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Darius Adams Decommits from UConn

Inyatkin said:
Leadership and continuity are valuable, no doubt. But "a guy like Donnell Beverly is who will get me excited" is so odd. You'd be excited about a guy who hardly plays for four years?
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Calling Johnny Gwynn
 
Calculated risk by Hurley and co.

Darius committed way back before the transfer portal opened, when we had a guard lineup like this:

PG: Nowell
SG: Ball / Mullins / Mahaney

So he would definitely get minutes at PG, and could get some at SG depending if a 3 guard lineup was being utilized.

But post transfers (thus far) he sees:

PG: Silas Demary, Jr / Malachi Smith
SG: Ball / Mullins

So he would be 3rd in either PG or SG. Notwithstanding that Smith is on a one-year run, he would get minutes next year.

But as Nowell was in the same boat of being 3rd and he hit the transfer, Darius did similar in decommitting for the same reason: If you are 3rd in line, you get scraps for minutes (see Abraham, Singare, Nowell).
 
HooperScooper said:
I'll post this for the 3rd time in this thread. Last fall he was expected to be behind Mahaney and Nowell at the 1. They were both expected to be really good at UConn at that time. There were 2 other recruits at the 2/3 in his class and last fall you could say Ross at the 2/3 would also be ahead of him. So nothing really has changed since November when he signed on as far as expectations for the roster. I guess he finally realized he just can't compete as a freshman at UConn because there are always going to be good players here.
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Your posts are far too rational for this board
 
Rick Pitino had transfers
Steve Pikiell had McDs

I haven't read this entire thread but the winning strategy seems to be a combination of both, for now. Probably leaning more and more towards transfers.
 
mike012 said:
Unless it’s Stephon Castle or Cooper Flagg. Freshman aren’t what they used to be. You can find someone in the portal that has proven experience.
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Kinda disagree with this.
Jeremiah Fears and Tre Johnson took us to the woodshed.

But, yes, the days of five freshman is over. The proven play style fit is more guaranteed through the portal. Personal & mental maturity, I’d rather be recruiting guys for 3 years to be sure.

A delicate dance.
 
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Holloway seems to struggle with the GM aspect of his job, if in fact he does have NIL/Rev $$. That is where that delicate balance is decided upon. Feel good having Tom Moore in the GM role to go along with Hurley Kimani and Luke. Alot of Basketball brain power there.
 
AllHusky said:
Holloway seems to struggle with the GM aspect of his job, if in fact he does have NIL/Rev $$. That is where that delicate balance is decided upon. Feel good having Tom Moore in the GM role to go along with Hurley Kimani and Luke. Alot of Basketball brain power there.
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And Nardi
 
HuskyHawk said:
In my case, I expect Mullins is a one and done. Maybe. I think Reibe is a project. Had Adams stayed I would expect him to be our best player in 26-27 and possibly a lottery pick.

I think there is a near 0% chance that our two portal guards are better than Adams next season (26-27). So it's a short term move and yes, Hurley can bring in a new freshman for next year so maybe it doesn't matter. But Adams was a very good fit for our system. In part, as an occasional Kansas fan, I watched them lose guys like Zuby chasing more experienced players. It didn't work out. Cost them Bidunga now too.
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In the portal/nil era, not a soul cares if somebody will be our best anything in 2026-27. The player doesn’t. The coach doesn’t. The fans don’t. What matters is this season coming up. Think about it. If Hurley announced he was trying to build a team that would be ready to play for a national championship in 2027, not next season, this place would melt down. You can do that in the NBA but not in high level college basketball.
 
Everyone in 247’s top 50 is committed except decommits Acaden Lewis and Darius Adams. Teams are plugging roster gaps in the transfer portal by the hour

If Acaden and Darius want to get big minutes on high major teams, feels like they should find a home soon or else they risk picking a losing program at the last second?
 
I was surprised that Demary is still weighing his option to go pro. What happens if he does? I am sure there must be a contingency plan for this right? What if Adams holds off committing to another a team until July? Could he possibly end up recommitting to UConn if Demary decides to go pro? Sorry if this is a stupid question.
 
Prior to NIL you had to consider if you are a guard and you commit to a team and they have 1-2 guards ahead of you - what does this do to my playing time? Adams committed in October '24, and now with Demary, Smith, Ball, Mullins, that would be too many.

Now with NIL, you lose money if you ride the pine, so yeah, it's a bigger deal in the NIL world because now money is on the table.
 
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