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Not sure how to feel about this:

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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."
 
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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.
 
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.
 
Hard to tell from the pictures because they are action shots but Facey and Larrier look stronger.
 
caw said:
Hard to tell from the pictures because they are action shots but Facey and Larrier look stronger.
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Yeah facey looks like a completely new kid
 
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DiacosArmy said:
Half the roster is over 6'8". Is this the year we get rebounds?
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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.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
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.
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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
 
Tenspro2002 said:
The problem is, if you play more than 1 or 2 of those 6'8 guys at once, the offense grinds to a halt.
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Durham, Diarra, Jackson, and Larrier have never even played in a game for us.
 
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navery12 said:
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
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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 was wondering why Rodney was much more serious this season. His god brother was the Oklahoma State kid who died. That's why he's wearing #15 this season - to honor his brother. Sorry to hear about your loss Rodney. Do him proud Rodney.
 
champs99and04 said:
I'm sure he "could" play the three in the same way Brimah can play the four and Purvis can run the point. But I don't think it's best for the team, though if he's the next Durant I'll be happy to be proven wrong.
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I could be wrong here but I think after he committed here the consensus was that he would be playing the 3, at least some of the time, in college. Maybe it's not best for the team once it happens, but that seemed to be the plan for him
 
champs99and04 said:
I'm sure he "could" play the three in the same way Brimah can play the four and Purvis can run the point. But I don't think it's best for the team, though if he's the next Durant I'll be happy to be proven wrong.
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I see whatcha mean, but the way he explained it to me is that he's just a tall 3, but prefers being a stretch 4. I agree with you that it's probably best if he doesn't play be 3.
 
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Kemba'sYogurt said:
I see whatcha mean, but the way he explained it to me is that he's just a tall 3, but prefers being a stretch 4. I agree with you that it's probably best if he doesn't play be 3.
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Yeah exactly, I don't want him playing the 3 a lot. I was just trying to come up with some crazy lineup to throw out for 2 minutes one game and see what happens
 
He's not playing the 3. He's more likely to spot up at the 5. I will bet you every like I have on this forum ;)Ollie is ALL ABOUT DEFENSE. He has no shot of guarding a college 3. Many kids talk about playing a position lower than they should because of the small ball prevalence.
 
navery12 said:
I could be wrong here but I think after he committed here the consensus was that he would be playing the 3, at least some of the time, in college. Maybe it's not best for the team once it happens, but that seemed to be the plan for him
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I don't recall that being the consensus at all, I see him playing more minutes at the 5 over his career than minutes at the 3, and personally I would be shocked if he ever plays 1 minute at the 3.
 
husky429 said:
He's not playing the 3. He's more likely to spot up at the 5. I will bet you every like I have on this forum ;)Ollie is ALL ABOUT DEFENSE. He has no shot of guarding a college 3. Many kids talk about playing a position lower than they should because of the small ball prevalence.
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He's also not a 5. Told me specifically when I asked if he was a 5
 
navery12 said:
I could be wrong here but I think after he committed here the consensus was that he would be playing the 3, at least some of the time, in college. Maybe it's not best for the team once it happens, but that seemed to be the plan for him
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OK, but can you think of a single player in the NBA, much less college, that is as tall as Durham and plays the three? Even Durant - a generational talent - plays most of his minutes at the four.

6'10 guys don't play the three in today's game, no matter how good they are at doing small forward things. It's a waste of resources.
 
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