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Anthony: Meet Tristen Newton, UConn men's basketball team's calm, quiet point guard

This article got me really excited to watch this kid play. The silent types are my favorite athletes to watch. Barry Sanders-like. Charismatic players are important, and they get the crowd going. But the silent assassins instill fear in the other team. They make a big play and act like it’s another day at the office. The other team things “oh God, he’s not done. What’s next?”
 
Quite the yin and yang in terms of on court personalities with the two transfer pgs
 
Good look into his family. I feel like it rarely gets mentioned but he's also cousins with Aaron Jones. Wonder if he'll make his way to a game, at the very least you think he'll go to the game at Marquette
 
Seems like a nice, hardworking young man. Glad to have him on the team. I look forward to seeing him in action.
 
karstenkibbe said:
Perfectly describes the on-court demeanor and all-business approach I saw from Newton last night
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Agreed. I felt better about my observations of him last night when I read Anthony describe him as "a personality, devoid of any flamboyance." I thought that a spark or something was lacking last night because I am used to more flamboyant point guards, but reading that it's an essential part of who he is, combined with the fact that he gets the job done, makes me more comfortable with him in this role.
 
Greedo said:
This article got me really excited to watch this kid play. The silent types are my favorite athletes to watch. Barry Sanders-like. Charismatic players are important, and they get the crowd going. But the silent assassins instill fear in the other team. They make a big play and act like it’s another day at the office. The other team things “oh God, he’s not done. What’s next?”
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I have not read the article yet and I will. I know there is big expectations and a hullabaloo about Jordan Hawkins taking the next step and he very well might and I hope he does. There is a lot of talk about Sanogo and rightly so and I have seen many posts about Karaban and Clingan. But the guy I think that gets overlooked that I think can have a monster size impact this year is Newton.

I remember when the Huskies got him I was very pumped up. The big game he had against Christian Vital's Huskies in 2020 before the pandemic made quite an impression on me.

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UConn 84-63 East Carolina (Feb 29, 2020) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the UConn Huskies vs. East Carolina Pirates NCAAM game from February 29, 2020 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.
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Much respect to TN's dad for reaching the rank of Sergeant Major. That is a tremendous career accomplishment. Hope it runs in the family.
 
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