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Reibe appreciation thread

Spaceman213J said:
Is it me, or even in their limited time does it seem like he and Mullins have developed a little chemistry playing together?

Just enjoying watching the kid's development. Enjoying while I can. One of best and worst things about college basketball is how quickly a kid's college career goes by. We get to see them develop, leave and repeat with some new kids.
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Yes!!! I was just thinking this while reading your post.
There has been a narrative- created by teams like St John's, Florida, Kansas, Duke and some other teams since NIL that paying upper classmen to just slot into a system is the way to go and that HS recruiting is gonna take a backseat.
Our freshmen are having a huge impact. And they did during our past 2 rings. We're still doing it quasi old school and I think that is the recipe
 
Reibe was terrific last night especially on help defense. His impact is reminiscent of Donovan's freshman year. Eric is a lot further along than I had expected. Also more aggressive than I thought he'd be.
 
Eric is so talented and so smart. Just seeing the growth in his aggressiveness over the last two games has been impressive

His stroke is real. His defense is already improving and he’s finding his groove in the offense. By season end he will be pushing to be a top 10 team quality starter
 
After the first few games I thought that Reibe had good hands but weak hands. Over the course of the season, he is getting tougher and has made a real effort to hang onto the ball on rebounds. When a kid adjusts that fast and that well, it speaks to his work ethic and the ability to be coached. If he keeps improving at this rate he will be a monster in March.
 
Gotta kick out of Reibe directing traffic at the top of the key with the ball in his hands so that he could create passing lanes for the cutters. Small sample size of things to come.
 
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navery12 said:
Reibe has been great so this is not a knock on him, but I have no idea what people have been watching wanting to see him play the 4. The defense is already playing 10 feet off him at the 5 and packing the paint, putting him at the 4 would be a disaster offensively with even less room to operate on offense
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Just give him a green light to shoot. He's actually been making them.
 
Slowly falling in love with this kids play. You can see how well he's taken to high level coaching already. Hurley hugging him when he came off, then Reibe making a hysterical gesture over it was awesome. Him pointing Solo to the cut was incredible for a frosh 5. A really trustworthy and reliable kid out there. Feels like the kind of kid that could assume some AK like leadership out there if he sticks around. What Tarris brings in brawn and power, this kid brings in elegance and smarts.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Just give him a green light to shoot. He's actually been making them.
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I’m curious how much is confidence vs game plan. He definitely ended up with the ball in some late shot clock scenarios where he was unguarded. The one of those he took confidently, he made. If he can take and make some more of those, those opposing centers are going to have to start creeping further and further away from the basket.
 
Reibe's improvement has been a joy to watch. [As well as the whole team's improvements]

Here's how we did with him on/off the court for the first 6 games of the season (data from HoopExplorer...simple note for reading these data---the darker green, the better that stat relative to D1 averages. The darker red, the worse that stat is relative to D1 average. The ranks for some are listed below the data points. ):

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And here's us the last 6 games (note that the last 6 games are also much tougher overall competition):

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The defensive improvement is actually astounding. From 115.5 Adj Pts allowed/100 possessions down to 87.6 Adj Pts/100. Rim protection is actually astounding. #1 ranked defense for 2Pt% and Rim% with him on the court. Offensive performance has also improved from 119.8 to 127.8 Adj Pts/100.
 
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JustbrewitMan said:
Reibe's improvement has been a joy to watch. [As well as the whole team's improvements]

Here's how we did with him on/off the court for the first 6 games of the season (data from HoopExplorer...simple note for reading these data---the darker green, the better that stat relative to D1 averages. The ranks for some are listed below the data points. ):

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And here's us the last 6 games (note that the last 6 games are also much tougher overall competition):

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The defensive improvement is actually astounding. From 115.5 Adj Pts allowed/100 possessions down to 87.6 Adj Pts/100. Rim protection is actually astounding. #1 ranked defense for 2Pt% and Rim% with him on the court. Offensive performance has also improved from 119.8 to 127.8 Adj Pts/100.
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The defensive improvement has been blatantly apparent. I’m kind of astounded at how quickly he has improved in that area because that can often be a bigger adjustment for freshmen bigs. His rate of improvement has been incredible.
 
