Expectations?

[Tenspro2002]

- Toughness
- Playing with pride always
- Mistakes quickly punished and corrected with coaching
- Improvement throughout the year

In terms of W's and L's, probably 18-20 W's, just shy of the bubble, but with positive momentum heading into 2019-20.

 

[buckley503]

'18-'19 NIT
'19-'20 Last 4 In
'20 and forward - avg. 24 win team and regular in the NCAAs (obviously with a downer here and there)

Hurley with a 2o year career in Storrs. JC 2.0.

Not asking too much .

 

[intlzncster]

A lot has to go our way, and tempering expectations is good. But I'd catch a game again downtown next year, whereas last year just felt like the game would be garbage if we caught it.

Absolutely. It's going to be nice to be at least excited for games. My nerves this year had more to do with how bad we were going to look on national TV. I watched one game at a bar this year and pretended to not being doing so for 3/4 of the game. Resigned myself to watching solo from the basement the rest of the season.

 

[8893]

Racking up a lot of offers the last couple of days: Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Providence, Tennessee, Georgetown, Wichita State, Arizona, Seton Hall, Utah, Baylor, and Gonzaga

So we're still the best program to offer him then. Good.

 

[wheelerdog]

Now that its official, what are you expectations for Hurley in his first year? 20 wins, AAC title, or just being competitive in every game. I imagine people just want to see us run an actual offense. With CV, Gilbert and assuming Jalen doesn't change his mind, I feel like this team will be ok. Should be fun again.

My expectation is to not be hopelessly out of a game 5 minutes after the tip.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

To actually looking forward to game days rather than dreading them.

 

[Jaybo]

18-20 wins maybe.

He's taking over for Ollie. not Calhoun.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

- Toughness
- Playing with pride always
- Mistakes quickly punished and corrected with coaching
- Improvement throughout the year

In terms of W's and L's, probably 18-20 W's, just shy of the bubble, but with positive momentum heading into 2019-20.

Give me those first four for now - and I’ll be happy. Kind of like those 3 football wins - you could see the effort, the journey, the improvement over time.

 

[mauconnfan]

Nothing less than a national championship i mean unless mick and bass sold us a bill of goods for a year

 

[BFieldHusky]

Look its way too early to talk about next year. Let's see who stays. Who goes. Who comes in. I think the spring recruiting cycle is going to be INSANE with a lot of coach movement, and FBI talk which has died down because of the tournament, but will come back full circle after the Final 4.

A couple of things in our favor. We have a real coach now. Doesn't underestimate what that can do.

The conference will be better as a whole, but you won't have the "super teams" you had this year in Cincy and Witcha State. It will be wide open.

Assuming most people stay (which is what I and others are hearing) Gilbert becomes the wild card. He is that good. We can't assume he stays healthy, but look at the difference with him this year. He alone gets you 5 more wins.

 

[KemBaller]

If JA stays I think the team wins 7-8 more games and is around the bubble. Think the upgrade in coaching will be apparent very early on. Beyond that I think it'll take 3+ years for Hurley to get his kids in here and build the program back to being a consistent presence.

 

[PRHusky]

We better not have to wait until 20-21 to make the tournament as many are implying here. If we do, that would be four straight years without making the tournament. Not an option.

If Jalen returns and Hurley is as good as we are hoping he is, we should be good enough to make the tournament next year.

 

[Kemba429]

Expectations? Lol, I just want to get started by going above .500. We can talk about tourney wins and everything when we cross that road.

 

[Huskymagic]

Now that its official, what are you expectations for Hurley in his first year? 20 wins, AAC title, or just being competitive in every game. I imagine people just want to see us run an actual offense. With CV, Gilbert and assuming Jalen doesn't change his mind, I feel like this team will be ok. Should be fun again.

NCAA tournament is the expectation for next year. From our conference and with Adams, CV, Wilson, Polley, Gilbert, we should be competing to make the tournament.

Don't expect a long rebuild especially if Hurley is able to also bring in Jermaine Harris plus keep James Akinjo, we will be the most talented team in the AAC with a good coach finally.

PS: MAKE IT RAIN DAN HURLEY! UCONN NATION BACK IN FULL FORCE

 

[djct1999]

I expect Hurley to kill it both on the court and with recruits. He will bring UConn back to the promise land.

 

[Whtdmd]

I expect Hurley to kill it both on the court and with recruits. He will bring UConn back to the promise land.

Oh come on. Its already ridiculous how many people r anointing Hurley the new Caesar. What has he done so far to deserve this? He is just a bunch of energy, there r big questions about his coaching n recruiting. He never lost less then 10 games per yr till this yr in two low level leagues. If u ever meet Huley; u will find out that he is somewhat Dorky, more Bud Bundy then Tom Brady for sure. I am not going to the coronation

 

[djct1999]

Oh come on. Its already ridiculous how many people r anointing Hurley the new Caesar. What has he done so far to deserve this? He is just a bunch of energy, there r big questions about his coaching n recruiting. He never lost less then 10 games per yr till this yr in two low level leagues. If u ever meet Huley; u will find out that he is somewhat Dorky, more Bud Bundy then Tom Brady for sure. I am not going to the coronation

His resume speaks for itself. All he has done is succeeded everywhere he went. He was a champion at high level high school, at Wagner, and at URI. That's all he knows. That's what he will bring to UConn.

