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Brendan Adams Graduating in May

navery12 said:
That's funny because I went the opposite direction, started out in finance/business and then switched over to Econ. And IIRC we were at UConn roughly the same time
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You might be the only person I know that went that direction with the switch lol. I've known a few others that went Econ > finance/accounting or whatever. I was class of 2018
 
aburks41 said:
But if TP/IW/JC stay they won't count against it anyways. Wouldn't we only have 2 open? We're bringing in 3 guys to take the current seniors scholarships. Bouknight for sure and then since BA is graduating that will open up a 2nd if he decides to go pro or elsewhere
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3 open. Cole, Gaff, Jax, Rese, Akok, Sanogo, Springs, Diggins, Hawkins, Samson.

I'm more talking about we all of a sudden aren't crazy deep. It's hard to get 3 good contributors in Spring/Summer.
 
superjohn said:
Yes. I'm hoping and thinking we may have a senior or 2 possibly stay.
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It would be nice to have a senior stay and not use a scholarship and then take a sit out transfer with one of the open scholarships
 
superjohn said:
3 open. Cole, Gaff, Jax, Rese, Akok, Sanogo, Springs, Diggins, Hawkins, Samson.

I'm more talking about we all of a sudden aren't crazy deep. It's hard to get 3 good contributors in Spring/Summer.
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Yeah I forgot javonte was gone too. We really just need an extra shooter and a serviceable big man. Being back in the Big East and offering a top 25 team to a grad transfer looking to make a tournament run is a huge selling point. We'll be fine
 
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At least he can leave knowing that he belonged in Div 1, starting on a BE Championship potential team (forget the details), and finally playing in a post season.

Losing him will be unfortunate though, because he would have made the perfect Captain next year.
 
aburks41 said:
Idk if anyone else has taken upper level Econ classes at UConn before, but they are extremely difficult. I was an Econ major at Storrs before switching to Finance, and man those upper level econ classes are killers. Made my finance courses seem like 2nd grade math lol. To complete that degree in 3 years while playing D1 basketball is quite the accomplishment. With or without basketball, BA will be more than successful in life
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yeah was an Econ major. Some professors made the classes really interesting and were therefore not too bad however I had a couple of guys that were dry as dirt. I think the worst was having a 3 hour econ class at like 6pm at night with one of those professors that was super monotone.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
yeah was an Econ major. Some professors made the classes really interesting and were therefore not too bad however I had a couple of guys that were dry as dirt. I think the worst was having a 3 hour econ class at like 6pm at night with one of those professors that was super monotone.
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I remember one of my macro classes had exam averages in the 50s and they pretended like that was normal. My final grade got curved like 20 points up to a B thank god. I could have gotten my econ minor but I just didn't want to deal with that ever again lol
 
auror said:
And we don't even know if this is a thing anymore.
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Presumably it would be, would think if they had a blanket approval for all waivers you could still have a kid come in and not apply for one. But that's just my guess
 
aburks41 said:
I remember one of my macro classes had exam averages in the 50s and they pretended like that was normal. My final grade got curved like 20 points up to a B thank god. I could have gotten my econ minor but I just didn't want to deal with that ever again lol
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If your professor has class with a 50 average, it's probably their own fault, not the students'
 
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aburks41 said:
I remember one of my macro classes had exam averages in the 50s and they pretended like that was normal. My final grade got curved like 20 points up to a B thank god. I could have gotten my econ minor but I just didn't want to deal with that ever again lol
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I took a Monday night Statistics course my freshman year same thing 6pm once a week for 3 hours. I remember the average of one of the exams was like you said maybe 50s or lower. Was insane. I was an Econ Major/ History Minor. I really loved history, not enough to become a teacher but I remember my senior year thinking a minor mattered and like taking extra courses to get one. Had so much reading to do. Looking back no one really cares lol, probably would have been happier with a lighter senior year.
 
husky429 said:
If your professor has class with a 50 average, it's probably their own fault, not the students'
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It's "normal" in certain majors like engineering. Unfortunately many UConn teachers are there for research, and teaching a class on the side is like an annoyance for them lol
 
aburks41 said:
It's "normal" in certain majors like engineering. Unfortunately many UConn teachers are there for research, and teaching a class on the side is like an annoyance for them lol
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My fiance is getting her phd this summer. R1 jobs don't give a rats rear about your teaching ability. Many don't even ask in interviews until they're at the final 3-4 candidates (out of 50+ for each opening in her field). The worst professors get the biggest mega lecture classes too at here school--so the TAs can cover up if the prof is bad at teaching.

