Sizing up UConn, Big East ahead of season: 'This league will be loaded'

[Huskyforlife]

Based upon what Dual showed in Spain, we got a good one, a type of player we have not had in a while. If he holds up we should absolutely be a NCAA team. Looking forward to finding out. The Dunk will still be a tough place for any team in this league to win at.

I will add that Hopkins lost 10lbs and added muscle. He’s considerably more explosive. A big surprise has been Ticket Gaines. He’s a BE player. As much as I miss Ed Croswell. Oduro is an upgrade on offense. Very crafty, think Marty Conlin type moves.

Are you worried about perimeter playmaking if Dual goes through freshman slumps? I think the only thing stopping me from rating them higher is guard/wing play outside of Carter being a question.

 

[FriarJ]

Are you worried about perimeter playmaking if Dual goes through freshman slumps? I think the only thing stopping me from rating them higher is guard/wing play outside of Carter being a question.

Not really, I’m pretty confident in Pierre honestly. He imo, is the key to the Friars season. I don’t think English is worried either. Justyn Hernandez who hurt his knee this spring is almost certainly going to redshirt even though he could play.

 

[August_West]

I will add that Hopkins lost 10lbs and added muscle

Who are you? Jim Calhoun?

 

[MuchoDogYears]

Pc won that game at the dunk because of the refs.. the most one sided called game i have ever watched…

Score denier!

 

[Bazz4A]

Couldn’t find a better (faster) thread to post it - just rewatched the tournament highlights. My goodness was Newton the elite bucket getter we hoped he was during that run. There’s a world where he’s our top scorer, second best player, and we are just rolling.

 

[Samoo]

Couldn’t find a better (faster) thread to post it - just rewatched the tournament highlights. My goodness was Newton the elite bucket getter we hoped he was during that run. There’s a world where he’s our top scorer, second best player, and we are just rolling.

I prefer the world where he plays that well and is only our third or fourth best player...

 

[navery12]

Still mostly just rumblings on Twitter, but this is now a semi legit guy reporting it

 

[Fan1978]

Still mostly just rumblings on Twitter, but this is now a semi legit guy reporting it

Brutal, not good news for big east