Reibe in the portal

[Tenspro2002]

A lot of us talked about getting stronger, I honestly don't know how much of that you can build as a 5. You're kind of born with it. Everything he did felt soft & finesse.

The recruiting classes lately have not been what they once were. Until we hear about what is going on with Furphy and Mullins, we are now 0-4 in two consecutive classes on HS recruiting keepers for more than one year. The continuity thing might be all for naught, or Hurley goes to more of the sophomore transfer model.

We are definitely moving to a 2 year model - don't expect anyone to be. here for longer than that going forward.

A bit disingenuous to be chalking up Castle, McNeeley, and Mullins alongside guys like Reibe or Abraham.

 

[MrJama100]

Reibe was not an asset down the stretch. Really helped in the beginning of the year, but was taken advantage of by the top teams. I see him as a great player in 2 years, but the minutes he got this year were on point. He is not the typical Uconn '5'. As someone said above, more of a Dirk type player - which would be great eventually. It was obvious Hurley would recruit a transfer over him.
I think the play is to promise him some minutes as a stretch 4 and more as the 5. Looking at 10-15 as the backup 5 and 5-10 as a stretch 4. 15-25 minutes per game would be possible. If that's not acceptable, best of luck. Would like him to stay, but need to face reality.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

Convinced we could go undefeated and you’d find a negative spin

HS recruiting classes barely matter in this era

 

[CL82]

USC

Speculation, or is it a done deal?

 

[JB75]

If him and his camp can’t see what Hurley builds, especially after this magical ride then what can u tell him. Sucks he can’t stick around.

 

[Rudy1927]

This portal is a bunch of crap. Screw him!

 

[RuffRuff]

A bit disingenuous to be chalking up Castle, McNeeley, and Mullins alongside guys like Reibe or Abraham.

Nowell, McNeeley, Abraham, Reibe.

We await Mullins and Furphy. Once the Fab 5 runs their course, Hurley is going to have nothing to carryover. It's going to be the incoming freshmen and whatever transfers he bring in this year. The whole look and feel we've had with these longer terms kids is officially gone.

 

[UCNYC]

Ideally this leads to good news on Massamba Diop. Maybe his ex-coach could give Danny a good scout on him?

 

[upstater]

He'll be good somewhere else offensively but he's more power forward than center. 6'10.5, 7'1 wingspan, plays soft around the rim and is fairly unathletic.

I do wish we had at least 1 center coming back who already knows the system like we had all these other years.

And yet we need a power forward.

 

[Hurlees4hed]

Nowell, McNeeley, Abraham, Reibe.

We await Mullins and Furphy. Once the Fab 5 runs their course, Hurley is going to have nothing to carryover. It's going to be the incoming freshmen and whatever transfers he bring in this year. The whole look and feel we've had with these longer terms kids is officially gone.

McNeeley is not even close to the same category as Nowell, Abraham or Reibe.

 

[TheHorde]

The two championship teams flourished from a combination of rim protection, size on the perimeter, athleticism on the perimeter, and ability to get in the passing lanes. If UConn returns Demary, Ball, and Mullins, it underscores the need to get an athletic, physical big that can protect the rim. Unfortunately, that’s not a strength for Reibe. UConn allowed a TON of guard penetration this year and last year. The roster desperately needs shot blocking, rebounding, and physicality down low.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Nowell, McNeeley, Abraham, Reibe.

We await Mullins and Furphy. Once the Fab 5 runs their course, Hurley is going to have nothing to carryover. It's going to be the incoming freshmen and whatever transfers he bring in this year. The whole look and feel we've had with these longer terms kids is officially gone.

We can't do a whole summer of this.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

There was enough smoke here through the year that it isn’t particularly surprising. I think he can be really good but he was nearly unplayable on defense for the latter part of the year. Got completely lost on screens, got turned around getting back to his man in help defense, and was just pushed around a ton down low. Curious to see where he lands if PT was his biggest concern. His offense is ready IMO but he needs to put in a ton of work on strength and defense to be a good high major starter. Best of luck to him.

 

[Bigbrad1029]

I found him to be a miss of a recruit from the start. Lot's of chatter early around him having a nice jump shot - not sure that is ever priority for any 5, nevermind a Uconn 5. Maybe he wants to go somewhere he can play more of a stretch role.

He had some really nice games early, then tapered off drastically towards the end of the year. Some of the fouling he was doing was borderline lazy, like he didn't care. The kid was averaging a foul a minute at times.

