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He will have 12 by the end of December.
Clingan going to work this summer!
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Over 12
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve said this, but I am just not used to high achieving 50 year olds being this open to personal growth and demonstrating it by putting in actual work (not just Ted Talks). Hurley’s mindset is extremely impressive and I vastly underrated it.
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NBA is why.
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Jumping almost 25% from the line in an off-season is exceptionally rare. I think you probably realize that, considering you've already started hedging your bets.
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The vast majority of his scoring and time will be in the paint. Adding some versatility and making yourself more difficult to guard is never a bad thing.
Sanogo shot 3s. He did most of his damage in the paint. He did MORE damage in the paint, because his defender had to trail him all over the court. The fact that his 2pt% increased 13% this year has a lot to do with the fact that he was a threat at the top of the key. His defender couldn't just wait for him in the paint anymore.
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If o/u was 0 I’d still go under.
I will take the under on attempts by the end of December
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I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going
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It's definitely going to be over 12.
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I'll ask Karaban what he thinks of Clingan shooting threes next year.
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Take the rim off the backboard so he doesn't worry about makes and misses, just form.
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If Singare can be the next DC, then Don can become the next Adama. He had a year to work against him every practice. He knows how strong he needs to be... the strongest guy on the court.
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Good think I don't try to make a living as a shot coach, it looked like to me he had too much height/arch on his foul shot.
Or he can just move back a tad!
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Sounds like 3pt shooting will be a point of emphasis for Donovan this offseason. With our likely regression in 3pt shooting efficiency and volume next season after losing Jordan, Nahiem, and Joey (so far) I’d expect Donovan to take ~2 attempts per game. Similar to Adama this season when he had open looks.
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But he makes the 2nd one a lot ….will he now make the first and miss the 2nd one short then?
That isn't terribly far fetched but perhaps a bit hopeful especially for APG.
Now if you want to flip APG and BPG.
Hurley has had almost all his freshman take decent sized leaps in scoring their sophomore year aside from Akok (injury), Johnson (injury) and Springs.
POY awards might be tough depending on who returns. I mean Edey and Tshiebwe could both return to college ball. BE also returns Kolek, Kalkbrenner and Hopkins.
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But he makes the 2nd one a lot ….will he now make the first and miss the 2nd one short then?
A few people have said this, but is it actually true? Does anyone know if this statistic exists somewhere?
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The defenders pretty much gave him the three. Rarely had one close within 3 feet of him, and late in the season, when a defender DID come out with the matador defense, he just drove by him on a one step drive to the hoop or to pass. After a couple of those, it pretty much eliminated the attempts to cover him at the arc.
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Get stronger, more polished in the post and them free throws and hes going to be scary. Even if Ajax and Newt dont come back this is going to a really good team. Lets not forget AK will also be a better player next year and will also be hungry to make his mark.
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There's only one person understanding the FT jumps from big men in this conversation. This is all players over 6'9" from BartTorvik who were freshman in freshman in 2021. Not a full list because for some reason the 2021 data is incomplete (I know Zach Edey is missing from that year for some reason). It's very rare to see that significant of a jump in FT%
