Former Huskies (transfers) - December

[Hans Sprungfeld]

LOL, just saw the face and the manic yelling, didn’t bother reading.

At first, I thought, "When did he go to the Warriors?"

 

[Huskyforlife]

I could see Abraham growing into a really nice piece for a contender his senior year. He’s got the tools to be elite on defense/boards as a versatile wing/forward like Stewart. His teams will always need strong offensive players to surround him with, similar to how we use Ross.

 

[Scrutineer]

So Hurley was right? wow.

It's puzzling how our staff was so wrong on both Diggins and Nowell even though both were mvp's of the Catholic league.
After learning of how tough life had been for Nowell and how strong a player and leader he'd been in high school I was hoping he would be a great lead guard for us.

 

[brihman]

Nowell didn’t play in VCUs 81-78 loss to UNM tonight

You hate to see it

 

[Jholla2183]

It's puzzling how our staff was so wrong on both Diggins and Nowell even though both were mvp's of the Catholic league.
After learning of how tough life had been for Nowell and how strong a player and leader he'd been in high school I was hoping he would be a great lead guard for us.

Just because nowell needs to grow into the college game doesn’t mean anyone was wrong on him. Literally First 10 games of playing any real time at the college level. Kid has the skills… let’s wait til he’s played 2 seasons at least.

 

[businesslawyer]

There have been a few UConn transfers who had success elsewhere, but not a single guy we've missed. I'm sure it'll happen at some point, but nothing even debatable so far

I know he became persona non grata because of social media crap, but the thought we didn’t miss AO in ‘13 while we were starting Phil Nolan is just silly.

 

[willie99]

I know he became persona non grata because of social media crap, but the thought we didn’t miss AO in ‘13 while we were starting Phil Nolan is just silly.

We had a good year in 2013, but we had a post season ban. So we weren't going anywhere anyhow

We won it all one year later. For me, it's easy to look past AO. He made his bed

 

[UCan3]

Mahaney with 26 yesterday in an OT win over Long Beach State (7-16, 1-5 3FG, 11-11 FT). Missed the 3 to win at the end of regulation but started OT with a bucket. Had 3 assists and 2 turnovers.

Nowell with just 5 minutes tonight in a lopsided win over Samford (2 points, 1 assist). A quick 3 minute shift in the first half and the final 2 minutes of garbage time (when he had a layup). They played a lot of guys - but he was their 11th man.

Earlier this week: Abraham with a solid 11 on 4-7 in 18 minutes of a win over UMBC. Adams was 3-12 for 12 points (2-4 on 3s, 4-6 on FTs) with two assists and one TO in a win over Wagner.

Love to see this with Mahaney. I root for him to do well - he did the best he could while here - and thought there was room for him if he stayed and worked at this game to fit our style. But I get why he left - 100%.

Nowell just didn’t seem to fit in any way with our style of play, Nice to see Abraham do well!

 

[navery12]

I know he became persona non grata because of social media crap, but the thought we didn’t miss AO in ‘13 while we were starting Phil Nolan is just silly.

The conversation was about transfers under Dan Hurley

 

[boog204]

Love to see this with Mahaney. I root for him to do well - he did the best he could while here - and thought there was room for him if he stayed and worked at this game to fit our style. But I get why he left - 100%.

Nowell just didn’t seem to fit in any way with our style of play, Nice to see Abraham do well!

Yep, Mahaney never sulked, he (or his family) never complained on social media, hell, his biggest fan here was positive and didn't make excuses. I'm happy he's doing well back home. I really, really thought he would succeed here.

I never got the allure of Nowell. Even his high school highlights screamed undersized guard who could bully his way to the hoop, a la a million others. Even Taliek was that guy. But Taliek had significantly more quickness and floor general skills so his total lack of shooting ability was too much of an issue.

Adams, despite his shooting woes, has talent, and he'll be a good scorer for Maryland for a few years. Just has to catch up physically.

Abraham will also be a good four-year player for someone. He's the symbol for the type of guy we won't recruit anymore. The days of us taking a top 75-100 recruit and thinking he can learn and develop on the bench are over. He would have never played here, as we would have always upgraded in the portal or had a returnee in his spot. He would not have played this year behind AK, Stew, and Ross, and would've, at best, backed up Stew and whoever else we bring in at the "4" through the portal next year.

 

[REB1094]

VCU plays a really bad Niagara team today. Hopefully there are some minutes to be found for Nowell

I don’t think Abraham is playing bad per se. He’s the 5th option in the starting 5 and has a couple decent games to show for it. I think he’ll have a solid career at GTown if they stick with him. Never a star, but a good role player

Singare got a season high 17 minutes last night. 2 points, 2 rebounds in an OT loss

Adams has had a rough start in B10 play. 8 points on 1-6 vs Iowa, 7 points on 3-10 against Michigan

 

[Palatine]

Just because nowell needs to grow into the college game doesn’t mean anyone was wrong on him. Literally First 10 games of playing any real time at the college level. Kid has the skills… let’s wait til he’s played 2 seasons at least.

