2025 Recruiting: Jacob Furphy Watch

[hookshot]

is there any highlights from this event?

Obviously two different guys pictured

 

[Umami Zen]

Gonna roll with Danny's instincts. If he thinks there is a need for a non-American player that can play positions 1-3 with a high BBIQ and a ton of international experience.. He's seeing stuff in practice that he likes re: player development for the existing roster and future PT for incoming freshmen.

 

[Stinger92860]

On BC's 1982 final four team, Clarke (I also wonder if it's the same guy) was their only starter who wasn't from Connecticut. Sadly Perno did not offer any of the four (Garris, Murphy, Bagley, Adams) a scholarship.

I grew up in Bridgeport around this time and it broke my heart to see these kids at BC.

 

[Lambeau]

Marty Clarke is an Australian national team coach who spent some time as an assistant at St. Mary"s.

 

[Mr. French]

People have to also remember: this dude just turned 18. If he’s close to as polished as Cam and also already as big, strong and more athletic…that’s why he’s a good prospect. Cam was 23 last year.

 

[BlueMAB]

Who was the last player Hurley hyped up pre season that flopped? He's gonna take the Hurely sophmore jump and be in first round mock drafts. I'll take some bets..

Samson Johnson.

I’m a fan, I think this place undervalues him at times. But he’s not a lottery pick no matter how much Hurley hypes him up.

 

[FreeKlaiber]

Giffey was already very high IQ defensively as a freshman, he moved exceptionally well laterally for a 6-7 guy without hops. "Worst Case" Giffey just sounds like a crazy high floor to me haha, but I'm quite excited about Furphy regardless.

Freshman year he averaged 2 pts one rebound in 10 minutes a game.

By his senior year he was an indispensable glue player at 8 pts per game.

I am a big fan of Niels, but saying that is a "crazy high floor" for Furphy is something we will find out

 

[3rdbass]

Who was the last player Hurley hyped up pre season that flopped? He's gonna take the Hurely sophmore jump and be in first round mock drafts. I'll take some bets..

I don't follow the Hurley Hype but I don't see anyone skill that sticks out right now for him. Just being an athletic 6'3" player is not going to get someone drafted. He is going to have show a lot of progression which he hasn't done yet. I just think people need to cool on these projections based on preseason until he proves himself. I still think Stewart has a better chance of getting drafted with his skills and height.

 

[Lambeau]

I wasn't a Solo believer until the Rhode Island game seemed to confirm the consistent summer hype. With a 7 ft wingspan and 43" vertical, he is astonishing physically--but had to produce. 18 points and 5 rebounds in 20 min on 50% 3 pt shooting supports that he's stepped up,
and is evidence DH is not blowing smoke. Stew, on the other hand, seems to be disappointing DH, had six points, consistent with last year's negligible production, and seems still in the potential phase, without demonstrable evidence yet of readiness for the League. As
Billy Beane says, "You can't just look good in jeans."

 

[husky429]

I wasn't a Solo believer until the Rhode Island game seemed to confirm the consistent summer hype. With a 7 ft wingspan and 43" vertical, he is astonishing physically--but had to produce. 18 points and 5 rebounds in 20 min on 50% 3 pt shooting supports that he's stepped up,
and is evidence DH is not blowing smoke. Stew, on the other hand, seems to be disappointing DH, had six points, consistent with last year's negligible production, and seems still in the potential phase, without demonstrable evidence yet of readiness for the League. As
Billy Beane says, "You can't just look good in jeans."

I really wouldn't read too much into a single game on Stewart. We've had guys look like NBA players in the preaseason who can barely see the floor before (and vice versa).

 

[navery12]

Anytime Solo has gotten extended run he's looked really good. The fact that he didn't get a ton of minutes on the best college basketball team in 20 years isn't going to be held against him. He defends really well, has all the measurables, and by the end of the year he was shooting the ball really well from deep. He's going to be a focus of the offense this year and he's going to be an NBA player

 

[RuffRuff]

Anytime Solo has gotten extended run he's looked really good. The fact that he didn't get a ton of minutes on the best college basketball team in 20 years isn't going to be held against him. He defends really well, has all the measurables, and by the end of the year he was shooting the ball really well from deep. He's going to be a focus of the offense this year and he's going to be an NBA player

Couldn’t agree more. Hard to evaluate a kid as a freshman for lack of minutes when he’s behind that roster.

Interesting piece with Lewis’ thought process around a potential incoming roster. Smart kid.

 

[CTBasketball]

On BC's 1982 final four team, Clarke (I also wonder if it's the same guy) was their only starter who wasn't from Connecticut. Sadly Perno did not offer any of the four (Garris, Murphy, Bagley, Adams) a scholarship.

The rumor around Central CT was that Murphy loved shaving points. However I think he was there after that fiasco.

 

[AntG168]

I don't follow the Hurley Hype but I don't see anyone skill that sticks out right now for him. Just being an athletic 6'3" player is not going to get someone drafted. He is going to have show a lot of progression which he hasn't done yet. I just think people need to cool on these projections based on preseason until he proves himself. I still think Stewart has a better chance of getting drafted with his skills and height.