| Player | Freshman FT% | Sophomore FT% | FT% Gain | Junior FT% | FT% Gain |
| Abou Ousmane | 57.3% | 72.2% | 14.9% | ||
| Adama Sanogo | 57.7% | 68.6% | 10.9% | 76.6% | 8.0% |
| Amari Williams | 61.0% | 60.6% | -0.4% | ||
| Andre Screen | 60.5% | 56.8% | -3.7% | ||
| Andrew Carr | 84.4% | 65.7% | -18.7% | 77.3% | 11.6% |
| Ben Wight | 66.7% | 65.3% | -1.4% | 64.0% | -1.3% |
| Bernardo Da Silva | 74.6% | 50.9% | -23.7% | ||
| Charlie Peterson | 54.1% | 45.3% | -8.8% | ||
| Chris Nix | 65.2% | 51.0% | -14.2% | ||
| CJ Huntley | 60.9% | 74.2% | 13.3% | ||
| Clifford Omoruyi | 60.2% | 60.4% | 0.2% | ||
| Coleman Hawkins | 65.0% | 61.4% | -3.6% | ||
| Damian Forrest | 73.0% | 55.7% | -17.3% | ||
| David Skogman | 82.9% | 88.2% | 5.3% | ||
| Essam Mostafa | 59.8% | 61.0% | 1.2% | 68.7% | 7.7% |
| Garrett Hien | 53.1% | 51.0% | -2.1% | ||
| Hunter Dickinson | 73.9% | 80.2% | 6.3% | 72.7% | -7.5% |
| Jeff Woodward | 52.9% | 58.9% | 6.0% | ||
| Johnny O'Neil | 62.5% | 57.6% | -4.9% | 61.4% | 3.8% |
| Jordan Brown | 62.3% | 60.0% | -2.3% | ||
| Josh Bannan | 83.8% | 79.0% | -4.8% | 76.9% | -2.1% |
| Josh Cohen | 63.7% | 64.6% | 0.9% | ||
| Liam McChesney | 81.6% | 73.9% | -7.7% | ||
| Matt Rogers | 65.5% | 68.7% | 3.2% | ||
| Max Fiedler | 69.9% | 60.6% | -9.3% | ||
| Mike Marsh | 54.9% | 68.9% | 14.0% | ||
| Moussa Cisse | 32.4% | 56.2% | 23.8% | 41.0% | -15.2% |
| Nelly Junior Joseph | 63.8% | 65.7% | 1.9% | 62.4% | -3.3% |
| Patrick McCaffery | 71.4% | 77.1% | 5.7% | ||
| PJ Hall | 78.1% | 78.6% | 0.5% | ||
| Rienk Mast | 73.1% | 68.8% | -4.3% | 73.6% | 4.8% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 73.6% | 79.5% | 5.9% | ||
| Sam Mennenga | 51.6% | 62.5% | 10.9% | 62.2% | -0.3% |
| Steve Settle III | 76.1% | 79.8% | 3.7% | ||
| Steven Crowl | 80.0% | 63.4% | -16.6% | ||
| Supreme Cook | 58.1% | 63.7% | 5.6% | 63.0% | -0.7% |
| Tim Fuller | 42.9% | 60.8% | 17.9% | ||
| Trayce Jackson-Davis | 67.4% | 69.5% | 2.1% | ||
| Tristan da Silva | 79.7% | 75.5% | -4.2% | ||
| Tsotne Tsartsidze | 78.0% | 66.7% | -11.3% | ||
| Tyson Jackson | 65.8% | 57.0% | -8.8% | ||
| Zach Edey | 64.9% | 73.4% | 8.5% |
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Doing some other good work.
“It means a lot to see some of the smiles on these kids’ faces, just bringing joy into their day,” Clingan said. “Making people happy is something that I’ve always tried to do and seeing these kids, what they go through and the struggle they face, just giving them a little something in their day to make them happy and bring a smile to their face means a lot to me.”
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“It means a lot to see some of the smiles on these kids’ faces, just bringing joy into their day,” Clingan said. “Making people happy is something that I’ve always tried to do and seeing these kids, what they go through and the struggle they face, just giving them a little something in their day to make them happy and bring a smile to their face means a lot to me.”
UConn’s Donovan Clingan makes day for kids at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital through Dunkin’ partnership
UConn men’s basketball star Donovan Clingan, a Bristol native, spent time signing autographs, playing games and talking with the children at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital on Tuesda…
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Doing some other good work.
“It means a lot to see some of the smiles on these kids’ faces, just bringing joy into their day,” Clingan said. “Making people happy is something that I’ve always tried to do and seeing these kids, what they go through and the struggle they face, just giving them a little something in their day to make them happy and bring a smile to their face means a lot to me.”
UConn’s Donovan Clingan makes day for kids at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital through Dunkin’ partnership
UConn men’s basketball star Donovan Clingan, a Bristol native, spent time signing autographs, playing games and talking with the children at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital on Tuesda…
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UConn’s Donovan Clingan makes day for kids at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital through Dunkin’ partnership
We have a good one to root for don't we? Quite a few as of late as Dan Hurley brings in good kids no doubt kudos to him and the staff for staying in that lane!
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