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Both had a chance to step up and grab meaningful roles this year due to injury and both didn’t - Stewart had flashes and Ross not so much. One of the keys to the year last year preseason, as identified by pretty much everyone, was the sophomores needing to make a jump to make another deep run. Solo did, the others not so much. As he is once again asking them to make a jump then yes same bet. Argue semantics about what role he envisions etc but that’s the deal
If bringing in Mahaney to compete with Solo, Liam to compete with Ross, and bringing back AK to take Stew’s minutes was considered betting on them, what would've been considered the opposite?

That makes absolutely no sense. Was the staff suppose to ask them to come back and then recruit guys for bench roles over them too?
 
If you’re a top 10 program there is zero point in bringing many 15-20+ HS kids, unless you think there is amazing upside with a year plus of development and the kid is willing to be patient. If they can’t get 15+ minutes as a frosh, pass.

Even a kid like Furphy could likely land more guaranteed PT elsewhere.

The way the economics are currently set with zero guardrails, what is to stop us using Quinnipiac as a minor league program, giving them NIL to help season a kid for a year?
Half of the teams in the elite 8 this year had a big time freshman guard outside of the range you stated. Some of them may have been the best player on the team.

I really hate this completely false narrative that is hurting not only college basketball, but overall American basketball.

Just because we haven't had luck with freshman PGs doesn't mean they don't find success at other places. MOST of the ones from last year did.
 
Hurley did not make this bet last year.

He's actually making the bet for the first time this year because they'll actually be in star/starting roles. Not role players off the bench (if that is the staff expectation for Ross).

I’m not going to debate this because everyone knows where it’ll go with you but given that Hurley abstained from taking a commitment from a transfer that wanted to come to UConn because he didn’t want any of Ross, Stewart or Ball to leave last season he did make that bet. You’re just wrong on this.
 
I’m not going to debate this because everyone knows where it’ll go with you but given that Hurley abstained from taking a commitment from a transfer that wanted to come to UConn because he didn’t want any of Ross, Stewart or Ball to leave last season he did make that bet. You’re just wrong on this.
Why are you framing it like this when the situation was taking Brea at the cost of Ball leaving which was 100% the right choice.

Its okay to agree with me instead of doing weird stuff like this for the sake of trying to make me look wrong.
 
I thought Hurley never promises playing time? Just a chance to compete for and earn it.
You seem to be taking this pretty hard. Refusing to accept the general consensus for why he left so why do you think he left?
 
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Please stop using the MAA “game” as any reference on a player’s ability, it’s like the NBA all-star game, a glorified scrimmage

If you are a consensus top 25-30 player, especially a MAA, it is completely reasonable that you would expect to start or play major minutes. If you get recruited over (or transferred over) and are slated to play 5-10 mins a game, you are wasting a valuable year in the NIL era. Go play elsewhere where you’ll get playing time and some money, then transfer.

Jumping into the portal now just as it’s about to close is also savvy if you’re bag hunting (FWIW I don’t think he was, I think Malachi was what pushed him out) because some P5 school will want to throw both money and playing time at you. We’re lucky to have so much talent on the roster that we’re letting a MAA leave.

Doomed.
He's ranked too highly for what you would be getting next year in a player. It had been talked about a ton here by people who watched him. No knock on him and no sour grapes. He could possibly turn into a great player down the road but it would be incredibly surprising if he's a high level player next year.

We all kind of knew this. He was the first kid who popped for us and he's ranked right there with Mullins and Reibe but we all knew those guys are major pieces for next season and we've all been talking about Furphy a lot more than him despite his ranking. Adams will need development.
 
Neither am I, he's clearly ranked too high it was nice seeing us with the #2 ranked class even though it didn't feel all that legit to me. He's so far away from being physically ready for the Big East and he didn't want to compete for minutes. Good luck to him.
Not ready for demands of Uconn and the Big East. Good luck!!
 
I guess the rumors were true. He must of thought since he was a McDonald's boy that he should at least be a key reserve on our team? He looked way over matched in the McDonald's game physically so not too disappointed but that means we still need 3 more recruits/transfers if Karaban doesn't come back.
Agree completely.
 
Lots of short term thinking in the teen years but he had to realize in the McD's game that he was the least physically ready player on the two teams.

But maybe he believes he has such a high skill level that he can be a player right away............and maybe one or more of his former suitors told him he'll fit right in with their teams............
The sooner he figures out the truth the better. Cannot see him ready in anyway for Uconn and the Big East.
 
I remember cobol in high school 1984 maybe. Our teacher said in our lifetime we will have a powerful computer we can hold in our hand. I should have paid attention.
Business major late 1960's. We had Foretran which was engineering software. I recall seeing the my first Texas Instrument handheld calculator in the early 70's.
 
Half of the teams in the elite 8 this year had a big time freshman guard outside of the range you stated. Some of them may have been the best player on the team.

I really hate this completely false narrative that is hurting not only college basketball, but overall American basketball.

Just because we haven't had luck with freshman PGs doesn't mean they don't find success at other places. MOST of the ones from last year did.
Bro give it up. Your narrative is self soothing. Open up your eyes and look at what’s happening instead of the chocolate factory inside your own head.

