Does anyone on here believe that UConn won't lose at least 2 players to a combination of transfers and guys leaving early for a professional career? I'd go with an over/under of 3. I'm sure fitting in the 5 recruits for next year is not on Hurley's list of things he's worried about.
Did you watch the same games I did last season? You absolutely love to blame Dan Hurley for things that aren't even true. Delusional...
Just a refresher for anyone still wondering how to do this. There are 3 sites I know about for getting around paywalls. Some work on some papers but not others. None of these work on some papers. For example, the Hartford Courant doesn't work on 12 Ft Ladder but does on Print Friendly & PDF. I can't get the Waterbury Republican-American to work on any of these.
This comment is so inane, I can't understand while anyone would help this guy steal content. I think it's a tribute to Hurley that we all forgot about that early game Hawkins tried to blow. It took some coaching to get him out of that funk.
I agree 100%. I'm not saying he's worried about it. But I do think that it's part of his built-in assumption.
If that comment is inane, what do you call suggesting that "Hawkins tried to blow" that game?
He didn't do it on purpose. If we lost, woudn't it have been fair to say he blew the game?
He quite literally got above 20 mins in a game twice during the year outside of when Tyrese Martin was injured and it was 21 and 20 minutes. In his first 3 games he shot 50% from 3 and averaged almost a point a minute.
To add to this, Whaley didn’t start until Akok got hurt even though he put up great numbers anytime he was on the floor. He probably should’ve been starting over Carlton. We saw his minutes decrease significantly once Whaley was in. Hurley has just not shown that he knows who he should be giving minutes to so far throughout his time here.
Beal is undersized height wise but he's stacked compared to Hawkins and was at Florida. Jordan is frail just like Bouknight, Bouk is still really frail and sticks out like a sore thumb in the NBA. Jordan will have to keep beefing up his body and his game off the bounce.
It is truly impressive the lengths you will go to to try and justify your objectively stupid opinions. Yes if we discount all the times Hawkins played big minutes for various reasons he did barely play. Very astute point
Lol yeah Martin being hurt is various reasons.
I think he's that already. They are going to look at his strength, his defense, rebounding and toughness around the rim, and his ability to attack off the dribble. There are loads of shooters who can't make it in the NBA. That's what I'll be looking at as well.
If he shoots 33% from three he will not get drafted because I agree with you about the deficiencies that are in his game(handle, toughness, etc) - that was my point. We need to see him be a knockdown shooter, he did not prove that last year in game settings for him to take the leap.
Great take and refreshing change from the negativity.
I read the whole thing and never ran into a paywall.
I think BYers have short memories. Aside from Auburn, Hawkins really wasn't hitting from outside, was turnover prone and was awful defensively early in the season. He tightened up the defense and earned minutes. His ballhandling became less reckless. He started making more shots. In short, he got better. So we are expecting him to keep getting better. If he does, he should be very good.
