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Hassan Diarra Commits to UConn

Fishy said:
Guessing the wraps up the roster for next season
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We only have 10 Scholarship players. They did mention in an article that Hurley was hoping for 12 Scholarship players in. We still need a couple more developmental players for depth. You don't want to go in the season with only 10 scholarship players.
 
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We need a Castle reclass, especially if he is the one and done player we are expecting. If that happens, I don’t see Johnson playing much as we will likely have a 9-man rotation.
 
We need a few more bodies for practices and depth...some desperate kids in portal hell will be glad to come here even if it's for the end of the bench
 
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ThabeetDown said:
Love the versatility with the team now, especially with the 4-out offense. Pretty much everyone minus Sanogo and Clingan can play multiple positions. We've all been frustrated with a lot of Hurley's lineups more times than not, but he appears to have the right pieces to fit the puzzle now in an ideal offense not being hampered by being forced to play 2 traditional bigs on the court at the same time (Whaley/Sanogo).
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I just like the toolbox nature of our rotation.

Listing the best 2 traits of all our guys, there isn't that much overlap. And when there is, it's shooting. (My nickname for their specialization role in para, think RPG classes).

Newton (Big PG) - Playmaking, Scoring
Alleyne (Sniper) - Shooting, Off ball movement
Diarra (Junkyard Dog) - Energy, Team defender
Hawkins (2G) - Shooting, Scoring
Jackson (Glue guy) - Athletic, Connecting
Karaban (Big Wing Shooter) - Skill for his size, Shooting
Johnson (Pterodactyl) - Rim protection, Shooting
Sanogo (Beast) - Interior scoring, Rebounding
Clingan (Human Mountain) - Literal human mountain, TBD.

Whatever situation arises, we've got a solution.
 
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Matt1010 said:
Seems incredibly risky to go into the season with 10 scholarship players
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Yeah...if the Castle re-class is truly up in the air I think we need to add one more body. Can't go in with only 10 scholarship guys and not be able to play a true 5 v 5 in practice if someone gets hurt. Would prefer a grad transfer type at this point that would only take up a scholarship for one year since we're in on so many 2023 guys. Would also be good with an under the radar type freshman.
 
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navery12 said:
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I mean come on now, this is a lot different than Ramey or most of the guards we’ve discussed all offseason….

But we needed something and I like Diarra’s defense in contrast to Gaffney’s. Solid addition and gives us much more breathing room with guard depth.
 
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If we consider what we lost to graduation/transfers, the new additions are at best equal in value.

Nothing that surpasses them.

Next year’s success will depend on AJacks, Hawks, and Sanogo.
 
auror said:
I just like the toolbox nature of our rotation.

Listing the best 2 traits of all our guys, there isn't that much overlap. And when there is, it's shooting. (My nickname for their specialization role in para, think RPG classes).

Newton (Big PG) - Playmaking, Scoring
Alleyne (Sniper) - Shooting, Off ball movement
Diarra (Junkyard Dog) - Energy, Team defender
Hawkins (2G) - Shooting, Scoring
Jackson (Glue guy) - Athletic, Connecting
Karaban (Big Wing Shooter) - Skill for his size, Shooting
Johnson (Pterodactyl) - Rim protection, Shooting
Sanogo (Beast) - Interior scoring, Rebounding
Clingan (Human Mountain) - Literal human mountain, TBD.

Whatever situation arises, we've got a solution.
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I love this. I wonder how well we'll rebound next year. We were 10th in the nation last season at 40.4 rpg and +7.5 differential. We'll still have Sanogo and Jackson. We'll be taller overall. Tyrese was second on the team at 7.5 rpg.

Any thoughts there? It looks like Newton will be a + from the PG position (4.8 vs Cole's 3.4).
 
Mike Honcho said:
I love this. I wonder how well we'll rebound next year. We were 10th in the nation last season at 40.4 rpg and +7.5 differential. We'll still have Sanogo and Jackson. We'll be taller overall. Tyrese was second on the team at 7.5 rpg.

Any thoughts there? It looks like Newton will be a + from the PG position (4.8 vs Cole's 3.4).
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Better rebounding team overall, but with more offensive efficiency there might be less offensive rebounds.
 
RipCity said:
I mean come on now, this is a lot different than Ramey or most of the guards we’ve discussed all offseason….

