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2024 Recruiting: Liam McNeeley

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Nebraskan18 said:
Not sure how you fit Mcneeley, Stewart, and Karaban all into the same starting lineup
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Good problem to have. In certain situations a PG (Diarra/Nowell) with McNeeley at 2, Stewart at 3, Karaban at 4 and the C would create some serious matchup problems. Not having the 6'6 Castle as a defensive stopper is the big ?.

I don't think anybody on this team inherits a starting role. I also don't think anybody on the 2024-25 roster is expecting to play 32-35 minutes like Newton and Spencer did. I think early season OOC games will be lots of 15-25 minutes runs for 10+ players and the rotations will take shape.
 
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Karmacop said:
There it is. The Matrim smile.

Happy Will Ferrell GIF
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but it’s a step down from the @Matrim55 wink. I’ll wait for that emoji before celebrating
 
UConnRock said:
Good problem to have. In certain situations a PG (Diarra/Nowell) with McNeeley at 2, Stewart at 3, Karaban at 4 and the C would create some serious matchup problems. Not having the 6'6 Castle as a defensive stopper is the big ?.

I don't think anybody on this team inherits a starting role. I also don't think anybody on the 2024-25 roster is expecting to play 32-35 minutes like Newton and Spencer did. I think early season OOC games will be lots of 15-25 minutes runs for 10+ players and the rotations will take shape.
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You don't think Alex Karaban inherits a starting role?
 
UConnRock said:
Not having the 6'6 Castle as a defensive stopper is the big ?.
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Diarra guards the other teams best offensive perimeter player. Otherwise all the starters are 6’8 or taller.
 
KemBuckets21 said:
Question for people in the know - viewing practices is a big part of the recruiting process for us, How would it work with these transfers we're after and with McNeeley? Presumably there won't be any practices to view for quite a while.

Perhaps i'm missing something
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I read somewhere that Cam would watch tapes of practice. Could he view tapes to get a feel? He could also talk to Cooper, he’s seen them practice.
 
imno1 said:
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but it’s a step down from the @Matrim55 wink. I’ll wait for that emoji before celebrating
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I'm not sure the wink will ever be deployed in this NIL era. Matrim got (so unfairly) criticized after Timberlake flipped to Kansas at the last moment, and I thought Matrim indicated that "the wink" was going to be mothballed.
 
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superjohn said:
You don't think Alex Karaban inherits a starting role?
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If you asked Hurley he would probably say "no'. But the statement refers more to the assumption of Stewart and McNeeley in a starting lineup.
 
UConnRock said:
I don't think anybody on this team inherits a starting role. I also don't think anybody on the 2024-25 roster is expecting to play 32-35 minutes like Newton and Spencer did. I think early season OOC games will be lots of 15-25 minutes runs for 10+ players and the rotations will take shape.
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Karaban is locked in as a starter. He’s started for 2 championships. He’s locked.
 
Karmacop said:
I'm not sure the wink will ever be deployed in this NIL era. Matrim got (so unfairly) criticized after Timberlake flipped to Kansas at the last moment, and I thought Matrim indicated that "the wink" was going to be mothballed.
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Calipari and maybe Self will be throwing so much NIL money around. There will be some surprises. McNeeley is a clone of Grady Dick and Johnny Furphy so Kansas will be heavily in the mix.
 
Matrim55 said:
Took me a while to get there, but it just dawned on me: Daniel Hamilton.
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They don't play similarly at all outside of having a similar size.

McNeeley is a low-usage, high-effeciency wing. Much better shooter than Hamilton. Hamilton was a point-forward who needed the ball in his hands and was a constant triple-double threat.

He's closer to Hawkins than Hamilton in usage, but not quite so one-dimensional.
 
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Karmacop said:
I'm not sure the wink will ever be deployed in this NIL era. Matrim got (so unfairly) criticized after Timberlake flipped to Kansas at the last moment, and I thought Matrim indicated that "the wink" was going to be mothballed.
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Timberlake getting an over the pants handy from Bill Self and Artero Morris was the best thing ever to happen to this program.

Cam came along and fit in nicely.
 
husky429 said:
They don't play similarly at all outside of having a similar size.

McNeeley is a low-usage, high-effeciency wing. Much better shooter than Hamilton. Hamilton was a point-forward who needed the ball in his hands and was a constant triple-double threat.

He's closer to Hawkins than Hamilton in usage, but not quite so one-dimensional.
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Haven’t watched enough of McNeeley, would you say he projects a bit like Cade Tyson from Belmont but a higher level recruit? He’s a guy I wanted to see UConn get involved with from the portal. Seems to sort of fit that mold of longer wing, whose super efficient & not a high usage type of player. Still shocked how Tyson wasn’t recruited out of high school given his pedigree.
 
Fatroony5 said:
Haven’t watched enough of McNeeley, would you say he projects a bit like Cade Tyson from Belmont but a higher level recruit? He’s a guy I wanted to see UConn get involved with from the portal. Seems to sort of fit that mold of longer wing, whose super efficient & not a high usage type of player. Still shocked how Tyson wasn’t recruited out of high school given his pedigree.
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I haven't seen him play. I'll post my stuff on McNeeley later...I've watched 2 games, gonna try to get 4-5 in while my wife is away and I can breathe without being told to fix something.
 
husky429 said:
I haven't seen him play.
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He’s a good watch, big wing. Brother plays in the NBA and was former Mr basketball of North Carolina and for whatever reason didn’t get recruited to a high major. Sounds like he maybe UNC or Duke bound. Need to dig into McNeeley more, if he fits into that high efficiency, not crazy usage mold.
 
Nebraskan18 said:
Not sure how you fit Mcneeley, Stewart, and Karaban all into the same starting lineup
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I don’t see why he couldn’t play the 2. Also, they don’t all have to be in the starting lineup.

I mentioned in another thread that it’s unlikely we have a starting 5 as good as last years. So our strength is going to built into our depth. More like 2023 than 2024
 
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Nebraskan18 said:
Not sure how you fit Mcneeley, Stewart, and Karaban all into the same starting lineup
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Agreed. Need another pure guard in there. Reminds me of 2022 when we had Martin, Jackson, and Whaley in the starting lineup. That was pretty much 2 SFs and a PF. Last season we had two pure guards in Newton and Hawkins. This season we had 3 pure guards in the Newton, Spencer, and Castle. I have a very hard time believing Stewart comes off the bench next year but Diarra, Ball, and McNeeley at the 1/2/3 is very well rounded.
 
UConnRock said:
If you asked Hurley he would probably say "no'. But the statement refers more to the assumption of Stewart and McNeeley in a starting lineup.
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Hurley would say yes
 
Fatroony5 said:
If he commits, he’s Klay Thompson but a better shooter & even more 2 way upside than Thompson had.
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Guys, puff, puff pass. He is not Klay Thompson, an all NBA defender, and somehow he has even less in common with Castle. He's a nice High School shooting prospect. We're sounding Kentucky right here lol
 
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