Oskar Giltay Commits to UConn

[marti3td]

Now give me McNeil and I will be happy.

 

[GHSWolverines]

I am curious if Hurley continues to go young to fill out the rest of the team. I believe he is going to pick up two more pieces from the portal - PF & CG. I hope these two spots are players with at least 2 years of college experience.

 

[TheHorde]

A great portal pick up. He and Hines will hopefully spend a couple of years is Storrs as the big man tandem. UConn now has a full 8 man rotation. Will some depth needs for spots 9 and 10 and beyond.

5 - Hines, Giltay
4 - Khemenia (?)
3 - Ross, Landrew, (Khemenia)
2 - Mullins, County (Landrew)
1 - Demary, County, (?)

Left out Ross’ brother

 

[Jaydumo20]

 

[UConn Dan]

Now give me McNeil and I will be happy.

McNeil is not happening so hopefully you can still be happy without.

 

[bigknight3]

Here are his game by game stats from last year. He didn't play well against the better teams and in those games he had a high foul rate. You can't teach size but they isn't a very strong story in these stats.

Oskar Albertus Giltay game by game at NCAA 2025-2026 | Scoutbasketball

Game by game statistics for Oskar Albertus Giltay at NCAA 2025-2026. View detailed performance in 31 games including points, rebounds, assists and more.

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Here is the on offseason strength and conditioning program, practice against Hines, and your 2-time National Champ and future Hall of Fame coach to work with your backup center playing 10-12 mins a game...

 

[Son of Robert]

Hurley and staff will get the best out of him, be nice if he stays with us and keeps developing. I think we're in for a pleasant surprise here in that he's going to play better than we may be expecting.

 

[upstater]

A great portal pick up. He and Hines will hopefully spend a couple of years is Storrs as the big man tandem. UConn now has a full 8 man rotation. Will some depth needs for spots 9 and 10 and beyond.

5 - Hines, Giltay
4 - Khemenia (?)
3 - Ross, Landrew, (Khemenia)
2 - Mullins, County (Landrew)
1 - Demary, County, (?)

Need a shooter and a 3rd PG.

 

[ctbro1999]

Need a shooter and a 3rd PG.

Based on that lineup projection, we need a backup 4 too.

 

[3rdbass]

Need a shooter and a 3rd PG.

We need some more length first at the PF first and then a PG. Maybe get a shooter at PF who is taller than Khamenia and can bang a little inside if needed.

 

[Nicklo28]

I believe Oskar can play some PF also. He is Moble enough.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Hurley and staff will get the best out of him, be nice if he stays with us and keeps developing. I think we're in for a pleasant surprise here in that he's going to play better than we may be expecting.

Yep. And given that I doubt many of us watched a lot, if any Stanford basketball this year, and are probably basing our analysis on a short highlight vid or what some talking heads who dont know half as much about developing talent as our coach does... we should probably just be excited and trust.

 

[ddent68]

I believe Oskar can play some PF also. He is Moble enough.

Only on defense maybe

 

[RuffRuff]

I trust the staff. I don’t trust the school’s Rev share allocation or its NIL budgeting.

We have the best coach in the country and I hope he doesn’t have to try to pull a rabbit out of his ass like he did last season. He deserves the best possible roster. We should be going balls to the wall as long as we have Hurley here.

Solo Ball needs to be replaced with a high quality scorer.

Don’t think it’s Hurley’s design at this point to pull a bunch of high priced assassins into his system. Part of what he’s doing here is finding high upside kids that will grow in his construct, and connect with the program.

Take a look at the Mets and Soto - once you bring that fat contract into the clubhouse, it sets a tone. Kids with the right attitude that can develop will play that much harder, and stay with you. It’s not going to be as shiney at purchase. Part of UKs issue is that they’re shopping for shiney, and the shiney objects aren’t entertaining for the right reasons.

One thing all 3 transfers have - high motors.

Giltay and Hines are animals. Khamenia plays with a high motor, will have a chip and some Cam in him.

