Really impressed by Enoch's mobility

[Huskyhoops25]

For a kid his size, he has great quickness, good hands and pretty good basketball IQ. I think this kid is going to see more time than most prognosticators could've guessed.

 

[Leebo]

He occasionally loses track of the ball or the play, but I do like what I see from him when he's set and operating down low.

 

[MexicoHusky]

His athletic ability could make him a starter by the end of the year. A lot quicker to finish than Brimah.

 

[Matrim55]

As someone who didn't watch the game: How did he end up with 0 rebounds? Is he just not an instinctive rebounder?

 

[Huskyhoops25]

As someone who didn't watch the game: How did he end up with 0 rebounds? Is he just not an instinctive rebounder?

He did have one rebound. I just think it was the way the game unfolded. He only played 11 minutes. The lack of boards wasn't from him being out of position, just the way the ball bounces some time.He's got great size and he looks very strong.

 

[Matrim55]

He did have one rebound. I just think it was the way the game unfolded. He only played 11 minutes. The lack of boards wasn't from him being out of position, just the way the ball bounces some time.He's got great size and he looks very strong.

Does he know how to box out? Not being flip with this question - it's a legitimate skill, and not all kids know how to do it. Wondering if he needs some time watching tapes of Adrien.

 

[80shusky]

As someone who didn't watch the game: How did he end up with 0 rebounds? Is he just not an instinctive rebounder?

We were so much bigger and more talented than New Haven that it looked to me like the players were kind of coasting on offense especially. It was almost like they didn't want to embarrass NH. Defensively they looked great and very active and I thought it was very interesting that Ollie again used a soft full court press and full court 2-1-2 zone press for almost the entire game. I think the game was just so disjointed because we were so much bigger, stronger and more talented than they were that the stats, including Enoch's rebounds, aren't a good indicator. Enoch looked active. I think he will rebound fine once he learns positioning and such.

 

[Huskyhoops25]

Does he know how to box out? Not being flip with this question - it's a legitimate skill, and not all kids know how to do it. Wondering if he needs some time watching tapes of Adrien.

I think the kid has a good handle on rebounding. There were several times when he went after a board that Facey or Miller were just that little bit quicker to the ball. He's gonna do just fine.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Does he know how to box out? Not being flip with this question - it's a legitimate skill, and not all kids know how to do it. Wondering if he needs some time watching tapes of Adrien.

inb4 Big Man Coach

 

[Hysteria]

he looked great today, my bet is he's off the bench before Nolan or Facey--- had the body of a kid much older. Really nice that we can throw him in with Brimah if we want to go 'large'

 

[UConn990411]

His athletic ability could make him a starter by the end of the year. A lot quicker to finish than Brimah.

He's not going to start over Brimah or Miller.

 

[Stainmaster]

Depending on Nolan's injury, he could be seeing more PT in the early-season cupcakes than the exhibition games indicated.

 

[MexicoHusky]

He's not going to start over Brimah or Miller.

I don't see why not. He's shown fabulous mobility. Brimah seems about the same as last year. Anyways, starting probably doesn't matter so much. If history means anything Brimah will spend most of his time on the bench during big games with multiple fouls.

 

[UConnSwag11]

The kids ginormous

 

[James]

I don't see why not. He's shown fabulous mobility. Brimah seems about the same as last year. Anyways, starting probably doesn't matter so much. If history means anything Brimah will spend most of his time on the bench during big games with multiple fouls.

This is a clown ass post . Even if "brimah is the same as last year" there's no way in hell enoch is ready to usurp his starting/closing minutes. Did you miss the entire first exhibition? It's best for you to reserve judgement on that matter until uconn plays good comp.

 

[MexicoHusky]

This is a clown ass post . Even if "brimah is the same as last year" there's no way in hell enoch is ready to usurp his starting/closing minutes. Did you miss the entire first exhibition? It's best for you to reserve judgement on that matter until uconn plays good comp.

Thanks, but I'll be the judge of what is best for me

 

[Chief00]

Enoch is starting to show what I predicted a few weeks ago. We only have two Freshmen but both are very good players!

 

[intlzncster]

I don't see why not. He's shown fabulous mobility. Brimah seems about the same as last year. Anyways, starting probably doesn't matter so much. If history means anything Brimah will spend most of his time on the bench during big games with multiple fouls.

Unless he's going to be top 3in the nation in blocks, it's not going to happen. Brimah changes the game.

