I read all the articles and watch his media availabilities and I don’t remember him saying that. But I’m old and my memory isn’t as good as it used to be! Lol. He did take 15 as someone said above. He didn’t need to take the last 2 international players since I don’t think either is going to play this season. He did say something about taking 15 would help with practices.
I don't know that I'd ever seen that before. Kid would have made an all-time great D3 PF or C
He’s ranked a bit lower in the composite than Adams was (40 versus 27). Adams would’ve fit into next years rotation much better than this years.
I’m with you. He seems like a solid all around and heady basketball player. But I am hoping we find a way to inject some athleticism into this class eventually. Cloer and Toure were my top choices there but it’s not too late for someone else to pop up.
I have not seen this information before, it doesn't sound like something the UConn program or Hurley would want to own. If you can produce it, I'll believe it because Hurley does say a lot of stuff, but there is a negative connotation to this and it just seems unlikely. It may well be a matter of context. I know he said something about trying to manage 15 people and 15 personalities and can he make it all fit, something like that, like it is better for practices, but can it somehow cause a strain because there are so many.
Defense wins championships. Newton was not flashy and similar size and improved to retire his number by the time of his junior and senior years. Did we see that in him when he came to UConn? 3 point FG% East Carolina was 32, 26, and 33%. He was not a rim rattler either. Hurley sees clay he can mold.
I don’t see it either, right now, but there’s got to be a reason he’s shooting up the rankings, and had a lot of serious schools taking a look (Purdue, Mich St, Kansas, BYU, Arizona).
High floor kid with size like him, who plays smart and knows how to pass, will at minimum safely fit into the system. That kind of profile will find minutes as you can trust him.
He's shooting up the rankings because of the schools recruiting him...
Athleticism is my one concern for this season and it bit us on the butt some last season along with point guard play. It's one of the reasons I wanted Toure so much. We're not exactly recruiting great run and jump guys.
Question is, how much run & jump do you really need in Hurley's system? If you take 2024 for instance, I'd say 4/5 of the starting lineup was sub average in those categories. AK, Newt & Spencer certainly don't grade well there. Perhaps Clingan was the great equalizer.
Clingan made so much of it work, he was a cheat code. We had the two best defenders in the country in him and Castle. Athleticism and defensive defencies from Tristen, Cam and AK could be covered up by them.
Excellent point. Hurley is excited to get this kid so we should be too.
True but we went from 12 as Diaby was inneligible last year so ate a spot of 13.
There was a flurry of coaches going to see the Ratliffs in like September after they got healthy, kinda came out of nowhere. Grapevine must have started.
