Ryan Boatright Returning

[aceboon]

UConn Men's Hoops
@UConnMBB


#UConn: DeAndre Daniels opts for the NBA Draft, but guard Ryan Boatright will return to the Huskies for his senior season.

 

[phillionaire]

sweet!

 

[tcf15]

I'm so glad Chief was wrong.

 

[Leebo]

that's a good source there

 

[OkaForPrez]

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!!

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Wow. Happy to be wrong about this one.

 

[Marat]

Awesome! Excited to see Boat and Purvis in the backcourt next season!

 

[Inyatkin]

Wow, that is outstanding. Don't want to set expectations too high, but just imagine NCAA Boatright for a whole season.

 

[CL82]

With Boat back I feel like we can make another post season run. Thanks Ryan!

 

[Jerry1714]

I'm so glad Chief was wrong.

When has he ever been right?

Awesome news. Huge

 

[Walker11]

So pumped. I can't wait to see this backcourt. I actually wanted DD to go pro bc I thought it was smart for him but I really wanted to see what Boat could show as the guy.

 

[superjohn]

Fantastic news, Boat is moving up the UConn list and by the end of next season he will be an all-time great.

 

[UCONNfan1]

Way to go Ryan! Blow it out of the park your senior season!!

 

[Sportsman5]

In my opinion both players made the correct decision. Welcome back Boat!!

 

[UConnDad]

Boatshow. Yessir! Let's go baby!

 

[aceboon]

@Chief00 had the same sources this guy did

 

[patrick]

Ok so basically this went as most of us expected!

 

[ASweet3781]

Man that is about the best possible outcome I think we could have hoped for. I thought both players would be gone.

Losing Boat on top of Deandre would have been really really tough to overcome for next year.

 

[MGD15]

This takes a lot pressure off purvis and is obviously huge for next season. Ollie will be able to do a hell of a lot with our guards…will this, combined with brimahs surgery cause ollie to go looking for a front court player for next year?

 

[bear]

As usual, I'd take our back court next year over any team in the country's.

 

[caw]

Lots of depth in the backcourt.

Boat, Samuel
Purvis, Cassell
Hamilton, Calhoun
Facey, Lubin
Nolan, Brimah

That's the ten deep right now. Pretty solid, though I expect not starter/reserve.

Lots of question marks but athletic team.

 

[UconnU]

we are going to be able to beat any team's back court off the dribble...We can place D. ham and/or Omar at the wing to improve our shooting. Nolan, Facey, AB down low. very versatile, athletic team. Going to be better than we were this year defensively. But would imagine we wont shoot as high a % from the floor next year... going to be interesting!

 

[tzznandrew]

This is a huge decision. The loss of Daniels definitely hurt the team. But if Boatright can be NCAA Boatright the whole season? I don't think the ceiling on the team drops too far.

And if Boat leads the team well, and scores just his career average for 32 games (pretty much worst case scenario if he were healthy), he'll end up with 1601 career points, good enough for 16th on the all-time list.

I can imagine him racking up assists to Purvis and Hamilton now.

 

[boba]

I'm so glad Chief was wrong.

Usually wrong but never in doubt!

 

[ASweet3781]

Do we look to add another player? Any useful transfers? 10 players is cutting it thin.