I mean I’m sure he will technically be on the court at some point, but no chance he is playing meaningful minutes without injuries.
My guess is a veteran forward who plays the 4 and maybe a little 5 if needed. Karaban and Johnson are both super green so it would be good for them to have a veteran guy to go against them in practice. Also if doomsday happens and Sanogo goes down, we cannot be running Clingan out there for 25MPG. We need more depth up front
Former St. john's role player Marcellus Earlington (the original bowling ball before Addae-Wusu) was their offenses focal point. And he's not very good, so read into that as you will.
It was by his coach
then you can probably kiss johnson goodbye next summer. i really dont care about a sanogo backup. we have several and if our best player goes down the season is over regardless. it's not worth alienating several other players for a break glass in case of emergency backup that will further squeeze samson and springs for PT.
If he doesn't play, that means our top tier players stayed healthy all year, didn't get into foul trouble, and played great. Sign me up for that.
what are you talking about? we have 11 already and i said we should add a SF not a big since we will be playing a 4 out...never said we should stay at 10...try to read the posts before calling something idiotic.
Dog… I must be old because I actually enjoyed the selection! Lol!!
Why? If Johnson wants to be a starter here, then he should have to expect to compete for the starting role. You don’t get handed started positions at UConn by sticking around (ask Richie Springs). He hasn’t earned anything yet. Depth is necessary because injuries do happen, and guys need to practice against other good players to get better
Better quote than Castle...“I felt like UConn was the best fit for my game coming into this last year,” he said. “It’s a historic, winning program that has established itself on the highest level. Coach [Dan] Hurley and his staff really sold me on it. I felt like it was a place where I could help an already great team and come in and help them even more.”
UConn men’s basketball team lands another guard as Joey Calcaterra transfers from University of San Diego
Guard Joey Calcaterra, who averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in the 2021-22 season for the University of San Diego, will have one year of eligibility with UConn.www.courant.com
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UConn men’s basketball team lands another guard as Joey Calcaterra transfers in from University of San Diego
because bigs take more time to develop and johnson is still very raw by all accounts. i dont want to bring in a 3rd string PF/C to take PT from samson when it looks like he might only average ~10 mpg this year as is. i dont want him to bloom into a future pro on another team. just look at a traditional depth chart. i realize we have positional versatility but if we predominantly play a 4 out w/ AJ at the 4 then we could use depth at SF more than PF/C.
