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2017 -2018 Uconn Roster Up

Olliewood216 said:
We are not "worse on paper" than last year. Maybe worse than the roster at the beginning of the season, but not by the end. We are essentially replacing Facey with Larrier (a much better scorer) and adding an All American point guard along with a top 100ish power forward in Diarra. Brimah never really improved in his 4 years, which left a lot to be desired at the center position. If one of our centers can play defense and rebound we are already far better than last year (and that's assuming none of our incoming freshman contribute at all)
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Like I said we can't be sure how players are going to be coming back from injuries especially AG.
 
Nebraskan18 said:


I wanted to watch some Alterique and Terry to get me ready for this season, and even though we obviously lost this game. Adding two more guys that can just go out and make plays will be atleast more fun to watch this year.
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Thank you for putting that together. I'm spending too much time on the BY without actually seeing any basketball. That just whets my appetite for more. Jalen and Christian also looked good in that video. By the way, at the end of that video there is a hot little mixtape of AG that comes up #4 Balls Life with Soul Butter, in case anybody didn't notice.
 
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Nebraskan18 said:


I wanted to watch some Alterique and Terry to get me ready for this season, and even though we obviously lost this game. Adding two more guys that can just go out and make plays will be atleast more fun to watch this year.
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That got me watching highlights of jalen. I think we all tend to undervalue him somewhat. I definitely do. That kid has his weaknesses, but he is an incredible talent. That right hand could find him a spot in the NBA one day.

Alterique looks the part on offense. I hope he can learn to play some D.

I love our guard depth this year. If we're able to pressure the ball more, that might help relax the learning curve for our big boys.
 
Jalen is a tremendous talent. Too many minutes last year/fatigue/nagging injuries inhibited his game somewhat last year plus being the only ballhandler. I think he's going to have a breakout year this year even while sharing the floor with Terry Larrier who has a scorer's mentality. Larrier is quite capable of having a breakout year also if he shoots for a good percentage from the floor. He is definitely going to put up shots. I'm thinking Jalen's game will have evolved some for this year and we're going to see more pure scoring from him in a variety of ways. He's going to be better, I have no doubts. Just to leap for fun, if he stays for his senior year, he'll be knocking on the door to being an All American.
 
InKembaITrust said:
Starting Lineup:

Alterique
Jalen
Terry
Diarra
Onuorah

Book it.
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As I always say, it's not who starts, it's who gets the minutes.

By mid season, the lineup will probably look much different.
 
B1GEast said:
As I always say, it's not who starts, it's who gets the minutes.

By mid season, the lineup will probably look much different.
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Based on overall talent & what a starting lineup generally requires I feel these players will see the most minutes at their positions.

I understand the argument of putting Vital at the 3 and sliding Terry and Diarra to the big roles against small lineups, but just out of curiosity who do you feel will be getting more minutes than these players?
 
One key to a successful season will be this team, no matter who is on the floor, playing with fire in their eyes the first ten minutes of every game, not digging a 5-9 point deficit to be overcome, and making every opponent believe from the opening tip that we are the better team on that night.

All this as opposed to way too many games in recent memory where we started like we were pushing a rock up a hill to be polite.
 
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huskiesouth said:
One key to a successful season will be this team, no matter who is on the floor, playing with fire in their eyes the first ten minutes of every game, not digging a 5-9 point deficit to be overcome, and making every opponent believe from the opening tip that we are the better team on that night.
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Agree. Attitude is everything.

Last year was like a bad batch of soup, and we kept adding ingredients and seasonings to try to make it good, but it wasn't. Just want to start from scratch, or mostly.
 
Huskybass said:
I think the starting lineup will be quite different. I am thinking:

Gilbert
Adams
Vital
Larrier
Cobb or Diarra
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Gilbert
Adams
Larrier
Diarra
Cobb

Vital starts against smaller teams and Cobb comes out
 
MadDogRevival said:
Agree. Attitude is everything.

Last year was like a bad batch of soup, and we kept adding ingredients and seasonings to try to make it good, but it wasn't. Just want to start from scratch, or mostly.
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How about fish oil soup?

In all seriousness this could be a really fun year. I'm totally fine with someone surprising, stepping up, and earning their way into the starting lineup. Unfortunately, I hope it happens sooner rather than later with our early schedule.
 
Wordbomar said:
Gilbert
Adams
Larrier
Diarra
Cobb

Vital starts against smaller teams and Cobb comes out
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You may be right, although I think the starting lineup will remain the same unless productivity suggests otherwise. I'm not sure we have seen different starting lineups based on matchup before, but I could be mistaken.
 
Minutes:
Alterique
Adams
Vital
Larrier
will get the most
Beyond that, I have no idea who will step up.
I hope Ollie commits to tempo which will give Anderson significant minutes.
 
