Jacob Furphy to the portal

[FreeKlaiber]

thought/think he is a player. Question was always foot speed to play extended man defense the Hurley way. I remember Hurley dropping the Cam comparison himself early season. Think both him and Reibe will be just fine, as they can play.

 

[Stinger92860]

We had 9 new players this season. Three of them were freshmen. Two freshmen (Mullins, Reibe) along with two new portal players (Silas, Malachi) were the only ones in the regular rotation.

This is the future and the future is now

 

[HW611]

I can’t see us not adding some experience at ball handler

We should expect the same result for County then.

 

[Scottzer]

To be completely honest, I have always had a problem with Furphy's hair cut. I mean, really.

Oh, he’s no Duncan Powell or Morez. Morez went from Raggedy Anne last year to Werewolf.

 

[upstater]

We had 9 new players this season. Three of them were freshmen. Two freshmen (Mullins, Reibe) along with two new portal players (Silas, Malachi) were the only ones in the regular rotation.

I'm not talking about the rotation. I clearly wrote that they would need players to conduct practice. With the portal players and the seniors leaving, we have 10 guys (assuming 3 portal pickups for the rotation).

 

[Fantana]

RIP Furphymania 2025-2026 we hardly knew ya.

Think he goes to an A-10 team and kills it tbh. Best of luck to him

Not trying to be difficult and I know what you are saying but I honestly can’t remember too many that left that killed it or were even good….

 

[Scottzer]

Wish the kid best of luck, but where are you getting this from? I didn’t see anything that makes him a steal lol

Just what we saw in the U19. Looked like he could really play, just not athletic.

 

[DisabledVet]

No room at the inn. Especially if Ball stays and Alex Wilkins comes in.

 

[superjohn]

I'm not talking about the rotation. I clearly wrote that they would need players to conduct practice. With the portal players and the seniors leaving, we have 10 guys (assuming 3 portal pickups for the rotation).

The rotation is the hard part and what really matters. Getting emergency players and practice players is the easy part.

 

[MrDownunder]

He could not beat out Ball or Stewart for any minutes even though both had injuries and neither is very good when healthy.

 

[willie99]

Best of luck Jacob, thank you for choosing UCONN

He's in difficult situation with respect to playing time

 

[alphasigko]

Not surprising, but sad none the less. I was hoping for great things from him given his play last summer for the Aussies in that international tourney. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

This is the terrible thing about the portal. In the past a kid like Furphy didn't see much PT year 1 would see what the coaches want, work on their game, their fitness, their understanding of their role and how to contribute, and gradually make themselves a valuable member of the team year 2 and 3 as seniors graduate or high talent players headed for the league. Much like what Jayden Ross and Jaylin Stewart have done.

Nope. For far too many it's "play me immediately and don't you dare bring in someone who might take minutes from me, or I'm out."

I wish every UConn player well whether they stay or go., but more so those who really want to be a Husky.

 

[nomar]

Not surprised but disappointed.

Feel like if the staff told him he'd get major minutes this wouldn't be happening.

 

[upstater]

It becomes harder and harder to imagine someone like Gavin Edwards or Hilton Armstrong coming through any college, let alone UConn.

 

[Bigbrad1029]

I actually think Furphy will get plucked by a P5 team, kid is no joke has incredible skills just wrong position for this team, I just hope he dosent end up in the Big East, we may come to regret that… IMO

 

[Beowulf]

We should expect the same result for County then.

I think you could probably expect this for any freshman who isn’t a day one starter.

Think Hurley does a good job selling the roadmap and vision, but part of it is also on you

For a guy like furphy, I’m sure being on the fringe in year one to being a rotation guy year 2 was the plan

For guys coming in this year, I’m guessing they are expecting to get minutes or a chance, and then next year expecting to start or have large roles at least

 

[WhereistheDove?]

It becomes harder and harder to imagine someone like Gavin Edwards or Hilton Armstrong coming through any college, let alone UConn.

Ehh, these are just guys that would start at a mid major and then transfer up in this day and age. Development still happens, the model is just very different.

 

[upstater]

Ehh, these are just guys that would start at a mid major and then transfer up in this day and age. Development still happens, the model is just very different.

I don't know. It took everything UConn had to bring these guys along. And it only happened after 3 entire years.

 

[Jaydumo20]

It becomes harder and harder to imagine someone like Gavin Edwards or Hilton Armstrong coming through any college, let alone UConn.

Probably, but there isnt enough data yet on the success rates of yearly transfers, transfers from p4s to mid majors and vice versa, to know if kids are making sound decisions in this system. We could see that guys who spend 2-3 years at a program fair better overall than dudes who chase cash and PT wherever they can get it

 

[alphasigko]

To be completely honest, I have always had a problem with Furphy's hair cut. I mean, really.

