Rahsool Diggins’ HS coach supporting UConn men’s basketball frosh | Page 3 | The Boneyard

Rahsool Diggins’ HS coach supporting UConn men’s basketball frosh

Incredibly rare for a top tier point guard not to get off the bench, especially when that is a need for his team. We desperately needed a stud. Hurley apparently brought in a project. And the nonsense about expecting more out of Gaffney is exactly that…nonsense. Coaches recruit over guys all the time, especially back up point guards. To me this was a huge miss.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I think people are missing some key details. Diggins hasn’t been good in the limited minutes he has played. Gaffney has been better than people think. Better than 2-1 assist to turnovers ratio. Shooting 80% at the line. His 3 point shooting is way down, but his defense has been much better. He’s pretty much what you want in a 15 mpg backup PG.

As for Diggins, back when UConn wasn’t handling the press he seemed viable. But then we learned to keep Jackson back and that issue vanished. I don‘t see much room to get him minutes right now. Next year will be interesting if Cole returns. In some ways the team has too many guards compared to past UConn teams.
Expand ...

I don't have much of an opinion on Diggins.

But I do think that Gaffney has been a disappointment. The raw numbers don't show the stalling offense, tentativeness, etc. Do we know his box +/- ??? His offensive rating is certainly a bit lower than the other guys getting decent minutes (other than Jackson)
 
HuskyHawk said:
I think people are missing some key details. Diggins hasn’t been good in the limited minutes he has played. Gaffney has been better than people think. Better than 2-1 assist to turnovers ratio. Shooting 80% at the line. His 3 point shooting is way down, but his defense has been much better. He’s pretty much what you want in a 15 mpg backup PG.

As for Diggins, back when UConn wasn’t handling the press he seemed viable. But then we learned to keep Jackson back and that issue vanished. I don‘t see much room to get him minutes right now. Next year will be interesting if Cole returns. In some ways the team has too many guards compared to past UConn teams.
Expand ...

Gaff has been awful. Take away the early cupcakes he hasn’t made a positive impact on either end of the court. He’s killing Cole by not being able to give us quality minutes and hurting the rotation. In no way HH has he been better than people think, no way.
 
husky429 said:
I don't have much of an opinion on Diggins.

But I do think that Gaffney has been a disappointment. The raw numbers don't show the stalling offense, tentativeness, etc. Do we know his box +/- ??? His offensive rating is certainly a bit lower than the other guys getting decent minutes (other than Jackson)
Expand ...
His BPM is 2.2, 8th highest. Only rotation player lower is Hawkins. It's -0.3 on offense though so it's been bad, 2.3 on defense
 
HuskyHawk said:
I think people are missing some key details. Diggins hasn’t been good in the limited minutes he has played. Gaffney has been better than people think. Better than 2-1 assist to turnovers ratio. Shooting 80% at the line. His 3 point shooting is way down, but his defense has been much better. He’s pretty much what you want in a 15 mpg backup PG.

As for Diggins, back when UConn wasn’t handling the press he seemed viable. But then we learned to keep Jackson back and that issue vanished. I don‘t see much room to get him minutes right now. Next year will be interesting if Cole returns. In some ways the team has too many guards compared to past UConn teams.
Expand ...
I’m sorry but Gaff stats are not good and his defense isn’t either. He hasn’t made a three pointer since UEMS on 11/30 and then BING on 11/20 before UEMS. Hurley has gone more to Jackson to handle the ball with Cole on the floor and without Cole on the floor.

Diggins has played in 5 games - LIU 7 minutes, BING 3 minutes, GRAM 12 minutes, BUT 3 minutes, GTWN 3 minutes. He’s played 28 minutes the whole season. The minutes are there for Diggins. I’m not saying Diggins is the answer right now. But if Gaffney was serviceable we wouldn’t be having this discussion. We forget that we have Floyd next year too. Next year is when minutes are more likely to not be there
 
mauconnfan said:
Gaff has been awful. Take away the early cupcakes he hasn’t made a positive impact on either end of the court. He’s killing Cole by not being able to give us quality minutes and hurting the rotation. In no way HH has he been better than people think, no way.
Expand ...

His D has been better than last year. His assists are up and turnovers are down. His shooting has been awful. Is he disappointing? Yes, because we've been hoping he'd make a leap and be a strong rotation player and he hasn't done it.
 
.-.
HuskyHawk said:
Yes. It supports what I've said. His defensive rating is up. His assists are the highest they've been by a lot and his Assist to turnover ratio is the best it has been. Rebounding better too. Everything but shooting.
Expand ...


