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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2250659, member: 44"] I thought it was fair. If not just a tad optimistic. [INDENT][B][I] Is UConn back?[/I][/B] [I] It all depends on the frontcourt. The backbone of the Huskies’ program during Jim Calhoun’s latter years was the ability to protect the front of the rim. The person who fills that role for this team is still yet to be determined. With Amida Brimah exhausting all of his eligibility and Juwan Durham and Steve Enoch opting to transfer, UConn has major questions in the middle. Nevertheless, as long as Alterique Gilbert and Terry Larrier — two players who played in a combined seven games a year ago due to season-ending injuries — are healthy, Kevin Ollie will have enough firepower on his perimeter to keep opposing defenses honest. Those two guys — along with Jalen Adams, Christian Vital, and Fordham grad transfer Antwoine Anderson — are more than enough to stabilize the backcourt, but who on this team is going to rebound? UConn’s top returnee on the boards is Larrier, who averaged five rebounds in the four games he played last season. Freshman big man Josh Carlton, Cornell grad transfer David Onuorah, and JUCO transfer Eric Cobb are going to have to rebound the ball if this team is going to return to the NCAA Tournament. Another thing to monitor with the Huskies? A brutal early-season schedule. UConn will play three games in the PK80, face Syracuse at Madison Square Garden, and travel to both Arizona and Auburn before Christmas. [/I][/INDENT] What can you disagree with in that summary? We just need Onuorah, Cobb and Carlton to combine to produce decent PF-center numbers. That's not unreasonable. We've had success with a center by committee before. I think that this team is going to surprise people and has a shot at being pretty good come February. [/QUOTE]

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