But we needed something and I like Diarra’s defense in contrast to Gaffney’s. Solid addition and gives us much more breathing room with guard depth.
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Of course, but don't move the goalposts now. We were discussing Ramey and ended up with Alleyne instead, Diarra is in addition to that. You said we were going into next season with an 8 man rotation (no longer the case, it's 9 with Diarra). You said you no longer expected 2 more impact guards like Hurley said pre-Alleyne, that is no longer the case since we added Alleyne and Diarra

Diarra was literally the exact guard I was talking about when I replied to you with Hurley's quote about adding another ball handler

navery12 said:
First name that comes to mind is Hassan Diarra. Maybe Femi Okudale as well, but not sure how his ball handling is
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navery12 said:
Of course, but don't move the goalposts now. We were discussing Ramey and ended up with Alleyne instead, Diarra is in addition to that. You said we were going into next season with an 8 man rotation (no longer the case, it's 9 with Diarra). You said you no longer expected 2 more impact guards like Hurley said pre-Alleyne, that is no longer the case since we added Alleyne and Diarra

Diarra was literally the exact guard I was talking about when I replied to you with Hurley's quote about adding another ball handler
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Mike Honcho said:
I love this. I wonder how well we'll rebound next year. We were 10th in the nation last season at 40.4 rpg and +7.5 differential. We'll still have Sanogo and Jackson. We'll be taller overall. Tyrese was second on the team at 7.5 rpg.

Any thoughts there? It looks like Newton will be a + from the PG position (4.8 vs Cole's 3.4).
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Probably worse rebounding, but Tom Moore coached teams always rebound well, so who knows? Likely a strength of the team, just not as elite as last year. The Martin/Whaley losses are big on the offensive board front. Jackson was already a great defensive rebounder, but he'll pick up some of the o-reb slack as he'll be playing 4 more and there should be plenty of space to streak in on the weakside. I think Sanogo may be an anthropomorphic vacuum this season (15/22% o/d rebound rates seems possible).

I wouldn't expect much rebounding from Alleyne, and Newton should definitely make up for some of Martin's absence. Hawkins has rebounding potential because he's long and can jump, so we'll see how he does after adding some weight this off-season. Jury is out on Johnson/Karaban.

So basically Newton/Alleyne/Hawkins is likely a modest downgrade from Cole/Martin/Whaley, but Jackson and Sanogo may be even better, so net is a slightly worse rebounding team (and likely playing more guys around the perimeter, so less emphasis on o-rebs).
 
We need a replacement for Tyrese. One more top end, tough rebounding/scoring/defending portal player. Like Pete Nance (dreaming) but why not?
 
I'd still like another body, two if they don't think there's a realistic chance of Castle being here in the fall. Four guards isn't enough to play 3 guards all game every game, and we don't have any big beyond Sanogo that has proven they can play. Guys with potential, yes, but no one proven.

So you keep recruiting, knowing that you're not getting anyone who is only going somewhere to play major minutes, but you want guys who can see the court in an emergency, help your practices and have the chance of playing if they're better than you think and guys we have now aren't as good.
 
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Mike Honcho said:
I love this. I wonder how well we'll rebound next year. We were 10th in the nation last season at 40.4 rpg and +7.5 differential. We'll still have Sanogo and Jackson. We'll be taller overall. Tyrese was second on the team at 7.5 rpg.

Any thoughts there? It looks like Newton will be a + from the PG position (4.8 vs Cole's 3.4).
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The idea is that it won't matter as much because we'll miss fewer easy shots that need rebounding.

We may drop 20+ spots in the rebounding charts, and actually be a better rebounding team. Rebounding (RPG, RPM, ORPG) can be a very misleading stat. If you never miss a shot, statistically you will be the worst offensive rebounding team in the country.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
A sampling of teams that did not fill all of their scholarships:

Duke (10)
Virginia (11)
Virginia Tech (11)
Kentucky (11)
Michigan State (11)
Gonzaga (11)
Purdue (12)
Houston (12)
Baylor (12)
Villanova (12)
Texas (12)
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we really only need 1 more warm body. plus staff needs to focus on '23.

anyone else we bring in cant overlap with our bench guys i.e. diarra, karaban, samson, clingan. our front court players in particular are already going to be fighting for limited PT. that means it has to be a G/W.
 
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bendm said:
we really only need 1 more warm body. plus staff needs to focus on '23.

anyone else we bring in cant overlap too much with our bench guys i.e. diarra, karaban, samson, clingan and our front court players are already going to be fighting for limited PT. that means it has to be a Wing.
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Anybody else we get now is just developmental/depth pieces is someone gets hurt. Probably another guard and wing I'm thinking. This person would probably have a bunch of years left.
 
wheelerdog said:
I think we could use another big
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There's a much bigger need for another combo guard if we're adding guys for emergency depth, we're pretty much set and go 4 deep at the 3-5 spots. And maybe the 2 if Jackson is ever playing there, which he shouldn't need to do

PG: Newton, Diarra, Jackson

SG: Hawkins, Alleyne, Diarra, Jackson

SF: Alleyne, Hawkins, Jackson, Karaban

PF: Johnson, Karaban, Jackson, Springs

C: Sanogo, Clingan, Johnson, Springs
 
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