Pre-Season Prediction Thread

[temery]

Wow Tom. Really? So casual.

I 100% stand by my prediction. I don't remember typing it, but I'll stick with what I typed.

 

[Guapo]

Without question. I think we'll play hard and be a team to be reckoned with night in and night out, at the very least.

Last year, it felt like we were walking into the ring with a heavyweight champ every game, just waiting to get knocked out.

We got knocked out by some featherweights too

 

[Stainmaster]

• It is almost universally true that college players improve over their careers. It's why senior laden teams with lower level talent can still be very strong (see: Wichita State)

• Gilbert's surgery was entirely different. A permanent fix this time. Not sure why people aren't aware of this.
• Gilbert was a 5*, J Adams a 4-5*, Wilson a 4*, Diarra a 4*
• Carlton, Vital and Polley are solid 3* players so far.

Go count the 4* players on other teams in the conference. Memphis has 3 coming in, Houston one.
In 2017 there was one, to Cinci (Cumberland)
In 2016 UConn had 4 (3 transferred out), Cinci 1. No others.
In 2015 UConn had a 5* and a 4* Memphis had 3 4s, SMU had 2, USF 1, Temple 2, Cinci 2. (good year, right after UConn won a NC)

UConn and Memphis have the most talent in the league by recruiting metrics. Wichita State brought in 7 3* players last year. That's what they win with. Veteran 3* guys. Guys like Vital, and Smith and Yawke.

Ollie's subpar classes were still outpacing the rest of the conference. There's no reason Hurley shouldn't be able to experience success with the players he inherited, although maybe not to the degree some here are predicting.

 

[Guapo]

Ollie's subpar classes were still outpacing the rest of the conference. There's no reason Hurley shouldn't be able to experience success with the players he inherited, although maybe not to the degree some here are predicting.

What a balanced and reasonable take!

 

[pj]

We’re starting with a team that, for the past two years hasn’t been able to score, defend or rebound.

But nevertheless won 16 and 14 games.

Now they have better talent, better coaching, and they'll score, defend, and rebound.

So 20 wins should be easy.

 

[polycom]

5 games over .500

 

[ctchamps]

I'm looking forward to a twenty five win season and students camping out in front of Gampel.

 

[JimHurley]

22-8

 

[intlzncster]

5 games over .500

The impossible question. I'm really hoping for 20 wins....and whatever amount of losses that equals.

I'll be satisfied with 5 games over .500 though, after finishing as we did last year.

 

[intlzncster]

69-0

OK Gronk.

 

[auror]

20-10 regular season.

 

[intlzncster]

20-10 regular season.

We on the same page here.

 

[WrenchFan69]

22-8

20-10 regular season.

Don't we have 31 regular season games? By my count I'll guess 21-10 in the regular season

 

[jibsey]

18

 

[auror]

Don't we have 31 regular season games? By my count I'll guess 21-10 in the regular season

Right, the schedule I was counting based off doesn't have the 2nd tournament game because there is no opponent yet. I'll say 20-11.

 

[CTGoonie]

23-8

 

[temery]

Didn't we already do a prediction thread? If someone can find it, I'll pin it.

 

[polycom]

Didn't we already do a prediction thread? If someone can find it, I'll pin it.

Thank you sir didn't mean to make another.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Now that the full schedule is out...

I got 22-9

Same record as I came up with
I suspect it only bubble worthy
I think we need 24-25 wins to be safe

 

[temery]

Thank you sir didn't mean to make another.

I meant to pin the original, but I saw a spider or something, got distracted, and the thought was gone until a few minutes ago.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I meant to pin the original, but I saw a spider or something, got distracted, and the thought was gone until a few minutes ago.

They say you’re always within 3 feet of a spider, might be a little less for you.

 

[TheChamps990411]

28-3.

Finish season Top 10

AAC Regular season champs and Tourney runner-up, tho.

#5 seed in NCAAs

Win championship over Duke...80-76

I love how in your mind we cant win our conference tourney but we can winn the NCAA tourney and beat Duke while we`re at it.

 

[TheChamps990411]

They say you’re always within 3 feet of a spider, might be a little less for you.

Myth. There is not a single spider in my house and never will be.

 

[len0322]

a competitive effort every game night...if that happens, the numbers will fall into place.

 

[browndog319]

At first I was like “what are ya’ll smoking?” with some of the 20+ wins... but the thing is when I looked at who you had the wins against, there is no reason NOT.

I go back to last Thanksgiving when we beat Oregon and I got really excited - and then the first half against Michigan State, we looked like maybe a good team. That second half is when the wheels came off and no one could find the lug nuts.

But we were really good against Oregon.

We’re freaking UConn and we win 20 games a year. We don’t lose to Lafayette. I don’t even think we lose many applicants to schools like that anymore academically! We certainly don’t lose to them in men’s basketball.

I want to go back to when it was cute when we deigned to play them.