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http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/06/03/aac-conference-reset-uconn-temple
Worth a read during an offseason lull.
Worth a read during an offseason lull.
AAC overview from SI.com
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Love the headline: "Gibbs will make mark at UConn"!
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I like what they write about Gibbs:
"Notable newcomer: Sterling Gibbs, Connecticut
Last March, after falling to SMU in the championship game of the conference tournament, UConn became the fourth team in the last seven years to miss theNCAAs the season after winning the national championship. One of the main reasons to be optimistic that the Huskies won’t fall short of the Big Dance again this season is the presence of Gibbs, who will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer. Gibbs, who played two seasons at Seton Hall after transferring from Texas, should help the Huskies make a significant leap offensively after they ranked outside the top 100 in Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted points per possession for only the second time since 2009-10.
Last season the 6’2”, 185-pound Gibbs averaged 16.3 points per game while shooting 43.6% from beyond the arc and ranking seventh in the Big East during conference play by assisting on 27.1% of his team’s field goals during his floor time. UConn has lost its leading scorer from last season, guardRyan Boatright, but opposing defenses could struggle to deal with Gibbs and returning perimeter threats Daniel Hamilton andRodney Purvis. Though Gibbs should make the biggest impact of UConn’s group of newcomers, don’t overlook Cornell transfer Shonn Miller and top-60 recruits Jalen Adems, a 6’2” point guard, and Steven Enoch, a 6’10” center."
"Notable newcomer: Sterling Gibbs, Connecticut
Last March, after falling to SMU in the championship game of the conference tournament, UConn became the fourth team in the last seven years to miss theNCAAs the season after winning the national championship. One of the main reasons to be optimistic that the Huskies won’t fall short of the Big Dance again this season is the presence of Gibbs, who will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer. Gibbs, who played two seasons at Seton Hall after transferring from Texas, should help the Huskies make a significant leap offensively after they ranked outside the top 100 in Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted points per possession for only the second time since 2009-10.
Last season the 6’2”, 185-pound Gibbs averaged 16.3 points per game while shooting 43.6% from beyond the arc and ranking seventh in the Big East during conference play by assisting on 27.1% of his team’s field goals during his floor time. UConn has lost its leading scorer from last season, guardRyan Boatright, but opposing defenses could struggle to deal with Gibbs and returning perimeter threats Daniel Hamilton andRodney Purvis. Though Gibbs should make the biggest impact of UConn’s group of newcomers, don’t overlook Cornell transfer Shonn Miller and top-60 recruits Jalen Adems, a 6’2” point guard, and Steven Enoch, a 6’10” center."
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Temple really needed to grab one of the transfer PGs. They're going to have to give the ball to Alston, and he's just not going to be able to do it. It would be like having Antonio Kellogg as your primary PG.
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Fran Dunphy better keep an eye on his chair this year.
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It's definitely an interesting conference next season - the better teams have a little bit of an edge to them.
I'm not sold on the bottom of the conference though...there's a lot of crap talent and bad coaching going on down there.
One thing that could ding the AAC is the NCAA stuff hanging over SMU.
The upside to being a private school is that you can largely fight these things in private, so who really knows what the downside is there.
I'm not sold on the bottom of the conference though...there's a lot of crap talent and bad coaching going on down there.
One thing that could ding the AAC is the NCAA stuff hanging over SMU.
The upside to being a private school is that you can largely fight these things in private, so who really knows what the downside is there.
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