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Message: [QUOTE="BFieldHusky, post: 2802139, member: 2154"] This is a site that ranks in their mind the Top 144 teams for next year. They have UConn at 94, being the 7th team in the American. Feel like the write up is fair. Totally agree on Gilbert being the wild card. If he is healthy and productive, I maintain that we will be a Top 3-4 team in the American, and an NCAA tournament team. [B]Projection: [/B] [I]Dan Hurley will retain UConn’s star from last season, Jalen Adams, who is back for his senior year. Adams earned second team All-AAC honors behind 18.1 points, 4.7 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game. Adams’ backcourt partner Christian Vital is also back after scoring 14.9 points per game as a sophomore. Adams and Vital give Hurley an experienced backcourt to work with this season. The wildcard for Connecticut’s success this year could be the health of Alterique Gilbert. Gilbert is a former McDonald’s All-American but has only played in nine games in two seasons at UConn. The Huskies would also benefit from a big step forward from Josh Carlton in his sophomore season. Carlton started 17 games as a freshman, but he averaged just 4.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Roleplayers such as Mamadou Diarra, Tyler Polley and Isaiah Whaley also should improve as sophomores this season. The Huskies only have one freshman in this year’s class, but they add a redshirt freshman along with two grad transfers, including Tarin Smith. Smith averaged 12.4 points last year, has played at Nebraska and Duquesne and gives UConn some additional backcourt experience. Dan Hurley won’t get the Huskies back to national relevance in his first season, but this team has the potential to compete in the AAC and possibly get on the NCAA Tournament bubble. [/I] [B]Projected Postseason Tournament: [/B]CBI/CIT [URL="http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/16471"]#94 Connecticut Men's Basketball 2018-2019 Preview[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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