Eric Reibe is a 'cheat code' on court. Off the court? He's a 'Dan Hurley guy'

[HooperScooper]

Article from Borges on Eric Reibe, who was at the game on Saturday. Hurley loved that F-Bomb Reibe used during his announcement for UConn. Says this year's team is too nice and he needs to recruit more a-hs. Lol

"What's exciting is you hear a lot of the same things that were said about Donovan," Hurley said. "Obviously, with the way that we play defense, he's going to have to make an adjustment to our defensive style. But, I think the way we play is going to help unleash him becoming a rim protector and covering the court. In a similar way that Donovan had questions at Bristol Central. People would come up to me and ask, 'Is he going to play his freshman year? Is he mobile enough?'"

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/eric-reibe-dan-hurley-uconn-huskies-20026910.php

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UConn 7-foot recruit Eric Reibe is a 'cheat code' on court. Off the court? He's a 'Dan Hurley guy'​

 

[boog204]

Article from Borges on Eric Reibe, who was at the game on Saturday. Hurley loved -bomb Reibe used during his announcement for UConn. Says this year's team is too nice and he needs to recruit more a-h. Lol

"What's exciting is you hear a lot of the same things that were said about Donovan," Hurley said. "Obviously, with the way that we play defense, he's going to have to make an adjustment to our defensive style. But, I think the way we play is going to help unleash him becoming a rim protector and covering the court. In a similar way that Donovan had questions at Bristol Central. People would come up to me and ask, 'Is he going to play his freshman year? Is he mobile enough?'"

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/eric-reibe-dan-hurley-uconn-huskies-20026910.php

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UConn 7-foot recruit Eric Reibe is a 'cheat code' on court. Off the court? He's a 'Dan Hurley guy'​

Love it... Good to see that Borges is butchering names, too. Jacob, not Johnny, Furphy...

 

[UCONNFAN179]

Exciting prospect... but let's not get too excited with unrealistic expectations... he was abused by Boozer a couple of weeks ago

 

[BFieldHusky]

Exciting prospect... but let's not get too excited with unrealistic expectations... he was abused by Boozer a couple of weeks ago

Needs to get a lot stronger but he knows that. Will be a nice project for our SC.

 

[Mazhude]

Rib eye is a great nickname!

 

[Deepster]

Exciting prospect... but let's not get too excited with unrealistic expectations... he was abused by Boozer a couple of weeks ago

Boneyard is always gonna Boneyard.

 

[El Obrero]

Is Kalkbrenner a fair comp to Reibe game-wise? (We could go places with that kinda game!)

 

[auror]

Is Kalkbrenner a fair comp to Reibe game-wise? (We could go places with that kinda game!)

Not as good defensively. Much more skilled offensively. Takes like 4 threes a game.

 

[BGesus4]

Not as good defensively. Much more skilled offensively. Takes like 4 threes a game.

Also surely not as much of a goober

 

[boog204]

Not as good defensively. Much more skilled offensively. Takes like 4 threes a game.

Reibe is much more skilled offensively? Kalkbrenner is at 17/8 on 67/43/70 this year.

 

[gsmooth]

Reibe is much more skilled offensively? Kalkbrenner is at 17/8 on 67/43/70 this year.

yes, ball handling and shooting 3s. Reibe is more like Danny Wolf.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Reibe is much more skilled offensively? Kalkbrenner is at 17/8 on 67/43/70 this year.

He said skilled, not efficient.

 

[El Obrero]

Whatever. That F-Bomb deserves a place on the wall in the practice facility!

 

[superjohn]

Reibe is much more skilled offensively? Kalkbrenner is at 17/8 on 67/43/70 this year.

Yes

 

[August_West]

yes, ball handling and shooting 3s. Reibe is more like Danny Wolf.

He goes to Michigan. It’s over.

 

[caw]

He goes to Michigan. It’s over.

Michigan you say...did not know that. Has it been mentioned before?

 

[JungleLobo]

‘Obviously, with the way that we play defense, he's going to have to make an adjustment to our defensive style.’

How hard is it to forget to play defense?

 

[Palatine]

I just realized I live 8 miles from his high school, right across the street from my "home" golf course. I might go to his next home game on the 14th. If I do I will give a little review of the game.

 

[UCONNFAN179]

Boneyard is always gonna Boneyard.

Just saying, don't expect a Clingan type impact year one. He's an exciting PROSPECT

 

[Excalibur]

Just saying, don't expect a Clingan type impact year one. He's an exciting PROSPECT

You forget what the consensus was surrounding Clingan before he played a game for us.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Reibe is much more skilled offensively? Kalkbrenner is at 17/8 on 67/43/70 this year.

Yeah but Kalk’s like 35…

 

[boog204]

Yeah but Kalk’s like 35…

True... Just trying to temper expectations a little bit that Reibe is already better offensively than one of the best offensive centers in CBB. Seems like peak Boneyardin' to me. Same board that "expected" 20/10 from Ater Majok and a lottery pick year from Jaylin THIS year. Reibe is a great prospect. Love his game. But he'll be a 15-20 minute guy at most next year I think. His soph year, if he's here, will be the year to see the full package (that's sounds wrong.)

 

[HooperScooper]

yes, ball handling and shooting 3s. Reibe is more like Danny Wolf.

Could we see double bigs a little next year with Reibe and Reed?

Michigan has two very big reasons for its quick change into one of the surprisingly good teams in college basketball: Vlad Goldin and Danny Wolf. The tall-towers duo has started every game, averaging more than a combined 52 minutes. What Wolf and Goldin are doing is not merely unusual, it's unparalleled this season and in recent history. They're both 7 feet tall: Goldin at 7-1 and Wolf 7-even.

How many other teams play two 7-footers together? Michigan is the only one of 364.

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