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Jayden Ross

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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I think it’s more surprising some people thought he’d be a starter and star. He’s a really solid role player and energy guy, and up until this season hadn’t shown he could even do that consistently. But now he is, and it’s what we need.
 
WeAreUCONN said:
Ross playing 27 minutes compared to Stewart’s 7, seems like Ross passed Stewart on the depth chart.
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Sometimes I swear you don't pay any attention to UConn. Who are you a fan of?

Jaylin Stewart entered the game "a little banged-up," according to Hurley, and aggravated his shoulder when he fell to the floor in transition midway through the first half. He left the game and sported a shoulder brace on the bench for most of the rest of the half, re-entered the game briefly but didn't play at all in the second half.

Hurley said Stewart, a junior forward, will likely undergo an MRI on Wednesday.
 
Glastonhusky said:
Agree. Were you able to tell anything about Stew's injury? Did it look serious?
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Stewart got knocked down twice in the first half. The first was an open floor face plant from being tripped or tangled up, the second was on D under the basket and he got absolutely leveled by a bigger Butler player and called for the foul. Stewart was kind of frontally sideways and took the hit on his right side shoulder/arm area. They put him in a sling for a few minutes but then he played again with like 5 minutes left first half, but he was shaking his arm like he had no feeling or something. Did not play 2nd half.

Also when he first played in the first half, coming off the bench he had a brace on his right leg from upper calf over the knee to lower thigh, like a 20 inch strappable brace.

Hopefully he is fine.
 
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Ross brings a smile to my face. I'm so happy for him, and so proud of how his confidence has soared and his play has become so fluid and athletic. There is so much to love about this team, but seeing Jaylen turn the corner the way he has is so uplifting.
 
Mr. French said:
I think it’s more surprising some people thought he’d be a starter and star. He’s a really solid role player and energy guy, and up until this season hadn’t shown he could even do that consistently. But now he is, and it’s what we need.
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He is still a junior.

I know rule number one on the BY is players can never improve, but Ross has already broken that rule. His three point shooting has gone from .091 as a frosh, to to .222 as a soph, to .391 so far this year. He may yet be a stater and star.
 
Palatine said:
He is still a junior.

I know rule number one on the BY is players can never improve, but Ross has already broken that rule. His three point shooting has gone from .091 as a frosh, to to .222 as a soph, to .391 so far this year. He may yet be a stater and star.
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I don’t think anyone conflates “not an all-American” with “he can’t improve.” He’s improved each season incrementally. This season he’s simply improved his role.

I’d never say never, he’s a great athlete and hard worker, but generally guys with his skillset don’t suddenly become All-American 20 point scorers and go-to guys. He’s built to be an excellent role player. And that’s awesome.

That’s always been my personal opinion - not that he couldn’t improve or wouldn’t be valuable. Just that he wouldn’t be a go-to star option. Thus far nothing indicates he’s built that way.
 
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HW611 said:
He can be a star as a senior if he thinks he can be.
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Mr. French said:
I don’t think anyone conflates “not an all-American” with “he can’t improve.” He’s improved each season incrementally. This season he’s simply improved his role.

I’d never say never, he’s a great athlete and hard worker, but generally guys with his skillset don’t suddenly become All-American 20 point scorers and go-to guys. He’s built to be an excellent role player. And that’s awesome.

That’s always been my personal opinion - not that he couldn’t improve or wouldn’t be valuable. Just that he wouldn’t be a go-to star option. Thus far nothing indicates he’s built that way.
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We haven’t had a 20 PPG scorer since Kemba so I don’t think that’s the definition these days.

But a two way 13-15 PPG scorer can be in the cards, possibly. He's shown all the flashes of the different ways he can score.

Just has to put it all together consistently and maybe it would come with an upgraded role if he has that next year.

It’ll be interesting to see how the staff views him and Stewart for next season.
 
The game has definitely slowed down for Ross and if his offense is clicking like it was the other night it’s going to be hard to give him under 25 mins/game.
 
HW611 said:
We haven’t had a 20 PPG scorer since Kemba so I don’t think that’s the definition these days.

But a two way 13-15 PPG scorer can be in the cards, possibly. He's shown all the flashes of the different ways he can score.

Just has to put it all together consistently and maybe it would come with an upgraded role if he has that next year.

It’ll be interesting to see how the staff views him and Stewart for next season.
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Theoretically Uconn could roll into next season with a starting lineup of:

Demary
Solo
Ross
Stewart
Reibe

That would be a 4 senior lineup and a lot of continuity. Furphy, Landrew, County, Portal 5, Portal PG off the bench.

Hard to know if this is a slam dunk or not.
 
Palatine said:
Have you ever read this board especially in the off season?
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Disagreeing on how much you expect a player to improve does not mean you think a player can’t improve. May shock you but improvement is not a binary outcome. If I say I don’t think Millender will become an all-American, that doesn’t mean I think he can’t improve.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Theoretically Uconn could roll into next season with a starting lineup of:

Demary
Solo
Ross
Stewart
Reibe

That would be a 4 senior lineup and a lot of continuity. Furphy, Landrew, County, Portal 5, Portal PG off the bench.

Hard to know if this is a slam dunk or not.
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This would be the idea. Landrew can serve as the backup 3-4 but wouldn’t mind another backup portal 4.
 
RuffRuff said:
Theoretically Uconn could roll into next season with a starting lineup of:

Demary
Solo
Ross
Stewa
Reibe

That would be a 4 senior lineup and a lot of continuity. Furphy, Landrew, County, Portal 5, Portal PG off the bench.

Hard to know if this is a slam dunk or not.
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I hope not, going to need a big time transfer otherwise team won’t be nearly as good as this year’s version. Team is losing an awful lot of firepower
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Disagreeing on how much you expect a player to improve does not mean you think a player can’t improve. May shock you but improvement is not a binary outcome. If I say I don’t think Millender will become an all-American, that doesn’t mean I think he can’t improve.
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No. This is a common theme on the BY especially when discussing next season's line ups in the off season. This player can't do this and this player can't do that, never allowing that this player may improve on this or that. Read the BY. It has gone on ad nauseam for years.

BTW, your Millender statement has nothing to do with my post.
 
I take a pessimistic view of Butler this season. I think they will not make the tourney, and wind up around 6th or 7th. Two guys to worry about in Biz and Ajayi.

That said Judging Ross off a performance vs them seems premature. We played a gauntlet of OOC teams and while he played better than some than others he had nowhere the impact as he did vs Butler at home.

Not trying to knock him just my perception is lets wait and see vs St. Johns for example.
 
If you ask me, Ross is a mix of Kemba Walker, Corny Thompson, Ben Eaves, Hilton Armstrong, Lyman DePriest, Sam Funches, Johnnie Bird, Yarin Hasson, and Donyell Marshall.
 
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