This made me happy to see. So great to see so many former players supporting the team and Hurley. Don't need anyone bashing KO in this thread. Not the day for that.
Not sure if anyone else has pointed this out but it looks like Jordan Hawkins tied the single-game record for most 3-pointers attempted by a UConn player last night at 14 3PA. Five UConn players have attempted 14 threes in a game before: Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton, Rashad Anderson, Christian Vital...
https://theathletic.com/3717627/2022/10/27/2023-nba-mock-draft-wembanyama-2/
26. LA Clippers
Jordan Hawkins | 6-5 wing | 20 years old | Connecticut
Jordan Hawkins is a killer potential floor spacer with real athleticism at 6-foot-5, and those players are in shorter supply than you’d think. He...
In garbage time of the Atlanta Hawks/Charlotte Hornets game, Tyrese pump faked into a pull-up deep two for his first NBA points!
James Bouknight also had his best game of the young season (not saying much unfortunately), scoring 10 points on 9 shots and registering a +20 in plus/minus.
I know this topic has come up before, but makes sense to revisit given the announcement that Tyrese Martin is going pro after two years as a Husky.
Is Tyrese a Top 5 transfer in UConn history? If so, Cole must be as well, right? My knowledge and fandom of the program is heavily weighted towards...
An old villain of ours lost his job today. SMU was on the bubble this season and made the NIT, but SMU hasn't made the tournament since that 2016-2017 team that had multiple NBA players on the roster (Ojeleye, Milton, Brown, etc).
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
UConn moves down 1 spot this week. Nova in at #6 and Providence at #13 for other Big East teams.
Congrats to Yale on their upset of Princeton in the Ivy League championship. Yale is a really good mid-major team with a super entertaining heat-check shotmaker in Azar Swain. Will be fun to root for them in the NCAA Tournament.
Someone should hire James Jones for one of these bigger job...
Nice recognition for a kid who was left off the All-Conference teams. Was clearly our best player over those two games, so it makes sense he was honored considering they chose two from each of the finalists, and one each from the semi-finalists.
For the second straight year, we are in the Semi-Finals of the Big East Tournament. The last time that happened was 2004 & 2005.
This is a real accomplishment that should not be diminished. Tomorrow we play the best team in the league. Let's take it a step further and get to the Finals!! Two...
Don't want to initiate any off-topic political discussions here, but happy Shabazz is getting out of that part of the world for now.
Would be awesome to see Shabazz at one of the UConn games coming up, assuming he will be back home in Boston.
Injured his wrist going for a steal at St. John's last night. Creighton is on the right of the bubble but they have a tough schedule coming up - @ Providence, vs. us, and vs. Hall.
Apparently former Husky grad transfer Tarin Smith did some work on an upcoming Adam Sandler basketball movie that will be out on Netflix in June. I guess he was a stunt-double for Trae Young and Anthony Edwards. There's a clip in here of him dunking an off-the-backboard Alley-Oop from Sandler...
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on this but I believe that was our first game-winning shot since Jalen Adams @ Temple back in 2017.
Unbelievable play from Cole - such a difficult shot with the off hand going into great defense. The fact that he made both of the defensive plays before and...
This is far and away the most favorable projected bracket I've seen yet for the good guys. #4 seed playing KenPom 79 Chatanooga in round one. Round 2 would be USC (just one Mobley this time around) or Miami (hit or miss bubble team from the softest iteration of the ACC in years). Our #1 seed...
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
We move up a bit to #21. Have a match-up with #8 Villanova tomorrow. Huge opportunity. Providence is the only other BE team at #11.
More information coming out about this stacked field.
Interestingly, there are four Big East teams (UConn, Nova, Butler, X) playing - two on each side of the bracket. Wondering if somehow this event will tie into our league schedule? Not sure how else it would work.
These are our final games of the season:
2/16 - Seton Hall in Gampel
2/19 - Xavier in Gampel
2/22 - Nova at XL
2/27 - @ Georgetown
3/2 - @ Creighton
3/5 - DePaul in Gampel
Looking at this schedule, it's nice to have 4 home games and it's also a plus that we don't have any ridiculous turn...
Our old rival David Collins from USF grad-transferred to Clemson and is going viral with this super dangerous play against Duke earlier tonight. He got ejected and rightfully so. Apparently the kid he fouled is OK, but it's a really scary fall. Can't imagine if someone did this to one of our guys.
Couple big deals today, one of which features our guy Jeremy Lamb.
Earlier today, New Orleans traded for CJ McCollum and Larry Nance as well, sending out Josh Hart and multiple picks.
Incredible stat from tonight. Guys were looking for each other and making the easy shots that came as a result. Very few turnovers outside of a rough stretch when Georgetown turned on the pressure in the second half.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
UConn moves up to #20. Villanova, Providence, Xavier, and Marquette (!!) are also ranked as far as Big East teams go. Auburn up to #1, having only lost once all year, to the good guys in Double OT.
Bumping this thread to apologize for the jinx... Polley has not even attempted a free throw since I made this thread.
Fortunately, he is doing a lot of other good things on the court. The shooting has been great the last few games and he had some nice offensive rebounds and a floater (!!) vs...
https://www.bigeast.com/news/2022/1/17/mens-basketball-uconns-sanogo-creightons-nembhard-take-weekly-mbb-honors.aspx
Second time this season and well deserved!
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
Same four Big East teams in the Top 25, though they've suffled around a bit with Nova getting back into the Top 15 and Providence falling to 23.
Good guys still hanging around. Every team we've lost to is ranked ahead of us and Auburn is...
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
Received a few more votes this week than last. Big East still has 4 teams in, with Providence usurping Seton Hall as the highest ranked BE team.
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