 

[Whtdmd]

His resume speaks for itself. All he has done is succeeded everywhere he went. He was a champion at high level high school, at Wagner, and at URI. That's all he knows. That's what he will bring to UConn.

Fair enough, the success were at the low levels. We r paying high D1 salaries for someone who has not developed a NBA player, only went to 2 ncaa and has not won a conference tourney in 8 yrs. The expectations r too high. His salary is too high

 

[junglehusky]

I'd like to see improvement over the course of the season. I'd like to see a couple games against the top AAC teams where we don't fade in the last 5-10 minutes. I'd like to see a defense-first philosophy, although that can take time and recruiting. I'd like to see team hustle and grittiness, and I'll stop there so I don't reel off too many cliches.

 

[Stainmaster]

Oh come on. Its already ridiculous how many people r anointing Hurley the new Caesar. What has he done so far to deserve this? He is just a bunch of energy, there r big questions about his coaching n recruiting. He never lost less then 10 games per yr till this yr in two low level leagues. If u ever meet Huley; u will find out that he is somewhat Dorky, more Bud Bundy then Tom Brady for sure. I am not going to the coronation

I thought you were back to rooting for St. John’s?

 

[EROCK CONN]

My expectation - we better be in the final four come Monday....then, minimum 8-peat

 

[BlueDogs]

Listen, I'll be fine if it takes us two years to win a national title. Other than that, my only expectation is that Dan Hurley thanks the Boneyard in the introductory presser. If he fails to do that, welcome to the hot seat

All seriousness, BY did play a role in shaping the conversation and the media went to the BY for content and take pulse of the fan base.

 

[jibsey]

KO lowered the bar to near the floor. He lost both recruits and valued team members. Last years team was basicallynoncompetitive against good teams. Teams we should have stomped pushed us to the wire and many times beat us. I knew by Dec 31st that we were toasted. This season I just want to have hope by that date which means I will like basketball again. I don’t expect greatness the first year but need to see competence from both the staff and the players.

 

[SixRings]

I want passion. Expletives are expected every few minutes. I want players to take responsibility and zebras to have fear. I miss JC.

 

[uconnphil2016]

All seriousness, BY did play a role in shaping the conversation and the media went to the BY for content and take pulse of the fan base.

Always do. They rarely talk about us (though they've acknowledged it more recently), but I genuinely think a lot of their insight comes from us. I was literally quoted in the New London Day by DiMauro

 

[Whtdmd]

KO lowered the bar to near the floor. He lost both recruits and valued team members. Last years team was basicallynoncompetitive against good teams. Teams we should have stomped pushed us to the wire and many times beat us. I knew by Dec 31st that we were toasted. This season I just want to have hope by that date which means I will like basketball again. I don’t expect greatness the first year but need to see competence from both the staff and the players.

He won the NCAA championship. Most people wait a lifetime for a moment like this and still don't get it

 

[Dizzy21]

Fair enough, the success were at the low levels. We r paying high D1 salaries for someone who has not developed a NBA player, only went to 2 ncaa and has not won a conference tourney in 8 yrs. The expectations r too high. His salary is too high

He won a conference tourney last year.

 

[polycom]

Oh come on. Its already ridiculous how many people r anointing Hurley the new Caesar. What has he done so far to deserve this? He is just a bunch of energy, there r big questions about his coaching n recruiting. He never lost less then 10 games per yr till this yr in two low level leagues. If u ever meet Huley; u will find out that he is somewhat Dorky, more Bud Bundy then Tom Brady for sure. I am not going to the coronation

Why do you need to be unreasonable all the time?

 

[Stainmaster]

Why do you need to be unreasonable all the time?

This is why:

Guess I will have to go back and root for St Johns now.

 

[Chief00]

I agree that would be nice
But please note that a few of Dan Hurley's teams have tanked late in the season
But just having a new face brings new energy so that is what I am looking for as a starter
As far as who stays and who goes that is all speculative as is the crap that more would leave if KO stayed - all speculation
If all the players remain - there is a good working nucleus to work from and post season play is a reality
I'm hoping for the best because UConn needs to be good, better and best - real soon

Interesting post and got Chief thinking about Calhoun’s transition @ UConn of trying to winning every game, to being a tournament team, then Elite 8 and getting to the F4 and winning NC’s all in the same step. Jim adjusted his approach, he told me he tried to make the tournament fun, an opportunity and that took some pressure off and players performed better - were not tight. I also thought of Ed Cooley - is he ever getting past the first tournament weekend or where is Mick Cronin’s ceiling?