Practice

[intlzncster]

I'm so glad I never had to go through one of ko's practices, must be miserable

Glad to see he's kept the JC tradition alive. Something to be said for continuity.

 

[Tampahusky]

I wonder if they still do that rebounding drill.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Photo Gallery: UConn Men's Basketball Practice

 

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First UConn basketball practice a matter of survival

 

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Huskies feel Kevin Ollie’s wrath at first practice

 

[sledog]

Who barfed?

 

[Chief00]

They're both listed at 6'8" but I think Vance has at least 2 inches on Mamadou.

Quite frankly, you are correct.

 

[Chief00]

Confirmed

Another Chiefism catching on.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Another Chiefism catching on.

Bunky's fault

 

[CL82]

Not sure how to feel about this:

 

[CL82]

Christian Vital and Alterique Gilbert and Mamadou Diarra made it through the first practice.

First Ollism of the season:

"Those guys got challenged and they didn't succumb to being challenged and they found a new person inside of them. That's what we need them to do each and every day."

Best part was this though:
From experience, fifth-year senior Rodney Purvis expected a grueling first practice.
"He definitely did (set a tone)," Purvis said. "I think he was pretty upset that he beat all the guards in the Husky Run. Like he said, we were going to feel his wrath. I definitely think we felt his wrath today in practice today."

 

[intlzncster]

Not sure how to feel about this:

Given last year's results, I'll take post scoring 100 times out of 100.

 

[Chief00]

Quite frankly, whenever I challenged S&C coach Travis's approaches and results - I would be told by his supporters while he may have failed the strength part - he was a conditioning guru.
Now our forty some year old coach beats all our guards in the 3 mile Husky run - what should I think?
Most of the guys were in Storrs a good part of the summer and school has been going on for a month.

 

[Chief00]

Lost in some of my posts - a few months ago - was my belief that we should continue starting practice at Guyer Gym. Good to see yesterday, Coach KO continuing that tradition.

 

[caw]

Hard to tell from the pictures because they are action shots but Facey and Larrier look stronger.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Hard to tell from the pictures because they are action shots but Facey and Larrier look stronger.

Yeah facey looks like a completely new kid

 

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Gilbert, Larrier Show They're Ready At UConn Men's First Practice

 

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Rodney Purvis Rebounds From A Loss

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Half the roster is over 6'8". Is this the year we get rebounds?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Half the roster is over 6'8". Is this the year we get rebounds?

The problem is, if you play more than 1 or 2 of those 6'8 guys at once, the offense grinds to a halt.

We need the 1-2 bigs who are actually out there to have transformed into tough and instinctual rebounders.

 

[navery12]

The problem is, if you play more than 1 or 2 of those 6'8 guys at once, the offense grinds to a halt.

We need the 1-2 bigs who are actually out there to have transformed into tough and instinctual rebounders.

I would guess we'll see 3 of those 6'8+ guys starting every game with Larrier, Facey, and Brimah at the 3,4,5. And with Jackson and Durham's versatility I think there's some other lineups with those guys in where we could go with a big lineup.

Just thinking out loud here but I'd like to see them go really big similar to Kentucky a few years ago and play Durham at the 3 with Facey and Brimah, similar to how Kentucky played Lyles, Towns and Dakari Johnson together sometimes (at least I think they did). Might not work but worth giving a look early in the season and maybe create some mismatches

 

[7774]

The problem is, if you play more than 1 or 2 of those 6'8 guys at once, the offense grinds to a halt.

Durham, Diarra, Jackson, and Larrier have never even played in a game for us.

 

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Ollie Eager To Blend And Develop Talented UConn Team

 

[champs99and04]

Just thinking out loud here but I'd like to see them go really big similar to Kentucky a few years ago and play Durham at the 3 with Facey and Brimah, similar to how Kentucky played Lyles, Towns and Dakari Johnson together sometimes (at least I think they did). Might not work but worth giving a look early in the season and maybe create some mismatches

Durham is like 6'10. If he plays the three for one second I will be shocked. Far more likely they go the other way with Larrier at the four and Durham/Brimah/Facey at the five.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Durham is like 6'10. If he plays the three for one second I will be shocked. Far more likely they go the other way with Larrier at the four and Durham/Brimah/Facey at the five.

I talked to him and he said he could play the 3.