Maheney In A Different Role?

[jibsey]

This is just my opinion and not meant to slight Aiden but the offense doesn’t run that smooth with him at point it seems to me. He can be an effective 3 point shooter from the #2 guard spot. His minutes will be reduced and this is not giving up on him but we need a more physical starting point guard. He is going to be facing up against very tough point guards and I‘d love to be proven wrong about this but Nowell needs to be in there. We’ll live with his freshman mistakes and there will be many and hopefully he develops and improves well enough for a deep tourney run. The kid is a tough player, my impression in his limited minutes this year.
How long will Hurley stay with Aiden and is he locked as starting point guard all season? Maheney would still be valuable to the team playing off the ball.

 

[Jimdish255]

There's still time to see if Mahaney can get his confidence and consistency going from outside. Noticing some effective distribution and better defense. It's slow but it's coming.
Nowel is a raw talent going to be a player for us. Just guessing the Coaches see he needs more time to understand and adjust and want to go with more experienced guys for now. If he can bust into the lineup or circumstances dictate he might change their minds.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Mahaney will have a major role as the lead guard or playing off-ball. As of now, he’s too good of a player to not be playing major minutes. Nowell might push for more time but I think he has a ways to go before starting.

If the lineup is to change, I think it should be
Ball, Ross, McNeeley, Karaban, Reed.

 

[Huskyforlife]

The problem with this idea is it takes minutes from Ball and Ross. I think Mahaney has to cut it at point for this team to play its best players the most minutes. It’ll look much better for him if he makes those semi guarded layups and open 3s soon, he’s done a good job not turning the ball over, which we saw was even a problem for Diarra yesterday.

 

[NJHusky]

Offense doesn’t run as smooth with him at the point. He seems physically limited even against this level of play, especially on D.

 

[CTBasketball]

Offense doesn’t run as smooth with him at the point. He seems physically limited even against this level of play, especially on D.

We’ve played 4 of the worst D1 schools. The competition has been poor.