Mid-Portal Look at Roster

[3rdbass]

I forgot his brother was on the team. I saw "Jayden??" at power forward and assumed he misspelled Jaylin because otherwise Stewart didn't even make the list. Is Stewart in the portal? I agree with others Ross is not a power forward.

This is just someone trying to make a pointless list based off rumors and no facts of who is coming back or coming in. Take it with a grain of salt.

 

[3rdbass]

Maybe but if Silas had missed time with that ankle, like Mullins and Reed did with their injuries, do we want to rely on county to come in and run the team

How do we know that? He might surprise and we probably will bring in a PG similar to Millender we had this year just in case. Good thing is there are a lot of PGs out there especially at the lower levels.

 

[bendm]

How do we know that?

Thats the point… it’s a big gamble and not how you make the team bullet proof

 

[3rdbass]

Well you can't have it both ways and tell your players we want you to stay but not give them any time to develop. Do you think County who is top 75 recruit is going to stay if he barely plays this year and we recruit over him with a real good PG? He is going to transfer the following year. That is almost a given in today's game. I prefer to keep our good recruits and develop them for as long as they can stay personally.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I'm beginning to wonder if some of you have jobs.

 

[Donyell 360]

That's a flaming hot take. If he earns that, our rotation is going to be lethal top to bottom.

I don't think it is a hot take to assume that a 4 year player would be the presumed starter over a portal addition. If Nik signs on knowing Stewart is our only 4 at the moment, then he knows he has to compete with Stewart for the starting position. If Nik can't beat out Stewart then should he realistically expect to start for Duke or another team? Most here are assuming based on his higher high school rank that he is a better talent than Stewart. Hopefully he comes to UConn and Stewart returns and we get to find out. Should be a fun battle.

 

[FlexOnEm]

Agreed it’ll prob end up a 9 man rotation with county 10th man. At least he’d start in 5v5 scrimmages.

I’m actually warming to the idea of County being the backup PG, while bringing in a Millender-like transfer as a 3rd string PG in case County isn’t ready or in case of injuries. As we’ve learned in the last few years, if County is buried on the bench he’ll probably transfer. We don’t want that to happen.

 

[bendm]

I’m actually warming to the idea of County being the backup PG, while bringing in a Millender-like transfer as a 3rd string PG in case County isn’t ready or in case of injuries. As we’ve learned in the last few years, if County is buried on the bench he’ll probably transfer. We don’t want that to happen.

I want to win #7 not worry about who’s on the team in 2027

 

[UCLJ0211]

Is this a hybrid of Jacob Furphy and Jayden Ross? I'd rather just have Jayden.

 

[FlexOnEm]

I want to win #7 not worry about who’s on the team in 2027

Right there with you. County should only be the backup PG if he earns it. I’m not saying to hand the role to him. I’m saying I think he can be good enough to play that role. We need 3 ball handlers on the roster one way or another.

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm worried about the 2027-2028 roster. I don't know who will be on the team then.

What is the point of threads like this right now?

 

[TheShot1990]

All of you need a course in Jinx management.

Counting players that haven’t even signed with us yet? It’s bad for the mojo.

I wouldn’t be disappointed if Tom shuts this thread down

 

[RuffRuff]

I'm worried about the 2027-2028 roster. I don't know who will be on the team then.

What is the point of threads like this right now?

Let's make a lineup with players that we don't know are going to be on the team exercise!

 

[Bigbrad1029]

With the Portal clarifying (a bit), lets look at the potential roster... and could be a super dangerous team.

PG - Silas Demary
SG - Solo
G/F - Braylon
F - Jayden??
C - Hines

6th man - Khamenia???
Backup Big - TBD
PG2 - County
G/F - Colben Landrew
G/F - Jacob Ross

Notes: Let me know if I'm missing anyone here, but as that stands...

1. Im pretty concerned with rebounding & defending the post. We all like Hines, but he is a young guy and we'd REALLY be counting on him to be a 30 min guy and take a big step in production. Also, Solo/Braylon, Khamenia not sure there is a ton of rebounds to be found there, and if we have 3/5 of our roster below average rebounding, that will put a ton of pressure on us. In addition, the trend right now is that teams spend big $$ at oversized skill players at that 4 spot and physically dominate - see michigan, florida, zona. And as we saw, that mismatch really came back to bite us last year. I hope we have eyes on a rough/tough rebound and defense guy at that spot, at least off the bench if we need fouls/mismatch.
2. We also need a backup C
3. We are really counting on one/both of landrew/county to be able to handle/create offense as this roster has limited guys who can create on their own.

