Naheim Alleyne - VT transfer

[aburks41]

I said not winning a tournament game in his first 5 seasons here would kind of be a disaster.

If we don't win a tournament game next season then Hurley is going to have to do some serious soul searching. But in reality he's really only 0/2.

Year 1 was garbage KO recovery
Year 2 the NCAAT was cancelled
Year 3 was UMD L (disappointing)
Year 4 was Teddy Allen (Super embarrassing)

This year will undoubtedly be Hurley's most talented team yet. If we can't make it to the BET Finals or we flop again in the first round, then we have a problem. His seat would certainly be getting warm for the 2024 season.

Get Alleyne, get Castle to reclass, and lets go have a great season and win multiple post season games.

 

[husky429]

He shot 46% this season. Is that not close enough?

1 attempt per game, almost exclusively wide open in the corner. It's a great number to see, but there are many, many grains of salt attached.

 

[aburks41]

Speaking of getting Alleyne and Castle together...This sounds like a package (and done) deal

 

[Vancat]

 

[Com'rGordon]

Synergy breakdown on Naheim:

"Good" Offensive player and "Average" defensive player as graded by the site.

Here is a breakdown of where his points come from and how efficient he is in those areas. Spot up scorer is exactly what we need.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I said not winning a tournament game in his first 5 seasons here would kind of be a disaster.

I get what you're saying due to the zero sum game of March Madness, but even kind of disastrous overstates things.

We're improving every single season and adding more talent to the program. Eventually we'll break through.

To level set, given where we were and where we are now, what grade do you give Hurley? I think I'm in between a B and B+. The Creighton BE Semi they should have won and they had no business losing to NM State. Other than that I'm pretty pleased with the job he's done.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Love to see this, makes me want him even more. Can never have enough good human beings on your team!

 

[Storrs South]

Alleyne was also All Academic ACC. Should not go overlooked.

 

[6xChamps]

based on Instagram it looks like Bouk just landed in Hartford. Might be bringing him on campus to help seal the deal.

 

[Huskyforlife]

He’ll play a role for us. An upgrade for the bench. But there’s got to be another shoe dropping(Castle), or another starter needs to emerge from the younger guys if we’re going to be a contender.

 

[aburks41]

He’ll play a role for us. An upgrade for the bench. But there’s got to be another shoe dropping(Castle), or another starter needs to emerge from the younger guys if we’re going to be a contender.

Just using my intuition from Castle's mothers tweet, he'll be in Storrs this fall if Nahiem is too.

 

[8893]

Love to see this, makes me want him even more. Can never have enough good human beings on your team!

Yeah, but with AJax and Sanogo already here, he'd be maybe the third-best human being on the team.

He might want to go somewhere where he can clearly be the best human being on the team.

 

[bendm]

Speaking of getting Alleyne and Castle together...This sounds like a package (and done) deal

so who would get the 5th starting spot? samson, naheim, or castle?

i'd vote for samson right now but wouldnt mind a small ball lineup of Newton / Castle / Hawk / AJ / Sanogo.

naheim would be my 3rd choice b/c he's not a good enough ball handler for us to go that small. still have him pegged for at least 20 mpg tho.

 

[businesslawyer]

I get what you're saying due to the zero sum game of March Madness, but even kind of disastrous overstates things.

We're improving every single season and adding more talent to the program. Eventually we'll break through.

To level set, given where we were and where we are now, what grade do you give Hurley? I think I'm in between a B and B+. The Creighton BE Semi they should have won and they had no business losing to NM State. Other than that I'm pretty pleased with the job he's done.

This. The last two post-seasons have been disappointing. But there is a lot of luck and randomness in single elimination tournaments. The first question is whether the program is getting better. In terms of wins, computer rankings, fan enthusiasm and recruiting, the answer is yes, yes, yes and yes. It’s been a solid job.

Will he ever be a “great” coach? Don’t know. Rarely will there be a definitive answer to that question this quickly into someone’s tenure. (And don’t tell me Jim Calhoun … because Calhoun was one of a kind.)

 

[6xChamps]

so who would get the 5th starting spot? samson, naheim, or castle?

i'd vote for samson right now but wouldnt mind a small ball lineup of Newton / Castle / Hawk / AJ / Sanogo.

naheim would be my 3rd choice b/c he's not a good enough ball handler for us to go that small

don't rule out Karaban too. pretty cool though that there could seemingly be 4 guys going after 1 starting job who all have very different games. that shows how hurley is starting to build the team around positional versatility which in my opinion is a very good thing.

 

[NJHoops]

Just using my intuition from Castle's mothers tweet, he'll be in Storrs this fall if Nahiem is too.

Unless you’re talking about a different tweet, Stacey is Stephon’s dad.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Just using my intuition from Castle's mothers tweet, he'll be in Storrs this fall if Nahiem is too.

I think so too. But I’ll be nervous until it’s official.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Unless you’re talking about a different tweet, Stacey is Stephon’s dad.

His mom tweeted earlier about this too.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Come on Alleyne!

Harder than I thought, but we are far too young and clever

Toora loora, toora loo rye ay
Alleyne, till you score we stand forever

Come on Alleyne, oh I swear (what we need)
Ah come on, UConn winning everything
Break that team's press, Alleyne just hits nets
Ah come on, to UConn Alleyne, please
Our guards all need rest, Alleyne, tell Dan yes
Ah, come on, to UConn Alleyne, please

 

[aburks41]

Unless you’re talking about a different tweet, Stacey is Stephon’s dad.

Yup that's my b lol. Sorry Mr. Castle

 

[superjohn]

so who would get the 5th starting spot? samson, naheim, or castle?

i'd vote for samson right now but wouldnt mind a small ball lineup of Newton / Castle / Hawk / AJ / Sanogo.

naheim would be my 3rd choice b/c he's not a good enough ball handler for us to go that small. still have him pegged for at least 20 mpg tho.

And that small ball lineup isn't small- 6'5, 6'6, 6'5, 6'6, 6'9.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Anyone else concerned that he said "not in order"?

 

[auror]

Just using my intuition from Castle's father's tweet, he'll be in Storrs this fall if Nahiem is too.

Nahhiem has two years left, so they'd overlap by one either way. But this obviously can't hurt.

 

[djct1999]

Stacey Castle = lead recruiter

 

[Rico444]

Nahhiem has two years left, so they'd overlap by one either way. But this obviously can't hurt.

He has two years of eligibility left, but he'll be a senior next year so there's no guarantee he'll be here for two.