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Oskar Giltay Stanford Center possible transfer?

Not to excited about this player. Reminds me of a bigger version of Tyler O. Not sure why were are so excited about this visit.
Can we aim a little higher? We've made 3 final fours in 4 years, and this is who we are looking at?
Wow, after everything Hurley and the staff have built here, we’re really second guessing who they bring in now? I guess we should have aimed higher on Malachi and Millender.🙄
 
A couple of teams win with big front courts and all of a sudden you have to have a big front court to win.
Florida had a big front court but without their 3 guards (especially Clutch Clayton) they don’t sniff the championship. And we came within 2 points with a point guard playing on one leg and our worst team of the past 4 years.

A fairer whistle and we probably beat Michigan and their behemoth front court.

I like our chances against anyone with Dan Hurley and our style.

Agreed. No reason to overreact. Our system works. We did pretty well over the past 4 years with a 6'8" PF. And we held our own on the boards--and defensively--against UM.
 
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Don’t see a comparison of UConn 23 and 24 with Florida and Michigan big lineups. Outside of Clingan in 24 we had Karaban and 3 good sized guards. In 23 we had Sanogo (who was 5-6 inches shorter than Mara and Condon), Karaban, and 3 good sized guards.
I didn’t say big- I said size & length at the positions- especially at the guard positions- with the focus on the 2024 team.

Newton
Spencer
Castle
Hawkins
A. Jackson

Other programs noticed & decided to the same- especially like a Duke- reason why although haven’t cut down the nets have had back to back great seasons overall (2025- 1 KP 2026- 3 KP). Duke has decided similar ideology to have serious length at as many positions as possible.

Also, part of the reason why Hurley was beating himself up all of 2025 because he realized he made a mistake with not bringing positional size & length at point guard (Mahaney/Nowell)- obviously he quickly pivoted & went back to his bread & butter & brought in Silas (pretty sure his number one target & his first portal get last offseason).
 
He may play about 15 to 17 minutes per game unless Hines cleans up his propensity to foul. Hines' foul rate is quite high - top 5 in the Big East. He had 4 in 19 minutes vs us.
 
Young big body with good advanced defensive and rebounding metrics. Would make for a good backup center for sure. But I’d prefer him to back up a dominant C1 like a Tarris or a Clingan or a Sanogo. Don’t love a Hines/Giltay C rotation for a team with championship aspirations, at least not in year 1

Assuming there would be more portal additions to be made? Or is the C market just absolutely insane right now?
 
This is a good move in my opinion. A Reibe replacement. He is exactly where Eric was as a freshman and becoming a sophmore exception a couple of inches shorter. That's why we have a GM. Getting same production at a cheaper price.
Shorter physical height, but taller when you factor in his vert and block timing/instinct
 
Young big body with good advanced defensive and rebounding metrics. Would make for a good backup center for sure. But I’d prefer him to back up a dominant C1 like a Tarris or a Clingan or a Sanogo. Don’t love a Hines/Giltay C rotation for a team with championship aspirations, at least not in year 1

Assuming there would be more portal additions to be made? Or is the C market just absolutely insane right now?
A decent center is 1.5 million if not more.
 
Young big body with good advanced defensive and rebounding metrics. Would make for a good backup center for sure. But I’d prefer him to back up a dominant C1 like a Tarris or a Clingan or a Sanogo. Don’t love a Hines/Giltay C rotation for a team with championship aspirations, at least not in year 1

Assuming there would be more portal additions to be made? Or is the C market just absolutely insane right now?
Yeah I hope he is just someone they will be using for depth piece and will bringing in someone like Chol.
 
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He may play about 15 to 17 minutes per game unless Hines cleans up his propensity to foul. Hines' foul rate is quite high - top 5 in the Big East. He had 4 in 19 minutes vs us.
Freshman 5’s tend to do that.
 
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Did not expect his recruitment to be guilt-free. What a twist!

  • Last name pronounced “Heel-tay”.
 
A couple of teams win with big front courts and all of a sudden you have to have a big front court to win.
Florida had a big front court but without their 3 guards (especially Clutch Clayton) they don’t sniff the championship. And we came within 2 points with a point guard playing on one leg and our worst team of the past 4 years.

A fairer whistle and we probably beat Michigan and their behemoth front court.

I like our chances against anyone with Dan Hurley and our style.
Every few days it hits me how strong a chance we had to go 4 in a row. Can you imagine how confident we would have been after beating Florida. Hope no one reminds me for another few weeks.
 
Did not expect his recruitment to be guilt-free. What a twist!

  • Last name pronounced “Heel-tay”.
After that wasted time figuring out the proper pronunciation of "Reibe," he is "Guilty" until he signs.
 

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