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2026 Transfer Portal - UConn Interest Only

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ZenConn said:
No to Devin Royal please - unless it's for the football team or has a 7 ft 2 inch wingspan a la Jeff Adrien.
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Have you ever seen him play or is this solely based on measurements?
 
husky429 said:
Wilkins is the one. Shifty
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Are we sure he fits our system? Seems ball dominant and not great from 3. He definitely is shifty but what has made UConn successful in the portal is they recruit for fit not talent. Not sure he fits.(albeit I only seen him once vs us)
 
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djct1999 said:
Are we sure he fits our system? Seems ball dominant and not great from 3. He definitely is shifty but what has made UConn successful in the portal is they recruit for fit not talent. Not sure he fits.(albeit I only seen him once vs us)
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People said the same thing about Tristen. When you're 3x as talented as the rest of your team, you necessarily take way more shots.

The big question mark here is if he's willing to be coached hard. That's a rare breed of dog.
 
husky429 said:
People said the same thing about Tristen. When you're 3x as talented as the rest of your team, you necessarily take way more shots.

The big question mark here is if he's willing to be coached hard. That's a rare breed of dog.
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That’s fit. Will he be willing to be coached hard? Will he share the ball in a team first environment? Does he play hard on defense? I haven’t seen enough. But in that one game sample set, you see obvious talent but not sure if he would be great for us. He seems like a classic overpay where a team will offer him more than we will.
 
SockCymbal said:
I remember Jim Calhoun saying something like I don’t care how long a guys neck is, and he cared more about wingspan.
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Different era.

Royal is not a great long range shooter, 30% was looked as a great improvement this season.

Ohio State recruited over him. Is it because he’s not the big and wide the B1G values most, or is because he’s really a wing - and UConn doesn’t need those.
 
djct1999 said:
Are we sure he fits our system? Seems ball dominant and not great from 3. He definitely is shifty but what has made UConn successful in the portal is they recruit for fit not talent. Not sure he fits.(albeit I only seen him once vs us)
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He played a good amount off-ball as a movement shooter with the option to either shoot or get into the lane off screens. If he’s willing to accept a CG role where he’s splitting point duties, his skill set fits what we want to do a lot. He also took a lot of lower percentage shots in the furman offense. Our system creates much better looks and Id expect 3 point efficiency to increase quite a bit.
 
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djct1999 said:
Are we sure he fits our system? Seems ball dominant and not great from 3. He definitely is shifty but what has made UConn successful in the portal is they recruit for fit not talent. Not sure he fits.(albeit I only seen him once vs us)
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I think this is something we should be changing. We need more talent. We can adapt our system. You have the same system every year then you're easier to scout and defend.
 
djct1999 said:
He seems like a classic overpay where a team will offer him more than we will.
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Someone will pay more, yes. There's also no evidence on way or the other that he will be influenced by it. If he has NBA dreams and a good circle, he would be smart to find a program that coaches up guards.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
He played a good amount off-ball as a movement shooter with the option to either shoot or get into the lane off screens. If he’s willing to accept a CG role where he’s splitting point duties, his skill set fits what we want to do a lot. He also took a lot of lower percentage shots in the furman offense. Our system creates much better looks and Id expect 3 point efficiency to increase quite a bit.
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Granted I've only seen Wilkins play that 1 game against us but I thought Fuman ran some actions similar to what we run
 
imno1 said:
Granted I've only seen Wilkins play that 1 game against us but I thought Fuman ran some actions similar to what we run
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They incorporate a lot of movement concepts, it’s just simpler than what we run and relied more on Wilkins basic PnR. To me there’s not much projection about how well he’d fit in this system.
 
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husky429 said:
Someone will pay more, yes. There's also no evidence on way or the other that he will be influenced by it. If he has NBA dreams and a good circle, he would be smart to find a program that coaches up guards.
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If Silas stays, he isn’t coming. (And that would be a mutual decision)
 
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JungleLobo said:
Different era.

Royal is not a great long range shooter, 30% was looked as a great improvement this season.

Ohio State recruited over him. Is it because he’s not the big and wide the B1G values most, or is because he’s really a wing - and UConn doesn’t need those.
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I'd take Royal and throw him into the Ross/Stewart mix as a potential 20 mpg guy at the 3/4. But I don't see him as a Karaban replacement, especially not with those shooting numbers.
 
king conn said:
No concern his metrics are atrocious on both torvik and miya?
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I'm sure the staff will do a deep dive on this if we get some mutual interest (big if).

I'm not seeing much in the way of red flags on his metrics though other than the rebounding. Too many iso long 2s, but he still had a solid % from inside the arc anyways. Great % at the tin. Pretty much all Assist % is phenomenal, good FT% and rate. He's pretty average everywhere else.

Some might be concerned about the 3pt%, but I'm not considering his role and usage. The release looks good to me.
 
husky429 said:
I'm sure the staff will do a deep dive on this if we get some mutual interest (big if).

I'm not seeing much in the way of red flags on his metrics though other than the rebounding. Too many long 2s, but he still had a solid % from inside the arc anyways. Great % at the tin. Pretty much all Assist % is phenomenal, good FT% and rate. He's pretty average everywhere else.

Some might be concerned about the 3pt%, but I'm not considering his role and usage. The release looks good to me.
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Defensively he's worse than Solo Ball. That's hard to do.
 
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KingAG said:
Why? We played Cam, Steph and Tristen together. Silas is 6'4, Wilkins is 6'5. Why can't they play together?

Silas plays the tristen role and Wilkins plays a Cam Spencer esque role
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It probably doesn't work unless Solo moves to a 6th man role. That's hard to see happening IMO.
 
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