diego State was the only school that still called and told him not to worry,’” says Al U’u, who is of Samoan descent and was born in San Diego. “I thought, ‘What a classy program.’ That stuck with me.”

The serendipitous connection to SDSU came in the summer of 2013, when Aztecs assistant coach Justin Hutson was invited to work a summer camp with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where Phil Handy – U’u’s former AAU coach in Sacramento – had just been hired. Handy told Hutson about U’u. Hutson told Handy they were out of scholarships.

U’u shrugged and came anyway.

“You can look at it as, yeah, I’d much rather have my son get a scholarship and not pay for school,” Al U’u says. “But sometimes you just have to invest in your kids. For us it’s about life lessons, and Coach Fisher is the kind of guy who can deliver them. He reminds me a lot of Coach (John) Wooden, his demeanor and how he handles himself.

“As a parent, that’s what you want. You want your kids to be in that kind of environment. It was a no-brainer for me.”

This kind of stuff makes it so easy to be a proud Aztec fan and alumni.

[Fishn'Aztec]

Oct 22, 2014 20:21:46 GMT -8 RockNFish said:

Great story

www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/22/sdsu-basketball-parker-uu-walkon-hartford/

+1!

[Fishn'Aztec]

Oct 22, 2014 21:39:28 GMT -8 Gundo said:

Good kid in a tough spot.

Sounds more like a great individual waiting for his moments to shine! Inspiring!

[standiego]

Nice article by Zeigler , Aztec for life salute to U's and the Tapley families .

Other then Zylan and Malik , wonder who the other dinged up Aztecs are ?

[fisherville]

Believe it's polee, chol, and zabo. Zabo has bad back I think. None of them suppose to miss games.

[bschmurda]

He's got a quick release... If he can play D he'll see the court

[standiego]

Zeigler is reporting Polee sore back , Chol -wisdom tooth ,and Zabo turned his ankle , not "expected" to keep them out long . So only had 8 of the scholarship guys out there this week . but this is a lighter week of practice .

[tsstanley]

Got to see Parker practice last week. The guy can play at the D1 level - he would've been a starter not too many years ago. He'll get some minutes and will not look out of place.

[sdsustoner]

Oct 23, 2014 11:43:12 GMT -8 tsstanley said:

Got to see Parker practice last week. The guy can play at the D1 level - he would've been a starter not too many years ago. He'll get some minutes and will not look out of place.

Easily be a starter or vital bench player on most of our squads prior to the 2010-11 team.

Fisher has given a chance to several walk-ons. Just remembering guys like Sharper and Faux bring me chills. Especially Al Faux. That shot verses Wyoming on a dish from Randy is the shot that help shed the "loser" label. A program building shot. I'm gonna watch that when I get home. lol

[csfoster]

I would love to see this guy contribute to several wins.

[standiego]

Unless there are multiple injuries , transfers , red shirts , blow outs, he becomes the 3 point /FT specialist or guys are not performing at expected level hard to see him getting that much PT in important games, 13 scholarship players battling for 200 min of PT .