Alec Millender commits to UConn

[UCLJ0211]

Deep again? The issue is we weren’t last year at PG mainly and that obviously won’t happen again. Full of guards never enough.

And for those that say he only did it in low Div1, sorry if you can shoot it you can shoot it he may find minutes for that alone. If Tarris stays out of foul trouble and dominates the inside making teams consider zoning us he may be a fit at that point. Of course we know Ball and Mullins will probably kill that idea as well as Furphy but you never know.

I’m sure it’s a great opportunity for the young man just to join this team and enjoy his last year of eligibility. I respect him for being a Husky without any guarantee of PT and Koroma as well, although I think he will find a few for sure.

Well I didn’t specify a previous time period that our team was “deep”. Just stating that we will be deep again- agree that we weren’t as deep as we thought we would be last year.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Hey, not a single one of us knew what we were getting when Tristen Newton transferred here.

Looking optimistically forward

 

[3rdbass]

Hey, not a single one of us knew what we were getting when Tristen Newton transferred here.

Looking optimistically forward

He was a top transfer and must have for Hurley that year. He had a big game against UConn when he played against us. I think some of us knew what we were getting. Maybe not at the level he achieved but we knew he could score. You can't even equate Newton a top transfer to some low level Transfer. BY is bizarre world sometimes with their comparisons.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Hey, not a single one of us knew what we were getting when Tristen Newton transferred here.

Looking optimistically forward

We all knew he was starting at PG, and he was a very sought after transfer.

 

[Waquoit]

He was a top transfer and must have for Hurley that year. He had a big game against UConn when he played against us. I think some of us knew what we were getting.

This is retconning. I can't remember anyone saying "great get" real time. OTOH, I remember folks saying Hurley "whiffed in the portal" early that season.

 

[navery12]

This is retconning. I can't remember anyone saying "great get" real time. OTPH, I remember folks saying Hurley "whiffed in the portal" early that season.

No, it's not. I only read the first page of the thread when he visited and that's already false. A portion of the board turned on him early in the season, but people were very excited for him when he visited/committed

ECU Transfer Tristen Newton Currently on Visit to UConn

Figured this deserved its own thread

the-boneyard.com

 

[caw]

This is retconning. I can't remember anyone saying "great get" real time. OTPH, I remember folks saying Hurley "whiffed in the portal" early that season.

https://x.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1514299546473402371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514299546473402371%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

https://x.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1514322667259584512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514322667259584512%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

https://x.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1514323972929728516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514323972929728516%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

The Athletic had him 3rd: Newton Commits- It's on ESPN

CBS sports had him 14th: Ranking college basketball's best transfers for 2022-23: Top 25 players who used the portal to find a new team

etc. Just run through the posts from then. He was pretty consistently a top 20 pick up.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This is retconning. I can't remember anyone saying "great get" real time. OTPH, I remember folks saying Hurley "whiffed in the portal" early that season.

I think the "whiffed on a point guard" stuff came in January and didn't stick around very long.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

No, it's not. I only read the first page of the thread when he visited and that's already false. A portion of the board turned on him early in the season, but people were very excited for him when he visited/committed

ECU Transfer Tristen Newton Currently on Visit to UConn

Figured this deserved its own thread

the-boneyard.com

I went through the first few pages and not one poster spelled his name Tristan. I don't know how you did it but that thread was obviously faked.......

 

[boog204]

This is retconning. I can't remember anyone saying "great get" real time. OTOH, I remember folks saying Hurley "whiffed in the portal" early that season.

Huh? People here were ecstatic when he visited/committed.

 

[Umami Zen]

Tristen's name is on the Wall. Worked out pretty well for us

 

[3rdbass]

This is retconning. I can't remember anyone saying "great get" real time. OTOH, I remember folks saying Hurley "whiffed in the portal" early that season.

You are clearly wrong based on comments and links people have posted and there is no way you can compare Tristen to Alec like one poster did.

 

[ucp990411]

2 thoughts:

1. I’m not going to remember half of players we have by the time the season starts.
2. We are going to be deeeeep again next year.

Casual fan?

 

[YukonDolt6]

Midway through Tristen's first season people were saying we didn't have a PG.

 

[caw]

Midway through Tristen's first season people were saying we didn't have a PG.

Midway? That was happening until the NC game was over. I forget if it was Goodman, or someone else, but it was one of those vocal morons.

 

[jibsey]

Midway? That was happening until the NC game was over. I forget if it was Goodman, or someone else, but it was one of those vocal morons.

I have a question that is not basketball. Why are you up at 3:55 AM?

 

[caw]

I have a question that is not basketball. Why are you up at 3:55 AM?

I don't live in the US currently. It makes watching games a pain in the...

 

[NJHoops]

Midway? That was happening until the NC game was over. I forget if it was Goodman, or someone else, but it was one of those vocal morons.

Calhoun was questioning the pg up until the tournament started (not calling him a vocal moron, but he was).

 

[boog204]

Midway? That was happening until the NC game was over. I forget if it was Goodman, or someone else, but it was one of those vocal morons.

Let’s not sugar coat it, Newton was very inconsistent and at times was not a very good player his first year. You can even rewatch the first 10-15 of the SDSt game and he was awful with the announcers calling him out. He remedied that quick and ended up with 19-10 if I remember right.

 

[navery12]

Let’s not sugar coat it, Newton was very inconsistent and at times was not a very good player his first year. You can even rewatch the first 10-15 of the SDSt game and he was awful with the announcers calling him out. He remedied that quick and ended up with 19-10 if I remember right.

Let's not sugarcoat it, you're an idiot

 

[UCLJ0211]

Casual fan?

No, just losing my memory

 

[caw]

Let’s not sugar coat it, Newton was very inconsistent and at times was not a very good player his first year. You can even rewatch the first 10-15 of the SDSt game and he was awful with the announcers calling him out. He remedied that quick and ended up with 19-10 if I remember right.

He was inconsistent, but he was also at the minimum an inconsistent PG who vacillated between mediocre and fantastic that year. Talking heads were acting like UConn was playing without a PG at all, which was not the case at all.

 

[dennismenace]

I don't live in the US currently. It makes watching games a pain in the...

Are you living on Midway Island?

 

[boog204]

Let's not sugarcoat it, you're an idiot

First 13-14 minutes of the game, he was 0-3 from the floor with three turnovers. Announcers criticized him for trying to do too much and being careless with the ball. But I am an idiot. That'll I'll always accept.

 

[Lafayette]

You can be anywhere in the world with internet and VPN is your friend to watch what you want to watch.

I just prefer going but living in Northern NJ it's 2.5 hrs to Storrs so mostly @Seton Hall, @MSG then I pick a few fun road games (e.g., last year @ Texas in Austin was fun).