Our talent level going 4ward

[David 76]

I hope he can do that Mau., but he will still need a Robin. He won't be able to do as a freshman what Boat can't do as a senior.

 

[uchusky32]

I hope he is ready. But it's such a major leap from Hs/Prep to major D1 ball. One thing he has going for him I the competition he is playing against in practice. However, what he will find is everything is faster. The D is incredibly better. Everyone is stronger. And he will have to bring it on both ends of the court. He will have major pressure on him to resurrect a programs hopes. Hope he is the exception to the rule.

 

[Gurleyman]

Brimah has to work a lot harder in the offseason. I know he was hurt last spring, but I was expecting much more improvement this year.

Huh? The basket against St. Joes was two feet and might have been the deepest shot he made all year - and the closest thing he had to a post move. This year, he's tripled his scoring (which granted would be only doubling if you took out the Coppin State outlier) and shown both good shooting range out to 15-18 feet, and some ability to knock down jump hooks with both hands.

He has looked overmatched against legit front courts, yes, but sometimes the first phase of the growth curve is learning how to dominate weaker opponents - and then trying to close the gap against the upper echelon. He didn't dominate weak opponents last year.

I'm not sure what improvement you were expecting. Hard to go from completely raw to a finished polished product in one half of one off season. If you don't think he worked hard this off season in the time he had, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Dribbles]

There's no reason we can't contend for a championship next year. I'm not saying it'll happen, but it's a reasonable goal. Even without Boatright, the talent and experience will be there, it's just a matter of whether the guys who will be on that team are able to take the necessary steps to becoming really good players between now and then.

Agreed, but only if we can get past Yale........

 

[gtcam]

Brimah has to work a lot harder in the offseason. I know he was hurt last spring, but I was expecting much more improvement this year.

He came to the program as a project not a prospect. The summer hurt him, for sure. But basically, he's played a total of one full season of playing time. His defense off the ball and positioning for the controlled block is much better. His offense has improved in some areas. With more action, his hands will get better and decision making will be stronger. He needs to let the game come to him rather than he throwing himself at the situation - at his size the refs see everything and unfortunately for AB, don't give him any respect so the whistle blows - he'll earn it.
I am much more concerned with RP and his play - coming to UConn as a MDAA - and S Cassell, Jr who reportedly had a killer shot.