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Jayden Ross

Hey Adrien! said:
He’s just a fun guy to root for: energy, toughness, athleticism, defense. Not a guy we’ll draw anything up for very often, but he can be on my team any day.
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Any game we can get this many blocks and turnovers and start the fast break is going to be a good one for him. He is clearly our best weapon on the fast break.
 
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JustbrewitMan said:
If you’re a data and metrics nerd, it’s crystal-clear that Ross-included lineups have been better on both defense and offense all year.
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I posted this last year, but it was common that we would go on big runs and comeback when Ross was in the game. His energy brings a different wrinkle and even though all his points and highlight moments were in the second half, he had a great first half as well. We were lifeless until Ross and Reibe entered to change the vibe.
 
I was at the game sorta behind the bench 8 rows up, breakout game for Jayden for sure. Stewart did not play the 2nd half because of an injury so Ross got extra minutes as well. His line was 25minutes, 13pts on 6for9 shooting, 8 rebounds, again, 8 rebounds!, 1 steal, no turnovers. The crowd loved him, his teammates mobbed him. 2 great dunks, one a steal, one a one handed put back coming off the rim, hit an open 3. Showed great hustle, his athleticism was poppin, his defense was tough. He is looking and playing with complete confidence. It was a rough game out there and Ross was right in the thick of it.

Reibe was also impressive, keeping it simple, making nice plays, 18 minutes 7 rebounds 4blocks, made a 3, and again was in the thick of it in a rough physical game.

Demary too, very physical and 11 assists.

Oh jeez, one last edit. Solo Ball had a great game, on fire, hitting his shots, being a 3 level scorer, and all-around very good player.
He looked good enough to make the case for 1rst team All BIG EAST player.
 
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Son of Robert said:
I was at the game sorta behind the bench 8 rows up, breakout game for Jaden for sure. Stewart did not play the 2nd half because of an injury so Ross got extra minutes as well. His line was 25minutes, 13pts on 6for9 shooting, 8 rebounds, again, 8 rebounds!, 1 steal, no turnovers. The crowd loved him, his teammates mobbed him. 2 great dunks, one a steal, one a one handed put back coming off the rim, hit an open 3. Showed great hustle, his athleticism was poppin, his defense was tough. He is looking and playing with complete confidence. It was a rough game out there and Ross was right in the thick of it.
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Agree. Were you able to tell anything about Stew's injury? Did it look serious?
 
For several spurts, Ross was an NBA highlight reel. He put this team into overdrive playing to a fast shot clock before the defense was set. Great viewing and devastating to an opponent. The team also felt the energy he brought to a somewhat bogged down long clock offense that we play for many minutes.
 
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NewBlood said:
Ross-Solo-Bray-AK-Reibe might be our best 5
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PG Solo lives!!

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NewBlood said:
Ross-Solo-Bray-AK-Reibe might be our best 5
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Hard to say, but it's a nice luxury to have. Have thought for awhile if we want our best defensive unit out there, it's Silas/Mullins/Ross/AK/Tarris.

Tarris played pretty poor last night outside the first few minutes. Dan Hurley says he's still not 100%, so have to cut him some slack. Between fumbling balls, taking bad shots and just looking off, he wasn't good for a lot of it. It showed in the NET too, where Reibe was +16 to his +5. When Tarris isn't 100% it seems to really flow into all facets of his game. Hopefully he gets there soon. Reibe plays so much more headsy and fundamental out there.

Ross is a lot of fun to watch when he's flying around. Good to see him flashing the athleticism.
 
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Palatine said:
A lot of people saw this coming. Hurley kept telling us.

It's more surprising that some posters thought that he was just a poor rotation piece that should get 5 minutes a game.
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The 3* freshman was supposed to compete with him for minutes.
 
You can tell that if UConn has a lead in the last 5 minutes, Hurley has a specific group of guy she wants out there to really makes things tough for the other teams offense. Ross is part of this equation. I think Mullins is getting some of that trust as well as Karaban and Reed. Demary is a physical guard and Smith is more of a bee in your bonnet type so he has some flexibility there. It the other team is big, like some have said, Ross can go on their PG and use his size to make it hard for the opposing PG to initiate offense.
Glad to see Ross have a great game. Again, he and Ball are supposed to be great kids from what I here. Just hope Stew just had a stinger and is alright. I wonder if there is any soreness if Hurley might limit his minutes with Ross's performance just to give him almost 2 weeks to fully heal.
 
Nerd Alert! Here's our team's offensive and defensive metrics with Ross in the lineup vs. not in the lineup. (Data from HoopExplorer...simple note for non-nerds reading these data---the darker green, the better that stat relative to D1 averages. The darker red, the worse that stat is relative to D1 average. The ranks for some are listed below the data points. ):

First is for all games played:

Ross - 12-17-25 - All Teams.jpg


We are 12 Adj Pts/100 possession better on Offense, 13 Adj Pts/100 possessions better on Defense.

Next is for the Top 60 competition we've played (RuffRuff's tomato can teams removed):
Ross - 12-17-25 - Top60.jpg


There's really no drop off on team metrics when playing better competition when looking at Ross On/Off stats.
 
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