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NCHuskie919 said:
It's just a little annoying to me. We should be cleaning up after a Natty and we aren't.
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Which is exactly what we're going to be doing in the spring. I know we're at the point of the year where the board enters their yearly panic about the lack of recruits, but the landscape has changed and the portal is a huge factor now
 
husky429 said:
Portal > 50% of recruiting. We're just getting started.
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But even Hurley said himself we don’t like to have to rely on the portal - we pick and choose our spots. You’re kidding yourself if you aren’t a little disappointed with our haul for the 2024 h.s. Class coming off the natty. My expectation was that we sign 3-4 high schoolers and then grab a couple portal guys. The way it’s looking we’ll probably need to bring in 4 portal guys - this was most certainly not our Plan A.
 
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Mooch82 said:
But even Hurley said himself we don’t like to have to rely on the portal - we pick and choose our spots. You’re kidding yourself if you aren’t a little disappointed with our haul for the 2024 h.s. Class coming off the natty. My expectation was that we sign 3-4 high schoolers and then grab a couple portal guys. The way it’s looking we’ll probably need to bring in 4 portal guys - this was most certainly not our Plan A.
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I don't think your expectation was ever realistic then considering the size of the 2023 class
 
Mooch82 said:
But even Hurley said himself we don’t like to have to rely on the portal - we pick and choose our spots. You’re kidding yourself if you aren’t a little disappointed with our haul for the 2024 h.s. Class coming off the natty. My expectation was that we sign 3-4 high schoolers and then grab a couple portal guys. The way it’s looking we’ll probably need to bring in 4 portal guys - this was most certainly not our Plan A.
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We have no idea what is going on behind closed doors, what if karaban clingan castle and spencer all told Hurley they are coming back next year? In that scenario we dont have any minutes at all for next year. Not saying thats what happening but team cant disclose all plans
 
PNolanFan said:
We have no idea what is going on behind closed doors, what if karaban clingan castle and spencer all told Hurley they are coming back next year? In that scenario we dont have any minutes at all for next year. Not saying thats what happening but team cant disclose all plans
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Spencer has used all of his eligibility, It's an open secret that Castle came in as a one and done, and if Hurley pushed Ajax to go pro, you best believe he'll do the same to Clingan
 
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navery12 said:
Which is exactly what we're going to be doing in the spring. I know we're at the point of the year where the board enters their yearly panic about the lack of recruits, but the landscape has changed and the portal is a huge factor now
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I hope next year's UConn isn't this year's St. John's. You can supplement your roster and fill a hole or two, but you can't build an entire team from the portal. We need some top recruits too.
 
UCTitleTown said:
I hope next year's UConn isn't this year's St. John's. You can supplement your roster and fill a hole or two, but you can't build an entire team from the portal. We need some top recruits too.
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What is the difference between bringing in a top recruit, a freshman, and a top transfer? One could argue that transfers are just as, if not more, important in the current landscape.
 
UCTitleTown said:
I hope next year's UConn isn't this year's St. John's. You can supplement your roster and fill a hole or two, but you can't build an entire team from the portal. We need some top recruits too.
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Which is exactly what we'll be doing, right now the likely starting lineup is all returning guys and we're filling in gaps in the rotation with transfers. Diarra/Nowell, Ball, Stewart, Karaban, Johnson
 
navery12 said:
Which is exactly what we're going to be doing in the spring. I know we're at the point of the year where the board enters their yearly panic about the lack of recruits, but the landscape has changed and the portal is a huge factor now
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I'd love to be in on the top HS kids but there's something to be said for going after guys who've already proved they can play in college. A bit of an oversimplification but, man, the portal has changed everything.
 
navery12 said:
Which is exactly what we'll be doing, right now the likely starting lineup is all returning guys and we're filling in gaps in the rotation with transfers. Diarra/Nowell, Ball, Stewart, Karaban, Johnson
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I think we'll be doing more than filling in gaps in the rotation with transfers. I think it's likely we'll have a couple starters from the portal.
 
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superjohn said:
I think we'll be doing more than filling in gaps in the rotation with transfers. I think it's likely we'll have a couple starters from the portal.
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I hope so, I'd like to bring in some top level guards. Just saying it's not gonna be a St John's situation where it's a full roster. We'll have some core pieces in place
 
navery12 said:
Which is exactly what we're going to be doing in the spring. I know we're at the point of the year where the board enters their yearly panic about the lack of recruits, but the landscape has changed and the portal is a huge factor now
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I'll never forget the epic meltdown after the departures Floyd, Akok, Diggins, and Gaffney, and the graduation of Cole, Whaley, Polley & Martin. The sky was absolutely falling and so many posters were making dire predictions about the upcoming year without seeing the roster. People were freaking out this year as well, and while the jury is out about whether this team will win the title, we're #1 and got an excellent addition in the portal.

Especially with the portal, it's impossible to get too worked up until mid-June or July when transfers are done. We have to let things play out.
 
navery12 said:
I don't think your expectation was ever realistic then considering the size of the 2023 class
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Not sure what you mean by this. Yeah, we took 5 in 2023, but the expectation was always that Castle would be a 1 and done, and Singare is a project. So you're really only looking at 3 contributors to the 2024-25 team in that class.
 
PNolanFan said:
We have no idea what is going on behind closed doors, what if karaban clingan castle and spencer all told Hurley they are coming back next year? In that scenario we dont have any minutes at all for next year. Not saying thats what happening but team cant disclose all plans
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I promise you they didn't tell Hurley that last summer when we were still recruiting the guys we missed out on.
 
Our biggest transfer class was 2022 with Diarra, Newton and Alleyne. Were going to need a better class than that, I don’t think that’s as easy as some people make it seem especially with NIL.
 
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Mooch82 said:
Not sure what you mean by this. Yeah, we took 5 in 2023, but the expectation was always that Castle would be a 1 and done, and Singare is a project. So you're really only looking at 3 contributors to the 2024-25 team in that class.
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What I'm saying is next year's roster will have 1 possible super senior (Diarra), 1 senior (Johnson), 2 juniors (Karaban/Romoglou), and then the 4 freshman and 2 sophomores you mentioned. That's a roster breakdown that needs upperclassmen who can contribute on day 1 to a tournament team way more than more young guys fighting for developmental minutes
 
JohnnyJr said:
Our biggest transfer class was 2022 with Diarra, Newton and Alleyne. Were going to need a better class than that, I don’t think that’s as easy as some people make it seem especially with NIL.
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Joey C also
 
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