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is it really developing players if they start out highly rated?
2024 Recruiting: Tarris Reed Jr.
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He wasn't all wrong. I mean, Buie and Shannon were so good we were totally unable to score 31 straight against the Illini.
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We are UConn!! 4>1 But 5>>>>1 is even better!
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Luke, Kimani and Dan were busy scouting and preparing UConn for the NCAA Tournament.
Tom was tasked with the portal. Given that he works with the bigs he saw something in Tarris that is UConn material. “Taking plays off” is fans speak made about a player who offends them because they believe that making that derogatory statement will cause that player pain. It’s emotional immaturity. I’ll defer to Moore’s assessment on Reed over a podcaster.
Tom was tasked with the portal. Given that he works with the bigs he saw something in Tarris that is UConn material. “Taking plays off” is fans speak made about a player who offends them because they believe that making that derogatory statement will cause that player pain. It’s emotional immaturity. I’ll defer to Moore’s assessment on Reed over a podcaster.
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You didn't read my post correctly as I was comparing a player during their first year at UConn vs their previous school. So in 2022/2023, Diarra was rated #164, but he was rated #34 in 2023/2024. I think all of us would agree that Hass made a huge leap in performance last year.
What's interesting about Spencer is that he was basically rated the same player at Loyola Maryland as he was at Rutgers. Decent offensive player and a poor defensive player. At UConn, he became an elite offensive player and a good defensive player showing considerable improvement.
When you look at Cam's stats, you can see how much improvement he made at UConn:
FG%: 48.4% vs 44.4%
3PT FG%: 44.0% vs 43.4%
FT%: 91.1% vs 89.4%
Assists/TO ratio: 3.6 vs 2.3
Steals/TO: 1.5 vs 1.5
Blocks: 0.3 vs 0.1
And, his scoring and shooting efficiency improved as you would expect.
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Yes, take a look around college basketball and you'll see how many highly rated players end up being terrible
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Every take he has on UConn is wrong. Almost a red flag that he’s in love with Mahaney, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Had to stop watching their videos after they predicted UConn to struggle vs Northwestern and San Diego St, then picked UConn to lose to Illinois. Also picked UConn to lose in the BET and showed little respect to the team during a regular season in which UConn won in dominating fashion.
His negative opinions on Tarris Reed Jr mean less than nothing and could honestly mean we are getting a better player than we think. This YouTuber is so biased towards Marquette that he can’t see he discounts just about everything UConn accomplishes and underestimates our coaching staff to a level that feels ignorant when. Rant over.
Tarris Reed Jr is going to be very good for UConn and in return UConn will be amazing for TRJr.
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Could Cam have really been #1130 at Rutgers? He seemed to be pretty effective his one year there as their highest scorer and # 18 in Big10 league scoring.
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Hard to tell if a player is low-IQ when the coach was low-IQ.
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I just wish we’d cool it with the Sanogo comparisons cause he’s nowhere near Sanogo. The idea is we transform him this off season into a real rotation player, and maybe a breakout season as a senior.
He's an actual unapologetic homer to the point of shtick. You have to think of him as less funny No Escalators for the bigten.
Nobody said he was Adama reincarnate, more than 1 or 2 of us thought there were some similarities, size, body type, footwork, athleticism. Lets see how tough and Hoops Intelligent he is. I'd wager a pint that he's closer to Sanogo than he is to Tarris Reed by the end of this year.
Is Reed legit 6'10? What was Adama, legit 6'8 with decent wings?
See ddent68's take above. We aren't all dumb and blind!
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I'm not sure he's stronger. I'll need to see it to believe it, but will be pleasantly surprised if I do see it.
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Yes, obviously. You develop the player in front of you, not their high school rating.
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Nonsense. Have some respect. Fab 5.
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44% FG percentage is near average and his defense at Rutgers was not good.
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No and no. 44% is not near average when half your shots are 3s and you hit them at a 43.4% clip, never mind the added 90% from the FT line. Cam had one of the best true shooting percentages in the B10. He was also third in the conference in defensive box +/- and defensive rating. The guy was a stud across the board.
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Hope the NBA guys draft him even in the second round, and give him a guaranteed contract at a fair amount.
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Michigan was an absolute dumpster fire at 8-24 overall and 3-17 in the Big 10. Reed Jr. is big, strong and pretty mobile for his size. The coaching he will receive at UConn is considerably better than anything he got at Michigan, plus the ball movement will be substantially better. With even nominal improvement something like 12 ppg and 8 rpg is easily attainable.
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Can’t believe I’m saying this about a Center but I love his face up game and the quick moves. Maybe the staff can work that in.
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He shot a higher % of 3s at UConn than at Rutgers and had a higher % made. His 2 point % at Rutgers was 45.3% and his 2 point % at UConn was an elite 53.9%. Rutgers 2 point % in 2022/2023 was 47.6%, so yes, his 2 point % was below the Rutgers average. That said, he was an elite 3 point shooter at Rutgers. Ken Pom rated him the #33 offensive player in the Big 10. EvanMiya rated him the #66 offensive player in the Big 10.
As for a 44.4% FG% that Cam had in 2022/2023, that would been what the #189 team in Division 1 averaged this past season. So, yes, his shooting was about average.
Defensively, Spencer was rated by Evan Miya as one of the worst defensive players (who played regularly) in the Big 10 at #102.
Bottom line, he made huge leaps in performance both offensively and defensively at UConn.
Being part of the fab 5 does not necessarily mean high iq coach. Are any of them a coach now?