SNY Facey game thread

[champs99and04]

I'd be surprised if in 4 years we're not singing this kid's praises as an all-time Husky great.

Well at least our expectations aren't out of control. Anything less than Emeka Okafor and he's a massive bust IMO.

 

[GemParty]

Who does he compare too? CJ Leslie type body n bounce.

 

[PacificStorm]

Cant' wait to see his ranking move up in a few weeks. Could breach top 70 soon. And yes, GemParty, he does look like a poor man's version of C.J.Leslie, game-wise and body-wise, but his ceiling is somewhat higher and may exceed junior-level Leslie by his junior year. He needs 20-40 lbs on his frame to bang against the BE bigs without losing his quickness. How much did Gay weigh up in college when he left as as a sophomore?

 

[aceboon]

Cant' wait to see his ranking move up in a few weeks. Could breach top 70 soon. And yes, GemParty, he does look like a poor man's version of C.J.Leslie, game-wise and body-wise, but his ceiling is somewhat higher and may exceed junior-level Leslie by his junior year. He needs 20-40 lbs on his frame to bang against the BE bigs without losing his quickness. How much did Gay weigh up in college when he left as as a sophomore?

Rudy weighed 222lbs at the predraft camp

 

[mcs333]

What was the score of the game?

 

[aboogieee]

70-68, LuHi

 

[HooperScooper]

He's either super raw or kinda overrated

I wouldn't get all caught up on his ranking or his potential based on 1 game. Last year I went to see Kaleb Tarczewski at St. Mark's play. He's a 7-0 center that was rated top 10 by everyone and is at Arizona. He was awful in the game. Couldn't hit anything against guys much shorter than him and he wasn't even rebounding great. But he moved very well and was coordinated and athletic for a 7 footer. You could tell there was something there but it wasn't translating in the game I watched.

 

[Huskieforlife]

I wouldn't get all caught up on his ranking or his potential based on 1 game. Last year I went to see Kaleb Tarczewski at St. Mark's play. He's a 7-0 center that was rated top 10 by everyone and is at Arizona. He was awful in the game. Couldn't hit anything against guys much shorter than him and he wasn't even rebounding great. But he moved very well and was coordinated and athletic for a 7 footer. You could tell there was something there but it wasn't translating in the game I watched.

I know I spoke WAY to soon check out my new thread lol

 

[tentoes4rings]

Well at least our expectations aren't out of control. Anything less than Emeka Okafor and he's a massive bust IMO.

I'm not putting that pressure on the kid, I just have a feeling about him and what he'll achieve based largely on his character and how much better he can get. If education is that important to him and his relationship with Ollie is as good as it seems, I think we'll get at least three years out of him. He could be scary good at the end of those three years. I'm still optimistic about Nolan as well, I think we have three big men to get excited about for the next three to four years.

 

[aceboon]

game vs St Anthonys is on now

 

[aceboon]

9Pts, 6Rebs, and 4Blks about midway thru the 3rd quarter

 

[Rico444]

Not very good on FTs. But I love his length and shot blocking ability. Seems like he'll be a really good defender by the time his Uconn career is over.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Facey had 13 points and 7 rebounds in the finals. He won the tournament sportsmanship award

 

[uconnbill]

Much better looking on the offensive end then I thought he would be. Very good timing on blocking shots and a pretty good rebounder. Raw but a lot of talent to work with the next few years.

 

[champs99and04]

He showed enough in these two games to make me think he'll be able to immediately contribute next year. He doesn't have a terrible looking stroke - it's one that I think can be salvaged unlike Drummond. Obviously he needs to add some strength, but I don't see any reason he can't have a year like that kid Harrell from Louisville (6 points, 5 rebounds) or Roscoe from 2010-11.

 

[aboogieee]

.. and that was mostly hustle plays from Roscoe Smith (off. reb.) but he did have games where he shot well from three