That's why I always recommend my students that are needier learners go to smaller/teaching colleges.
 
his dudeness said:
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Oh wow. It's no Electrical Engineering degree (ahem cough cough) but he's not embarrassing himself academically either. Good for Brendan Adams. I knew there was a reason why I like him so much.
 
husky429 said:
If your professor has class with a 50 average, it's probably their own fault, not the students'
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50 sounds pretty normal for some of the standard weed out classes. Seemed like a class average in the 50s was pretty common for all the early calculus classes. Maybe some of the Physics classes as well.
 
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husky429 said:
He's participating in senior day. He's transferring or going pro somewhere. I doubt this falls under the speculation rule here
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We speculated on that at the time he announced it. I think last year's class had just been announced and he likely saw the writing on the wall and knew it would allow him to transfer and play right away. Congratulations to him for getting the degree, that's what matters. He's given us Husky fans a lot, including last year when he was forced to be our power forward.
 
husky429 said:
My fiance is getting her phd this summer. R1 jobs don't give a rats rear about your teaching ability. Many don't even ask in interviews until they're at the final 3-4 candidates (out of 50+ for each opening in her field). The worst professors get the biggest mega lecture classes too at here school--so the TAs can cover up if the prof is bad at teaching.

That's why I always recommend my students that are needier learners go to smaller/teaching colleges.
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"Needier learners:" is pretty dismissive. How about teachers do the jobs they are paid for.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
I took a Monday night Statistics course my freshman year same thing 6pm once a week for 3 hours. I remember the average of one of the exams was like you said maybe 50s or lower. Was insane. I was an Econ Major/ History Minor. I really loved history, not enough to become a teacher but I remember my senior year thinking a minor mattered and like taking extra courses to get one. Had so much reading to do. Looking back no one really cares lol, probably would have been happier with a lighter senior year.
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I was Econ -> Finance. When I took Stats freshman year, the idiot professor gave the same exam to the people on M-W-F as on T-Th. So the reality was, it took an hour and half to finish it, and you had an hour. So we all got completely wrecked by that class. Nobody could actually finish the test.
 
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so we might need to sign 3 transfers this summer??? that's an enormous undertaking. the competition is even tighter for known commodities.

i really hope at least one senior stays now. as long as we have 13 guys we wouldnt have to fill all 3 potentially open schollys. can save 1 for 2022.
 
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bendm said:
so we might need to sign 3 transfers this summer??? that's an enormous undertaking. the competition is even tighter for known commodities.

i really hope at least one senior stays now. as long as we have 13 guys we don't have to use all 3 schollys. can save it for 2022.
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Does anybody know what potential recruits remain unsigned? Any potential reclass targets? I think Hurley will have no issue rolling one Scholarship over, but probably not more than that.
 
Transfer market will be flooded with immediate eligibility in play. If Polley and Whaley return and Hurley can go all in on the top scoring guard or wing on the market we'd be in a really good spot.

If no seniors return I'm still confident in Hurley. We landed two huge pieces last spring/summer in Martin + Sanogo. Hurley's recruiting and roster management is one of his strengths. Have to imagine we're in the grad transfer market with 1 or 2 of the scholarships since Cole is our only junior on the roster.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Does anybody know what potential recruits remain unsigned? Any potential reclass targets? I think Hurley will have no issue rolling one Scholarship over, but probably not more than that.
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Jaylen Blakes is the only 2021 recruit still unsigned we've offered, I think he'd be a pretty good use of this scholarship. Bigger guard who can shoot it a bit, listed as a PG but I think I remember some people smarter than me saying he's a combo guard.

Otherwise its decommits or transfers, Jakai Robinson who committed to Miami seems like the only one we've pursued who's at a school where a coach could leave (in this case retire)
 
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