Bouk’s sophomore year the most anticipated season from a Uconn player since....?

[Rico444]

Shabazz's senior year. When he announced he was coming back I actually thought he had a chance to have a Kemba-like impact his senior year. Guess I was right!

 

[Dogammit]

Some the names during the Ollie administration like Purvis and Larrier were very anticipated but they were never developed....would have loved to see those guys under Hurley

 

[Bazz4A]

echo lamb’s sophomore season as the comp from an expectations standpoint. Hope Bouk is better.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'm actually anticipating Jackson's season more than Bouk's. Bouk's should be great for sure, but Jackson has a chance to be the best freshman since end of the year Lamb.

What I’m anticipating mostly is both of them, plus Cole. Sanogo too. Bouk often saw things that nobody else on the team saw. It limited him. He’d give up the ball, do something and expect it back and instead it was being passed the other way.

I expect Jackson and Bouk to have a telepathic connection, and hopefully Cole too. I think Jackson is going to pile up assists by seeing what Bouk is doing. Not sure Bouk won’t be a top ten player in the country next year. He does need to focus on defense.

 

[Mazhude]

Earl Kelley's senior year as well. If only he had played under JC rather than Dom...

 

[Tenspro2002]

Solidly 0 for 6

Seriously. Nobody was this hyped up about any of those KO guys.

When I saw the thread title my first thought was Drummond.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

The Ferrari sitting in the garage.
Before that, Drummond.

Drummond's high school highlight video reminded me of Dwight Howard and Purvis was a McDonald's All-American before NC State. Both were good, but neither really lived up to the hype they had coming in which is why I tend to temper my expectations for newcomers, especially big men, until they have a few games against Division I players.

 

[Dooooooomed]

... ever IMO.

 

[dennismenace]

Scoring will come easily... Bouk needs to focus more on defense. With his length and athleticism he should be a nightmare on-ball defender, when in actuality he's almost a liability on that end compared to the rest of the team.

This is a really good point. I don't know why the BY has this propensity for placing "sky is the limit" type pressure on young talented players. What is wonderful this coming year is the talent all around is abundant and they have to get their feet wet together because it is a team game. We have the coaching. Let's hope they are all motivated and the rest will play out in time. The opponents fear levels will rise to the extent that they jell as a team. They have formidable talent already. Just need to work on weaknesses (especially defense) and adapting to college level team ball vs. everyone being the main man (hero ball) as in HS. I can't remember being this excited in a long time and they are for the most part very young. Awesome!!

 

[RichZ]

For me, it was Mek's sophomore and junior seasons.

And Caron's Junior season that never happened. I was SOOOOO ready for a championship the next year... until Caron had that tearful post season press conference.

Got to admit, this year, I've been looking forward to Jackson's first, almost as much as bouk's 2nd season.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Seriously. Nobody was this hyped up about any of those KO guys.

When I saw the thread title my first thought was Drummond.

Are you serious? The Ferrari? Adams and Gilbert were gonna be the "next great UConn point guards." Hamilton committed when he was a top 5 recruit in his class, with brothers playing in the NBA, and people saying he was much better than them. Larrier was debatable, but he was getting NBA hype before his first season(he was on mock drafts too). Blasphemy.

 

[Ratso]

for sophomore, yeah prolly lamb

but i’m pretty sure uconn never had a consensus #1 hs player (yeah, i know anthony davis was 1 but andre reclassified ) so anticipation for sure. and of course predictable results with big time prospects like andre

 

[Rocktheworld]

I think we were more hyped about Rodney Purvis coming out of the proverbial garage

 

[BlueDogs]

In jalens defense he had to force the offense most nights because of the team around him and the offense the coach ran.

I agree with that. Not disrespecting Jalen, just don’t want to see everything on BK

 

[Deuce]

Are you serious? The Ferrari? Adams and Gilbert were gonna be the "next great UConn point guards." Hamilton committed when he was a top 5 recruit in his class, with brothers playing in the NBA, and people saying he was much better than them. Larrier was debatable, but he was getting NBA hype before his first season(he was on mock drafts too). Blasphemy.

No man what’s blasphemous is you trying to force more legitimacy out of the KO era than there actually was. IMO there was the Natty and pretty much everything else

 

[joober jones]

I'd say sophomore Daniel Hamilton

 

[Lamble]

The Poughkeepsie popper.

Greg Economou????

 

[UconnU]

Did people expect Dre to really come back? Lamb is best bet in recent memory right?

No one expected him to come back, that’s why we were looking forward to his one season as a freshman on a stacked team.

 

[Dove]

Nadav Henefeld's sophomore season was supposed to be kinda epic.

I will go cry now.

 

[tcf15]

By this board? Probably someone from the KO era - Hamilton maybe?

But by the national media? Probably Lamb.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Ajou Deng or Ater Majok major hype train

Lol!

 

[Lefty2one]

For me it's Drummond. He was our last lottery pick (along with Lamb the same season) and Bouk will be the one to break that streak.

 

[Huskyforlife]

No man what’s blasphemous is you trying to force more legitimacy out of the KO era than there actually was. IMO there was the Natty and pretty much everything else

What does any of this have to do with him? I don't even like him.

 

[gtcam]

CV last year
And he came through

 

[CTBasketball]

When Drummond committed we all thought we were Final Four locks. I’d say his freshman season had more hype than anyone I can remember, a lot more than Bouk’s sophomore season.