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Love this quote by Dan Hurley

McLovin said:
Next years team, if Karaban comes back, could definitely be our best offensive team under Hurley. Easily.

But on the defensive side we will be missing a lockdown wing defender (Jackson and then Castle) and 8’ rim protector (Clingan).

Maybe Hurley goes full Loyola Marymount and just tries to score 120 points each game and sees who can keep up (joking, kind of)
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I'm not worried about the defense.

Ball and Stewart are going to Mess. People. Up.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Yup, they were probably wondering as much as we were as to why he was not playing at all. He could be quick enough to play the two or three at the next level. He is 6’7” looks to have a decent offensive game. Every time he got on the court on the offensive end his talent was very evident.

As a coach you could see in this interview that the only way you are going to get playing time is directly related to how good the players in the game are playing. It just shortens the rotation.

He said that Cam and Tristen were just very efficient and that impacted Ball’s playing time and to para phrase what he said, it’s hard to take players like Tristen, Cam and Alex out of the game because it’s hard to lose when your guys are that efficient.

It is amazing that we kept all four of the freshman. What a culture he has created. Just the fact that there was no portal noise about them to me indicates high character, buy in and therefore leaves me expecting a big jump in their game next year.
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You thought Ross should have been playing once we started real teams? And I don't say that as a knock on Ross's talent but we had too much ahead of him at both the G/SF spots for him to be playing.
 
aceboon said:
You thought Ross should have been playing once we started real teams? And I don't say that as a knock on Ross's talent but we had too much ahead of him at both the G/SF spots for him to be playing.
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Not what I said. I said I understood why he did not but that it was less a reflection on him and more how good the players in front of him were playing and that created no opportunity. But you can see he has next level talent and that still was not enough to get him playing time.

So I was assuming from what the scouts were seeing in practice the questions were related to their interest and perhaps if they were going to see him in games at all.

I guess I should have known better sometimes I forget how the yard works.
 
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Rich said:
So we could threepeat with:

1) 1 Five Star (Clingan)
2) 2 Five Stars (Clingan and Castle)
3) 1 Five Star (McNeeley)

Please Duke keep doing what you're doing, LOL, 5 Stars Uber Alles. Pay no attention to Hurley he clearly hasn't the first clue on roster construction.
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When did Clingan get his 5 stars?
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Not what I said. I said I understood why he did not but that it was less a reflection on him and more how good the players in front of him were playing and that created no opportunity. But you can see he has next level talent and that still was not enough to get him playing time.

So I was assuming from what the scouts were seeing in practice the questions were related to their interest and perhaps if they were going to see him in games at all.

I guess I should have known better sometimes I forget how the yard works.
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You are far too sensitive, nobody was even getting after you
 
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superjohn said:
Athleticism is a lot more than running and jumping. Good point on Tristen, he has a great ability to play through contact and finish in all sorts of athletic ways. I always hear people say Luka and Jokic aren't athletic. They're incredibly athletic, they just don't jump high.
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They said Larry Bird wasn't athletic. Counterpoint:

 
TheHorde said:
Is it reasonable to infer that he thinks AK will be back? I don’t see how he could say that without that being the case honestly.
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not a bad point. Or he knows that someone else is coming? It’s Hurley, we could never figure out his brain.
 
Huskybass said:
What an awful thing to say about a kid who looked good every time he saw the floor, despite being in during garbage time.
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Yet you called his allotted playing time ‘garbage time’.
 
superjohn said:
He's our most slept on player.
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Sorry that was Springs.

Big fan of Ross. Have been since watching his and Solo’s high school games. Was beginning to think I incorrectly evaluated his talent potential. Loved hearing Hurley’s comment.
 
superjohn said:
Athleticism is a lot more than running and jumping. Good point on Tristen, he has a great ability to play through contact and finish in all sorts of athletic ways. I always hear people say Luka and Jokic aren't athletic. They're incredibly athletic, they just don't jump high.
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There’s above the rim and below the rim players; I think that’s a more helpful distinction to make.

