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Joey Calcaterra commits to UConn - San Diego transfer

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Welcome Joey, thanks for choosing UConn

Now go win earn your PT. It's all in your hands
 
A lot of names that have not yet played with the UCONN jersey on this year. My question is this, which ones am I going to be most pleasantly surprised by?
 
For what it’s worth, this is exactly the time you would expect to pick up a kid like this out of the portal. He is a perfect addition adding functional depth to the team.

Remember last year when people were complaining that Hurley wouldn’t use the portal? He has been absolutely masterful with it this year.
 
CL82 said:
For what it’s worth, this is exactly the time you would expect to pick up a kid like this out of the portal. He is a perfect addition adding functional depth to the team.

Remember last year when people were complaining that Hurley wouldn’t use the portal? He has been absolutely masterful with it this year.
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Agreed - not only did he back-fill, he back-filled with pieces that all fit together with the talent and style of play on the roster. Time will tell if it is enough to get us up a rung on the BE and national ladders. I am still hopeful for a lock-down defender that is around/over 6'7" because we don't have one of those and we could certainly use one in spots from time to time (even if they don't score).
 
Great add... Veteran who has scored almost 1000 points for a decent mid-major and has some shooting ability. Who knows if he'll play a lot or not, but the more guys we have who can shoot/score, the better.
 
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Hoophound said:
He looks like he has some skills. I don’t know enough about the San Diego roster to know why he only scored 8ppg. Looks like he can create a little and has a textbook stroke from deep. He may see the court a fair amount.
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By point of comparison AJ was a starter and averaged 6.8 per game and the tape showed Calacaterra taking contested 3s and taking the ball to the hole which AJ cannot do. I'll take this guy in a second.
 
Looks like a great addition. Depth, shooting, maybe some late game poise and FT shooting from a veteran player. Leaves a scholarship for next year. He gets to play Big East basketball and enjoy a bit more glamour plus get a year of grad school paid for. Win win for UConn and Joey.

Not sure they fill the 12th spot or what we'd need but I'd expect more "developmental" rather than another grad transfer. There aren't any more minutes to go around.
 
Vancat said:
we need an updated roster chart :)
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I pulled this off tcf15’s Twitter.

(@tcf15, let me know if you would prefer that I didn’t do that.)
 
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bendm said:
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.

Newton - Diarra
Alleyne - Calcaterra
Hawkins - ???
Jackson - Karaban - Johnson
Sanoogo - Clingan - Springs
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I don’t think anyone wants to bring in a 5 who will play 10mpg as a part of the rotation. We need a mid major grad transfer who wants a chance to experience the NCAAs, understanding there is probably little to no PT if all goes well, but who could be a serviceable center for 15-20 per game if Sanogo goes down.
 
Hungryhusky99 said:
This kid isn’t going to play lol
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Hopefully, correct. But we played an NIT game a few years ago relying heavily on Dan Guess, a former GW schollie player who then walked on to UConn and got no play at all until injuries added up. And lost a game at a ranked Houston team three years ago because a walk on who was in because we ran out of players that evening took the last shot.

You get 13 scholarships. Having the last few spots filled by a Division 1 basketball player, as opposed to a walk on, is a good thing.
 
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UofCT said:
Why not? If he can make shots why would we sit him?
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He'll play. Anyone who scored 19, 11, and 10 points against Gonzaga in their last 3 games is good enough to play some minutes at a high level.

In his last couple of seasons he's scored 18pts @ UCLA, 12pts vs Nevada, 17pts vs Stanford, 10pts @ Colorado, 11pts vs St Bonnies. In the shortened 2021 season he scored double figures in 10/12 games that he played in. I can easily see him getting 8ish MPG, possibly more depending on foul situations/injuries.
 
Seems like a nice kid. None of us knew who he was before yesterday, so really impressed by all the armchair analysis.

In any event, it’s mid-June, he is definitely better than an empty chair and he seems like a good locker room guy. Fine.
 
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