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How Great Is Our Freshman Clingan?

RichZ said:
Actually one of the often used disses of Clingan among bball 'experts' before he arrived was that he stayed in the local school system and never really played against high level competition.
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I was being generous and considering travel/AAU high level
 
I don't post very often, but in my opinion, Clingan is our best overall player and has been the most consistent performer of all our players through the first 18 games of the season, period!

He needs to start and play the majority of minutes at the center position for every game going forward. I think that everyone on this team, including Sanogo knows this to be true. They see him and play against him in practice every day. Clingan is growing before our eyes, and everyone can see it and the players know it.

I believe Sanogo has put additional pressure on himself to perform at the highest of levels since the PK tourney, where Clingan (not Sanogo) was the MVP. Sanogo has not handled the pressure well (largely underperforming in conference play).

This team was supposed to be about how far the big three (Sanogo, Hawkins, Jackson) could take us. My view is this team goes as far as Clingan can take us, if given the opportunity with buy in from staff and players. The sooner that Hurley and the players understand and accept this reality, the better a season that we will have.

It became crystal clear to me yesterday, that if Clingan played more last night (and in our previous 2 losses), we would have likely won. His presence is a relief value for the rest of the players, and they perform better with him on the floor.

Clingan is a game changer and could turn out to be the best center we have ever had play at UCONN. I cannot think of many other UCONN players as freshman (at any position) in our history that I have been higher on, than I am on him. Time for coach to figure out his rotations to put us in the best position to beat the top teams in the nation and compete for a final four/championship.
 
Askgreek said:
I don't post very often, but in my opinion, Clingan is our best overall player and has been the most consistent performer of all our players through the first 18 games of the season, period!

He needs to start and play the majority of minutes at the center position for every game going forward. I think that everyone on this team, including Sanogo knows this to be true. They see him and play against him in practice every day. Clingan is growing before our eyes, and everyone can see it and the players know it.

I believe Sanogo has put additional pressure on himself to perform at the highest of levels since the PK tourney, where Clingan (not Sanogo) was the MVP. Sanogo has not handled the pressure well (largely underperforming in conference play).

This team was supposed to be about how far the big three (Sanogo, Hawkins, Jackson) could take us. My view is this team goes as far as Clingan can take us, if given the opportunity with buy in from staff and players. The sooner that Hurley and the players understand and accept this reality, the better a season that we will have.

It became crystal clear to me yesterday, that if Clingan played more last night (and in our previous 2 losses), we would have likely won. His presence is a relief value for the rest of the players, and they perform better with him on the floor.

Clingan is a game changer and could turn out to be the best center we have ever had play at UCONN. I cannot think of many other UCONN players as freshman (at any position) in our history that I have been higher on, than I am on him. Time for coach to figure out his rotations to put us in the best position to beat the top teams in the nation and compete for a final four/championship.
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In addition, the more our guards work with Clingan the better he’ll get fed by them. Sanogo has great skills, footwork and moves when he’s not trying to do too much and we’re lucky to have him. Can we not maximize both of these guys?
 
Chin Diesel said:
The best play was when he caught the high lob and all put in the reverse layup all in one motion without hesitation. He also had a great catch, turn and shoot where he avoided lunging in to the Marquette player who had come from the weakside to take a charge.

yes, he was very good last night.

Let's put this to rest. A very good night from Clingan will produce less points than a very good night from Sanogo.

Sanogo can go for 25 points against good D1 competition. He has two double digit rebounding games- Butler and BU. He had nine against Creighton. He has 13 blocks on the season.

When Clingan is on, he can score 15-20 points. But he rebounds and blocks shots at a much higher rate. When Clingan is playing his A game he effects and controls both ends of the court.
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I think you’re being nice to Sanogo here when it comes to points.

DC has 2 games this year where he hit 20 and it’s been in 15 mins and 21 mins. When he’s on (and not even with any game that we’ve seen outside of 5’) he can get 30 if he plays the minutes. Absolutely dominating and can get it done in the flow of an offense which is important. Everything doesn’t have to stall for him to be effective.

After another summer in the gym with how hard he works and a green light he’ll be in serious consideration for NPOY. Top 5 pick candidate.
 
jibsey said:
In addition, the more our guards work with Clingan the better he’ll get fed by them. Sanogo has great skills, footwork and moves when he’s not trying to do too much and we’re lucky to have him. Can we not maximize both of these guys?
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That is what Hurley gets paid $4MM to figure out...just saying, I would hope so...
 
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It will be fun to watch him next year. I think he can develop a shot. If he keeps his conditioning in line and does not put on mass but more lean muscle and an improved shot he just might become a middle of the first round pick. He really looks like the real deal, way more athletic than I thought.
 
Clingan is really good. He still needs to slow down a bit when he posts up.

I just loves how he gets his points in the flow of the offense. LIttle is forced. And his pure size with his athleticism allows him to change the game on the defensive end in away that Sanogo, frankly, just can't. Guys don't fear shooting over Sanogo. Clingan is another story all together.
 
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I'm a little sick of this stuff where Hurley says Sanogo was struggling and Donovan was playing great so we gave Donovan more minutes. He should be getting those minutes all the time, it's not some aberration when he plays well. Every single game he's played 15 or more minutes he's put up crazy numbers and he always has a huge impact on the game even when Hurley shortchanges him like crazy. Clingan has to totally dominate and Sanogo has to be unplayable for their minutes to be the same but when Sanogo dominates scoring the ball he plays 33 minutes and Clingan plays 7. Something ain't right here.
 
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IF he develops a midrange game he is 1st team AA
 
Conspiracy kitty alert… Patrick Martin penned the article. Could he be a stealth yarder?
…play the 2 bigs together
…got to get DC more minutes
…enjoy DC now while we can in our favorite uni
 
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jibsey said:
Happy for us all that we have him but also he‘s a point of pride for the city of Bristol which needed something sports positive after Aaron Hernandez.
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And Bristol got two proud Huskies this year.
 
jibsey said:
Help defense, blocks, stops offenses in their tracks, converts fg 80% and does ok at the line. He’s like a rescue St. Bernard dog that finds the buried skiers in the snow and brings them a shot of whiskey to revive them. One more year. Please, please, please.


And no, I have not forgotten Karaban. He deserves his own thread!
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He`ll be back for sure. As sure as i was he`d come here im sure he`ll be back. Im also sure he will be in the running for Conference and National player of the year. Wait till he cleans up his low post game over the summer.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
He`ll be back for sure. As sure as i was he`d come here im sure he`ll be back. Im also sure he will be in the running for Conference and National player of the year. Wait till he cleans up his low post game over the summer.
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This is not a guarantee if he starts playing 25 minutes per game. Scouts are already aware of him.
 
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Not today. He was lost today. Happens to freshmen. Great talent but lots of work to do.
 
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