UConnRock said:
In the ESPN Top 100 NBA Draft Prospects Reibe is ranked 37. Others - Mullins 10, Karaban 35, Ball 53, and Reed 70.
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Tarris has the physical ability, it's the other stuff that seems to prevent him from being perceived as a higher level prospect.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
The defensive improvement has been blatantly apparent. I’m kind of astounded at how quickly he has improved in that area because that can often be a bigger adjustment for freshmen bigs. His rate of improvement has been incredible.
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Hardest part of highly ranked big men coming out of HS is how quickly can they learn and apply it on the court. In HS, they spend almost every second excelling by being bigger.

In college they find players, just as big, who are older, more physically mature and faster. There's an adjustment for almost every HS big coming to college.

Reibe has done a great job learning and improving.

Kinda weird to say a McD's AA center who is averaging 8.8 points and 4.6 rebounds, and 1.5 blocked shots is exceeding expectations, but the eye test shows him in a better light than just his numbers.
 
RuffRuff said:
Tarris has the physical ability, it's the other stuff that seems to prevent him from being perceived as a higher level prospect.
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His age and style of play is what prevents him from being perceived as a higher level prospect. Born in the wrong decade.
 
Funny in this last game I kept hoping they would just sit Tarris and play Riebe
 
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superjohn said:
His age and style of play is what prevents him from being perceived as a higher level prospect. Born in the wrong decade.
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His lack of a 3 pt shot you mean. He is a poor man's Adama Sanogo
 
Edward Sargent said:
His lack of a 3 pt shot you mean. He is a poor man's Adama Sanogo
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6'10 big/bulky back to the basket guys aren't in fashion in the NBA and haven't been for a while. Despite that I do think he'll stick in the league and I think he's a little better than Adama.
 
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RuffRuff said:
As a college player, no question Adama was more effective. As an NBA prospect, Tarris is a little better.
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Tarris hasn't had nearly the chance Adama had here. He had to split his minutes straight up with Samson last season and the only time we saw him at full strength so far this season was the first two cupcakes and BYU before he got injured in the game.

He's certainly just as effective as Adama in the minutes he's played here so far he just hasn't played nearly enough minutes yet. Fingers crossed he's 100% healthy really soon, the rust is off and he doesn't have any more injuries this season.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
I dont think we`ve seen the best of Tarris. At least i hope we havent. I think hes a guy who could dominate games offensively and defensively if he plays to his full potential. Hes very talented big man.
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Adama was more, how to put this, buttoned up on both offense and defense by the time he left as a Junior. Reed is still really prone to making mistakes on both sides which he makes up for quite often with his better athleticism. Adama was also trusted to take threes.
 
As a senior Adama was unguardable. His footwork was so good that he could always find a way to the rim.

Tarris is a load and very hard to stop. He doesn't have Adama quickness. But... he is not yet a senior.
 
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Edward Sargent said:
Funny I would say Adama is a little better than Tarris
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Agreed. Sanogo is a little smaller than Reed but Sanogo's footwork was far superior. Reed is bigger and probably a little stronger but don't discount Sanogo's accomplishments. Without him I don't think UCONN wins National Championship number 5. If Reed can do the same then perhaps my opinion of him will change but until then we need to respect Sanogo a little bit more.

Back on topic, I have been a Reibe supporter all along. His size and athletic combination is a rare trait. He has GREAT footwork and he has a very nice shot. I think the sky is the limit for him. He has grown SO much in a very short amount of time. I hope he comes back for 2026-27 because I think he could use a little more seasoning even if he continues to develop at the rate he is developing but his game has improved dramatically from late October until now. His defense has grown so much and I think with that, he is becoming more comfortable to show us what he can do offensively.
 
With his obvious natural skill, BBIQ, coachability, and trajectory over just the past month, I really think Reibe will end up being considered one of the top 3 centers UConn, especially if he stays at least 3 yrs.
 
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