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I’ve posted some stuff from No Ceilings before. This is a preview of the NBA prospects across the entire field. I haven’t gotten very far, but I’ve enjoyed their other stuff. They had Castle #6, Clingan #12, and Karaban #35 in their last rankings, and they mention Newton, Spencer, and Johnson...

https://open.substack.com/pub/noceilings/p/castlevania-a-non-linear-path-to?r=3obil&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post I know there are some other draft threads, but this guy took a really detailed look at Castle, with tons of video clips. I found it worth a read.

Alex is gaining some fans, and deservedly so. https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/the-simmering-stock-of-alex-karaban

In case you anyone missed it: Here’s my question for anyone who might know. Doors open 90 minutes before the game. Can you get in the atrium through the Trumbull St. entrance earlier than that? I haven’t used that entrance in a few years at least.

Nothing groundbreaking here, but I love this quote. “We’re sick and obsessed people here at UConn. We show up to every single game like we’ve never won a game before.” https://collegehoopstoday.net/rothstein-files/5-questions-with-uconns-dan-hurley/

Athlete’s Thread - apparently hellbent on emptying my wallet and putting a strain on my marriage - has come out with more UConn Legends gear. They already had Smith, Okafor, and Donyell, and I just saw Henefeld, Whaley, and Sellers. What a time to be alive...

I don’t think I’ve seen this posted yet. He’s another kid who is easy to root for because he seems like such a quality person. Kudos to the staff for convincing him to stay. https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/samson-johnson-huskies-18553720.php

I thought this Twitter thread by Tyler Rucker of @NoCeilingsNBA (NBA Draft account) was well done. Castle has shown so many flashes of potential and has a rare maturity and BBIQ for a freshman. He should be getting back to 100% just in time for Big East play, and he’s going to represent UConn...

This is a really good breakdown of how Kansas slowed us down, and why UNC wasn’t as successful. Our offense is a joy to watch.

We’re #2 in Erik Haslam’s preseason ratings. This is purely an analytical rating, and not a personal ranking.

The Basketball Hall of Fame is continuing its Hoophall Hangout series, and Alex Karaban will be there this Friday, 7/7, at 1:00. The one with Dan Hurley and Bob Hurley last year was very cool. They did an interview followed by a brief Q & A, and then they signed autographs. Just throwing it out...

So, these three things jump out, and they’re obviously all connected. Players who transferred from low and mid majors to the Big East improved the most. UConn has the biggest total improvement from players who transferred up. Tristen and Joey California are the two players who transferred up...

Does it make sense to have a thread with mock drafts as they’re updated? I think so? ESPN has Hawkins at #11 to Orlando and Jackson at #32 to Indiana in their latest. I’d love another year of Jackson. If he goes and gets drafted that early, I don’t blame him. I couldn’t be rooting harder for a...

Good for him. I’m curious to see how Stoudamire does there.

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/donovan-clingan-nba-17783961.php “If he were to stick around at UConn and keep developing, I think he could be, in the near future, where Zach Edey is today,” the scout said. “I think he could be a legitimate National Player of the...

I found this pretty interesting. Even as technicals have dropped throughout the season, the number of offensive fouls per game has remained lower than recent years. Seems good to me.

There was another thread about the national "Bubble Watch", and I have some time on my hands, so I tried to lay out where the Big East teams stand. Here is how I view the Big East at the moment. Safely in: UConn - 14-1, #2 NET, #2 KenPom, 27-4 projected record (KenPom) Xavier - 12-3, #20 NET...

The first 14 minutes or so of this episode is Sam Vecenie and Adam Spinella pretty much just talking about how awesome every aspect of this UConn team is. I can’t get enough of this stuff.

I think all Boneyarders - both Insiders and Casual Fans alike - love this UConn team. The computers love us so far as well. Here is where we rank on a handful of analytic sites. Jeff Sagarin: 2 (!) Haslemetrics: 4 Ken Pomeroy: 8 Evan Miya: 16 Bart Torvik: 20 It's early, we've only played one...

Was this expected? I didn’t see it coming. I don’t have my finger on the pulse of the Division I Council, though.

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-projecting-2023-march-madness-men-field Yes, yes, I know it’s too early to project next season’s tournament, but I view this as no different than looking at a preseason top 25. Lunardi projects us as a 7 seed, after...

I’ll always enjoy hearing about a player returning to campus. I’m happy he’s had such a productive career overseas.

Wow. I know it’s only one Summer League game, but what a performance.

https://www.ctinsider.com/uconn/article/Nahiem-Alleyne-will-soon-join-UConn-men-s-17275663.php This is what I like to hear from a new player: “We knew we were going to win that game from the start,” he reported. “That was a very special game, to play Coach K in his last ACC game and beating...

I didn’t see this posted, so I figured it’s worth its own thread. I’m super excited for this kid. As of now, Castle doesn’t plan to reclassify. It sounds like he could, though, and it hasn’t been ruled out. I’m sure it will depend somewhat on who we can bring in as a transfer...

I've never heard of this particular site before, but I found this interesting. This site assessing teams' streakiness in terms of how often they go on double digit scoring runs or concede double digit scoring runs. UConn is on the periphery of the "least streaky" bubble.

Whatever you want to call him - Pork Chop/Poppers/The Wrench/Zay/whatever - Isaiah Whaley was amazing today. He was arguably our most important player, although Martin was also incredible and probably gets the edge. If anyone knows how to find this out, I’d love to know how many guys have had...

But some of them can sell recruits on the chance to lose to Duke each year, so there’s that.

I expected Akok to shoot better from 3 (not this well!), and Cole being low isn’t surprising based on his volume, but on the whole, this is indeed very surprising. And yes, I understand that some of these percentages can be explained by small sample sizes and degree of difficulty.

If Adama Sanogo doesn’t deserve his own thread after tonight’s performance, what are we even doing here?

The Bracket Matrix averages the projected tournament field from a lot of sources, and UConn is currently a 6 seed. There really is a lot of consensus about us, with almost every recent bracket placing us from 5 to 7. With no bad losses, but only one top-notch win, this seems totally fair...

There were threads for ESPN’s 2022 and 2024 rankings, so I figured I would start a 2023 thread. Here are some UConn targets, although I’m sure I’m missing some. 6. Mackenzie Mgbako SF 12. Simeon Wilcher PG 23. Matas Buzelis PF 25. Taylor Bol Bowen SF 40. Isaiah Miranda C 51. TJ Power PF 52...

Does anyone know much about this kid?