SeasonSchoolConfGGSMPFGFGAFG%2P2PA2P%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
2019-20UConnAAC181123.91.64.7.3291.02.4.4190.62.3.2381.41.8.8130.31.41.72.51.00.01.51.35.1
2020-21UConnBig East17217.81.84.2.4171.12.2.4740.72.0.3531.21.4.8330.21.21.51.60.60.01.31.55.4
2021-22UConnBig East10010.00.42.2.1820.41.6.2500.00.6.0001.11.11.0000.10.70.81.80.40.21.01.21.9
 
tcf15 said:
Good point on factoring in the DNPs.

Rahsool's recorded 14 DNPs out of 21 total games (.667) and Johnson's recorded 11 DNPs out of 21 total games (.524). Who knows how their seasons will finish out, but the guys from the above list that had at DNPs in at least 50% of the games from their freshman seasons:

2012-13: Leon Tolksdorf (19 DNPs out of possible 30 games - .633)
2010-11: Enosch Wolf (27/33 - .818)
2009-10: Jamaal Trice (23/34 - .676)
2008-09: Scottie Haralson (19/36 - .528)
2006-07: Ben Eaves (20/31 - .645)
2005-06: Rob Garrison (17/34 - .500)
2001-02: Chad Wise (23/34 - .676)
2000-01: Robert Swain (21/32 - .656)
1997-98: Albert Mouring (22/37 - .595)
1996-97: Sam Funches (17/33 - .515)
1994-95: Ruslan Inyatkin (20/33 - .606)
Expand ...
Ooooof… not great.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
SeasonSchoolConfGGSMPFGFGAFG%2P2PA2P%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
2019-20UConnAAC181123.91.64.7.3291.02.4.4190.62.3.2381.41.8.8130.31.41.72.51.00.01.51.35.1
2020-21UConnBig East17217.81.84.2.4171.12.2.4740.72.0.3531.21.4.8330.21.21.51.60.60.01.31.55.4
2021-22UConnBig East10010.00.42.2.1820.41.6.2500.00.6.0001.11.11.0000.10.70.81.80.40.21.01.21.9
Expand ...

Why are you using ten games worth of stats?

Per 40 Minutes​

Conference
SeasonSchoolConfGGSMPFGFGAFG%2P2PA2P%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
2019-20UConnAAC31115952.67.6.3361.64.0.4000.93.6.2642.02.6.7692.64.41.30.02.42.88.1
2020-21UConnBig East2344463.99.4.4102.35.2.4481.54.2.3623.34.0.8223.13.11.60.32.43.212.6
2021-22UConnBig East2103253.610.7.3332.36.5.3581.24.2.2944.86.0.7964.66.62.00.23.14.213.2
CareerUConn751513663.28.9.3612.05.0.4041.23.9.3063.13.9.7973.24.51.60.12.63.310.7
 
I was fine with them not adding a transfer, but it does seem like Hurley maybe misevaluated the roster a bit with Gaff & Diggins. The lack of improvement from Gaff has hurt. Coming into the season, I thought we’d see Diggins get some run too, maybe 5-10 minutes a game, so it’s still surprising to see how many DNPs he has. Ideally he’d be playing in spurts and starting to develop.
 
.-.
HuskyHawk said:
Why are you using ten games worth of stats?

Per 40 Minutes​

Conference
SeasonSchoolConfGGSMPFGFGAFG%2P2PA2P%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
2019-20UConnAAC31115952.67.6.3361.64.0.4000.93.6.2642.02.6.7692.64.41.30.02.42.88.1
2020-21UConnBig East2344463.99.4.4102.35.2.4481.54.2.3623.34.0.8223.13.11.60.32.43.212.6
2021-22UConnBig East2103253.610.7.3332.36.5.3581.24.2.2944.86.0.7964.66.62.00.23.14.213.2
CareerUConn751513663.28.9.3612.05.0.4041.23.9.3063.13.9.7973.24.51.60.12.63.310.7
Expand ...
Why is he using Big East games? Because it's by far the most important part of a season, makes up the bulk of your schedule and eliminates the inflated stats players tend to get against cupcakes.

Gaffney's 4 best games where he compiled stats that weren't horrible are against Central CT., Coppin State LIU, and Grambling.
 
