2020 Recruiting: Kevin Marfo (QU) to Grad Transfer
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Not high on my list, but I'm no Hurley.
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Very impressive list, good for Marfo and rooting for him to get a big-time opportunity!
Great landing spots:
Texas Tech, lots of guard talent but with Clarke/Holyfield graduating there's a need to fill in the 5 spot while Ntambwe will likely play the 4.
Virginia Tech, so many guards, but a huge need for bigs!
Arkansas, Musselman loves transfers and the team needs size.
Texas A&M, I love Buzz Williams and there is a huge need for experienced bigs with Josh Nebo graduating. Would be an interesting player to pair up with Savion Flagg.
Not bad landing spots:
Arizona State, go Hurley family, but in terms of basketball, Romello White was their only frontcourt player with a big time role. Marfo is a good thunder to Taeshon Cherry's lightning.
Oklahoma State, aside from Yor Anei, not a lot of proven size on that team and a great opportunity to play with Cude Cunningham!
Out of that list, I don't like:
San Diego State, lots of depth in their frontcourt
Xavier, already have Jason Carter as their starting 4 and Freemantle as their 5.
Louisville, he wouldn't play much behind Nwora and Williams.
Wichita State, What's up with so many players transferring?
St. John's, would be cool, but no apparent spot for him between Roberts/Champagnie/Sears/Earlington
Nebraska, was a shit show last year. Go somewhere else!
BC, Avoid that black hole!
Great landing spots:
Texas Tech, lots of guard talent but with Clarke/Holyfield graduating there's a need to fill in the 5 spot while Ntambwe will likely play the 4.
Virginia Tech, so many guards, but a huge need for bigs!
Arkansas, Musselman loves transfers and the team needs size.
Texas A&M, I love Buzz Williams and there is a huge need for experienced bigs with Josh Nebo graduating. Would be an interesting player to pair up with Savion Flagg.
Not bad landing spots:
Arizona State, go Hurley family, but in terms of basketball, Romello White was their only frontcourt player with a big time role. Marfo is a good thunder to Taeshon Cherry's lightning.
Oklahoma State, aside from Yor Anei, not a lot of proven size on that team and a great opportunity to play with Cude Cunningham!
Out of that list, I don't like:
San Diego State, lots of depth in their frontcourt
Xavier, already have Jason Carter as their starting 4 and Freemantle as their 5.
Louisville, he wouldn't play much behind Nwora and Williams.
Wichita State, What's up with so many players transferring?
St. John's, would be cool, but no apparent spot for him between Roberts/Champagnie/Sears/Earlington
Nebraska, was a shit show last year. Go somewhere else!
BC, Avoid that black hole!
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Torn on him.
On one hand, he is a bruiser down low, can fill in at the 4 spot and would improve our rebounding immediately.
On the other hand, if Carlton is sticking around and him and Whaley are gonna get big minutes I kind of would rather let Springs get a ton of minutes at the 4 as well as bring in a guy like Etienne a year early to develop him. Letting JC and IW take bulk minutes and giving Javonte, Springs and Etienne backup minutes to develop them (and possibly surprise us and compete for starting roles) would pay dividends for the following years.
As always, I trust Hurley's judgement.
On one hand, he is a bruiser down low, can fill in at the 4 spot and would improve our rebounding immediately.
On the other hand, if Carlton is sticking around and him and Whaley are gonna get big minutes I kind of would rather let Springs get a ton of minutes at the 4 as well as bring in a guy like Etienne a year early to develop him. Letting JC and IW take bulk minutes and giving Javonte, Springs and Etienne backup minutes to develop them (and possibly surprise us and compete for starting roles) would pay dividends for the following years.
As always, I trust Hurley's judgement.
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don’t forget hoiburg is at Nebraska now. He’s no different than musselman
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S/O to A Dime Back for making this point, but Marfo shot 71% from the line and averaged 6 FT attempts per game last year, which would have been the most on our team by far. Only CV is close at 4.8, and he played considerably more minutes per game and had the ball in his hands at the end of every game. Marfo averaged 8.4 free throw attempts per 40 minutes to CV's 5.9.
For context, Shabazz averaged 6 attempts per game in his senior season. That's a really good number, and 71% is a very solid shooting percentage for a center.
