Hurley and the team on the court today

[UConnKev]

 

[UConnKev]

First thing I noticed was a slimmed down Carlton

 

[superjohn]

What's with the gloves?

 

[bigknight3]

What's with the gloves?

Looks like extra precaution. Coaches wearing masks and gloves. Players weren't.

 

[CL82]

First thing I noticed was a slimmed down Carlton

Wow, but for the number I wouldn't have even recognized him.

 

[husky429]

What's with the gloves?

Ncaa rule I believe. Coaches have to wear gloves and masks.

 

[Fatroony5]

Carlton definitely looks a bit slimmer. Also, Tyrese Martin is a pretty big boy. Has there been any updates on his waiver situation? It’d be great to have him this year, but Having him sit a year and have 2 years of eligibility starting in 2021 might end up being the better move for the program. It’d help to space out the classes. So much uncertainty with recruiting currently, having him not play until ‘21 in a way is like gaining a new recruit.

 

[navery12]

 

[husky429]

Looks like Hurley has the guys practicing in competitive groups again.

Group 1:
- Gaff
- RJ
- Martin
- Sanogo
- whaley
- carlton

Group 2:
- adams
- bouk
- Jackson
- Springs
- Javonte Brown Ferguson

Assuming no Polley or Akok right now. A lot of ways to read into that. Does make me think that Javonte Brown Ferguson isn't in the bigs rotation right now seeing as the 3 better players are together. Might he alone to get 1v1 w9rk with kenya in while the wings practice. Or is he still self-quarantining after the trip?

Maybe Martin won't be eligible because he isn't with the other wings. And I like to see Springs practicing with the 3s/4s. We need a 4.

Or it could just be the 6 guys that were there for the pic. Who knows. I'm bored lol

 

[auror]

Ncaa rule I believe. Coaches have to wear gloves and masks.

Judging from interviews, wouldn't surprise me if he would have worn them even without the rule.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Few things jump out.
Carlton is much slimmer.
Adama is a big BIG boy as a fresh
Martin def has some size on him.
Gaff grew and is bigger than his listed 6’2 or RJ is shorter than 6’1 or both

 

[superjohn]

Ncaa rule I believe. Coaches have to wear gloves and masks.

What a strange rule.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Josh Carlton looking svelte

 

[CL82]

Whaley looks like he's been working his base. That will help him box out,

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I noticed Thabeet's pic and was reminded of what terrible scouting someone did before the NBA draft...

 

[glastonbury50]

Josh Carlton looking svelte

Josh had an NBA thread at the beginning of last year. Never forget.

 

[glastonbury50]

Few things jump out.
Carlton is much slimmer.
Adama is a big BIG boy as a fresh
Martin def has some size on him.
Gaff grew and is bigger than his listed 6’2 or RJ is shorter than 6’1 or both

RJ is shorter than 6'1 and Gaffney is a legit 6'2.

 

[Hi-Low]

What a strange rule.

Coaches are older, they go home to families and they will be handling perspiration covered basketballs....Maybe helps protect a little both ways, no harm.

 

[sledog]

Few things jump out.
Carlton is much slimmer.
Adama is a big BIG boy as a fresh
Martin def has some size on him.
Gaff grew and is bigger than his listed 6’2 or RJ is shorter than 6’1 or both

u saw all those guys in the pix??

 

[superjohn]

Coaches are older, they go home to families and they will be handling perspiration covered basketballs....Maybe helps protect a little both ways, no harm.

I know but you're not going to get Covid from touching a basketball.

 

[2north]

u saw all those guys in the pix??

Players from L to R in circle: Gaffney, Cole, Carlton, Whaley, Martin, Sanogo

Also see Cole switched to #1, maybe gave Martin #4.

 

[NJHoops]

The gloves aren’t an NCAA rule, but the staff has used them in practices even before all this when illnesses had been going around. I’ve seen other programs do it, too. It may seem strange, but they serve as a reminder to not touch your face more than anything. The last few weeks have been rough, glad to see them out there and having some fun.

 

[InTheRed]

I know many have said it before, but I really need this season. Who knows, maybe we flop and spend the season complaining, but it just feels like this team is ready to be great. As much as I would love to be sitting in the Garden in March, I will live with watching on TV a dominant return to the Big East (I get it that this is just the Big East in name only, let's not have that debate again). I think Hurley has enough energy to get the empty MSG rocking in the finals of the BET. The empty seats will start shouting U...C...O...N...N... And who knows, maybe the virus "disappears" by then and we can be sitting in those seats.

 

[Palatine]

I know many have said it before, but I really need this season. Who knows, maybe we flop and spend the season complaining, but it just feels like this team is ready to be great. As much as I would love to be sitting in the Garden in March, I will live with watching on TV a dominant return to the Big East (I get it that this is just the Big East in name only, let's not have that debate again). I think Hurley has enough energy to get the empty MSG rocking in the finals of the BET. The empty seats will start shouting U...C...O...N...N... And who knows, maybe the virus "disappears" by then and we can be sitting in those seats.

SARS "disappeared" but this virus looks a lot tougher. But I watched the Hartford Athletic game on ESPN2 because it was an oasis in a sports dry universe. It would be so much better to see the Huskies in action.