Fatroony5 said:
I was fine with them not adding a transfer, but it does seem like Hurley maybe misevaluated the roster a bit with Gaff & Diggins. The lack of improvement from Gaff has hurt. Coming into the season, I thought we’d see Diggins get some run too, maybe 5-10 minutes a game, so it’s still surprising to see how many DNPs he has. Ideally he’d be playing in spurts and starting to develop.
Expand ...
Agreed. I think the problem is what you stated and also we haven't made the change whether it's sudden or gradually. Hawkins not having a great handle has also has hurt us as well
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Agreed. I think the problem is what you stated and also we haven't made the change whether it's sudden or gradually. Hawkins not having a great handle has also has hurt us as well
Expand ...
He may not have made the change we all wanted here, but Gaffney's minutes have slowly been cut throughout the year
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Agreed. I think the problem is what you stated and also we haven't made the change whether it's sudden or gradually. Hawkins not having a great handle has also has hurt us as well
Expand ...
I distinctly remember @husky429 saying before the season his handle wasn’t that great yet, so I’m not surprised by that. I’d like to see Hawkins get a little bit of a longer leash tho, he does bonehead things but I can live with some of the mistakes because of his shooting and playmaking ability. Having the older guys still around has added an extra layer to this conversation as well.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yes. It supports what I've said. His defensive rating is up. His assists are the highest they've been by a lot and his Assist to turnover ratio is the best it has been. Rebounding better too. Everything but shooting.
Expand ...

That defensive rating stuff is whacked. He gets beat off the dribble more than anyone and always creates havoc with the help defense. Not quite sure how they figure out this crap but he’s not even a decent defender.
 
tcf15 said:
Good point on factoring in the DNPs.

Rahsool's recorded 14 DNPs out of 21 total games (.667) and Johnson's recorded 11 DNPs out of 21 total games (.524). Who knows how their seasons will finish out, but the guys from the above list that had at DNPs in at least 50% of the games from their freshman seasons:

2012-13: Leon Tolksdorf (19 DNPs out of possible 30 games - .633)
2010-11: Enosch Wolf (27/33 - .818)
2009-10: Jamaal Trice (23/34 - .676)
2008-09: Scottie Haralson (19/36 - .528)
2006-07: Ben Eaves (20/31 - .645)
2005-06: Rob Garrison (17/34 - .500)
2001-02: Chad Wise (23/34 - .676)
2000-01: Robert Swain (21/32 - .656)
1997-98: Albert Mouring (22/37 - .595)
1996-97: Sam Funches (17/33 - .515)
1994-95: Ruslan Inyatkin (20/33 - .606)
Expand ...
This feels misleading...
Hard to judge anything with this extra year seniors situation..
How many DNPs do these guys get without Polley and Whaley's minutes in there....?
 
.-.
mauconnfan said:
That defensive rating stuff is whacked. He gets beat off the dribble more than anyone and always creates havoc with the help defense. Not quite sure how they figure out this crap but he’s not even a decent defender.
Expand ...

I'll admit he's not good. Just saying I think he has been slightly better on D. Hawkins has been awful and Diggins was also bad in limited minutes against bad competition. If Diggins was playing better D than Gaff in practice, Hurley would be playing him. I have no doubt about that.
 
tcf15 said:
Just out of curiosity, here’s all freshman back to 1993-94 that averaged under 10 minutes a game:

2021-22: Rahsool Diggins (6.3), Samson Johnson (6.3)

2020-21: Javonte Brown (2.0)
2016-17: Juwan Durham (8.3)
2015-16: Steven Enoch (7.0)
2014-15: Rakim Lubin (6.5)
2013-14: Terrence Samuel (9.0)
2012-13: Leon Tolksdorf (7.4)
2010-11: Niels Giffey (9.9), Tyler Olander (9.6), Enosch Wolf (4.2)
2009-10: Darius Smith (4.5), Jamaal Trice (2.7)
2008-09: Scottie Haralson (4.1)
2007-08: Donnell Beverly (5.1)
2006-07: Curtis Kelly (9.4), Gavin Edwards (6.5), Jonathan Mandeldove (6.5), Ben Eaves (2.4)
2005-06: Marcus Johnson (8.9), Rob Garrison (8.9)
2001-02: Chad Wise (2.8)
2000-01: Robert Swain (3.9), Shamon Tooles (2.6)
1999-00: Marcus Cox (5.5), Doug Wrenn (7.0)
1997-98: Albert Mouring (2.1)
1996-97: Sam Funches (4.1), Michael LeBlanc (4.0)
1995-96: Antric Klaiber (5.7)
1994-95: Uri Cohen-Mintz (4.1), Ruslan Inyatkin (2.3)
1993-94: Kirk King (6.7), Marcus Thomas (1.8)

32 total players
9 played their entire careers at UConn
23 left/transferred elsewhere

Here’s hoping it works out at UConn for both of these guys.
Expand ...
Albie and Giff tops. Interesting look.

Toolzie, M Johnson, Gavin, Bev.

PS TO has twice as many NCs as Boeheim.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,306
Messages
4,562,350
Members
10,457
Latest member
caw2


Top Bottom