Bleacher Report on Jalen Adams

[tcf15]

Former 5-Star CBB Recruits Who Will Have the Biggest Impact in 2017-18

10. Jalen Adams, Connecticut
A key part of making a significant impact is playing for a team that is nationally relevant. In that regard, Jalen Adams is at a huge disadvantage compared to every other player on the list.

While most of these guys are on teams that should open the season in the AP Top 25, Connecticut isn't even projected to reach the NCAA tournament, based on Joe Lunardi's latest bracketology.

Don't blame Adams, though. He put up great numbers last season, leading the Huskies in both points and assists. Expect more of the same this year, particularly now that Rodney Purvis is out of the picture.

He just doesn't have much of a supporting cast to work with. Amida Brimah and Kentan Facey both graduated, and Vance Jackson, Juwan Durham and Steven Enoch all transferred. This leaves Terry Larrier—who has appeared in just four games in a Connecticut uniform—as the only returning player taller than 6'3" with any experience.

Connecticut did add a handful of transfers and is expecting big things from redshirt freshman Mamadou Diarra, but even in an AAC that has next to nothing worth mentioning beyond Wichita State and Cincinnati, it's going to be an uphill battle for Adams and Co.

 

[donyell34]

Sounds dire, writing us off pretty quick. I believe we have more than advertised.

 

[Son of Robert]

Wow, that's a tough analysis.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Former 5-Star CBB Recruits Who Will Have the Biggest Impact in 2017-18

10. Jalen Adams, Connecticut
A key part of making a significant impact is playing for a team that is nationally relevant. In that regard, Jalen Adams is at a huge disadvantage compared to every other player on the list.

While most of these guys are on teams that should open the season in the AP Top 25, Connecticut isn't even projected to reach the NCAA tournament, based on Joe Lunardi's latest bracketology.

Don't blame Adams, though. He put up great numbers last season, leading the Huskies in both points and assists. Expect more of the same this year, particularly now that Rodney Purvis is out of the picture.

He just doesn't have much of a supporting cast to work with. Amida Brimah and Kentan Facey both graduated, and Vance Jackson, Juwan Durham and Steven Enoch all transferred. This leaves Terry Larrier—who has appeared in just four games in a Connecticut uniform—as the only returning player taller than 6'3" with any experience.

Connecticut did add a handful of transfers and is expecting big things from redshirt freshman Mamadou Diarra, but even in an AAC that has next to nothing worth mentioning beyond Wichita State and Cincinnati, it's going to be an uphill battle for Adams and Co.

Somehow managed to skirt around Vital and Gilbert
With Anderson the best backcourt combo since 2014 and the deepest since ????
Just a minor over site.
The funniest thing is to read these reports preseason ,for any team, and post season compare them to reality . They usually bat below the Mendoza line.

 

[TopDogs]

Was that written by a Boneyarder? That's one of the most negative things I've read on this board lately!

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Oh we're not in the July bracketology? Cancel the season

 

[Candyman]

Thats rough but as of now thats how UConn is looked at.

 

[80shusky]

Wasn't Jalen a 4 star?

 

[UC313]

More poster board material.

 

[Guapo]

Last year we were in everyone's July bracketology.

This serves as an important reminder that "bracketology" is not a real word or a real thing.

 

[husky429]

Wasn't Jalen a 4 star?

On the border. High four, low 5 I believe, depending on the site. He was ranked around 25-35 if I'm not mistaken.

 

[upstater]

And that was coming from a guy with a high opinion of Jalen Adams.

 

[Huskybass]

It is what it is. I don't think the guy is being negative toward UConn. He is calling it the way he sees it. Until UConn is ranked regularly and puts together strong regular seasons, that's how people are going to view the program. Outside of Dr. Dunkenstien, none of the off season acquisitions have a lot of sizzle. I hope we are better than he indicated, but in all likelihood, he probably isn't too far off.

 

[Hi-Low]

Last time I checked AG was a McDonald's AA, but yes it will be a very "new" team this year and I think that's a positive thing.

Will they be good.....I think they'll be better than last year & if TL, AG, MD are healthy we should compete for a tourney bid.

 

[Danzz]

You can see where he is coming from; an almost new front court. We tend to be better when expectations are low and it wouldn't be a shock if we made the tourney and exceeded projections.

 

[UConnStats]

Mentioning Diarra as a redshirt and not Gilbert is like a metaphor for Bleacher Report.

 

[navery12]

And that was coming from a guy with a high opinion of Jalen Adams.

A high opinion of Jalen and apparently no opinion on Gilbert. But that's par for the course for BR

 

[Huskyforlife]

I'm surprised at the amount of shock here, that someone unbiased towards UConn would come to these conclusions. It's not like we had a good offseason.

 

[BUConn10]

You guys usually seem more upset about how people think of UConn and our teams instead of sitting and asking yourselves why so many reports and analyses seem to always "disrespect us". Connect the dots guys, look at the pattern.

 

[80shusky]

The team has a lot of new faces and a lot of question marks. Now let's go win.

 

[Chief00]

Sounds dire, writing us off pretty quick. I believe we have more than advertised.

Confirmed.

 

[gtcam]

I see the article woke up the usual suspects
Topdogs - I think you have your answer

 

[NielsisGood]

Analysis is definitely too harsh for how competitive the team should be, but it's truly sad to see how far national perception of the brand has fallen.

 

[David 76]

Folks, could we remember this is BR and not SI or ESPN

Ignoring a burger boy and writing off Larrier is not good analysis.
Yes we a totally untested and unheralded front court......instead of the one we bemoaned

We should not be picked,preseason, to make the NCAAT. We have taken lumps. Many. But we are not this article either. If healthy we have 3 potential impact players

 

[auror]

Analysis is definitely too harsh for how competitive the team should be, but it's truly sad to see how far national perception of the brand has fallen.

We had a losing record last year and aside from Adams lost 6 of our top 7 minute-getters (by % of total minutes). Not sure how you write that piece any other way aside from mentioning Gilbert instead of Diarra.