Outside of Duke which teams had frosh as their best player? It was no one in F4. You are now making things up.

We are better off finding kids in portal, and it’s starting to show now that we are moving off not only our 2024 frosh crop but one of 2025.

Go find yourself a Time Machine on eBay. The schtick has gotten beyond old.
 
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You say: "The days of loading your bench with young prospects for future years are over in college basketball".

That makes sense when you see transfers like IA, AN and DA, but the NCAA raising roster sizes and scholarship limits makes no sense in this day and age based on how few teams play more than eight in basketball.

Something is up.
They are preparing for the day (that may or may not ever come, by the way) when Auburn and Kentucky will pay more for a Burger Boy to sit on their bench and not play than Creighton or Gonzaga will pay him to start.
 
Bro give it up. Your narrative is self soothing. Open up your eyes and look at what’s happening instead of the chocolate factory inside your own head.

Outside of Duke which teams had frosh as their best player? It was no one in F4. You are now making things up.

We are better off finding kids in portal, and it’s starting to show now that we are moving off not only our 2024 frosh crop but one of 2025.

Go find yourself a Time Machine on eBay. The schtick has gotten beyond old.
Auburn had Petiford. Texas Tech’s best player was Christian Anderson who wasn't even top 100. MSU had Jase Richardson. Bama had Phillip Labron.

Just named 4 teams without naming Duke.
 
You keep pointing to the kid that was brought in to be the starting PG and was quickly relegated to an end of the bench role due to his play as evidence that Hurley does guarantee playing time. It’s quite literally direct evidence against your point.

I think it would be more accurate to say that Hurley guarantees an opportunity to progress as a player. Mahaney got more time than he would have if it were only about the team winning games. They made an effort to develop him, and gave him time to help him learn. He did develop over the course of the season, but too slowly to warrant many minutes in March.
 
Probably best in long term that Adams decommited...because if an all american 'sits' the whole year it may scare off future all americans
May not matter anyway as the only AAs that really matter in their frosh year are top 4-5. This year that is kids like Boozer, AJ, DP and Ament. Even then those teams are unlikely to make a ton of noise without strong upperclassmen leading.

My guess is if this system continues, the movement away from frosh by top programs will be a thing. Pitino already vocal around it. Pearl is going juco and D2 instead. Theyre just not worth the $$ and headache.
 
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I think it would be more accurate to say that Hurley guarantees an opportunity to progress as a player. Mahaney got more time than he would have if it were only about the team winning games. They made an effort to develop him, and gave him time to help him learn. He did develop over the course of the season, but too slowly to warrant many minutes in March.
A commitment id wish he would also make with a talented freshman. (not Adams)
 
May not matter anyway as the only AAs that really matter in their frosh year are top 4-5. This year that is kids like Boozer, AJ, DP and Ament. Even then those teams are unlikely to make a ton of noise without strong upperclassmen leading.

My guess is if this system continues, the movement away from frosh by top programs will be a thing. Pitino already vocal around it. Pearl is going juco and D2 instead. Theyre just not worth the $$ and headache.
Maybe Pitino is onto something not bothering to recruit high school kids.
 
Maybe Pitino is onto something not bothering to recruit high school kids.
We're not exactly going the Pitino route, if Adams were to get minutes off the bench this coming year, I'm sure he doesn't decommit.
 
May not matter anyway as the only AAs that really matter in their frosh year are top 4-5. This year that is kids like Boozer, AJ, DP and Ament. Even then those teams are unlikely to make a ton of noise without strong upperclassmen leading.

My guess is if this system continues, the movement away from frosh by top programs will be a thing. Pitino already vocal around it. Pearl is going juco and D2 instead. Theyre just not worth the $$ and headache.
That's just an insane take, you're gonna try and tell me Liam McNeeley didn't matter for UConn last year? Or Pettiford for Auburn? Or Knueppel for Duke? Or Queen for Maryland? Or Boogie Fland for Arkansas? The list goes on and on
 
Maybe Pitino is onto something not bothering to recruit high school kids.
A great example is Walter Clayton,Jr. He needed time to develop into the player he became at Florida. He was a 3 star comming out of high school, do you think Adams could produce as a 4/5 star ranked player immediately? Good luck to him and hope that he is willing to be coached for 2 or 3 years if he stays with the school.that he chooses. Pitino, I hate to say it, is onto something, I agree.
 
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Freshman will still go to elite programs, and freshman can still develop here perhaps off the bench with playing time is more ideal now.
 
Auburn had Petiford. Texas Tech’s best player was Christian Anderson who wasn't even top 100. MSU had Jase Richardson. Bama had Phillip Labron.

Just named 4 teams without naming Duke.
Jase Richardson is probably the only one you could make a case for and even he shot 10% from the field in their tournament game vs New Mexico, pretty good postseason otherwise.

I will say that saying Christian Anderson was better than JT Toppin is straight up delusion. Toppin had 3 20/10 games and 4 double-doubles while averaging 2.5 blocks a game in the tournament
 


Press are basking in the glory of us losing a top recruit. What a joke. He was going to be our 10th guy off the bench at best.
There is a lot of Hurley Hatred outside UConn Nation.
 
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