Pitino doing Pitino

[Sick Puppy]

 

[ScottCT]

It seems like naheim allyene is going to get even less playing time than he did last year.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I must be the only one who’s unimpressed with the collection of mid hes brought together. Dingle, Soriano, and Alleyne are probably the only players Id safely put in a winning rotation.

 

[auror]

I must be the only one who’s unimpressed with the collection of mid hes brought together. Dingle, Soriano, and Alleyne are probably the only players Id safely put in a winning rotation.

I wouldn't want Jenkins as my number 1 option, but he's a solid guy as your 4th or 5th starter.

They're missing that 3rd piece to be a real contender. I don't think Wilcher nor Nahiem nor Taylor is it. Ejiofor is more the plan for after Soriano than this year. Luis and Dunlap need time to incubate. Slazinski is coming off injury.

I see bubble but likely making the field. Definitely not top 25 preseason, despite how great Pitino is.

 

[husky99]

Poor st. John .. the ncaa violation future is bright....

 

[ucp990411]

Poor st. John .. the ncaa violation future is bright....

I am not sure if there is a such thing as an ncaa violation anymore

 

[johnhuskies95]

Poor st. John .. the ncaa violation future is bright....

I think NCAA violations are a thing of the past. The impermissible benefits stuff will be basically gone, and if you think the NCAA has something on you otherwise, just refuse to cooperate until they go away.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Based on the thread title, the content of this thread is much more PG than I expected.

It had a real Jerry Springer vibe to it.

And for that I am thankful.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Give a coach on Quick's level a random mix of talent, he/she will find a way to make it work. He is disingenuous and dirty. He is also one of the best coaches the game has ever seen.

 

[jibsey]

Hookers flooding in to Jamaica NY…..

 

[mjmoney23]

Last Friday, I saw a full sized billboard on 95 south in New Rochelle welcoming Pitino to St. John's. Interesting location for it being in the city of his last job.

 

[jibsey]

Adds a lot of juice to BE games for ALL members against Pitino but….I dislike St. John’s, always have, and their fan base. They will probably be a tough out. My friends who are their fans are saying “we’re back baby!” Article said they could win the BE.

 

[REB1094]

I feel really bad for Alleyne I hope he beats out a lot of these guys in practice and gets good playing time. Would hate to see him leave UConn for more time and opportunity just to be parked on the bench

 

[jibsey]

Do the rules allow him to leave them and come to us unlikely he'd want to do it or Hurley take him back?

 

[HailUConn]

For god sake, the guy got Iona into NCAA tourney year after year since. I for one think that there are lots of players who sincerely want to play for Pitino.

In modern era, violations is a thing of the past. It benefits him more.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I am not sure if there is a such thing as an ncaa violation anymore

I foresee some type of regulation in the future. They've admitted that the laissez-Faire approach is not sustainable. There was a recent BY thread on the same talking point. The standards and rules of every sport constantly shift, though when we're 'in it' it seems like 'this is the way it will always be'.

 

[Hoophound]

They are going to be good. There's just no question about that. He's one of a small handful of coaches that can win with just about any roster. He and Kelvin Sampson may be the two best at cobbling together a team out nowhere and getting out there and winning a lot of games.

 

[HooperScooper]

I feel really bad for Alleyne I hope he beats out a lot of these guys in practice and gets good playing time. Would hate to see him leave UConn for more time and opportunity just to be parked on the bench

Alleyne averaged the 6th most minutes on a much better team last year so I still think he will play a major role this coming season. He may not start but he'll play a lot.

 

[Hoophound]

I've been disappointed in losing Alleyne all along but as I look at our roster, I miss him even more. I'm not sure who will take his place. A lot is riding on one or two of our freshmen delivering.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I feel really bad for Alleyne I hope he beats out a lot of these guys in practice and gets good playing time. Would hate to see him leave UConn for more time and opportunity just to be parked on the bench

Alleyne averaged the 6th most minutes on a much better team last year so I still think he will play a major role this coming season. He may not start but he'll play a lot.

I don't feel bad for Alleyne nor do I wish any ill will on him. He is in his fifth year of college basketball and this is his third team. He should be eyes wide open about his choices and the risk/reward of those choices.

 

[Umami Zen]

I don't feel bad for Alleyne nor do I wish any ill will on him. He is in his fifth year of college basketball and this is his third team. He should be eyes wide open about his choices and the risk/reward of those choices.

Wouldn't worry about Naheim.. I'm sure Rick told him when he signed on that his position in rotation was secure and that he wouldn't recruit over him.. NIL soothes all wounds.

 

[ucp990411]

Wouldn't worry about Naheim.. I'm sure Rick told him when he signed on that his position in rotation was secure and that he wouldn't recruit over him.. NIL soothes all wounds.

And we all know Pitino is someone to believe. A man of his word

 

[king conn]

I am not sure if there is a such thing as an ncaa violation anymore

But there is always the UConn retroactive option

 

[Dean Wormer]

Slick Rick is a great coach. St Johns will be there at the end.

 

[UConn3432]

They are still working on bringing in another guy to play the 4. I think the strategy was to just get bodies at first, then when they started to get the hype train + NIL rolling, they started targeting/poaching bigger fish. The "bodies" who got sold on playing time early on are probably feeling a little jilted. It's a strange lineup to me, but one that will have an abundance of guard/wing depth. Part of me thinks Rick saw how our depth (and obviously talent) wore out Iona in the second half of the tournament game and didn't want to get caught on the wrong side of that again.