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Mullins, Khamenia, and Silas

I wouldn't say no problem. NBA hype and Duke heroics aside. A healthy Ball was likely going our best offensive player. Despite his injury affected shooting percentage, you saw him get better all season both in ball handling, defense, and getting inside.

There was a certain redundancy with Mullins that worked to our benefit, if one of having an off night the other was likely filling the gap. That's gone. We will see how the other guards are played, if they shoot well enough to open the inside.

The decision making will be easier but we won't be better squad without him.
 
SubbaBub said:
I wouldn't say no problem. NBA hype and Duke heroics aside. A healthy Ball was likely going our best offensive player. Despite his injury affected shooting percentage, you saw him get better all season both in ball handling, defense, and getting inside.

There was a certain redundancy with Mullins that worked to our benefit, if one of having an off night the other was likely filling the gap. That's gone. We will see how the other guards are played, if they shoot well enough to open the inside.

The decision making will be easier but we won't be better squad without him.
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I love Solo and defended him all year when others trashed him, but he certainly was not going to be our best offensive player this season
 
jibsey said:
Solo out? No problem. Mullins 25pts., Khamenia 18 ppg, and Silas 15. That’s 58 right there. And I think we can scrounge up 20 somewhere!
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Has UConn ever had a player who averaged 25+ points a game??
 
Mullins is averaging 20 on 4-5 made 3s per game
 
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DVD#12 said:
Has UConn ever had a player who averaged 25+ points a game??
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"Wes Bialosuknia’s best scoring season was his senior year (1966–67) at the University of Connecticut, where he averaged 28.0 points per game. This performance ranked him 5th in the nation and established a single-season scoring record for the school"

No 3 point shot then, so he could have exceeded that ppg since many of his shots were from 3 point range. However, he was playing in the Yankee Conference, a New England based conference and as I remember the OOC games were against Syracuse, Rutgers, AIC, PC and BC.
 
jibsey said:
Solo out? No problem. Mullins 25pts., Khamenia 18 ppg, and Silas 15. That’s 58 right there. And I think we can scrounge up 20 somewhere!
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Just raise up moments to 45 points a game, boom there's your extra 20 points.
 
jibsey said:
Solo out? No problem. Mullins 25pts., Khamenia 18 ppg, and Silas 15. That’s 58 right there. And I think we can scrounge up 20 somewhere!
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I can see Mullins at 18-20(25 means we don't have much other offense), Silas at 15 but to think Khamenia is going to make that jump is unrealistic. Probably closer to 10-12.
 
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zdirty said:
Khamenia will not average 10+
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Well probably not 18 but I think the 10-12 range in our offense is realistic. He won't be exact replica like Karaban. Mullins is going to be getting more shots and be the go to guy.
 
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zdirty said:
Khamenia will not average 10+
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He should as he averaged 6 points at Duke primarily coming off the bench. Once he got starter minutes he was closer to 11 points. I think he would be in that 10-12 range if he is getting starter minutes.
 
DVD#12 said:
Has UConn ever had a player who averaged 25+ points a game??
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Wes Bialosunkia 28.0 ppg 1966-67
Tony Hanson 26.0 ppg 1976-77
Donyell Marshall 25.1 ppg 1993-94
 
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I believe in Dan Hurley. He is my deity (ha). He will come up with players and a solution. Yes, I absolutely agree that Solo would have been top 2 with Mullins to lead us in scoring so this loss is huge, but let’s not sell Danny short here. With another good portal 2 guard and hopeful contribution from others we will be ok.
Question about the young Ross kid. What is his position and skill level and potential?
 
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zdirty said:
I hope you’re all right on that. I’m not impressed yet.
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It's not much of a stretch. Just projecting his minutes out to 26/gm gets you to 7.5. Add in a reasonable freshman/sophomore improvement, and 10 seems more than reachable.
 
KillaCam said:
If he is not >10, the points would have to come from somewhere…I think he will be top 2 scorer for UConn after Braylon. Or at least we should hope that he will be.
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We are bringing on a highly ranked kid to get 30 minutes pg, with a reputation as a shooter. If you don’t think he’s averaging 12ish pts a game you’re nuts. He’s a starter in a scorers role.

The only question I have at this point is whether the staff intends on playing NK exclusively at the 4 and how will they back it up. We’ll know they’ll get a shooter, backup PG and C. My biggest question is around the 4. I’m not even going to try and guess.

If they bring in a 2G to start we know it’s a yes. If they bring a 4 in, we know it’s a no.
 
# 15 ranked recruit? Boozer was getting all the shots. Let’s not forget too that Solo was benched a lot with fouls and injury we now know about. Our offense was very good even when Karaban didn’t make shots. This is a new team but trust our coach, he will come through.
 
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RuffRuff said:
We are bringing on a highly ranked kid to get 30 minutes pg, with a reputation as a shooter. If you don’t think he’s averaging 12ish pts a game you’re nuts. He’s a starter in a scorers role.

The only question I have at this point is whether the staff intends on playing NK exclusively at the 4 and how will they back it up. We’ll know they’ll get a shooter, backup PG and C. My biggest question is around the 4. I’m not even going to try and guess.

If they bring in a 2G to start we know it’s a yes. If they bring a 4 in, we know it’s a no.
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I think you misread what I stated.
 
Khamenia's game will open up at UConn. Being used differently here in our sets, more minutes, this team offense creating scoring opportunities for players. Khamenia could have a nice sophomore jump and really contribute.
 
I’m a bit curious for the plan on Khamenia at the 4. I know he’s envisioned in the Karaban mold, but they seem to have different strengths. Plus, Khamenia was a G/F at Duke and has pretty much always been listed as such. I’m not worried because I know the staff can turn most players pretty great, I just have a feeling him as the primary 4 will be a bit of a learning curve.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
I’m a bit curious for the plan on Khamenia at the 4. I know he’s envisioned in the Karaban mold, but they seem to have different strengths. Plus, Khamenia was a G/F at Duke and has pretty much always been listed as such. I’m not worried because I know the staff can turn most players pretty great, I just have a feeling him as the primary 4 will be a bit of a learning curve.
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What’s is the major difference between how they use the 4 and the 3 in your eyes?
 
His job at Duke was to stand in the corner mostly, as the Boozers were pretty ball dominant. It obviously wasn’t like they made a mistake in not using him more. They only lost 3 games on comebacks/buzzer beaters. But his development was a bit stunted and he probably only scratched the surface.

He nailed a timely spot up corner three against us (in between the two by Demary, which could have been a momentum killer of if Demary didn’t answer back). He also scored over a smaller defender (Mullins) on an iso with sort of a nice one handed push shot in the lane (and finished a gimme on a break). Another time he drove baseline and didn’t get a foul call but it was a strong take. He showed some versatility in a few chances - and he was pretty locked in defensively.

His high school profile indicated he was a great passer for his size and that’s hopefully a skill we can unlock a bit since our offense really thrives when we can pass from multiple locations. He also had 9 boards against both Michigan and Michigan State.
 
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