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Karaban!!M

Billy Jack said:
Alex Karaban
He’s the man

Every one of those shots in the 2nd half was money

Every shot
Was in a big spot
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Alex Karaban is ranked 46th nationally in KenPom's Offensive Efficiency Rating.

Let that sink in.

Amongst Big East compadres, Alex Karaban is top-25 in:
  • Offensive rating (3rd)
  • Turnover rate (7th)
  • 37.3 3p% (16th)
  • Offensive rebounding rate (20th)
  • 52.9 2p% (25th)
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Alex Karaban is ranked 46th nationally in KenPom's Offensive Efficiency Rating.

Let that sink in.

Amongst Big East compadres, Alex Karaban is top-25 in:
  • Offensive rating (3rd)
  • Turnover rate (7th)
  • 37.3 3p% (16th)
  • Offensive rebounding rate (20th)
  • 52.9 2p% (25th)
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And only ONE freshman in the ENTIRE NATION has a higher offensive rating than Karaban's!
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Alex Karaban is ranked 46th nationally in KenPom's Offensive Efficiency Rating.

Let that sink in.

Amongst Big East compadres, Alex Karaban is top-25 in:
  • Offensive rating (3rd)
  • Turnover rate (7th)
  • 37.3 3p% (16th)
  • Offensive rebounding rate (20th)
  • 52.9 2p% (25th)
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He's our John Havlicek (look him up if you don't recognize the name). :)
 
Alex seems like he is going to have a Colin Gillespie like career.

For opposing teams it’s going to seem like he plays 9 years at UConn.

Really hard to believe that he is only half way through his freshmen year.

By the time he is done, he will no doubt go down as one of the all time UConn fan favorites, if not jersey on the wall. Hard to see him translating to the NBA (hope I am wrong) but doesn’t mean he can’t be an AA caliber player here.

Thank you Alex!!!!!
 
JonnyRI said:
Alex seems like he is going to have a Colin Gillespie like career.

For opposing teams it’s going to seem like he plays 9 years at UConn.

Really hard to believe that he is only half way through his freshmen year.

By the time he is done, he will no doubt go down as one of the all time UConn fan favorites, if not jersey on the wall. Hard to see him translating to the NBA (hope I am wrong) but doesn’t mean he can’t be an AA caliber player here.

Thank you Alex!!!!!
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Shooters are coveted in the NBA. Duncan Robinson is the first one that rings a bell. Never know how he can improve his game from now until his Jr year. He could carve out a position in the NBA game with his shooting prowess.
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Alex Karaban is ranked 46th nationally in KenPom's Offensive Efficiency Rating.

Let that sink in.

Amongst Big East compadres, Alex Karaban is top-25 in:
  • Offensive rating (3rd)
  • Turnover rate (7th)
  • 37.3 3p% (16th)
  • Offensive rebounding rate (20th)
  • 52.9 2p% (25th)
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Keep it a secret please ;)
 
BigFanCT said:
With the ups and downs of the season I think we haven’t made as big of a deal as having a legitimate “ready out the box” freshman in Karaban. Clingan yes to an extent as well- but this kid is a player and is the real deal.
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Very true. You can definitely see the potential growth with Karaban. He has exceeded my expectation.
 
“We’re lucky to have him in a UConn uniform,” head coach Dan Hurley said after Saturday’s win. “The kid is so surprising. There’s not many freshmen in the country that have been as consistent, solid. He’s made our team so much better this year with his understanding of the game – big block and obviously the big threes.”

“He’s just not a complicated guy,” Hurley said. “I don’t deal with his inner circle, he’s like a grown up. He works hard, he cares about the team – he doesn’t care if he’s taking four shots. He’s not delusional, he cares. He’s like Andre (Jackson) in a sense. ... When you get people like Alex and Andre, they don’t think about themselves so he doesn’t feel a lot of pressure, Alex, because he’s not thinking about Alex 24 hours a day.”

www.courant.com

Calm, cool and consistent: All UConn freshman Alex Karaban thinks about is basketball

There were 24 seconds left in the Seton Hall game when UConn redshirt freshman Alex Karaban caught the ball open in the corner. The Huskies led by one point in the midst of a second-half collapse. …
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Calm, cool and consistent: All UConn freshman Alex Karaban thinks about is the sport​

 
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Was also impressed with his interior passing the last game. Would love to see him develop a pull up jumper. I think he'll finish around the rim as he gets stronger.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Alex Karaban is ranked 46th nationally in KenPom's Offensive Efficiency Rating.

Let that sink in.

Amongst Big East compadres, Alex Karaban is top-25 in:
  • Offensive rating (3rd)
  • Turnover rate (7th)
  • 37.3 3p% (16th)
  • Offensive rebounding rate (20th)
  • 52.9 2p% (25th)
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He doesn't do everything and he can go into shooting slumps (and I wish when he pick-and-popped he'd get 3 inches behind the 3-point line instead of 3 feet), but he doesn't make many mistakes and does a lot of little things.

He's almost already on the level of a senior year Niels Giffey (worse D and slightly worse shooting, but better rebounding and playmaking).
 
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JonnyRI said:
Alex seems like he is going to have a Colin Gillespie like career.

For opposing teams it’s going to seem like he plays 9 years at UConn.

Really hard to believe that he is only half way through his freshmen year.

By the time he is done, he will no doubt go down as one of the all time UConn fan favorites, if not jersey on the wall. Hard to see him translating to the NBA (hope I am wrong) but doesn’t mean he can’t be an AA caliber player here.

Thank you Alex!!!!!
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Honestly, he reminds me of those 6'8 white guys that Syracuse would get to play in the zone, rebound, and shoot 3s. Those guys annoyed the hell out of us. Imagine what other teams will think about Karaban.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
He doesn't do everything and he can go into shooting slumps (and I wish when he pick-and-popped he'd get 3 inches behind the 3-point line instead of 3 feet), but he doesn't make many mistakes and does a lot of little things.
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Your post has a lot of good points, but it's hard to justify that a player goes into actual shooting slumps when they shoot a 59 2p% (251st in the nation) and a 38.4 3p% (373rd in the nation).

When was his last subpar shooting game? The Xavier game on NYE?
 
Billy Jack said:
Alex Karaban
He’s the man

Every one of those shots in the 2nd half was money

Every shot
Was in a big spot
Expand ...

the one at the end of the first half and one of the misses in the second half were halfway down before rimming out. His shots are always online.

HooperScooper said:
When you get people like Alex and Andre, they don’t think about themselves so he doesn’t feel a lot of pressure, Alex, because he’s not thinking about Alex 24 hours a day.”

Alternate free access:

Calm, cool and consistent: All UConn freshman Alex Karaban thinks about is the sport​

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Such a rarity for any late teen or young adult.
 
imno1 said:
Yesterday they made an effort to get him open shots. More of that please.
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The more Hawkins and Newton shoot well from outside betterthe better it is for Karaban because teams will cheat even more towards defending those two and gamble on leaving Karaban open.

Amazingly enough Sanogo seems to play much better when there are three guys on the floor demanding constant perimeter attention. When they run the offense with multiple screens and movement it prevents the defense from collapsing on Sanogo.

Long-winded way of saying UConn seems much smoother on offense doing and outside in offense where the primary goal is to get a perimeter scorer a shot and a dump down Sanogo is the back up plan, rather than the inside out of dumping it Sanogo and trying to run the offense through Sanogo on the block.
 
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