Maybe Nimari was a very poor man’s Cam and Yaxel was a bigger version of Castle? But Cadeau and Morez did not resemble Newton and Alex at all.
They had a hulkster playing the 4 who would play the 5 at alot of schools, another 4 playing the 3 spot, and then a PG in Cadeau who isn't built like Newton at all. That is one of the more bizarre comments I've seen on here recently. UConn's title teams were built nothing like that.
They’re all good at basketball. If that’s what he means by copying what we did, then sure
If either Stewart or Ross start, we’re cooked
Hate to say it but Cadeau had a little of Shabazz’s gamesmanship against us. Smh
Sweet. One serious question I have, why aren't we going after any of the top 5 transfers!?!? We are an elite program losing a ton of talent. I'd love to see us go after Paulius Murauskas or Stefan Vaaks or Moustapha Thiam.
When it comes down to brass tax, the main "copy" is a massive man in the middle of the floor with long arms that repelled shots and drives. The issue with copying that is that there aren't that many of those guys around. It feels like at best 2 or so a year.
He does - hate him if he's on the other team, love him if he's on your team. He'll do those little things that get in the opponents head.
Don’t agree with that, I believe Ross can start, has finally developed enough offensively and can start because of his defensive and motor on the court. He is not going to hurt us if he’s in the starting lineup in my opinion.
The kid spent a year with Sha. I wouldn’t question his motor or culture fit lol. He’d probably love Hurley
He was out of shape and the program wasn’t thrilled about that is what I’ve heard
threading the needle here. We need a two headed monster at C but we also don’t want Reibe to transfer. It was a tale of two seasons with him. I was surprised with how good he was early and equally surprised with how bad he was late. But McKeever and Reibe could split the 40 mins down the middle like Samson and Reed did last year.
Wouldn't have an issue with the head flinging if he wasn't shoving people nonstop.
I’d like three forwards 7’8 or taller, each with a referee in his pocket.
I don’t think you can start Ross unless you’re getting consistent offense from at least three of the other spots. He’s still just a spot up shooter on offense who isn’t really a great shooter. He plays fantastic defense but offensively we didn’t have enough scoring most of the time. He also plays better in spurts as it maximizes his effort and limits the boneheaded plays. Think he’s best utilized off the bench/spot starting based on match ups.
We need two impact centers who share the position. It's what we've had with all our successful teams under Hurley- Sanogo/Clingan, Clingan/Samson Samson/Tarris, Tarris/Reibe. If people around Reibe are putting bad thoughts in his head like Hurley has alluded to this season Reibe has to be mature enough to block it out and think for himself.
Transfer rankings are largely suspect at best. I remember reading an article last year about this very subject. Since the inception of the transfer portal, the bulk of the guys that are rated the highest actually more often than not either don't produce to their ranking or valuation and/or do not yield the team results.
From the stats, they actually took a lot of them at the rim. They just missed them. Seems he was good at making misses, but not actually getting his hand on the ball.
This kid has gotten better and better with each year. His progression this year was impressive.
For example:
“Along with Michigan, the Duke Blue Devils, the St. John's Red Storm, and the Louisville Cardinals all have serious interest in landing the former Kansas forward”
Our staff is amazing with bigs and I want another giant on the team.
