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ktuck911 said:
Excited about Bouknight. Love how he has developed practice habits of scoring with pressure on him. He might be a surprise problem for opponents. This upcoming season:
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LOVE the range he displays. I can't wait for the season to start!
 
ktuck911 said:
Excited about Bouknight. Love how he has developed practice habits of scoring with pressure on him. He might be a surprise problem for opponents. This upcoming season:
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Love the way he's shooting off the dribble, and while moving laterally. I think he'll start at SG before Christmas.

I really love the length and athleticism of this lineup.
Gilbert
Bouknight
Wilson
Akok
Carlton
 
ktuck911 said:
Excited about Bouknight. Love how he has developed practice habits of scoring with pressure on him. He might be a surprise problem for opponents. This upcoming season:
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With Bouknight, Jalen, CV, Akok, AG, & Polley, I think it's safe to say this is the best shooting team we've had in quite some time....
 
Best looking pure shooting guard I have seen in Storrs since Jeremy Lamb in 2011, 2012 (not to be confused with the more recent combination guards like Boatright or Jalen Adams). Seven years, it's been a while. He and Gaffney and Akok are really going to have a big impact here, starting this year.

In the video that spin move to his right around the trainer at the 2:05 mark, keeping his dribble with the left hand, that was smooth. I saw Ben Gordon do that once while bringing the ball up the court in transition at say 3/4 speed, going right around a defender like they were standing still, and my father and I just looked at each other like "whoa", how did he hang on to that.

Hurley is going to greenlight Bouknight; tell him to be aggressive, create, and look for his shot, pushing his confidence. I know CV is pencilled in as the probable starter, and deservedly so, especially early in the season, but JB is going to be pushing hard for that spot, and if he produces and can play defense it's going to be tough for Hurley to keep him out of the starting lineup.

This kid is really talented and athletic and an excellent shooter. Great body control and BB skills allow him to score with versatility. I'm going to buy the hype on this one; I can see how good he is going to be. Really looking forward to watching him play.
 
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Love the strength reports on Carlton but based on his improvement last year he really doesn’t have too far to go to be a dominant center in the American. One question though, what happens if he gets 2 fouls with 10 minutes to go in the first half?
 
jibsey said:
Love the strength reports on Carlton but based on his improvement last year he really doesn’t have too far to go to be a dominant center in the American. One question though, what happens if he gets 2 fouls with 10 minutes to go in the first half?
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What happens? We cross our fingers and pray.
 
JMick said:
We hope Manuel is on the roster lol
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Yeah, and the alternative is to plug in Whaley and run a press. A team with Whaley, Akok and Sid across the back is about as mobile, athletic and shot blocking oriented as you're going to find on the defensive end. No Carlton hurts our half court offense, so we run.
 
jibsey said:
Love the strength reports on Carlton but based on his improvement last year he really doesn’t have too far to go to be a dominant center in the American. One question though, what happens if he gets 2 fouls with 10 minutes to go in the first half?
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Then Porkchop comes in and goes to work, gets putbacks, blocks and plays good D while our guards and shooters do the scoring. I'm forever team Porkchop...he will prove many wrong this season.
 
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ktuck911 said:
Excited about Bouknight. Love how he has developed practice habits of scoring with pressure on him. He might be a surprise problem for opponents. This upcoming season:
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Man that kid has a sweet stroke.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Love the way he's shooting off the dribble, and while moving laterally. I think he'll start at SG before Christmas.

I really love the length and athleticism of this lineup.
Gilbert
Bouknight
Wilson
Akok
Carlton
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Very Hurleyballish isn't it? Scoring from all 5 positions. Maybe move Bouk to the three and put CV at the 2?
 
jibsey said:
Love the strength reports on Carlton but based on his improvement last year he really doesn’t have too far to go to be a dominant center in the American. One question though, what happens if he gets 2 fouls with 10 minutes to go in the first half?
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Small ball?