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I would not recommend a grad transfer unless you have a VERY significant need. Next year's team is still a team in transition and development. I believe while we want to continue the winning ways, we must still focus on player development specific in the OOC portion of the schedule. I do not want a 1 year player taking important developmental minutes away from a player who could be a key in a championship season 2 or 3 years down the road, Big Picture.
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Not a team in transition next year. We're going to have one of the best players in the country and another future NBA player at the wing. We're going to have great guard play and with Whaley's emergence, Springs to help on the boards, Hopefully a recalibrated senior year Carlton, and a 7 footer to provide backup minutes we will have depth to help out our dynamic guard play for the first time in a long time. A legit grad tranfer pf or freshman would be perfect.
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Ah @superjohn, i see you still have your AAC glasses on. Time to swap to the new and improved NBE glasses. Let me explain why I say we are a team in transition. There were about 5 or 6 teams in the NBE that had the potential to win AAC. The only AAC team that would have shown well in the NBE was Houston. Our team next year will be significantly better. Our opposition next year will be significantly better. I feel that there is a significant probability that our record next year will be similar to this year, somewhere around 20-21 wins overall. That will put us squarely on the bubble, possibly with a 9-10 seed. To me that is a team in transition from bubble to consistently competing for the NBE championship and going far into the tournament. NC's are still a bit further off.
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You're wrong here, with the right additions into the last 2 spots for next year we're a top 25 team next year. We won't win the Big East but I fully expect a competitive team and should be well above the bubble
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Bouknight is the most talented player we’ve had since Shabazz. He might only be here for another year. I want as much talent around him as possible next year. If we have the year I think we’re capable of, recruiting won’t be a problem going forward.
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You're right if the two additions are Jalen Green and Ziaire Williams. But I don't think they are coming.
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I don't watch any AAC games outside of UConn games, all I watch during college basketball season is Big East games. We were a flat out bad team before this season and a horrible geographic and cultural fit which hurt us even more. The Big East is a guard dominated league, the best guard league in the country and teams like to play fast. We are going to fit in perfectly, it's how we're built to play and how Hurley teams play. Stuff would have to go pretty wrong for us not to make the tournament, IMO.
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You get it.
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I hope you're right. This is one of the times when would rather be wrong.
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One year teams recruit one year players. IMHO bouk is going to have to improve in several areas, strength, defense, and contested handle before he's a top 30 pick.
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You are severely underestimating the talent we have on the team coming back next year. I'd even venture to say you're forgetting that good players improve under a good coach year to year
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I’d rather a grad transfer big because we already have akok springs and Javonte Brown Ferguson who will all be soph or younger. Older depth is a good thing there.
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We don't even know if Akok will be back next year, our best rebounder is graduating, and our next best rebound will be a sophomore guard.
If Hurley wants this guy, you get him.
Do I really need to remind UConn fans how important rebounding is to sparking the fast break??
If Hurley wants this guy, you get him.
Do I really need to remind UConn fans how important rebounding is to sparking the fast break??
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Maybe. However I think the potential is excellent, but that they have a way to go in development. Remember your best returning player was 3rd team all conference. Development has been my theme in the string of these posts. The tougher battles of the NBE is exactly what we need at this time to achieve the next level.
To state it clearly, the talent is here and coming to take us to perennial top 5. What we need now is the increase in difficulty to promote the development necessary to get there. I Imagine we will still lose around 8 games next year, but the losses will be better because of the stiffer opposition. To me the UConn goals should be 1) conference championship, 2) conference tourney championship, 3) NCAA championship. I do not believe that we are close to any of those goals as currently constituted. We'll be closer after next year and possibly at the conference level the year after.
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If we lose 8 games next year we're a top 25 team. There were 4 Big East teams with around 8 losses (2 with 7, 2 with 9). Those teams were ranked 9, 10, 15, 21 in the final top 25
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Do you think we meet the goals I delineated with 8 losses. If we do not take a transfer, but spend the minutes to develop the current talent, perhaps the year after we are in the 3-5 loss range. that is competing for championships and it would be my preferred goal over a couple of wins garnered by a 1 year stud. But it is all speculation at this time. Perhaps the 1 year stud is a great role model and expedites the development process. We don't really know anything at this time do we.
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Yes I think if make the right additions we'll be a top 3 or 4 team in the Big East next year and compete for the regular season and conference championships
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