I don’t think you’ve actually watched him to make that statement.

 

[AntG168]

Samson Johnson.

I’m a fan, I think this place undervalues him at times. But he’s not a lottery pick no matter how much Hurley hypes him up.

1. Samson Johnson hasn’t flopped.

2. Saying he has wall potential in the future isn’t the same as Hurley declaring who will be guys the upcoming season. He hasn’t missed.

 

[ted920]

Perhaps I have missed something, but has Furphy set am announcement date?

From what I read here, everyone seems 100% confident that JF will commit to UCONN.
What leads us to be so solidly confident? Trilly tweet?

 

[RuffRuff]

Perhaps I have missed something, but has Furphy set am announcement date?

From what I read here, everyone seems 100% confident that JF will commit to UCONN.
What leads us to be so solidly confident? Trilly tweet?

Some word on Storrs Central, and that Hurley quote spawning confidence. Nothing iron clad.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The rumor around Central CT was that Murphy loved shaving points. However I think he was there after that fiasco.

I mistyped the round (elite eight, not final four) but that game against Houston looked like BC could have been working for gamblers. BC would play listless, fall six to eight points down, go on a run to make it close, look stupid for a few minutes to let Houston build a lead again, repeat, repeat, repeat.

For the past couple of decades I've been happy with the outcome of that game but when it happened I wanted to see BC win and it was frustrating watching what appeared to be the better team continually allow the game to slip away.

 

[UCann]

Does Anyone know when he is planning to announce?

 

[Waquoit]

The rumor around Central CT was that Murphy loved shaving points. However I think he was there after that fiasco.

Murphy was like Kareem, they changed the rules because of him. After it was discovered he was only taking one class that met only once a week, the NCAA instituted a minimum class load per semester requirement.

 

[Lambeau]

Sports Hub just said 43% all shots in NBA this season are 3's. After shooting 8 for 12 from 3, Peyton Pritchard said he is an example of what not big unathletic guys can do--I wonder if this helps explain all the shooters, like Furphy, DH is recruiting--even more emphasis on 3's. Celtics last season had 42.5 3PA per game, UConn only 24 (29 adjusted to 48 min). Furphy, like Mullins and McNeelley, is above all
a premier 3 pt shooters.

 

[RuffRuff]

Sports Hub just said 43% all shots in NBA this season are 3's. After shooting 8 for 12 from 3, Peyton Pritchard said he is an example of what not big unathletic guys can do--I wonder if this helps explain all the shooters, like Furphy, DH is recruiting--even more emphasis on 3's. Celtics last season had 42.5 3PA per game, UConn only 24 (29 adjusted to 48 min). Furphy, like Mullins and McNeelley, is above all
a premier 3 pt shooters.

At the college level, look no further than Bama/Oates and Pope/UK in further supporting now the sport is evolving. Bama 4th and BYU 2nd in 3's taken at 32 and 30 per game respectively last year. Oates specifically used a third party analytics firm last year to help devise his strategy. You not only need guys that can shoot the three, but guys that can disrupt the shooters. Where Uconn was bulletproof last year was because of Clingan, who allowed our very tall guards to guard the three point line religiously and take that away, not allowing the less talented teams to get hot and pull off the upset. How he manufactures that this year is TBD, as he'll have to get creative. Beyond the offensive side, this is where I'll be really curious to the extent of Purdue's drop off on the defensive side. This is also why Oates likely went all-in on Omoruyi this year, who was 4th in the country in blocked shots last year (just ahead of Clingan at 5). I was honestly pretty surprised Hurley didn't make a stronger play on him as he would have fit really nicely in backfillng that need.

I'd expect rim protectors and tall shooters to be the way of the future, with a premium on the recruiting trail.

 

[Lambeau]

Yes, Mahaney and McNeeley will need to work on their D; Solo should be a natural if he focuses.
I also expected a run at Omoruyi, but he only has one year, I think.

 

[Ewekon]

6'4.5, he'll probably be listed at 6'10.

I understand he's developed 16 pounds of pure muscle over the Australian winter* source

 

[BlueMAB]

1. Samson Johnson hasn’t flopped.

2. Saying he has wall potential in the future isn’t the same as Hurley declaring who will be guys the upcoming season. He hasn’t missed.

Okay, let’s go back further. So he didn’t miss on Jalen Gaffney taking a jump?

If you say so.

“Elsewhere, Hurley was asked who might be the team’s biggest surprise this season.

I’d go with Gaffney, because his numbers last year — if you look at them from a statistical standpoint, they’re gonna underwhelm you. His win/loss record and his impact on our play, along with Isaiah, was impressive. People don’t know how athletic he is. It’s just, when the lights come on, will it click with him where he develops that edge, that desperation you have to play with and compete with every second of every possession that you’re on the court.”

Gaffney went from 4ppg to 6 ppg. Big jump?

Love Hurley. He’s not perfect.