I think Akok becomes our 4/5 player. Not the best thing to have him banging against mature bigs though. Carlton need to stay on the floor. Get him a couple of strategic breaks around time outs but other than that, he's our horse.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yeah, and the alternative is to plug in Whaley and run a press. A team with Whaley, Akok and Sid across the back is about as mobile, athletic and shot blocking oriented as you're going to find on the defensive end. No Carlton hurts our half court offense, so we run.
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And the skinniest black hole offensive team you can find anywhere.
 
superjohn said:
And the skinniest black hole offensive team you can find anywhere.
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Which is why you are running. Transition offense. Great D should lead to that.
 
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navery12 said:
Temper your expectations
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Why temper? Seems more than possible.

Hurley’s had a full year of coaching these guys, knows them well, worked with his staff on individual development plans, and isn’t in “on-boarding” mode any more.

Wouldn’t be surprised at all. Cheer them on!
 
HuskyHawk said:
Love the way he's shooting off the dribble, and while moving laterally. I think he'll start at SG before Christmas.

I really love the length and athleticism of this lineup.
Gilbert
Bouknight
Wilson
Akok
Carlton
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I like this starting 5... A LOT.. but I think Wilson will be 6th man.. Polley will get the nod ahead of him...
 
No way is Vital not starting at the 2.

Rique/Gaffney
Vital/Adams
Bouk/Sid
Polley/Akok
Carlton/Manuel (hopefully)/ Whaley

That's my depth chart. The 3 and 4 are interchangable, IMO. ESPECIALLY the 4. We are a much better team when Akok overtakes Polley for minutes.

And of course 3 guard lineups, going big, matchups, etc change all of this frequently.
 
CL82 said:
Geesh, a lot of guys write off CV. Put him in a fluid offense that has multiple options and I think you find him to be pretty effective.
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It all comes down to accepting his role. CV can be an championship level efficient 3 and D guy. Or, he can try to be a combo guard and be an average player that he has been most of his UConn career
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Love the way he's shooting off the dribble, and while moving laterally. I think he'll start at SG before Christmas.

I really love the length and athleticism of this lineup.
Gilbert
Bouknight
Wilson
Akok
Carlton
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Shooting in that quintet is the big issue. Athleticism is through the roof but if teams can pack it in on you they can negate that somewhat.
Don’t give up on Polley,CV,or even Adams.
 
ktuck911 said:
Excited about Bouknight. Love how he has developed practice habits of scoring with pressure on him. He might be a surprise problem for opponents. This upcoming season:
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Richie Springs in the Uconn tee. Love to see it.

Will be nice to have a player who takes good shots. Our shot selection as a whole has been atrocious for some time now. It’s like our kids went out of their way to take difficult contested off balanced shots. Super annoying(unless we were hitting them of course).
 
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That video of bouk is great for my unrealistic enthusiasm about freshmen. Hitting 3s off the dribble is hard, no matter if it's a game, or workout situation. His combination of shooting and size/athleticism is going to be exciting to watch.
 
Hurley doesn’t readily give starting roles to freshmen from day 1, usually preferring to work them in over the season, but Bouknight could be an exception, like Jared Terrell was at URI.

The goal is for Whaley to play at 225. With a late addition, the front court is serviceable. We know the guards are the strength of this team right now, which is often the case when a team needs to rebuild the talent base.
 
NJHoops said:
Hurley doesn’t readily give starting roles to freshmen from day 1, usually preferring to work them in over the season, but Bouknight could be an exception, like Jared Terrell was at URI.

The goal is for Whaley to play at 225. With a late addition, the front court is serviceable. We know the guards are the strength of this team right now, which is often the case when a team needs to rebuild the talent base.
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Jarvis Garrett, EC Matthews, and Hassan Martin all played their career average for minutes as freshman under Hurley at URI. If you can play, you'll play
 
KSC94 said:
Jarvis Garrett, EC Matthews, and Hassan Martin all played their career average for minutes as freshman under Hurley at URI. If you can play, you'll play
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As I wrote, I was specifically referencing starting. Those three, plus Jeff Dowtin, broke into the starting line-ups for Hurley over the course of their respective freshmen years, but only Terrell started in November.
 
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