2025 Transfer Portal - UConn Interest Only

[RuffRuff]

6'9", 221 pound, 20 year old former 5 star recruit out of Worcester Academy, TJ Power, is in the portal again. He's transferring to Penn as he continues his slide down the hierarchy of D1 teams:
Duke (year 1): 2.1 points, 0.7 rebounds in 6.7 minutes
VA (year 2): 1.3 points, 1.0 rebounds in 9.3 minutes

Pretty sad case. Started the first five games of this year at VA and ended up only appearing in 24 total games. He's the poster boy for major mistakes by the ratings systems.

I prefer three star guys like LeJuan Watts...........

Do you prefer 3 star guys over Cooper Flagg too?

 

[UConnSwag11]

He was at the end of the year and that is why Hurley trusted him with more minutes and be a key defensive stopper at the that time. Maybe you need to re-watch some of the games at the end of year with him and see how he improved and was keeping men in front of him unlike earlier in the year. He definitely wasn't the worst defender in the P6 like you mentioned before.

Hurley had to play Stewart because he tried playing Ross and that wasn’t working out.

Jaylin can be a very good player but he fouls often and his lateral quickness is not good. Both of those things can be worked on

 

[3rdbass]

Hurley had to play Stewart because he tried playing Ross and that wasn’t working out.

Jaylin can be a very good player but he fouls often and his lateral quickness is not good. Both of those things can be worked on

Hurley actually put Stewart on the the others team best defensive player when he was a bigger guard that Diarra couldn’t handle at the end of the season and his lateral quickness improved a lot a the end of the year with a direct correlation to more playing time. I know this since I was watching all the games at the end of year and it was a night and day difference from early to mid-season when he was really struggling with that. The Marquette home game, Seton Hall home game, the Villanova tournament game when he was guarding Poplar and even the tournament games he was great defending.

 

[tower1]

I was thinking the Portal PF would back up Stewart at the 4 spot and also provide spot duty at the 5 in case of foul trouble.

Come on Hurley we can't afford 2 years in a row of bad recruiting. We need some athletic biggs with muscle !

 

[GotNets?]

Over the course of the regular season why not? We’ve played 9 what’s one more? Then cut to 8 for the BET. Florida, Auburn, Duke, Bama all played 10 guys maybe they’re onto something.

They all played 10 guys because they legitimately had 10 guys… Florida had 2 deep in decent quality at every position

 

[bendm]

They all played 10 guys because they legitimately had 10 guys… Florida had 2 deep in decent quality at every position

Right and maybe The reason Hurley hasn’t played 10 guys before is because we haven’t had 10 guys worth playing. But we might this year.

 

[Gurleyman]

Florida, Duke, Auburn and Houston all basically played 7 or 8 guys.

With everyone healthy, Duke would sometimes play 10 - but usually 2 would be on the fringes (Foster, Evans or Ngongba).

 

[NJHusky]

I am a fan of Jaylin--I think he's our starting 3 and not Mullins. I also think we're lying to ourselves like homers if we think he was a good defender last season. He just wasn't.

Didn’t he keep Dixon in check both times we played them? Or am I misremembering? I don’t follow the stats/ratings, just my .02

 

[bendm]

Florida, Duke, Auburn and Houston all basically played 7 or 8 guys.

With everyone healthy, Duke would sometimes play 10 - but usually 2 would be on the fringes (Foster, Evans or Ngongba).

You always cut the rotation come tourney time but UF Duke and Auburn all had 10 guys that averaged at least 10mpg for the season

 

[ec33]

Didn’t he keep Dixon in check both times we played them? Or am I misremembering? I don’t follow the stats/ratings, just my .02

Stewie (from casual observation) is far better against 4s than 3s. The problem is that he is primarily asked to guard 3s (and UConn ideally wants to switch defensive assignments throughout a single possession).

