Roumoglou

[OceanDoggie]

He’s listed at 6’8 215. Karaban 6’8 220

Ok, by the tail of the tape I'm the same size as Fred Warner, but we're not the thing. Lol

 

[Palatine]

As for Cooper Flagg, if he's watching Kyle Filipowski's career he ought to have second thoughts about going to Duke. Kelis Fisher's stats are marginally better overall this year but certainly not as improved as you'd expect from a member of "the Brotherhood" in his second year.

The thought has occurred to me as well. Kelis Fisher was awesome coming out of high school and he doesn't seem to have grown a bit.

 

[navery12]

Not sure where to post this but I thought it was important for people to read. It's in the Register's game day article today. People on here are always worried about young guys leaving who aren't playing a lot. I think the key is communication and making the players understand what is going on and keep them engaged and working hard. Hurley brings up how Hawkins and Jackson didn't play much their freshmen years but then were NBA draft choices. Just have to keep your head down and work. Your opportunity will come.

Freshman Jayden Ross saw some minutes early in the season, but is now one of the last players off the bench. Hurley believes the athletic, energetic forward has bought in to the idea that his future is still bright in Storrs.

"We try to stay in the ears and the minds of all of our young players," the coach said. "You're currently in a program that, for the last season-and-a-half, has done college basketball better than anyone else has done it, in terms of winning. But also, from a player development standpoint, this is a pretty good program to be in. But you've got to pay your dues. Andre (Jackson Jr.) did it early in his career, Jordan Hawkins did it early on in his career. You've got to just trust us. I don't think there's a better place to be than this place is for Jaylin (Stewart) and Jayden and Solo (Ball) and Youssouf (Singare). They're probably all not playing as much as they'd like to, but you're in one of the premiere places you can play, with a coaching staff that is truly committed to these guys."

Hopefully I'm wrong but I had a pretty pessimistic view when I read that. Feel like those comments usually don't come out of nowhere

 

[ctchamps]

That’s not a sufficient reason bc last year we found time to play 10 players

Most important thing is to win the game. The coaches are aware from practice which players are at the level to achieve this.

The list of players that they perceive to be ahead of Roumoglou are everyone except Youssouf Singare, Andrew Hurley, and Andre Johnson.

I'm sure the staff would like to give Solo Ball, Jaylen Stewart and Jayden Ross more game time experience but they have not reached the stage of reliability needed and the games have been too close for the coaches to have them play at the number of minutes that they would prefer.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Hopefully I'm wrong but I had a pretty pessimistic view when I read that. Feel like those comments usually don't come out of nowhere

What? The reporter asked him a question and he answered it.

 

[ctchamps]

Hopefully I'm wrong but I had a pretty pessimistic view when I read that. Feel like those comments usually don't come out of nowhere

I'm sure someone brought it up about Jaydon. I had a less pessimistic opinion because of this:

Freshman Jayden Ross saw some minutes early in the season, but is now one of the last players off the bench. Hurley believes the athletic, energetic forward has bought in to the idea that his future is still bright in Storrs.

The blow out allowed us to observe significant minutes with the freshman playing together plus Roumoglou. What I liked is the off ball movement they had with one another. Solo and Stewart appeared to have more off ball movement in the half court offense than when they play with the starters. Less afraid to shoot as well. Gave me a better idea of how that second string is developing.

 

[navery12]

What? The reporter asked him a question and he answered it.

I'm just going off the context of what was posted. If it was in response to a question that would definitely make me read it much less pessimistically

 

[Hungryhusky99]

I'm just going off the context of what was posted. If it was in response to a question that would definitely make me read it much less pessimistically

It was his pre-game yesterday. Someone asked about Ross basically falling entirely out of the rotation and that was his response. I think Ross was recruited under the assumption he wasn't going to play much this year anyways.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

80% don't know what he did, and the other half suspects you're jealous.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Well it’s pretty clear that Ross and Romo have very good skill sets. The problem becomes for a second year guy like Romo you start not believing you are ever going to get a chance and then a first year guy like Ross starts talking to him and begins to wonder. Not saying they are leaving or thinking about leaving or predicting any future movement. Just saying that nothing that happens during the “me season” should surprise us.

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm just going off the context of what was posted. If it was in response to a question that would definitely make me read it much less pessimistically

Geeze, talk about a pessimist. Yeeesh.

Yes, a reporter asked him about Ross because he played a decent amount in the Xavier game after not playing lately.

The questions starts at about 13:30 in the video of the PC pregame availability for more context. Mentions they "won't go portal crazy" as long as the younger guys make the commitment to the program.

 

[superjohn]

I don't know how good this guy is or whether he'll ever contribute meaningful minutes but guys can play 4 years for UConn and never show body control like he did on that steal & dunk.

I know his stats (in spotty minutes) aren't good but he looks the part. He's big, has a nice stroke, and doesn't look like a newborn calf when he's dribbling.

He can definitely shoot.

 

[Shamon30]

I am guessing (not really), if he played 31 minutes his stats would be:

FGM/A	%	3FG/A	%	FTM/A	%	OFF	DEF	RbTOT	PF	AST	T/O	BLK	STL	PTS
3-7	.429	2-5	.400	0-0	0	1	7	8	2	3	0	2	2	8

There is a reason for his playing time and I trust Dan Hurley knows.

For what it's worth, Andrew Hurley leads the team in usage percentage