Depth of talent this team is probably better than either of those. But it doesn’t have any one guy as good as Kamba or Bazz were. Sanogo is great, but needs others to get him the ball. Matchups are everything in the tournament, and one guy named Teddy can get hot and end it for you.
Exactly! This is the most talented and best team we’ve had since 2014. This is probably the best team Dan Hurley has ever coached. The NCAA Tournament seems like It has become more of a roll of the dice in recent years. Im just hoping we don’t have any more injuries because that Is one thing that can hold us back from reaching our full potential.
This is definitely the best team he’s coached. Despite the tourney result, last years team was better than any team he had at URI. This team could blow out any team he had at URI.
As far as regular season results are concerned, I think this could be the best regular season we’ve had since 2009. Yes, we won a National Championship in 2011 and 2014, and that is the ultimate goal, but we have not dominated a regular season from start to finish since 2009. That is a long time, and I miss having those seasons where we are so much better than most teams we are going to play. I know It’s early, but let’s enjoy the ride, because this could be a good one.
09 team lacked shooters which was painfully clear after Dyson went down. I see this team resembling 2014 only swap the best back court for (potentially) the best front court
Yeah hopefully Newton or Hawkins can get close to that level.
This team is definitely more talented/more weapons but we all knew those werent the most talented teams going into those seasons. I remember 2011 the talk about our weak recruiting class and how we got "the other lamb". Expectations were low in 2011 but changed quickly after Maui. 2014 was different as while again none of us expected a title run many of us here remembered the `11 run and knew it was possible. But it cant happen again can it? No way! Thats what i thought until we took down MSU. I knew then we were cutting down the nets. Since those two runs ive completely thrown all expectations out of the window. As far as im concerned if Uconn is in it they can win it i dont care what seed we are.
2013-14.
His approach reminds me more of Tate George than anyone .
This is the first year since Hurley has been here that wasn’t flawed from a makeup standpoint. It was either no backup primary ball handler, no decent backup center, injuries, and a combination of any of those. This year, we cam have 2 guys have a bad night and still win convincingly. The portal allowed the staff to build a team in a single off-season rather than 4.
And both teams hit their FREE THROWS at 80%+ just like this team