November General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE)

[aceboon]

He’s played the most minutes - 18. He was the last guy to sub out (after a bad stretch with two turnovers) and almost went right back in.

He’s not shooting well - hasn’t all year - but he seems to have earned Buzz’s trust. And he has 7 more FTA after getting a friendly call getting fouled on a three, so he has 10 at the half (2-6 FG, 5-7 FT).

He seems like he has a pretty high ceiling if he can find his shooting touch. Has a lot of length for a combo guard.

Yea if he can become more efficient(getting stronger will help some) he's gonna be a tough guard, his ability to draw contact and get to the line is pretty remarkable for a freshman. Got a bit of TNew in his game in that regard, I can see why Hurley was recruiting him as a combo guard.

 

[Jimdish255]

Gonzaga is loaded this year.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Well St. John’s has done nicely in hammering Baylor. Big East needed that given how strong the Big XII looks. USC might be good. So hard to judge all these early games and yet they permanently set the rankings for rest of the season. That’s how 3-4 crappy SEC teams got in last year.

 

[karstenkibbe]

If it's players that went to CC or had injuries, I have less of a problem with it. Give them their chance to play their four years at the D-I level. Grant-Foster is a very interesting case, not the least of which is because he was getting NBA Draft buzz a couple of years ago.

What I struggle with are 21-22yos coming over from Europe that have played professional ball for 3 years already (like Uros, though obviously he didn't come over here to play major minutes). The kids coming over at 18 or 19, even if they've been on pro rosters, I'm generally fine with (like Rrezon).

What I can't stomach are guys that have played G League ball coming back to college. In no world should that be allowed.

Just curious… did you struggle with the guy who is 5th among UConn’s all-time assist leaders? He was 21.5+ years old when he played his first game in Storrs, and it’s likely he’d be our career assist leader if he was here for four years, like the four guys ahead of him.