 

[DRBackup]

You always cut the rotation come tourney time but UF Duke and Auburn all had 10 guys that averaged at least 10mpg for the season

Unless KenPom's numbers are wrong, not one of those teams had 10 guys play 25% of the minutes. Auburn only had 8 - barely.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Come on Hurley we can't afford 2 years in a row of bad recruiting. We need some athletic biggs with muscle !

What he just said.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Any guesses on who the potential center addition might be? Have we been connected to any bigs?

 

[bendm]

Unless KenPom's numbers are wrong, not one of those teams had 10 guys play 25% of the minutes. Auburn only had 8 - barely.

Are you saying 25% of a game is 10 mins and no team had 10 guys that averaged 25% of the PT so they couldn’t have averaged 10mpg? Well they did just look at the stats. I said A player doesn’t have to play in every game to be in the rotation… points for a creative argument tho

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Come on Hurley we can't afford 2 years in a row of bad recruiting. We need some athletic biggs with muscle !

What he just said.

I need someone to identify the two consecutive years that make up these two years in a row.

If a year where have three McDonald's All Americans coming is is one of those, we have officially landed in a bizarre alternate universe.

 

[Fan1978]

I need someone to identify the two consecutive years that make up these two years in a row.

If a year where have three McDonald's All Americans coming is is one of those, we have officially landed in a bizarre alternate universe.

I was hoping Fairfield could get singare. Apparently he is far out of their league. My Fairfield insider contact told me santa clara currently has offered him 400k. His handlers think they can get 500k from someone so they are holding out. Crazy how much an unproven commodity can garner from desperate schools.

 

[Inyatkin]

I need someone to identify the two consecutive years that make up these two years in a row.

If a year where have three McDonald's All Americans coming is is one of those, we have officially landed in a bizarre alternate universe.

Even taking the just-ended year, with the Big East Freshman of the Year and a possible lottery pick, doesn't quite work

 

[TheHorde]

Florida, Duke, Auburn and Houston all basically played 7 or 8 guys.

With everyone healthy, Duke would sometimes play 10 - but usually 2 would be on the fringes (Foster, Evans or Ngongba).

And that was Duke’s undoing. Arguably their three best players played 36-38 minutes vs Houston. They were gassed by the end of the game. Flagg was tugging at his shorts near the end of the game exhausted. His last shot in the lane not surprisingly was short. Ngongba only got 5 minutes of PT in that game. The failure to have a bench developed that could even have given those guys 8-10 minutes of rest ended up being the fatal blow. It took Houston about 35-37 minutes, but they finally wore Duke out.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

It's April 15th and there's no shortage of competitive speculation on non-positive outlooks & outcomes, as though 67 NCAA Tournament team don't finish their season with a loss.

Some post as though there's a prize for being first to predict that the team won't or can't win a championship.

Some repeat their prior posts as though there's a prize for saying it the most times.

Some continue to discuss a current eligible player after repeated reminders not to do so, as though it's sufficient argument to in effect claim, "How could anyone do otherwise?," or, "But I can't help myself," or some other workaround/defiance/excuse/whatever, as though (by analogy) they've happily arrived at an available parking space right up front and chosen to celebrate their good fortune by pulling into it without considering that many others are respectfully forgoing that same wonderful parking space because it is marked for those who have a sticker that indicates recognized disability for which the space is reserved.

Consider that I and others, might have our own (reserved) thoughts on the 'off-limits' matter, but don't share them where we've been asked not to do so. It's possible to operate this way; it's tempting not to...especially for those competing to offer their predictive wisdom before others.

"Same as it ever was," eh?

 

[Zonepress]

And that was Duke’s undoing. Arguably their three best players played 36-38 minutes vs Houston. They were gassed by the end of the game. Flagg was tugging at his shorts near the end of the game exhausted. His last shot in the lane not surprisingly was short. Ngongba only got 5 minutes of PT in that game. The failure to have a bench developed that could even have given those guys 8-10 minutes of rest ended up being the fatal blow. It took Houston about 35-37 minutes, but they finally wore Duke out.

or maybe the guy makes the foul shots at the end of the game and are the national champions

 

[TheHorde]

or maybe the guy makes the foul shots at the end of the game and are the national champions

Does Flagg make that shot in the lane in the first five minutes of the game? I’d say yes. It’s not arguable that the kid was exhausted and tugging at his shorts.

