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Scrimmage Highlights

auror said:
Also that first physical banging drive in the video made me google the roster and was like "I don't know what all these guys look like, which big is #2,"

Oh nvm, it's our giant point guard.
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I did exactly the same thing!
 
HooperScooper said:
My worry about Karaban is the adjustment to the speed and physicality of the college game. But his basketball IQ and shooting are really good so at some point it will click. Just how long will that adjustment period take? It's the question I have for every freshman.
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This. Look how long it took RJ Cole to get adjusted to the speed. We knew he could score. Was worth the wait.
 
auror said:
Also that first physical banging drive in the video made me google the roster and was like "I don't know what all these guys look like, which big is #2,"

Oh nvm, it's our giant point guard.
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This guy?
 

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MTBingNinja said:
This. Look how long it took RJ Cole to get adjusted to the speed. We knew he could score. Was worth the wait.
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Screw it. We have time between now and when they dump the third scrimmage video.

What was worth the wait? I have little doubt RJ became the best player he could be for UConn and did everything he could on the court for team success but there were zero BE titles and zero NCAA tourney wins.
 
Chin Diesel said:
As someone in the over 30 crowd (and then some) I'll go with the flow and pretend I have any idea what show or movie this references.
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Fair. I probably should’ve just said in their thirties. Older than that there might be an explanation needed for why you were watching 3 Ninjas.
 
SeattleHoop said:
Seton Hall was loaded imo last year and they couldn’t put it together. That’s my worry about this team too. But Hurley is a better coach than Willard
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I was very high on Hall last year, and In retrospect, Seton Hall's talent was overrated and their shooting was lacking.

Aiken is a glass cannon, Rhoden can't shoot and took too many tough shots, Obiagu was soft, Richmond can't shoot and is unpolished offensively, Cale is too inconsistent, Yetna coming off major injury, and Jamir Harris is a role player at this level.

Good defensively, but there's a reason why they went 11-8. They settled way too often for long Rhoden 2s and 3s from guys who didn't shoot well.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Screw it. We have time between now and when they dump the third scrimmage video.

What was worth the wait? I have little doubt RJ became the best player he could be for UConn and did everything he could on the court for team success but there were zero BE titles and zero NCAA tourney wins.
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If I remember correctly we could have had RJ or Bones Hyland. RJ had to sit a year but stayed for 3 total. Bones didn’t have to sit but went to the NBA after 2 years. Both were good options and RJ had the strong relationship with Hurley
 
NJHoops said:
Part 2

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My overreacting takes:

Pros:
1. SANOGO JUMPSHOT!!!! SANOGO JUMPSHOT!!!!!!!!
2. DC making Sanogo look small and passing right over the top of him
3. Hawkins looking comfortable
4. Is Joey C actually going to get minutes??

Cons:
1. The Newton bully drive was impressive but tbh would not love that shot in a game
2. Andre’s floater still looks like a flat push shot instead of a floater

Summary:
UConn undefeated and 2023 champions??
 
Chin Diesel said:
Screw it. We have time between now and when they dump the third scrimmage video.

What was worth the wait? I have little doubt RJ became the best player he could be for UConn and did everything he could on the court for team success but there were zero BE titles and zero NCAA tourney wins.
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And without RJ Cole you'd be adding zero NCAA tournament berths to that sentence. Which was absolutely worth the wait
 
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Watching that vid got me seriously pumped up, but I have to take a deep breath and curb my enthusiasm!
 
Just remember - for every awesome looking offensive result in these clips, it was against our defense...

With that said, the most important clips are:

1- Newton playing effective bully ball in the paint; we're going to need a lot of that
2- Ajax being able to alley oop like that due to defenders having to respect his quickness and hops; could be huge for the other four guys on the floor
3- Hawk needs to toughen up on his man to man defense
4- Joey C could be our newest version of the microwave off the bench
 
Our new portal guys will be much more effective within our offensive scheme benefiting from a stronger supporting cast than on their previous teams where they frequently had to create shots/lower percentage shots with less talented teammates. Just get to your spots and the ball will find you.

