Diarra and Wilson
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CAHUSKY
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Exactly the type of player Calhoun used to recruit. I have no problem with Sid. He clearly has high major athletic ability and will be a heck of a player given some time to mature. He's a freshman, albeit a redshirt. Don't forget that.
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Give Wilson some time. He is a high flying wing with lots of athletic ability. He is the type of player that with the commitment and tutoring will blossom after a few years. I need more time to see him on the court to judge his basketball IQ but once he develops a jumper, he will be a very good player for us.
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You can see the flashes in Sid, he just needs reps in game situations. Hopefully the player we see come March will be vastly different than the one we see now, but he hasn't shown much improvement so far -- albeit he's only played 100 minutes of Divison 1 basketball.
Diarra can provide energy and rebounding -- two things this team needs BADLY -- but who knows what his conditioning/rust will be like if he even plays this year. We were told he'd be ready January/February, but at this point might not be worth playing him and hope for a 6th year of eligibility I suppose.
Diarra can provide energy and rebounding -- two things this team needs BADLY -- but who knows what his conditioning/rust will be like if he even plays this year. We were told he'd be ready January/February, but at this point might not be worth playing him and hope for a 6th year of eligibility I suppose.
HuskyHawk
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On a strong UConn team, Wilson is a deep reserve player as a freshman. And he'd never, even play a minute at the 4. He's a SF or big SG.
Our roster construction has been terrible, because it forces us to play guys out of position. Jalen is a PG. Always has been. Al is PG. With both of them we lack outside shooting so we play our SG, Vital at the SG position. Fortunately he's a good rebounder. We play a big wing like Polley at the 4 and a PF like Cobb and Yawke at Center. Carlton is a center I suppose, just another guy who wouldn't see the floor much until Junior year on a strong team. It was even worse last year.
We are really missing Diarra, who would allow us to play more guys in positions where they can succeed. Last night we also badly missed Yawke.
Our roster construction has been terrible, because it forces us to play guys out of position. Jalen is a PG. Always has been. Al is PG. With both of them we lack outside shooting so we play our SG, Vital at the SG position. Fortunately he's a good rebounder. We play a big wing like Polley at the 4 and a PF like Cobb and Yawke at Center. Carlton is a center I suppose, just another guy who wouldn't see the floor much until Junior year on a strong team. It was even worse last year.
We are really missing Diarra, who would allow us to play more guys in positions where they can succeed. Last night we also badly missed Yawke.
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Typical KO recruit.
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Feel like Gilbert has the smoothest jumpshot. It’s shown when he’s able to take pull up jumpers. Sure Polley and Vital are good spot up (most nights), but their pull ups are clunky.
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If Polley was a threat to shoot and score he wouldn’t be left open so many times, even on the 3-pt. line.
Gilbert needs to live in the film room because most of his mistakes are due to not need playing for 2 years and inexperience. He’ll be a great player for us.
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Looked like he was in between shooting a layup and dunking. Elevation certainly was not the issue on that play.
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Exactly what I saw too, as I swore at the TV screen. He didn't make his mind up about what he was doing with the ball and that caused the miss. We missed wayyyyy too many point blank buckets last night, hard to watch
Another Ollie preexisting injury recruit who will never do anything.
I believe he is too small to compete at this level. A lot of people sing his praises, but I haven't seen anything out of him yet.
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Program is close to becoming a.....
This Is Our 5th Major Blowout This Year
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Seems like a knowledgeable, well-qualified opinion.
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You should have been there in person.
Harder to watch an 8 point lead at the half that should have been 15 points.
Harder to watch the first half and first few minutes of the second half when the "crowd" was so quiet the arena had to play booming music at every break to try to simulate the feeling of life in the building.
Really harder to watch as UConn threw the game away and created a passionate crowd out of the 2,000 fans who sat on their hands until about 5 minutes into the second half.
The Bulls' fans never expected to win. They were resigned to another loss and there was no life and no cheering in the first half and it didn't start until the second half meltdown. Their fans were looking around as if to ask each other, "can this be happening? Could we possibly win this game?"
Looks like the last two years of Ollie's regime despite having some additional experience and a healthy Gilbert.
