Boneyard Season Predictions

[CT2SC]

I think something like 25-6 is my guess. I think our top 3 scorers are AK, Solo, and Mahaney. If anyone else cracks the top 3 it will be McNeeley. I think Mahaney ultimately starts and Hass goes back to 6th man.

 

[housekeys]

A season very similar to 2023. We impress, stumble badly, then come back as a favorite. Instead of a Clingan centered top 5 defense, it will be a Houston style team oriented defense. Naturally, we win it all in the end.

 

[JesusAllen11]

Samson break out year

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Hurley said at the end of that CBS “back-to-back” documentary that “I can’t see the road as clearly as last years team but I think we’ll get there”

And I think that’s a solid assessment. Some “wtf” losses but we’ll be in San Anton

 

[Lambeau]

For night owls, Baylor opens at Gonzaga tonight at 11:30 PM on ESPN2 following the Manningcast--our two early problems.

 

[willie99]

I think we'll be the favorite every game, so there's that

We'll lose 2 or 3 true road game plus 1 or 2 other games.

So I'm at 3-5 losses, including 1 shocker.

 

[Umami Zen]

Conservative at 25-6. 16-4 BE. BE Title. Offense/depth is our strength. D/Boards efficiency determines three-peat. Expect FF as our floor.

 

[Palatine]

Except for the two losses to Providence, the rest are wins

 

[Dove]

1. vs. Sacred Heart W
2. vs. New Hampshire W
3. vs. LeMoyne W
4. vs. Texas A&M-Commerce W
5. vs. Memphis at Maui Invitational W
6. vs. tba at Maui Invitational W
7. vs. tba at Maui Invitational W
8. vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore W
9. vs. Baylor W
10. at Texas W
11. vs. Gonzaga at MSG W
12. vs. Xavier W
13. at Butler
14. at DePaul W
15. vs. Providence W
16. at Villanova
17. at Georgetown W
18. vs. Creighton W
19. vs. Butler W
20. at Xavier W
21. vs. DePaul W
22. at Marquette W
23. vs. St. John's W
24. at Creighton W
25. at Seton Hall W
26. vs. Villanova W
27. St. John's at MSG W
28. vs. Georgetown W
29. at Providence
30. vs. Marquette W
31. vs. Seton Hall W

3 peat

And this, folks, is how you try to get 80 LIKES but end up with 16.

 

[CTBasketball]

1. vs. Sacred Heart W
2. vs. New Hampshire W
3. vs. LeMoyne W
4. vs. Texas A&M-Commerce W
5. vs. Memphis at Maui Invitational W
6. vs. tba at Maui Invitational W
7. vs. tba at Maui Invitational L
8. vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore W
9. vs. Baylor W
10. at Texas L
11. vs. Gonzaga at MSG W
12. vs. Xavier L
13. at Butler W
14. at DePaul W
15. vs. Providence W
16. at Villanova W
17. at Georgetown W
18. vs. Creighton L
19. vs. Butler W
20. at Xavier W
21. vs. DePaul W
22. at Marquette L
23. vs. St. John's W
24. at Creighton L
25. at Seton Hall W
26. vs. Villanova W
27. St. John's at MSG W
28. vs. Georgetown W
29. at Providence L
30. vs. Marquette W
31. vs. Seton Hall W

What is that 24-7?

 

[temery]

Undefeated, three peat.

Tie breaker: Hurley tossed from two games.

 

[Stinger92860]

In Conference 14-6 OOC 8-3, so 22-9 but a strong finish much like 2022-2023

 

[Tenspro2002]

1. vs. Sacred Heart W
2. vs. New Hampshire W
3. vs. LeMoyne W
4. vs. Texas A&M-Commerce W
5. vs. Memphis at Maui Invitational W
6. vs. tba at Maui Invitational L
7. vs. tba at Maui Invitational W
8. vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore W
9. vs. Baylor W
10. at Texas L
11. vs. Gonzaga at MSG W
12. vs. Xavier L
13. at Butler W
14. at DePaul W
15. vs. Providence W
16. at Villanova L
17. at Georgetown W
18. vs. Creighton W
19. vs. Butler W
20. at Xavier W
21. vs. DePaul W
22. at Marquette L
23. vs. St. John's W
24. at Creighton L
25. at Seton Hall W
26. vs. Villanova W
27. St. John's at MSG L
28. vs. Georgetown W
29. at Providence W
30. vs. Marquette W
31. vs. Seton Hall W

24-7 (15-5), I say 2-1 in the BET, 26-8 going into the Tournament, #3 seed.

 

[JerseyAlum]

Expect an early season non con loss, whether in Maui or @ Texas. I like us beating Zags at MSG and Baylor in GP. In the BE will take law of averages and see 4 road losses against the other 4 best teams (Marq, Creighton, StJ and Xavier) with another loss somewhere else (at PC). 25-6, 15-5

Maui is likely to be:

Memphis
Mich St
Auburn/UNC/Iowa St

For night owls, Baylor opens at Gonzaga tonight at 11:30 PM on ESPN2 following the Manningcast--our two early problems.

Gonzaga smoked them out of the building with a balanced attack putting 101 pts up vs 63 for Baylor. Reminiscent of a UConn NCAA game win last season. Really balanced, great D, and Baylor's frosh VJ EdgeCombe was 2-11 and quite handled.

Nice that we play both in fairly comfortable home settings (MSG and GP).