 

[husky99]

I will neither confirm or deny that I've been checking constantly for this news. 😁

Welcome to the basketball capital of the world, Oskar Giltay.

Good thing he doesn't have a name that has potential to be butchered on the Boneyard. If you do, HooperScooper will find you. My plan is to call him OG from this point on.

Same

 

[RuffRuff]

I am curious if Hurley continues to go young to fill out the rest of the team. I believe he is going to pick up two more pieces from the portal - PF & CG. I hope these two spots are players with at least 2 years of college experience.

I tend to think these two spots will be last year guys that want to be part of the experience. I agree with you that we need some gray hairs here. We don’t need long term, competent serviceable bodies, something like Koroma but better, and like Smith.

 

[navery12]

Pretty much expected and not really excited based off the stats. He is a big body and 5 fouls who has playing time in a Power 5 at least. Now let's see if we can get a guy who could play the PF and also slide over to Center if needed like Chol.

His stats are very good for what we'll be looking for out of a backup C. Chol is going to Georgetown to start, so doesn't seem likely

 

[BGesus4]

I only like this signing if he’s exclusively playing the 4 with maybe a little bit of 3 mixed in

 

[3rdbass]

Definitely a decent athlete. I wonder if Hurley can get more out of him offensively. He looks to be mobile in the video.

 

[Richmondhsky]

That’s the rub…….is he expecting to be here for a few years and develop (alongside Hines) or will either of them be impatient and transfer out. Hope expectations for both were set appropriately. Don’t want another Reibe situation next year.

But unfortunately that’s the reality with ANY pickup these days. Essentially a bunch of one year contracts with subsequent option years.

The difference with these two vs TR / Reiibe….one a second year I the program while the other was a first year guy…not just in Dan Hurley’s system; first year in US and US college BB.
Let’s re-examine this when Hines picks up fouls and sits a lot.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

I cannot wait to see what he does with our coaching.

 

[noelle]

the most impact from the center spot is rim protection and he does this at elite level, with even higher upside. also an active rebounder and plays hard.

 

[Richmondhsky]

Based on that lineup projection, we need a backup 4 too.

I want that, that, that, that, that and all of those need to have a lot of stars attached to their name.

 

[JungleLobo]

He seems a little big to play the point, but after seeing that breakaway dunk footage it’s easy to see he has the moves like Jagger

 

[DRBackup]

Freshman or not, I wouldn't count on three years of Khamenia

Or Landrew

 

[3rdbass]

I guess we will see if he can develop under Hurley where Reibe hit a wall.

 

[RuffRuff]

Or Landrew

Probably not, but don't forget about how NIL is changing that - if some of these kids become household names (like Mullins & Haugh), the marketing side of NIL is pretty lucrative and can keep them here longer. Neither strike me as high lottery types.

 

[QDOG5]

Chimays for everyone!

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Solid pickup for backup C. The roster for next season is filling out nicely.

Guards - Demary, Mullins, County, Ball (redshirt)
Forwards - Khamenia, Jay. Ross, Landrew, Jac. Ross
Centers - Hines, Giltay

That leaves 5 open scholarships. I would imagine we are still going to be looking for another PF and PG, for depth. The final two/three scholarships probably go to developmental/practice bodies again, who maybe you retain and cash in on in a couple of years.

 

[superjohn]

I tend to think these two spots will be last year guys that want to be part of the experience. I agree with you that we need some gray hairs here. We don’t need long term, competent serviceable bodies, something like Koroma but better, and like Smith.

Last season we had 9 guys who could really go before you got to Koroma and Millender. Right now we're at 8. I hope we get to 10 guys who can really go. We need a point guard/combo guard, I'm hoping we get Christian Jones or someone at least at his level. We also need another big guy. All we have is two 6'10 guys. It's short compared to what we're used during this run and short compared to the other top teams we'll be competing against for the top prize. Then we can fill the roster out with Koroma and Millender type guys/practice players.