2025 Recruiting: Amarri Monroe: UConn in final 6

[3rdbass]

If adams needs a few years to develop as a Mcdonalds All american than we were wrong to recruit him in the first place. I am not saying we should give him minutes just cause he is a 5 star recuit. I am saying it would be dumb to recruit a 5 star freshman who is not ready to play as a freshman

Well that depends if he doesn't mind developing as taking on a bigger role in year 2 and Year 3. I see him as a 3 year guy college player at least. Our recruiting class had to many players that are skilled and not too athletic which has me scratching my head a little. Hurley is going to have to balance that out with Athletic transfers in the portal like Demary.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

If adams needs a few years to develop as a Mcdonalds All american than we were wrong to recruit him in the first place. I am not saying we should give him minutes just cause he is a 5 star recuit. I am saying it would be dumb to recruit a 5 star freshman who is not ready to play as a freshman

High school recruiting stars don't matter much - and wasn't Adams considered a high 4/low 5 anyways? It's about the fit and a shared sense of what the player's first year role will likely be. I'm sure Hurley was straight up with Adams as he is with all players in terms of "you've gotta come in here and earn your minutes".

 

[NJHusky]

I think he's already decided. He just hasn't told us all yet.

But has he told Hurley?

 

[Ha Who]

But has he told Hurley?

No but he did tell this guy

 

[BrysonDeMan]

Yeah. He did not look good. Needs muscle.

almost the same as RIP and Donyell in their McD's game

 

[mauconnfan]

Alex has the right but he’s been around Storrs long enough to know Danny and the staff have the right to know what they need. Fine line but I’m guessing its known or someone knows the lean.

 

[Luna]

I think we need a player who is a little bigger then Monroe.. someone who can play power forward and center.. we only have two centers if Reed comes back

 

[3rdbass]

I think we need a player who is a little bigger then Monroe.. someone who can play power forward and center.. we only have two centers if Reed comes back

Hopefully Karaban comes back and this all of this is mute and Monroe can be a key bench piece for us. Karaban also gives us good post defense which we will lose some of that with the help defense from Johnson leaving.

 

[gtcam]

If Monroe comes to Storrs he will want to start. UConn probably won’t pay him starter $ to sit on the bench during the opening tap. It’s a tweaner situation. Would love get a legit 6’10” kid with a handle and can hit jumpers

 

[Husky25]

If Monroe comes to Storrs he will want to start. UConn probably won’t pay him starter $ to sit on the bench during the opening tap. It’s a tweaner situation. Would love get a legit 6’10” kid with a handle and can hit jumpers

Magic Johnson is 65 years old and I don't think he has any remaining eligibility.

 

[HooperScooper]

But has he told Hurley?

Yes. Hurley knows what Karaban is going to do. Which might be just test the NBA process like he did last year and then make a decision after that.

 

[jibsey]

What I want is rebounding, defense and toughness. Hurley’s moving offense will take care of the rest.

 

[Aar684]

If Monroe comes to Storrs he will want to start. UConn probably won’t pay him starter $ to sit on the bench during the opening tap. It’s a tweaner situation. Would love get a legit 6’10” kid with a handle and can hit jumpers

Kevin Durant is in the NBA.

 

[Fan1978]

I'd like to think we're recruiting this kid for the versatility of backing up the 3/4. I'd be nervous if he's starting for us personally.

Kid comes from a long line of p5 quality transfers recruited by coach mcauley at Wofford.

List includes:

Klesmit Wisconsin
Godwin Oklahoma
Pavletski Iowa State
Pringle Alabama
Storm Murphy vtech
Cattoor vtech


Kid overcame rough family life including name change per my friend who is brother of coach mcauley.

Seems like a guy we want

 

[Edward Sargent]

What is Alex going to learn testing the waters again? I think he is making his decision without testing

 

[PBX71]

He can not test again. If he declares again he can not withdrawal. He needs to be absolutely sure.

 

[HooperScooper]

What is Alex going to learn testing the waters again? I think he is making his decision without testing

You're probably right but is there a downside to doing it? He can then talk to more NBA people and get a better understanding of where he will probably go in the draft. Can he get as much information without entering the draft? If he can then maybe it's not worth going through the process again.

 

[Huskies990411]

If adams needs a few years to develop as a Mcdonalds All american than we were wrong to recruit him in the first place. I am not saying we should give him minutes just cause he is a 5 star recuit. I am saying it would be dumb to recruit a 5 star freshman who is not ready to play as a freshman

If the only reason you recruited him was because he was a five star high school All American…

 

[aceboon]

What is Alex going to learn testing the waters again? I think he is making his decision without testing

Workout for more teams than he did last go around

 

[mauconnfan]

Kevin Durant is in the NBA.

Who? Huh

 

[boog204]

If Monroe comes to Storrs he will want to start. UConn probably won’t pay him starter $ to sit on the bench during the opening tap. It’s a tweaner situation. Would love get a legit 6’10” kid with a handle and can hit jumpers

Yeah, those types are just growing on trees… I mean have we ever had that guy? Charlie V?

 

[bendm]

If adams needs a few years to develop as a Mcdonalds All american than we were wrong to recruit him in the first place. I am not saying we should give him minutes just cause he is a 5 star recuit. I am saying it would be dumb to recruit a 5 star freshman who is not ready to play as a freshman

I’ll do you one better- a guy shouldn’t be rated as 5* if he can’t contribute as a frosh.

 

[boog204]

What I want is rebounding, defense and toughness. Hurley’s moving offense will take care of the rest.

This times a million. Give me the closest thing to Marcus White you can find. Someone athletic, tough, and wants to grab every board out there. Whether AK comes back or not, we do not have a great rebounding team on paper. Stew averaged 2.4 boards/gm in 18 minutes. That's not particularly good for a 6-7 3/4. Q Hardnett gave us 3/gm in less time back in the day and Diarra gave us 3/gm off the bench in the same amount of time in 24 as a backup guard. We will need Stew to replace McNeeley's rebounding and hope that Silas can be a good defensive rebounder as a guard. Our championship teams had excellent rebounding guards to mask that our PF (AK) was below average in that area.

 

[caw]

Don’t see the need now that we got Silas. Those should be Adams’ 10 mins as backup PG , because PT at SG is gonna be even harder to come by between Ball and Mullins

I am a huge fan of Adams, and his taking those 10 minutes would be ideal, his frame is a concern though. I prefer Ball/Mullins as wings with Stewart

 

[boog204]

Don’t see the need now that we got Silas. Those should be Adams’ 10 mins as backup PG , because PT at SG is gonna be even harder to come by between Ball and Mullins

In retrospect, we thought Hass, Aidan, and Ahmad would be more than enough to cover the PG/ballhandler/creator roles this year. We ended up playing Hass on freaking one leg because his backups were so ineffective. Our reliance on two guys who had never played Big East/UConn basketball was a bad assumption on the staff's part.

With Silas in the fold, I'm hoping/assuming we go and find a senior PG with experience who can handle, play D, and create. Not sure who that guy is, but I think Hurley knows he cannot depend on guys with little to no experience (Ball, Adams) to be his backup this year. If it turns out that Ball or Adams are fine as the backups. Great. But we were so limited this year with options and got to a point where the depth we thought we had was just the opposite.