I would say @Texas would be our likely OOC loss (we historically under Hurley are not great @ ranked teams). Big East - I don't see us losing 3 in a row, but that stretch with Creighton and Marquette road games is concerning. So Feb 1st starts that stretch after a Depaul tilt: 2/7, 2/11, 2/15, 2/18, 2/23 with games @Creighton, @Marquette, @Seton Hall with home vs St. Johns, then @ St John's to round out are most difficult stretch.

But if anything, we do better in the NCAA tourney than in regular season, and we do better in 2nd half of games, typically. So we shall see if we win some of those road games, and that is so far in the future it's hard to predit who will be healthy or not on any team.

 

[UC1995]

From what I saw yesterday in the Big East I am not as concerned about league play. Our team will be well tested once we hit conference play.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'll worry about each game as it comes. I don't see a whole lot of point to guessing, when the roster is really different and the playing time probably won't sort itself out before Christmas. We are playing with house money at this point. So I'll just let it ride and enjoy it without any particular expectations beyond the next game.

 

[bmayuc]

23-8 (14-6) 1st place Big East, last 2 seed placed in the west. Run to Elite 8. Solo, Liam and Karaban go pro. More balanced Big East gets 5 teams in all between 2 and 7 seeds.

1. vs. Sacred Heart W
2. vs. New Hampshire W
3. vs. LeMoyne W
4. vs. Texas A&M-Commerce W
5. vs. Memphis at Maui Invitational W
6. vs. tba at Maui Invitational W
7. vs. tba at Maui Invitational L
8. vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore W
9. vs. Baylor W
10. at Texas L
11. vs. Gonzaga at MSG W
12. vs. Xavier W
13. at Butler L
14. at DePaul W
15. vs. Providence W
16. at Villanova L
17. at Georgetown W
18. vs. Creighton W
19. vs. Butler W
20. at Xavier L
21. vs. DePaul W
22. at Marquette L
23. vs. St. John's W
24. at Creighton L
25. at Seton Hall W
26. vs. Villanova W
27. St. John's at MSG L
28. vs. Georgetown W
29. at Providence W
30. vs. Marquette W
31. vs. Seton Hall W
    
    

 

[JerseyAlum]

Sacred Heart has a great Forward in Tanner Thomas that we should be keyed on D about. I mean if Temple didn't have Jamal Mashburn, Jr., SH would have won last night.

I'm guessing Thomas gets AK on him for most of tomorrow night, and Johnson and Reed, Jr. help out - they don't have too many other players of Thomas's level.

 

[RuffRuff]

Gonzaga smoked them out of the building with a balanced attack putting 101 pts up vs 63 for Baylor. Reminiscent of a UConn NCAA game win last season. Really balanced, great D, and Baylor's frosh VJ EdgeCombe was 2-11 and quite handled.

Nice that we play both in fairly comfortable home settings (MSG and GP).

I would say @Texas would be our likely OOC loss (we historically under Hurley are not great @ ranked teams). Big East - I don't see us losing 3 in a row, but that stretch with Creighton and Marquette road games is concerning. So Feb 1st starts that stretch after a Depaul tilt: 2/7, 2/11, 2/15, 2/18, 2/23 with games @Creighton, @Marquette, @Seton Hall with home vs St. Johns, then @ St John's to round out are most difficult stretch.

But if anything, we do better in the NCAA tourney than in regular season, and we do better in 2nd half of games, typically. So we shall see if we win some of those road games, and that is so far in the future it's hard to predit who will be healthy or not on any team.

Zags have an interesting roster as two small guards, then 3 true bigs and then 3 6’7” type kids. They can throw a number of combos at you depending on the matchup.

VJ getting tons of love for the dunk, lost is that a top ten team got beat by 40. That’s embarrassing - this is a team I’ve seen many picking in their F4. I’d like to know the last time a team lost by 40 and then made a F4.

 

[HooperScooper]

I'll worry about each game as it comes. I don't see a whole lot of point to guessing, when the roster is really different and the playing time probably won't sort itself out before Christmas. We are playing with house money at this point. So I'll just let it ride and enjoy it without any particular expectations beyond the next game.

That's where I am. I went into last season with that attitude also. Until I saw how good they were and then I adjusted my expectations.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

My Boneyard season prediction for 2024-2025 is that we will struggle quite a bit more than we did last season and a few on here will meltdown over having to worry that we may end up with seven or eight losses on the season.

 

[Deepster]

1) Someone will post it's time for us move on from Hurley.
2) Someone will ask why we don't run a full court press anymore.
3) There will be a thread arguing we should play all games at Gampel.
4) Someone will get a pizza from Sally's and complain that they're overrated.
5) Someone will post a thread asking you to list your all-time Huskies starting five.
6) I will once again come up with a title winning Mojo theme to guide us to a 7th championship and unparalleled three-peat.

 

[JerseyAlum]

1) UConn Huskies will have a better W/L % than the LA Lakers
2) At least one of us will see 5+ games in person
3) Someone will ask about 2026 recruiting before its season begins
4) Another of us will use mobile and accidently click "ignore" on UConn's M's Basketball forum

PS - I will be watching the game tomorrow night with 4 of coach Hurley's high school friends here in Jersey City...gonna be a fun one.

 

[Tenspro2002]

My Boneyard season prediction for 2024-2025 is that we will struggle quite a bit more than we did last season and a few on here will meltdown over having to worry that we may end up with seven or eight losses on the season.

I think it will be more like 2023, but not as hot to begin the season and not as bad in the middle.

 

[Edward Sargent]

27-4