Best of luck - let's hope we land someone really good, it's a vital position. If we now have to go into next year a new big and PG, that is a tough place to start.

Good point about end of season and tournament, it did seem he played with less energy and effort maybe the intensity of UConn program was too much for him over the long haul , hope he finds his place because he helped us win some critical games early on….that said maybe that gives us enough $$ to get Boop the big from AZ State with a little help from big Bro Bobby 😂 That guy is a monster and could be better than Flory IMO

 

[DCKembaFan]

With Reibe off to greener pastures, I like the idea of recruiting both McKeever as a defensive monster and Hines as the next Tarris-style goliath

 

[superjohn]

Nowell, McNeeley, Abraham, Reibe.

We await Mullins and Furphy. Once the Fab 5 runs their course, Hurley is going to have nothing to carryover. It's going to be the incoming freshmen and whatever transfers he bring in this year. The whole look and feel we've had with these longer terms kids is officially gone.

Outside of Sanogo, AK, and Jackson our best players during this historical run have all been 1 and 2 year players- Clingan, Castle, Cam, Tristen, Tarris, Hawkins, Silas, McNeeley, Braylon.

You're of course right on brand with this.

 

[Kenny11]

He was disappointing in the post season but he had already lost all confidence by then. It’s a very long season when you aren’t getting a lot of minutes. I think he will be very good eventually. I also think we will be more than fine.

 

[TheHorde]

With Reibe off to greener pastures, I like the idea of recruiting both McKeever as a defensive monster and Hines as the next Tarris-style goliath

Sign me up

 

[imno1]

I said it before but i was not as high on Reibe as many here. certainly not as a starter next year. No one likes losing one of their own but I think we’ll sign a better option at the 5

 

[JB75]

If this was two years ago, no way this kid would leave - maybe even a year ago - wack

 

[Pete78626]

From the team’s perspective, can we get a better center in the portal who is willing to play in the system?

 

[hooskies]

I said it before but i was not as high on Reibe as many here. certainly not as a starter next year. No one likes losing one of their own but I think we’ll sign a better option at the 5

We were always going to sign a better option at the 5, now we need 2

 

[MrJoe]

for those that saw him in mcdonald’s game it was obvious he thought he was more dirk than clingan . he will average like 8 and 5 with 20 or so minutes … xfer one more times then make a decent living playing in europe… but wonder how nba europe which is coming will effect players like him … interesting observation … he was in nba mocks in early / mid december in the 35-40 range . should have trusted the process

 

[UCFan1513]

With Reibe off to greener pastures, I like the idea of recruiting both McKeever as a defensive monster and Hines as the next Tarris-style goliath

That would be awesome but might blow like 70% of our budget

 

[Husky Alien]

Now there’s really no pressure if there ever even was any on Hurley to go out and chase some top bigs in the portal.
Good luck to Reibe.

 

[Mister P]

Didn’t work out for Abraham js

No it didn’t.
My first thought was were did he play HS ball
Then my thoughts went to Cooley
Then remembering what he did in the past and the snake that he is.

 

[uchusky32]

Coach Calhoun made a comment during one of our games that he talked to Dan about giving his young big more minutes.

 

[Kenny11]

This is not particularly surprising. My gut sense is that this has as much to do with how he wants to play as how much he wants to play.

We'll see where he ends up, but it'll bum me out if we see him playmaking and shooting 3s somewhere next year.

I think there is some shooting ability that’s going to be unlocked. Just not sure if it’s next season or not. Have we ever had true stretch 5 at uconn? It’s seems like we have always been super old school with our centers playing style (which I’m fine with). But our offense often has the center catch at the top of the key. If not a shooting threat teams usually know he’s just there to reverse the ball

 

[LetsGoUC]

If I am Hurley, why even recruit more than 1 HS kid a year? Go all in on an elite 5 star like Castle/McNeeley/Mullins who you know will start freshman year.

These 4star guys who aren't good enough to start early on in the career end up leaving after 1 year because they are looking for an easier path. Waste of everyones time.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Problem was when we were putting him in games he was either fouling a lot of being scored on by stronger players. He just didn't deserve the minutes as the year went on.

I remember a couple of games where he picked up 2 or 3 fouls in a couple of minutes forcing Danny to put Reed back in. He definitely regressed during the BE games though - too physical for him?