Scrimmage Highlights

[HooperScooper]

Still odd our best player, who plays in the post, has no post highlights. I know they aren’t exciting plays, but still.

So if they only show baskets he made in the hype video should we assume that he never missed a shot all game? They only showed made shots so did both teams shoot 100% for the game? Do you see what I mean? I just don't know how you can make the assumption you did from the limited plays shown in a hype video.

 

[ucawn]

Realistically though, which lead guard was RJ Cole better/more talented than that started for us over the past 20 years?

Jalen Gaffney was our starting PG January-February of 2020

 

[Tenspro2002]

Realistically though, which lead guard was RJ Cole better/more talented than that started for us over the past 20 years?

Not more talented than Jalen Adams, but a better player and leader.

Much better than Gilbert.

Possibly Taliek Brown.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

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.

Agree with RJ over Gibbs/Alterique.

I would personally take Jalen over RJ, but could see argument the other way.

Marcus Williams and RJ Cole shouldn’t even be in the same sentence together. I would take Marcus in a heartbeat.

 

[CL82]

Still odd our best player, who plays in the post, has no post highlights. I know they aren’t exciting plays, but still.

Unless Hurley plans on using Sanogo as a stretch four and making Donovan are starting center?

 

[imno1]

Still odd our best player, who plays in the post, has no post highlights. I know they aren’t exciting plays, but still.

Usually highlight reels are filled with exciting plays. We know Adama can score in the post but I will admit I'd like to see video of him passing out of there on a double team or when he receives the ball too far out

 

[HuskyHawk]

Fun to watch these. These guys never miss it seems. Johnson looked a lot stronger to me. Love the big guards who can get into the paint and score at the rim. No more Cole/AG getting swallowed up in there. Joey C seems to be useful on offense. Bet he's not used to not being the focus of the defense.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Fun to watch these. These guys never miss it seems. Johnson looked a lot stronger to me. Love the big guards who can get into the paint and score at the rim. No more Cole/AG getting swallowed up in there. Joey C seems to be useful on offense. Bet he's not used to not being the focus of the defense.

lay off rj. he did us, and himself, proud.

while here, he rang up 14 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 83% from the stripe, 36% from 3, and 32 minutes per.

 

[REB1094]

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.

There were times last year when Sanogo was in foul trouble and RJ was the only guy trying to score. That should never have been his role on the team, but he took it in stride, and turned it into 16 points a game and BE 1st team. I’d say he met or exceeded expectations here, since (hopefully) nobody expected him to drop 20+ a game like he did at Howard.

I think his role in his first season was a much better fit for him. Secondary perimeter scorer who is a hound on defense and brings maturity. Sure his FG% wasn’t good, but now we know that it wasn’t because of a lack of skill. Maybe just needed a year to get adjusted. He wasn’t able to play that role when Bouknight went pro

He’s not better than Jalen Adams because he wasn’t supposed to be a Jalen Adams. Jalen Adams is better at nearly every part of scoring than RJ and had the green light to take every single shot, yet RJ still got within 1 bucket per game of Jalen’s career high PPG

So no, RJ isn’t on the level of the Adams or the Napiers or Bouknights. Maybe not even Vital. But I’d still say he did his job and did it very well

 

[Palatine]

I would like our point guard to have more than 4.1 assists per game. 4.1 per tied Cole for 108th in assists per game last year. It's okay but not dynamic.

 

[REB1094]

I would like our point guard to have more than 4.1 assists per game. 4.1 per tied Cole for 108th in assists per game last year. It's okay but not dynamic.

Fun fact, of the 229 players in D1 last year who scored at least 15 points per game, RJ was 29th in APG

Funner fact, Tristen Newton was 9th

This includes the guys who put up huge stats on bad teams/nobody schools. RJ is 5th on that same list in AST/TO

 

[Incursio007]

Hawkin's release is so quick --- if he can continue his handle & bolster his shot off the dribble? Scary.

Love seeing the intensity of these scrimmages --- game ready in August, means win ready in November.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Interestingly enough, Jalen is the only guy over the last decade to average over 5 assists per game for us. Our last 2 Nattys, we didn’t have a PG averaging over 5 assists per game either

 

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Interestingly enough, Jalen is the only guy over the last decade to average over 5 assists per game for us. Our last 2 Nattys, we didn’t have a PG averaging over 5 assists per game either

Crazy to think Shabazz or Kemba didn’t average over 5 assists a game.

 

[mauconnfan]

Not more talented than Jalen Adams, but a better player and leader.

Much better than Gilbert.

Possibly Taliek Brown.

Gaffney was a mirage to those who were sick of AG and Vital turning it over first half of the year. He basically played ok based on his doing nothing to force any TOs. After AG sat behind him his impact was much better than Gaffney as defense counted too for those who cared to watch that side. We saw who JG was once we wanted more than just anyone who didn't make stupid plays. When asked to stop the east to west game he was the same as those guys.

 

[D$]

Has @uconmbb Twitter seriously not posted highlights from game 3 yet? Talk about a fail. They either forgot, are too busy with fall sports or didn’t tape it. Irregardless, don’t tease the fan base with this. Yes, I’m unhappy about it.

 

[navery12]

Has @uconmbb Twitter seriously not posted highlights from game 3 yet? Talk about a fail. They either forgot, are too busy with fall sports or didn’t tape it. Irregardless, don’t tease the fan base with this. Yes, I’m unhappy about it.

The players are not on campus, it probably hasn't happened yet

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Did game 3 ever get played?

 

[D$]

Did game 3 ever get played?

Don’t even get me started. I’ve been waiting a month.

 

[navery12]

Don’t even get me started. I’ve been waiting a month.

Gonna have to keep waiting, 1st practice isn't until September 26th

 

[zmart]

Just bet $100 at 90-1 that UConn wins it all. $9,000.!

 

[CL82]

This guy?

Who… does… number…. two… play… for?

 

[CL82]

Interestingly enough, Jalen is the only guy over the last decade to average over 5 assists per game for us. Our last 2 Nattys, we didn’t have a PG averaging over 5 assists per game either

When you have two de facto point guards, the assists per game of either one are going to get diluted. Just an observation.