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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5274401, member: 21"] That's likely the case, but who knows. Could be a 2 year player if NIL is good, and they feel a second year positions him for a high first round pick. Maybe his draft slot will be plenty high after 1. Not to derail this thread that's already wandered off the tracks, but the NIL era has kicked player development to the curb for most programs. Props to Hurley and his staff, they've been able to retain some key rising upperclassmen (Karaban and 3/4ths of the sophomore class). Though they were not able to retain any from the freshman class. Was that due to choosing poorly or them being recruited over, or a combo of both? Makes me wonder that the players that would usually take 3 to 4 years to develop into a solid college starter and possible NBA draft candidate are unlikely to stick around with the same program that recruited them, like Donnie Marshall, Travis Knight...trying to think of others who took a while to developer their way into the NBA. Now staffs are blending whatever players they can retain along with whatever high school players and portal transfers they can get who are ready to play but need some possible bad habits coached out of them and taught a likely new system, particularly in the case at UConn that runs a lot of different sets and defensive schemes. Makes me wonder if the level of execution suffers. Though maybe by tournament time many teams have matured enough to keep the level of team basketball high. Atempting to get this back on the tracks, it's apparent that the Huskies have most of the roster set and only needs to bring in a 3rd 5 or 4/5 combo. I'd like that to be a good defender, screen setter and rebounder who's okay with getting a handful of minutes off the bench. Would also like to add a long physical wing who can defend and rebound. It would seem to be hard to find one who is a three level or even a two level scorer who doesn't mind coming deep off the bench. Someone who can be brought off the bench to lock down an opponent's top wing scorer if one has been going off or needs to be shut down during a late in the half defensive stop. [/QUOTE]

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