Practice

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[UConnSwag11]

Hopefully uconn athletics comes out with a hype video. I need it to get me by until the first preseason game

 

[Walker11]

Denham often started at the 2, didn't he?

Honestly, I can't remember but I don't think Austrie started after Maui. So either him or RA.

 

[aceboon]

Denham often started at the 2, didn't he?

Yea, pretty much after Rashad got sick with that infection his junior year(Denham's JR year as well) Denham started at the 2 from that point on.

 

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[mauconnfan]

Vital looks "fit", good sized kid like that. Working hard it would seem looking at him.

 

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[Kemba'sYogurt]

Greenberg: "Durham is an elite prospect. Looks ready to go after multiple ACL's. Just needs strength. Jackson can really shoot it."
@UConnMBB

 

[Yankees32123]

Man I love KO. Greenberg has some good analysis from practice yesterday on his Twitter feed. I recommend checking it out.

 

[superjohn]

Greenberg sounds like Rothstein with the praise, not sure if that's how he always is or if he just really likes what we have.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Nice comments on Vital (has feel and can shoot it), Diarra (long reach and rebounds), and Larrier (can be an elite defender, can play 3 or 4, but maybe better at 4, good stroke).

 

[Paesano]

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."

Someone forgot to tell coach that the husky run is now just a "fun run" because aerobic conditioning doesn't matter in basketball.

 

[joober jones]

On the 06 team, the only guard besides MW, DB and RA was Austrie, right. In that case, Denham or Shad must have played a lot of 2. And Oriakhi spent most of 12 at the 4. And besides 09, didn't Stanley play predominantly SF? I don't think anyone would argue about Hilton. You are correct on Scoe, though.

We had Rob Garrison too, but he didn't play much after MW came back.