Abdou Toure update from aaron torres

[lateralous]

If it’s landrew sure otherwise Id prefer to see how the season goes and if we lose Mullins and Ball then we go after a transfer:
Demary / Mingo / Transfer / Stew / Transfer
Transfer / Furphy / Ross / Cloer / Reibe

I would hope Reibe is ready to start his sophomore year

 

[bendm]

I would hope Reibe is ready to start his sophomore year

Doesn’t matter to me if he starts as a sophomore or junior. Samson and Reed didn’t start until they were seniors.

 

[RuffRuff]

I would hope Reibe is ready to start his sophomore year

You'd have to think it's a shoe-in. You don't bring in a McD AA 5 not to start by sophomore year.

 

[ec33]

A transfer always made more sense to replace Reed, right now we don't know if we need a starter in front of Reibe or a backup behind him

The point was that there has been talk of accepting 3 incoming freshman to match the 3 exits. I think people are missing that one of the exits is Reed so that 3rd commitment was a center. No center, no 3rd freshman. Just two -- with Mingo and Cloer being Option A.

 

[bendm]

You'd have to think it's a shoe-in. You don't bring in a McD AA 5 not to start by sophomore year.

He was a 4* in the 247 rankings and in the composite, but bringing in another C via the transfer portal provides flexibility whether Reibe lives up to the projections or not.

 

[navery12]

The point was that there has been talk of accepting 3 incoming freshman to match the 3 exits. I think people are missing that one of the exits is Reed so that 3rd commitment was a center. No center, no 3rd freshman. Just two -- with Mingo and Cloer being Option A.

Except if you look at who we're recruiting and watching it doesn't match that logic. We're not recruiting any big men at this point other than Keita, and even that's a quiet recruitment. Even ignoring Reed we'll likely have more than 3 exits with Karaban, Smith, Ball, Mullins

 

[ec33]

Except if you look at who we're recruiting and watching it doesn't match that logic. We're not recruiting any big men at this point other than Keita, and even that's a quiet recruitment. Even ignoring Reed we'll likely have more than 3 exits with Karaban, Smith, Ball, Mullins

At the point of the "taking 3" idea was first noted (early in the summer), UConn still had center prospects they were interested in.

And the taking 3 was based on Smith, AK, and Reed leaving so there are 3 rotation spots open. If Dan Hurley knows he is filling one rotation spot with a transfer, he now only has two opening in the rotation.

 

[navery12]

At the point of the "taking 3" idea was first noted (early in the summer), UConn still had center prospects they were interested in.

And the taking 3 was based on Smith, AK, and Reed leaving so there are 3 rotation spots open. If Dan Hurley knows he is filling one rotation spot with a transfer, he now only has two opening in the rotation.

That's just not how it works, at all. Besides the fact that there's going to be more than 3 rotation spots opening up

 

[ec33]

That's just not how it works, at all. Besides the fact that there's going to be more than 3 rotation spots opening up

The goal at the beginning that they did not want to repeat of Adams situation. So that would be how it works to meet that goal (the comings must match the goings).

It is possible that Hurley has a high level of confidence that either Mullins or Ball is going pro (or that there is a transfer that will be coming from a "rotational" player because they aren't actually fit for the role of being a "rotational player" on the next roster).

Either that or Dan Hurley no longer cares about meeting that goal and is willing to force players out.

 

[navery12]

The goal at the beginning that they did not want to repeat of Adams situation. So that would be how it works to meet that goal (the comings must match the goings).

It is possible that Hurley has a high level of confidence that either Mullins or Ball is going pro (or that there is a transfer that will be coming from a "rotational" player because they aren't actually fit for the role of being a "rotational player" on the next roster).

Either that or Dan Hurley no longer cares about meeting that goal and is willing to force players out.

Or maybe that Dan Hurley has been talking about Braylon Mullins being one and done since before he even committed here.

The Adams situation you reference is exactly why I'm saying they weren't ever just targeting a blanket big man to replace Reed no matter what. They got into the Adams situation because none of the PGs on the roster were good enough and they had to hit the portal for day 1 contributors. The parallel would be bringing in a big man like Tristan Reed, finding out Reibe isn't ready to start as a sophomore and then needing to hit the portal for a starter in the spring

 

[ec33]

Or maybe that Dan Hurley has been talking about Braylon Mullins being one and done since before he even committed here.

The Adams situation you reference is exactly why I'm saying they weren't ever just targeting a blanket big man to replace Reed no matter what. They got into the Adams situation because none of the PGs on the roster were good enough and they had to hit the portal for day 1 contributors. The parallel would be bringing in a big man like Tristan Reed, finding out Reibe isn't ready to start as a sophomore and then needing to hit the portal for a starter in the spring

I don't recall that "Mullins is certainly going to be a OAD" type statement (I recall a more cautious attitude). However Mullins being a guaranteed OAD would obviously work. I think that is a lot of assume after watching McNeeley squeak into the 1st, but I don't see Mullins in practice every day.

Edit: I do need to add that they clearly do think someone is going and my money would definitely be on Mullins,

 

[uconnbill]

Could you just sit back and see what happens? That is what I am doing.