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Huskybass said:
I think the starting lineup will be quite different. I am thinking:

Gilbert
Adams
Vital
Larrier
Cobb or Diarra
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This is going to be one of the smallest Uconn teams I can remember in the last 20 years.

Larrier will not nearly be the rebounder Diarra is going to be, and Cobb does not bring the experience or defensive element that Onuorah can.

I feel we're going to need to start a shot blocking presence at center so the guards can comfortably play high pressure defense on the arc.

Of course this is subject to change based on what type of lineups other teams play in conference. But when we get to the tournament and start facing the elite teams we're going to need a stable starting lineup with SIZE and defensive prowess.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Diarra and Onuorah will be starters. You can't play great teams with Larrier at PF, they'll murder us in the paint.
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Larrier is pretty much your prototypical college four. He'll be at the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to weight, but overall his profile isn't much of an outlier when guys like Pat Connaughton, Luke Kennard, Brandon Ingram, Devin Robinson, DeAndre Daniels, etc. have played the four on highly successful college teams in the recent past.
 
champs99and04 said:
Larrier is pretty much your prototypical college four. He'll be at the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to weight, but overall his profile isn't much of an outlier when guys like Pat Connaughton, Luke Kennard, Brandon Ingram, Devin Robinson, DeAndre Daniels, etc. have played the four on highly successful college teams in the recent past.
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Luke Kennard?
 
champs99and04 said:
Larrier is pretty much your prototypical college four. He'll be at the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to weight, but overall his profile isn't much of an outlier when guys like Pat Connaughton, Luke Kennard, Brandon Ingram, Devin Robinson, DeAndre Daniels, etc. have played the four on highly successful college teams in the recent past.
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Your first two did not play PF at all. Devin robinson was a pure 4, and I honestly don't think Ingram played the 4 either.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Your first two did not play PF at all. Devin robinson was a pure 4, and I honestly don't think Ingram played the 4 either.
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The other four starters his senior year were Jerian Grant, Demetrius Jackson, Steve Vasturia, and Zach Auguste, so somebody had to have played the four. For sake of contrast, they played a Kentucky team in the elite eight that might have rolled out the tallest starting five in college basketball history, and they lost at the buzzer.

Duke started Matt Jones, Grayson Allen, Luke Kennard, and Marshall Plumlee alongside Ingram. The following year, they played Kennard predominantly at the four - with Allen, Jones, Frank Jackson, and Amile Jefferson - until Tatum returned from injury and then they played him there in pinches when Tatum returned.

Villanova played Josh Hart at the four a lot last season, Oregon went to the final four with Dillon Brooks sliding up a position for the injured Chris Boucher, and Xavier road a four guard lineup to the elite eight with their star point guard sidelined. Devin Robinson was 200 pounds soaking wet when Florida went to the elite eight last year.

I can probably name a lot of other examples, but my main point is that, with the way basketball is played today, it'd probably be optimal to play Larrier at the four under the best of circumstances. With the front court as depleted as it is, it's a no-brainer. I'm worried about rebounding, too, but the best way to limit offensive rebounds is often to keep the ball in front of you. The five is a far greater question mark for me.
 
champs99and04 said:
The other four starters his senior year were Jerian Grant, Demetrius Jackson, Steve Vasturia, and Zach Auguste, so somebody had to have played the four. For sake of contrast, they played a Kentucky team in the elite eight that might have rolled out the tallest starting five in college basketball history, and they lost at the buzzer.

Duke started Matt Jones, Grayson Allen, Luke Kennard, and Marshall Plumlee alongside Ingram. The following year, they played Kennard predominantly at the four - with Allen, Jones, Frank Jackson, and Amile Jefferson - until Tatum returned from injury and then they played him there in pinches when Tatum returned.

Villanova played Josh Hart at the four a lot last season, Oregon went to the final four with Dillon Brooks sliding up a position for the injured Chris Boucher, and Xavier road a four guard lineup to the elite eight with their star point guard sidelined. Devin Robinson was 200 pounds soaking wet when Florida went to the elite eight last year.

I can probably name a lot of other examples, but my main point is that, with the way basketball is played today, it'd probably be optimal to play Larrier at the four under the best of circumstances. With the front court as depleted as it is, it's a no-brainer. I'm worried about rebounding, too, but the best way to limit offensive rebounds is often to keep the ball in front of you. The five is a far greater question mark for me.
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Auguste was the PF that year. Maybe Duke played with 4 guards at one point because they were all so damn good, plus Jefferson was a beast inside. Personally I don't remember Ingram ever playing the 4 for long stretches, but maybe he did. Plus all the players you named were great for their teams that year, we don't know if larrier is at that level yet.
 
Probation, Oriahki and Roscoe bail...drama...Coach retires..seasoned veteran guard play...National Championship...down goes Gilbert, Larrier, more injuries...drama...Vance, Enoch bail....seasoned veteran guard play...
uh oh, I've seen this movie before
 
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