Looks like AS and DC are going to make each other much better players(in practice) for BE wars.AS showing some moves we have not seen before.
 
My observations:

1. How many post finishes in these 2 videos for Sanogo? Don might be having a Kalkbrenner type impact on defense.

2. Didn’t see Alex anywhere, but that might be on me. Anyone else see him? Would suck if he was injured.

3. Hawkins/Andre taking each other in these games is great. Probably not a ton of scoring from these guys guarding each other.

4. Donovan Clingan is tall.

5. With the hype surrounding Joey C, and seeing him more featured in these videos, makes me wonder if he’s ahead in the battle for first guard backup. But that’s just conjecture, don’t jump down my throat.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
My observations:

1. How many post finishes in these 2 videos for Sanogo? Don might be having a Kalkbrenner type impact on defense.

2. Didn’t see Alex anywhere, but that might be on me. Anyone else see him? Would suck if he was injured.
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1. I don't think you can make that assumption from a hype video with selected cuts. Those 3 Sanogo baskets they showed, 2 jump shots and a dunk, could have been his only 2 outside shots and he hit 15 other shots very close to the basket.

2. Watch again. Alex is in a bunch of the highlights on defense. He's #10, which is interesting because he's #11 on the roster.
 
HooperScooper said:
1. I don't think you can make that assumption from a hype video with selected cuts. Those 3 Sanogo baskets they showed, 2 jump shots and a dunk, could have been his only 2 outside shots and he hit 15 other shots very close to the basket.

2. Watch again. Alex is in a bunch of the highlights on defense. He's #10, which is interesting because he's #11 on the roster.
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Still odd our best player, who plays in the post, has no post highlights. I know they aren’t exciting plays, but still.
 
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navery12 said:
And without RJ Cole you'd be adding zero NCAA tournament berths to that sentence. Which was absolutely worth the wait
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I'll pretend as a UConn fan I should appreciate NCAA tournament selections with zero wins at an appreciably higher level than not making NCAA tourney. But I don't .
 
Chin Diesel said:
I'll pretend as a UConn fan I should appreciate NCAA tournament selections with zero wins at an appreciably higher level than not making NCAA tourney. But I don't .
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It sucks that we got to that point as a program but we did. Obviously that time is over and we need to start winning in March now. But you trashed RJ Cole from the day he stepped onto campus so I didn't expect you to stop now
 
navery12 said:
It sucks that we got to that point as a program but we did. Obviously that time is over and we need to start winning in March now. But you trashed RJ Cole from the day he stepped onto campus so I didn't expect you to stop now
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Realistically though, which lead guard was RJ Cole better/more talented than that started for us over the past 20 years?
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Realistically though, which lead guard was RJ Cole better/more talented than that started for us over the past 20 years?
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Fun game. Cole was 1st team all league in new Big East and led us to a fairly high seed, so anyone that didn't achieve something equivalent is pretty easy to say that Cole is better.

I'd say...
Sterling Gibbs (shout out Purvis for reminding me that Gibbs was the lead guard that year over Jalen Adams)
Alterique Gilbert

Based on production and achievement you can debate Jalen Adams also, but that would likely be a matter of opinion. Marcus Williams and Taliek Brown weren't all league, but their teams were too good to think that they weren't better than Cole.
 
auror said:
Fun game. Cole was 1st team all league in new Big East and led us to a fairly high seed, so anyone that didn't achieve something equivalent is pretty easy to say that Cole is better.

I'd say...
Sterling Gibbs (shout out Purvis for reminding me that Gibbs was the lead guard that year over Jalen Adams)
Alterique Gilbert

Based on production and achievement you can debate Jalen Adams also, but that would likely be a matter of opinion. Marcus Williams and Taliek Brown weren't all league, but their teams were too good to think that they weren't better than Cole.
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I’d agree with Sterling. I remember screaming at my tv for Ollie to start Jalen over him. I’d agree with alterique too even though the one year he actually played I’d say Vital was the guy.

Would have to disagree on Adams though. He had terrible timing from the teams he was on.
 
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