Are people seeing this shaping up the

With the Portal clarifying (a bit), lets look at the potential roster... and could be a super dangerous team.

PG - Silas Demary
SG - Solo
G/F - Braylon
F - Jayden??
C - Hines

6th man - Khamenia???
Backup Big - TBD
PG2 - County
G/F - Colben Landrew
G/F - Jacob Ross

Notes: Let me know if I'm missing anyone here, but as that stands...

1. Im pretty concerned with rebounding & defending the post. We all like Hines, but he is a young guy and we'd REALLY be counting on him to be a 30 min guy and take a big step in production. Also, Solo/Braylon, Khamenia not sure there is a ton of rebounds to be found there, and if we have 3/5 of our roster below average rebounding, that will put a ton of pressure on us. In addition, the trend right now is that teams spend big $$ at oversized skill players at that 4 spot and physically dominate - see michigan, florida, zona. And as we saw, that mismatch really came back to bite us last year. I hope we have eyes on a rough/tough rebound and defense guy at that spot, at least off the bench if we need fouls/mismatch.
2. We also need a backup C
3. We are really counting on one/both of landrew/county to be able to handle/create offense as this roster has limited guys who can create on their own.

Are people seeing this shaping up the same way?

I don’t think we really know until we actually get NK and and we get status on Mullins, Stewart and Ball…but the lineup you suggested is way to small and weak 2-4 and we would get destroyed on he boards and have trouble scoring in the interior consistently and rely on erratic shooters from 3 …Lineup that I predict will win out through the summer workouts and scrimmages assuming all these players are here and healthy is Silas at the 1 with County and another veteran backup PG as depth, then Mullins at the 2 with Ball behind him (pending a potential wrist surgery) if again both stay, Landrew then Ross at the 3, NK then Stewart at the 4 Hines then backup TBD at the 5 ….This gives you 3 , 5 stars , cuz Landrew is 5 star whether McDonalds thinks so or not , in starting lineup plus Silas and Hines who will likely be all big east along with Mullins and possibly NK and Landrew good shot at BE Freshman of the year …Most importantly this is a lineup with alot more size toughness and defense 1 through 5….

 

[Lafayette]

our lineup of known players for next season

Silas / Ross / County / Landrew / Hines

Everyone else has till Monday to portal else is considered here, aside from Mullins, where NBA is a large possibility.

So as said this is all pointless with way too many variables:
Mullins???
Solo???
Stewart???
Jacob Ross????

And then even if all them are yes to stay that's 9 guys and that's -6 from the max 15 and we had 15 last season.

 

[3rdbass]

our lineup of known players for next season

Silas / Ross / County / Landrew / Hines

Everyone else has till Monday to portal else is considered here, aside from Mullins, where NBA is a large possibility.

So as said this is all pointless with way too many variables:
Mullins???
Solo???
Stewart???
Jacob Ross????

And then even if all them are yes to stay that's 9 guys and that's -6 from the max 15 and we had 15 last season.

You can cross Stewart off the list.

 

[Coach J]

Well you can't have it both ways and tell your players we want you to stay but not give them any time to develop. Do you think County who is top 75 recruit is going to stay if he barely plays this year and we recruit over him with a real good PG? He is going to transfer the following year. That is almost a given in today's game. I prefer to keep our good recruits and develop them for as long as they can stay personally.

It is why Danny needs to do a better job of getting guys 10-12 into settled games sooner in the future to prevent a guy like County from leaving after 1 year.

 

[Coach J]

You can cross Stewart off the list.

I guess that means the Duke and or the Syracuse kid are coming.

 

[alexd]

I guess that means the Duke and or the Syracuse kid are coming.

Hopefully we got one of them. Sounds more like it would be Khamenia.

 

[Lafayette]

It only means one thing - we have 8 dudes.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

With the Portal clarifying (a bit), lets look at the potential roster... and could be a super dangerous team.