As you said, there are many ways someone can be athletic

Regarding the OP, I’m gonna have to wait a while to say that next year’s team is better in any way than last year’s. Sure, on paper we look deeper, but we have multiple unknown pieces, and we have to see how Solo progresses from over the summer. I think Newton’s experience as a leader and his calm throughout big moments will be missed. I don’t doubt that Hass can lead, as he’s been in all our big games, but he was always a 6th man.
 
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ctchamps said:
Sorry that was Springs.

Big fan of Ross. Have been since watching his and Solo’s high school games. Was beginning to think I incorrectly evaluated his talent potential. Loved hearing Hurley’s comment.
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I’m ashamed that dad joke made me chuckle
 
bjc42 said:
not a bad point. Or he knows that someone else is coming? It’s Hurley, we could never figure out his brain.
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It was made pretty clear in that interview that no one else is coming unless Karaban decides to stay in the draft and even if that happens Hurley made it sound like the most likely addition would be a development guy at the 4 spot.
 
3rdbass said:
Easily better than the #1 Offensive team this year in effiency(see Kenpom below) and top 21 scoring teams with 81.6 pts a game? With scorers like Cam, Newton, Karaban, Castle and Clingan this upcoming team will be hard pressed to match that kind of offense. No way will this team be better offensively with so many unknowns but what they will have that this team didn't have is quality depth all the way up to player 9. This year was maybe 6-7 as Stewart and Ball were too inconsistent to count on at times.

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If there are so many unknowns, how can you say "No way will this team be better offensively"? Until it's known, it's a possibility, no?
 
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Eweconn said:
If there are so many unknowns, how can you say "No way will this team be better offensively"? Until it's known, it's a possibility, no?
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Better than #1 team in the nation and losing all those established scorers? On paper they have too many unknows aand not enough proven scorers. Right now it is my opinion and that is all anyone can state that they won't be as good as this past years team. This past year's team might have been the best UConn and one of the best College Basketball teams ever based on what they accomplished.
 
Rocktheworld said:
There’s above the rim and below the rim players; I think that’s a more helpful distinction to make.

As you said, there are many ways someone can be athletic

Regarding the OP, I’m gonna have to wait a while to say that next year’s team is better in any way than last year’s. Sure, on paper we look deeper, but we have multiple unknown pieces, and we have to see how Solo progresses from over the summer. I think Newton’s experience as a leader and his calm throughout big moments will be missed. I don’t doubt that Hass can lead, as he’s been in all our big games, but he was always a 6th man.
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I love your Profile pic. It really shows how close last year's team was.
 
JungleLobo said:
Agreed. It does mean that he was a practice player at his former school.

Maybe he will be more somewhere else.
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By your definition, Ross was dead weight.

There are always players who can't crack the rotation. If you want to call them dead weight, OK.
 
nomar said:
By your definition, Ross was dead weight.

There are always players who can't crack the rotation. If you want to call them dead weight, OK.
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Ross can play. NBA scouts think so. He just needs PT. He'll be fine.
 
nomar said:
It doesn't mean he was garbage.
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Tenspro2002 said:
Yes. If Karaban comes back we have a depth chart of:

Diarra/Nowell
Mahaney/Ball
McNeeley/Stewart
Karaban/Stewart
Reed/Johnson

That's 9 guys who should get at least 15 mpg.

Then behind them: Ross, Abraham, Singare, at least two of which would probably be worthy of minutes, but might not get any.
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Samson is starting
 
dogpause said:
Clingan prevented teams from taking the ball to the hole, and neutralized opposing big men. Add Castle's shutdown of their top scorer, and it was our defense that will be tough to replace.
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Our defense is the reason we`ve gone back to back. It wasnt appreciated in `23 and overlooked a bit in `24 because the offense was so good.
 
HailUConn said:
Don’t get me wrong, I’m deliriously happy.
But to top the last 2 years team, I need to question Dan’s sanity.

J/K, given his track record, I’m not betting against him. He is definitely seeing something we don’t. But if he is right, did he just confirm that Huskies are supposed to 3-peat!


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This team may not have a dominant big man but it could get contributions from 10 guys at a high level. It could be like that 97 Kentucky team that wasnt big but was two deep at every position with guys who could start anywhere else. Even without a dominant shot which we didnt have in `23 this team could still be really good defensively and simply wear teams down.
 
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