Just a few years ago, if a freshman got into a game and contributed a basket or two or made a play, that would be seen as sign of the players potential. Not so any more. Either produce immediately or your spot on the roster is considered wasted.

Rashool Diggens has a nice senior season at UMass. 17 PPG, 3 APG. But he lasted a millisecond at UConn.

Not saying it's right or wrong. Diggins was unprepared and had serious flaws in his game. Just saying that is the way it is today.

 

[boog204]

Just a few years ago, if a freshman got into a game and contributed a basket or two or made a play, that would be seen as sign of the players potential. Not so any more. Either produce immediately or your spot on the roster is considered wasted.

Rashool Diggens has a nice senior season at UMass. 17 PPG, 3 APG. But he lasted a millisecond at UConn.

Not saying it's right or wrong. Diggins was unprepared and had serious flaws in his game. Just saying that is the way it is today.

Agreed... but Nowell looked totally overmatched in his time. He could barely handle the ball, looked slow, and couldn't guard a chair. We literally played a Hass on one leg, a 2G in Aidan, or McNeeley at the point over Nowell because he just couldn't do it. The fact that Nowell is barely a part of mid-major rotation speaks that he was not a high D1 player. Diggins was the same, and with the way CBB works now, there is zero time for development unless the player is willing to sit and bide his time over taking $$ somewhere else.

 

[businesslawyer]

The conversation was about transfers under Dan Hurley

Huh? The thread has numerous comments about those who transferred out in the Calhoun and Ollie years. I didn't bring AO up -- I commented on what someone said.

But when I need someone to police my posts I will be sure to DM you and give you first shot at it.

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Abrahams is solid for GTown …tough makes the hustle plays & very solid on Defense. He’s basically in the same spot as Ross & Stew

 

[navery12]

Huh? The thread has numerous comments about those who transferred out in the Calhoun and Ollie years. I didn't bring AO up -- I commented on what someone said.

But when I need someone to police my posts I will be sure to DM you and give you first shot at it.

This is funny when you were the only who replied to MY post policing what I said. I wouldn't have said anything to you if you didn't quote my post calling me out for being "wrong" without understanding what I was saying

 

[businesslawyer]

We had a good year in 2013, but we had a post season ban. So we weren't going anywhere anyhow

We won it all one year later. For me, it's easy to look past AO. He made his bed

You are totally free to look past whoever or whatever you want. And like all of us, of course he made his bed. That has little to do of course as to whether him having stayed for that year would have made us a significantly better team. Of course it would have. For everything that went wrong in 2012, AO’s plus/minus over the course of the year was significantly better than Drummond’s. If AO played, we might have won the Big EAst regular season.

 

[PNolanFan]

Speculating about why a player didnt hit or a miss evaluation always felt like a fools errand to me. When I look at Diggins and Nowell I saw players that had the right traits to develop into great UConn players. However for whatever reason they didnt develop. It could be a million different things but at the end of day outside of the truly special players we are all reliant on guys getting better every month

 

[boog204]

Speculating about why a player didnt hit or a miss evaluation always felt like a fools errand to me. When I look at Diggins and Nowell I saw players that had the right traits to develop into great UConn players. However for whatever reason they didnt develop. It could be a million different things but at the end of day outside of the truly special players we are all reliant on guys getting better every month

Based on HS? Because it seemed pretty evident, immediately, that neither of those two could play here. The coaches clearly recognized it, too. Obviously, recruiting and everything that goes with it is a very inexact science. But there's no way you could look at Nowell, especially post-injury last year, and think that he could play at our level. He could barely handle the ball. You balance that out with someone like Ross, who made mental mistakes, but showed enough physical potential that you knew he could absolutely contribute at some point. That was evident even in his garbage time his Fr. year.

 

[Gurleyman]

Nowell played 8 minutes in an 84-58 win over Niagara - took one shot (a missed three), and ended with two assists.

Had two quick fouls 10 seconds apart in the first half and came out or perhaps he’d have had a little more run. But looks like the 10th man in their rotation.

 

[Shamon30]

Roumoglou with 12 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast, and 3 steals for Richmond in a 3 point loss to Elon.

 

[Gurleyman]

Mahaney with a good bounce back game with 18 on 7-12 shooting - but it came in a 3-point loss to the Green Bay Fightin’ Gottliebs.

 

[AdamaNation]

Without and data to back it up, Alex Oriakhi and Roscoe Smith come to mind.

Curtis Kelley also thrived in kstate.

 

[AdamaNation]

Carlton was good for Houston. Both sides helped him move on to a place that would really work for him.

It’s water under the bridge now, but Floyd really listened to the wrong people.

Yes on Josh. He was also all conference senior year at Houston.

 

[HCCForever]

Curtis Kelley also thrived in kstate.

Curtis reminds me of Coach Frank Martin. I believe he was HC of KState at the time and then went to South Carolina and brought a team to the Final Four. And now he’s at UMass. Fortunes can change quickly as a Head Coach.