 

[TheHorde]

or maybe the guy makes the foul shots at the end of the game and are the national champions

Plus Proctor played 37 minutes. That free throw was likely affected by fatigue.

 

[BrysonDeMan]

Any guesses on who the potential center addition might be? Have we been connected to any bigs?

any opinion on these guys?

Starting PFs (if Karaban leaves)
Alvaro Folgueiras R. Morris 6'9" 215 19.2 pts per 40 12.4 rbs per 40 (Providence?)
Keshawn Murphy Miss State 6'10" 230 19.5 12.3
Jamichael Stillwell Milwaukee 6'8" 225 18.5 15.2
Malique Ewin FSU 6'11" 230 21.7 11.6
Darrion Williams Texas Tech 6'6" 225 20.1 7.3
Nick Pringle South Carolina 6'10" 220 15.4 10.2
Ante Brzovic C of Charleston 6'10" 225 22.6 10.0
Jakobe Coles Grand Canyon 6'8" 230 20.3 8.0
AK Okereke Cornell 6'7" 235 21.7 7.2
Derrion Reid Alabama 6'8" 220 17.0 7.9


Backup Centers
Noah Amenhauser C Carolina 7'2" 255 19.3 10.7 1.4 blocks per 40
Enoch Boakye Villanova 6'11" 255 7.7 11.2 1.2
Demetrius Lilley LaSalle 6'9" 245 16.0 12.0 0.6
Doryan Onwuchekwa Ga Tech 6'11" 240 7.7 10.8 1.3
Matthew Van Komen Elon 7'4" 260 10.4 13.7 4.0


Backup PFs (if Karaban stays)
Owen Aquino Liberty 6'8" 230 14.0 8.9
Ezra Ausar Utah 6'8" 242 21.6 8.6
Amar Kuljuhovic N Dakota 6'8" 225 17.4 11.1
Justin McBride Nevada 6'7" 238 16.8 9.0

 

[UConnSwag11]

And that was Duke’s undoing. Arguably their three best players played 36-38 minutes vs Houston. They were gassed by the end of the game. Flagg was tugging at his shorts near the end of the game exhausted. His last shot in the lane not surprisingly was short. Ngongba only got 5 minutes of PT in that game. The failure to have a bench developed that could even have given those guys 8-10 minutes of rest ended up being the fatal blow. It took Houston about 35-37 minutes, but they finally wore Duke out.

When Duke played good competition, they struggled. They had the size to win it all. The coaching staff and players buckled when they got challenged. You can win with a short bench. Duke played 10 guys, Houston played 8. Duke should’ve held that lead they had. They had a significant lead at 30 seconds too

LJ Cryer played 40 minutes, Sharp 34, Roberts 35

 

[TheHorde]

When Duke played good competition, they struggled. They had the size to win it all. The coaching staff and players buckled when they got challenged. You can win with a short bench. Duke played 10 guys, Houston played 8. Duke should’ve held that lead they had. They had a significant lead at 30 seconds too

LJ Cryer played 40 minutes, Sharp 34, Roberts 35

It also boils down to how many minutes am the bench guys are getting. If several are playing only 3-5 minutes, sure, they’re technically playing 10, but really only 7 got substantial minutes. Flagg carries a lot of the offensive burden and clearly he showed fatigue more than Cryer did. The bottom line is that Duke’s bench was not developed enough to allow them to take the strain off a few of their starters in the most important game of their season. Had Duke won and played Houston two nights later in the finals, it probably would have been even more evident. That loaded recruiting class didn’t help their bench depth enough.