Practice today was open to the media. Tons of good quotes.

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[huskyinfl]

More please

 

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Nevermind! Here is where the quotes are coming from.

 

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[CL82]

#thinjosh

 

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[Kitaman]

Hard to think of Polley as a Senior, I barely remember his first 2 years.

Who are the captains?

 

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As I mentioned earlier this was not at practice this was like a virtual presser the seniors are doing with the press after practice

 

[UKemba15]

Nevermind! Here is where the quotes are coming from.

Noam on there doing the leg work for !

 

[olehead]

#thinjosh

Carlton should have gone with the hoodie his soph yr to complete the melo cycle.

 

[UconnU]

Who are the captains?

That’s a good question! I wonder if the 3 seniors are the captains.

 

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[FatHank]

Please let there be a basketball season. This is exciting stuff. I will do my chores and eat my vegetables, twice, Santa.

 

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[HooperScooper]

“This is a team where everybody is together and everybody is on the same page,” Whaley said. “You don’t have people going against what the coach is saying and stuff. Coach Hurley, as soon as he came in, his main thing was working on the culture. We have a strong culture now where we hold each other accountable.

“... We didn’t have that back in the early years where if somebody took like four messed up shots in a row, nobody would hold them accountable. Nobody would say anything. Now we’ve got a team where we’re all close and call each other out.”

Mood surrounding the UConn men is one of unity

Isaiah Whaley remembers the mood around the UConn men's basketball program during his freshman season. It was nothing like it is now as Whaley along with Josh Carlton and Tyler Polley prepare for the...

www.theday.com

 

[TheChamps990411]

Absolutely thrilled to see this. So happy for the kid.

 

[TheChamps990411]

“... We didn’t have that back in the early years where if somebody took like four messed up shots in a row, nobody would hold them accountable. Nobody would say anything.

Mood surrounding the UConn men is one of unity

Isaiah Whaley remembers the mood around the UConn men's basketball program during his freshman season. It was nothing like it is now as Whaley along with Josh Carlton and Tyler Polley prepare for the...

www.theday.com

Obvious to anyone who watched this team in recent years before Dan Hurley arrived. Yet another indictment of KO.

 

[lavuuk153]

I think Dan Hurley is the loudest and most intense person out there even with fans

 

[bendm]

 

[HuskyFich]

It will be nice after this year to no longer have direct ties to the KO era. I mean this in a nice way...

it’s a dark cloud that keeps coming up, people, beat writers, etc love to attach emotions and opinions to it, and it does no good for anyone.

#thinjosh

 

[Stinger92860]

It will be nice after this year to no longer have direct ties to the KO era. I mean this in a nice way...

it’s a dark cloud that keeps coming up, people, beat writers, etc love to attach emotions and opinions to it, and it does no good for anyone.

#thinjosh

you forgot to add players

 

[HuskyFich]

you forgot to add players

I actually omitted them on purpose. You think the players still dwell about the KO era? Hell no. The players get dragged into the politics of it all because the university has 10MM on the line and it is/was a big story. The players made the best decision for themselves during and after the KO era...clearly it has worked out well, otherwise they would have moved on...as we all should.

 

[HooperScooper]

I actually omitted them on purpose. You think the players still dwell about the KO era? Hell no. The players get dragged into the politics of it all because the university has 10MM on the line and it is/was a big story. The players made the best decision for themselves during and after the KO era...clearly it has worked out well, otherwise they would have moved on...as we all should.

Did you read the quote from Whaley in the article I posted from the New London Day above? That was an obvious shot at Ollie.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Obvious to anyone who watched this team in recent years before Dan Hurley arrived. Yet another indictment of KO.

The evolution of Christian Vital's game from undisciplined chucker to heady leader is the best evidence we've seen of this on the court.

Hearing the players confirm it in their own words shows the message has really gotten through.

 

[Mazhude]

“This is a team where everybody is together and everybody is on the same page,” Whaley said. “You don’t have people going against what the coach is saying and stuff. Coach Hurley, as soon as he came in, his main thing was working on the culture. We have a strong culture now where we hold each other accountable.

“... We didn’t have that back in the early years where if somebody took like four messed up shots in a row, nobody would hold them accountable. Nobody would say anything. Now we’ve got a team where we’re all close and call each other out.”

Mood surrounding the UConn men is one of unity

Isaiah Whaley remembers the mood around the UConn men's basketball program during his freshman season. It was nothing like it is now as Whaley along with Josh Carlton and Tyler Polley prepare for the...

www.theday.com

THIS!

 

[CL82]

“I’m just trying to be quicker and more explosive,” Carlton said. “Be able to move and react quicker on defense. … I’m trying to find a weight that’s comfortable for me.”

#thinjosh

 

[CL82]

Did you read the quote from Whaley in the article I posted from the New London Day above? That was an obvious shot at Ollie.

This one too, in a low key kind of way:

“I was always the young guy, the guy in the background, just trying to learn things myself,” Whaley said. “Now I know everything. Coach is on me to try to get everybody else together. It’s a big adjustment.”

 

[Dooooooomed]