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Three-peat?

Winning the NCAA tournament is so hard, but we'd definitely be a top 5 team (or top 3 depending on Karaban) entering the season.
 
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We can talk about it now with McNeeley. It’s a crazy crazy hard thing to do, there are only 350 other teams out there trying to do the same thing but Hurley is loading up.
Everyone needs to chill out a bit because we have a lot of new faces that have this complex offense to learn. We might not look as good and it may not come together until later in the season but we are going to be ranked with that expectation at least.
 
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Sooner we get everyone on campus the sooner we start cooking that winning Steww…ie … Can we skip to November???
 
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If we can put this team above on the court next year I like our chances! This is a solid 10-11 player rotation, our biggest issue may be keeping everyone happy, but then again we are chasing history. Hopefully the coaching staff can get them to buy in and make some sacrifices to chase 3 in row!!!
 
We are starting to look like a dynasty. The word appears to finally be out. If you want to win and get better there is one clear choice of where you should want to play college basketball. Scheyer collects similar talent while we collect talented pieces to make a ream. The difference is significant.
 
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hasheemthedream said:
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If we can put this team above on the court next year I like our chances! This is a solid 10-11 player rotation, our biggest issue may be keeping everyone happy, but then again we are chasing history. Hopefully the coaching staff can get them to buy in and make some sacrifices to chase 3 in row!!!
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The problem is that 10-11 man rotations never materialize. If we are eight or at tops nine players deep that is ideal. Finding minutes for everyone can be a problem. But practices are how the team gets better. Does Clingan develop as quickly as he did without having to cover Sanogo in practice his freshman year. I guess we will never know but there is no way it did not help his footwork. How much he improved in two years was really incredible.
 
I'll have to wait to see the final makeup of the 24/25 team before saying we're on our way to 3-peat. But I'm optimistic
 
hasheemthedream said:
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If we can put this team above on the court next year I like our chances! This is a solid 10-11 player rotation, our biggest issue may be keeping everyone happy, but then again we are chasing history. Hopefully the coaching staff can get them to buy in and make some sacrifices to chase 3 in row!!!
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Liam didn't commit to come off at the bench at the 4. Come on now.
 
hasheemthedream said:
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If we can put this team above on the court next year I like our chances! This is a solid 10-11 player rotation, our biggest issue may be keeping everyone happy, but then again we are chasing history. Hopefully the coaching staff can get them to buy in and make some sacrifices to chase 3 in row!!!
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The lineups could easily shift around but both those 5 man lineups on their own are legit Top 25 teams lmao
 
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Jaydumo20 said:
May I direct you to the Borges Hass is coming back thread? He's been back for weeks!!!!
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Hass still hasn’t said anything publicly himself… but if we land our remaining 2 targets (and especially if Karaban came back) the playing time squeeze will be worse at 2-4 spots than the PG spot.
 
Given our success with recruiting Liam, and hopefully adding Brea and Mahaney, most of us are thinking buckets and championships. But the most critical need these players must bring is defense. As Dan Hurley puts it, "championship level defense".

Losing Clingan is huge. But it is not the offensive impact of Clingan we will miss. It is his defensive impact. Stephon Castle's defense, another example. Karaban's shot, down the stretch, was off, but Karaban's defense was championship level. Diara's defense. Dan Hurley- "Whaley the wrench", lol.

We seem to have lots of offensive weapons (sharpshooters), but if the defense is not on par, we will not be able to separate ourselves from the field, like we have done the past 2 years.
 
I don't believe that Dan Hurley recruited McNeeley over Stewart, which would be the case if he expected Karaban back. We should fully expect that next year's frontcourt corners will be McNeeley and Stewart.

That being the case, it is likely that we begin next year weaker at every starting position than we finished this year -- and overall far less experienced. It will take a large step forward to be legit 3-peat contenders by March, but that will be the challenge, and it will certainly be interesting to watch.
 
housekeys said:
Given our success with recruiting Liam, and hopefully adding Brea and Mahaney, most of us are thinking buckets and championships. But the most critical need these players must bring is defense. As Dan Hurley puts it, "championship level defense".

Losing Clingan is huge. But it is not the offensive impact of Clingan we will miss. It is his defensive impact. Stephon Castle's defense, another example. Karaban's shot, down the stretch, was off, but Karaban's defense was championship level. Diara's defense. Dan Hurley- "Whaley the wrench", lol.
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We seem to have lots of offensive weapons (sharpshooters), but if the defense is not on par, we will not be able to separate ourselves from the field, like we have done the past 2 years.
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Worth noting also is that a backcourt anchored by Diarra, Ball and Nowell sacrifices the size advantage that was so important, both on offense and defense, this past season.
 
All I can reasonably hope for is for UConn to be in the mix. A three-peat is crazy talk, especially after all the guys that have left over 2 seasons. And yet, here we are, in the mix. And if we hit on a couple more targets, we're deep in the mix. It's mind-boggling to me.
 
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