PG - Silas Demary
SG - Solo
G/F - Braylon
F - Jayden??
C - Hines

6th man - Khamenia???
Backup Big - TBD
PG2 - County
G/F - Colben Landrew
G/F - Jacob Ross

Notes: Let me know if I'm missing anyone here, but as that stands...

1. Im pretty concerned with rebounding & defending the post. We all like Hines, but he is a young guy and we'd REALLY be counting on him to be a 30 min guy and take a big step in production. Also, Solo/Braylon, Khamenia not sure there is a ton of rebounds to be found there, and if we have 3/5 of our roster below average rebounding, that will put a ton of pressure on us. In addition, the trend right now is that teams spend big $$ at oversized skill players at that 4 spot and physically dominate - see michigan, florida, zona. And as we saw, that mismatch really came back to bite us last year. I hope we have eyes on a rough/tough rebound and defense guy at that spot, at least off the bench if we need fouls/mismatch.
2. We also need a backup C
3. We are really counting on one/both of landrew/county to be able to handle/create offense as this roster has limited guys who can create on their own.

Are people seeing this shaping up the same way?

If we get the dude from Duke. He’s going to start. Ross is the perfect 6th man.

 

[SaeHusky]

Khamenia will start if he commits here.

Ross is not a PF. He's more likely to back up the 2. If anyone is backing up the 4 it's Stewart. Stewart has 20lbs on Ross. If Stewart decides to leave for more PT we would need to recruit a backup 4.

We are still going to pursue a backup PG and a backup C.

Re #1: We are still recruiting a backup big. If we assume that guy has some talent we won't be relying on Hines to play 30mpg. The most we've had a big play ever under Hurley is Tarris last year and he was <30mpg.

Re #3: Not really. Mullins is coming back and we have Jayden Ross. Possibly Stewart. County and Landrew are going to compete with both those guys to earn their spot. I'm pretty high on both of them (particularly Landrew). Great senior seasons against top competition.

I think County will be the backup PG. Money will be used for another big. Hoping for Thiam

 

[husky429]

I think County will be the backup PG. Money will be used for another big. Hoping for Thiam

We aren't signing a big of his caliber to back up Hines.

 

[SaeHusky]

If we keep Ball, Mullins, and Stewart, and if Khamenia comes in, we could be looking at:

PG: Demary (30), portal backup (10)
SG: Ball (25), Mullins (10), Landrew (5)
SF: Mullins (20), Ross (20)
PF: Khamenia (25), Stewart (15)
C: Hines (30), portal backup (10)

We'd be fairly interchangeable at the 2-4, with Ball, Mullins, Khamenia getting 2/3 of the minutes, and Ross, Stewart, and Landrew (in that order) the remaining minutes.

We'd still need a backup PG and a backup C, and perhaps the latter could play alongside Hines -- if they have the appropriate skillset -- in a rare big lineup.

This would be 9-10 deep and would shorten, and also means we could accommodate losing one of those pieces at the 2-4 and still have adequate depth.

No way Landrew playing 5 minutes.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I'm beginning to wonder if some of you have jobs.

So does my boss.

 

[SaeHusky]

We aren't signing a big of his caliber to back up Hines.

It not for just a backup. We would run double bigs at times. Rothstein just posted there is interest by both parties.

 

[bendm]

Lock this in coach and let’s get #7

Demary 30 / Transfer 10
Ball 25 / Mullins 15
Mullins 15 / Ross 25
Nik 25 / Landrew 15
Hines 30 / Transfer 10

30: Demary / Mullins / Hines
25: Ball / Ross / Nik
15: Landrew
10: Transfer PG / C
5: County

 

[husky429]

It not for just a backup. We would run double bigs at times. Rothstein just posted there is interest by both parties.

0% chance

 

[husky429]

Lock this in coach and let’s get #7

Demary 30 / Transfer 10
Ball 25 / Mullins 15
Mullins 15 / Ross 25
Nik 25 / Landrew 15
Hines 30 / Transfer 10

30: Demary / Mullins / Hines
25: Ball / Ross / Nik
15: Landrew
10: Transfer PG / C
5: County

We have never had a big play 30mpg under Hurley.

 

[bendm]

We have never had a big play 30mpg under Hurley.

Anything else? Im obviously rounding everything to a multiple of 5. For instance, If Demary and Mullins are both really at 27.5mpg then There’s the 5 mpg for county.