 

[BoatShow]

If we put Enoch and Miller in at the same time they could take up the entire paint

 

[Chief00]

For a kid his size, he has great quickness, good hands and pretty good basketball IQ. I think this kid is going to see more time than most prognosticators could've guessed.

You are right about the hands. Andre had the best hands of any Big at UConn in recent years but Enoch is second.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Enoch looked real good, had some great post moves. I'm just hoping he can get some playing time and develop. I would like to see him play the 4 and Brimah at the 5.

 

[pj]

Enoch looked real good, had some great post moves. I'm just hoping he can get some playing time and develop. I would like to see him play the 4 and Brimah at the 5.

I would like to see him play both spots, and take over the 5 when Brimah leaves.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I don't see why not. He's shown fabulous mobility. Brimah seems about the same as last year. Anyways, starting probably doesn't matter so much. If history means anything Brimah will spend most of his time on the bench during big games with multiple fouls.

Love the guys who pretend to be fans but obviously haven't watched a game in a year and a half.

 

[microfich]

His athletic ability could make him a starter by the end of the year. A lot quicker to finish than Brimah.

Let's calm down a bit. He will become a solid player but no way he becomes a starter this year. He's our 10th/11th player right now. It'll take more than 'quick to the finish' vs. a team like UNH to leap past Brimah's positives. He showed vs. even Tampa that he has a ways to go.

 

[Danzz]

Enoch is barely 18 and he will get stronger and more comfortable as the year goes on. We are really going to need him a the 4/5 next year and this season will give him the experience he needs. He has outstanding skills and is going to be a great player for us but it likely won't be this year.

 

[RichZ]

We get that you are a Brimah hater. It makes it easy for you to pass hyperbole off as fact to bolster your position.

Fact: Brimah is foul prone, but given the limited sample size (freshman to sophmore seasons) has shown improvement season to season.

Fact according to NDakotaHusky

If history means anything Brimah will spend most of his time on the bench during big games with multiple fouls.

Fact: He played less than 20 minutes (ie, 'most of his time on the bench') 5 times last year. He played more than 3/4 of the game (ie, >30 minutes) 11 times.

Fact: 2 of the 5 games he spent more than half the time on the bench were "big games" (Duke and Stanford). One was a conference tourney game (Cincy) so I guess you could count that as a big game too. But he didn't foul out of that tourney game, and the 3 other tourney games he played 30, 31 and 24 minutes, and was never in foul trouble. The other "big games" in the regular season, he played 30 minutes and committed 3 fouls (Texas), 29/2 (WV). Against the top of the AAC (Cinci, SMU and Memphis) he averaged a hair under 32 minutes and 3.1 fouls.

Fact: For the season, he averaged >26 minutes per game, and 2.8 fouls. Compare that to 16.2 and 2.9 as a freshman, and the improvement in his foul tendencies borders on monumental.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Love the guys who pretend to be fans but obviously haven't watched a game in a year and a half.

I would argue with you, but it's November and I'm golfing in North Dakota. Life is good at the moment.

 

[dogpause]

As someone who didn't watch the game: How did he end up with 0 rebounds? Is he just not an instinctive rebounder?

New Haven had almost no inside game, so our guards probably had a disproportionate number of boards.

I was really impressed with Enoch's offensive skills. Granted, the competition was weak, but every time he got the ball, he reacted without hesitation.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Let's calm down a bit. He will become a solid player but no way he becomes a starter this year. He's our 10th/11th player right now. It'll take more than 'quick to the finish' vs. a team like UNH to leap past Brimah's positives. He showed vs. even Tampa that he has a ways to go.

Some of you guys still put way too much stock in to who starts. This isn't your highschool varsity team. This is UConn, a blueblood D1 program who this particular year goes at least two deep with talent at every position.

Aside; Nolan started every game in the 2014 tournament.

Doesn't necessarily mean Enoch is a better player or deserves/gets more minutes if he starts. He may just offer better/different looks to start the game. Or at least give Brimah some buffer time for the first half so he doesn't collect two fouls too quickly.

 

[borninansonia]

Do some of you not recall that Brimah helped UConn win a national championship? That UConn would not have had any chance against some of the big teams they played that year in the tournament without Brimah? That Brimah is defensive player of the year in the AAC?

Why the hate? Because he is not EO?

I love watching him play, his smile, enthusiasm... Ok, he's not the best big man UConn has ever had. He's not Kareem Adbul Jabbar (but some of you would still hate him if he were that good).

I think some people have a need to hate.