His name...is Adama Sanogo

[Dove]

!!

The rebounds.
The hustle.
That hook shot.

:Jack Nicholson nodding gif:

 

[jibsey]

Nice soft touch from in close too.

 

[bigknight3]

I've shouted:

OK SANOGO! and OH SANOGO!

After the offensive rebound and put back baskets.

He might be over aggressive on some of his hedgesand forced the defense to have to rotate behind him. But that can be fixed.

 

[Dove]

The block!!

 

[BGesus4]

Hard to see how he doesn't start before too long

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Hard to see how he doesn't start before too long

Hard to see him not starting on Friday.

 

[Zionn]

No one stopping the A-Train!!!!!

 

[uchusky32]

Great control of body to pin opponent the soft left hook.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

I’m sticking to my prediction. Adama will be starting by January. Dude is going to be a MONSTER.

 

[husky429]

So fundamentally sound. Strong. Great positioning. Perfect college level big man.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Sanogoooooooo!

I know it’s “just CCSU”, but Very, very impressive debut.

 

[vtmikeb]

I’m in love with Sanogo.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I’m sticking to my prediction. Adama will be starting by January. Dude is going to be a MONSTER.

Absolutely nothing about him looks like a freshman big in his first ever college game.

 

[The Viking]

For a strong frosh big to have the touch he has around the hoop is very impressive.

 

[KembaMan15]

He has a soft touch at the rim while still being mega strong with his moves. It is awesome to see!

 

[Obrero]

That guy has an NBA body already, and he showed a nice touch around the rim tonight. Me likee.

 

[auror]

He has to be in the game anytime we are zoned. He will get every offensive rebound.

 

[Kenny11]

We all love him already. NBA game has changed so much that he wouldn’t fit in...so he’s going wreak havoc at uconn for at least 3 years

 

[UCPharma11]

SANNNNNOOOOOOOOGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[UCPharma11]

Also is he a lefty?? or Ambidextrous??? I saw a few sweet left handed finishes!!

 

[uconngb]

His +/- was 15 in 17 minutes. Impressive.

 

[Jimdish255]

Sonogo has some inside swag that makes him almost impossible to deal with down low. Gonna be a logjam in the paint soon.

 

[husky429]

Also is he a lefty?? or Ambidextrous??? I saw a few sweet left handed finishes!!

Right handed... but he has a fantastic left hand hook shot. Makes things so easy when a player is ambidextrous

 

[UConn2SF]

Could've sworn the mic picked up a ccsu player say "well, that's a no go" after getting into the paint and finding Adama waiting.

 

[3rdbass]

So composed in the post and he just gets great position. He can play defense too. Yeah it looks like Whaley is going to back him up in not too much time. Carlton will probably not see time at all. Carlton can't play a lick of defense.

 

[SaeHusky]

I've shouted:

OK SANOGO! and OH SANOGO!

After the offensive rebound and put back baskets.

He might be over aggressive on some of his hedgesand forced the defense to have to rotate behind him. But that can be fixed.

Yes his hedging needs to be fixed!! However he looked great on the offensive end of the court

 

[SaeHusky]

Hard to see him not starting on Friday.

A lot to like for sure but he's not starting over Whaley anytime soon. His half court defense is a work in progress. Needs to learn how to hard hedge and get back to his guy

 

[Chin Diesel]

Hard to see him not starting on Friday.

He ain't starting Friday. Great game by him. Hands, position and timing on offensive boards are impressive. They'd be impressive for a senior with 100 college games under his belt. For a frosh in his first game? Really impressive.

That being said Pork Chop was active and played well as the starting five. You'll see the same five starting Friday as you saw today.

 

[glastonbury50]

So fundamentally sound. Strong. Great positioning. Perfect college level big man.

He leaves his feet a bit on defense which concerns me for better competition.

 

[krinklecut]

Could've sworn the mic picked up a ccsu player say "well, that's a no go" after getting into the paint and finding Adama waiting.

‘sanogo