I do think that it's any worse than the Aussie DelOrso's doo at UofA.

 

[HW611]

Realistically you're not going to be able to go more than 8 deep for anyone worth a nickel. One will be a backup 5, another a backup PG and then the other a backup 2/3. Anything past that will be the Millender & Koroma's of the world or an experiment (Furphy & the Euros), which don't seem to work.

Yeah and it’s understandable. All of our backups also can’t be freshman.

I personally never thought Furphy was going to be much here because of the reality of the situation. But maybe our staff could do a better job of setting proper expectations/planning this better when bringing in guys.

Like County and Landrew should be top guys the staff plans on using in roles next year. They identified them as UConn caliber guys. Let’s plan to use them accordingly in some capacity.

If the plan is maybe we’ll use them or not. We’re not really planning on them succeeding. Which probably is planning on them to leave. Unless we’re clear on what they’re role is going to be and what we’re doing with the roster.

I don’t think losing Furphy is too big of a deal personally, but man at some point we have to be able to carry over recruiting classes year over year. Something isn’t being communicated or planned right with these guys outside of the Fab 5 class.

 

[Fishy]

Not trying to be difficult and I know what you are saying but I honestly can’t remember too many that left that killed it or were even good….

You're not wrong.

People think that guys at the bottom of a rotation like UConn's would kill at the lower levels, but the talent is so good in D1 that it's really tough for those guys to make a dent immediately anywhere.

Generally takes them a while to make an impact, if they ever do - like Floyd at PC, Diggins at UMass, etc. I figure Abraham and Nowell will eventually become pretty good players where they are now, too.

 

[uconn_jack]

It's so hard to develop players in this environment.

Nobody's fault. It just is what it is.

Oh, there's plenty of fault to go around.

 

[DogMania]

Good luck to him. Hoped he'd stay and develop but I understand the desire to get on the court sooner. It wasn't likely to happen here. Still makes the sport less enjoyable. Ross could be our last four year player.

I too wish him all the best and hope he lands somewhere where he gets solid PT.

I can't blame him. The prospects of getting little meaningful PT for a second straight year is a tough pill to swallow. He's too talented for that.

I don't think he has to necessarily drop a level. I think he can play at some high major program, just not an elite one where he had and would have to compete for meaningful PT with future NBAers and high level college talent. It will be interesting to find out where he lands. The kid has talent who makes up for average athleticism with high BBIQ and skill.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Yeah and it’s understandable. All of our backups also can’t be freshman.

I personally never thought Furphy was going to be much here because of the reality of the situation. But maybe our staff could do a better job of setting proper expectations/planning this better when bringing in guys.

Like County and Landrew should be top guys the staff plans on using in roles next year. They identified them as UConn caliber guys. Let’s plan to use them accordingly in some capacity.

If the plan is maybe we’ll use them or not. We’re not really planning on them succeeding. Which probably is planning on them to leave. Unless we’re clear on what they’re role is going to be and what we’re doing with the roster.

I don’t think losing Furphy is too big of a deal personally, but man at some point we have to be able to carry over recruiting classes year over year. Something isn’t being communicated or planned right with these guys outside of the Fab 5 class.

I know you think the concept is made up, but guys like Furphy come here expecting to compete for minutes. I’d say that for pretty much anyone who is being sold a potential bench role. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. And if it doesn’t, guys like Furphy may go elsewhere to try to get more minutes. IMO that’s part of the plan, not something the staff is not explaining to these guys.

 

[How Sway?!]

Let's not forget he's pretty far from home. Easier to acclimatize to a new environment when you are playing meaningful minutes.

 

[HW611]

I know you think the concept is made up, but guys like Furphy come here expecting to compete for minutes. I’d say that for pretty much anyone who is being sold a potential bench role. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. And if it doesn’t, guys like Furphy may go elsewhere to try to get more minutes. IMO that’s part of the plan, not something the staff is not explaining to these guys.

It was clear to me that he wasn’t going to have an impact this year. Just based on our history of freshmen playing here and he was going to be in direct competition with a junior.

Need to have some honest and realistic foresight in that situation. Otherwise things like this happens if you either weren’t honest, or weren’t able to properly assess this situation to be able to give a good evaluation of what the situation he is coming into here would be.

Basketball rosters and rotations are usually pretty set going into the season. This isn’t football unless things go really bad like 25.

 

[Kenny11]

Not trying to be difficult and I know what you are saying but I honestly can’t remember too many that left that killed it or were even good….

There haven’t been. But in this era there’s definitely going to be some.

 

[ec33]

Feels mutual.

It is early days (and UConn has yet to sign a single player) but it does seem as though UConn is looking to be quite aggressive in the transfer portal -- and aggressive with players that will be sticking around.

If Furphy was to stay, he might be farther away from PT than last season. It make his choice simple.

Hopefully the next stop works out well for him.