In the same article, this guys says that Uconn could win 25 games and is the 16th best team in the country....but also it's tough to see them making a push for the conference title. How does that make any sense?
Actually I thought he qualified that pretty well. He said that UConn's main advantage over 99% of college basketball unfortunately wont be against the other two teams in the conference most likely to win it. Losing that advantage, and being disadvantaged in the frontcourt, means its very likely we finish say 2nd or 3rd in the AAC and still be a top 20 team.
He's saying that we are a terrifying matchup for a lot of teams, just not Louisville and Memphis unfortunately. Which I agree with, however, I do think he like most, is underselling Deandre Daniels. He, like most, isn't aware of Niels' improvement over the summer in Europe and what it will mean for us to have him on the court more if he can be a 3 point weapon on one end of the floor and a banger on the other. I don't know if Skinny would be the one word I would use to describe Phil Nolan.
This is kind of the formula that the layperson is using to size up uconn: 20-10 team brings back same team with same strenghts and same weakeness. Therefore they are probably a modest improvement on last year which lands them in the high teens low 20s.
What we know is that it really wasnt a 20-10 team last year, it was really a 22-8 team that showed its lack of depth down the stretch with injury. Daniels last 7 games Upside + Giffey euro league Upside + Omar Health Upside + Phil Nolan Sophmore Leap upside + Ryan Boatright Junior Leap upside on a 22-8 team and I'll take us over 26.5 wins and put us around 10-12, 3 seed. Send us out West.
