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Tom Moore discusses filling out the rest of the roster, NIL, his role as GM at UConn, and more. It’s well worth a listen.
Tom Moore Media Availability - 5/4/25
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“Obviously a third-string center is something we’ll be targeting,” Moore said. “We’ll be looking for another wing, another combo guard, possibly a combo forward. But we’re trying to be strategic in this new age of potential revenue sharing with finding people who are maybe overlooked in the high school ranks, foreign players, and then maybe under recruited transfers who are still in the portal.”
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How UConn men’s basketball plans to fill out its 2025-26 roster with pending House settlement
UConn men’s basketball has a few roster spots left as it sits at 10 players for 2025-26. New general manager Tom Moore provided a glimpse at the Huskies’ plan.
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"What can be tricky is, you're trying to secure a commitment from a high school kid in June, July, August, September of his senior year, and you have to project what the roster's going to look like in the spring, after a season," Moore explained. "We always have an idea in mind of how our returnees are going to play, and it's almost always an upward projection. This year, couple of guys didn't progress like we thought and maybe weren't what we thought. They ended up transferring. Now, we've got three open spots in the portal that we didn't anticipate having to get when talking to these kids last July or August."
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The days of cillege coaches sucking up to HS kids outside top 30 are gone.
Coaches used to start developing relationships when HS kids were frosh and soph and trying to get commits when they are juniors. Now college coaches don't even know what they need on their roster until May/June.
Much easier to go after known college kids unless you have an HS kids who can contribute regardless of how the roster is built.
Nice article about Tom in his new role and the future approach to recruiting.
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We have been very lucky to have a Tom Moore around this program from the JC days and again the Dan Hurley days. Tremendously underrated piece of the success.
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The days of building a program are over for now. Even the term "building teams" seems like a stretch. It's like a season-long tournament of pick-up game rosters for half a year.
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This looks like the same article I posted above. You were probably trying to post the article below instead.
“The last couple years, as I've been doing both, Dan and I have talked a lot about, should I just commit totally to one?” Moore said Sunday, when he held a Zoom meeting to discuss his role and UConn’s offseason roster movement.
“The one I was leaning to, that seemed to command or demand more of my attention, was the GM duties. So it hasn't been a drastic cut-off, emotionally, for me where it's just all of the sudden over. It's something I've gradually weaned off the past couple of years.”
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It's going to be interesting what we do to fill out the roster. Kentucky is apparently adding a 7-2 kid from Miami (OH) as part of their back-end roster fill. I'm wondering if we're going to be going with mid-major types or strictly foreign guys in the Hasson and Roumoglou vibe. Hoping that at least the backup 4/5 type is a guy who can play some minutes if needed and not just a glorified walk-on.
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I think Papa Kante would be a good fit for the 3rd option at center.
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I wonder if he is the most accomplished assistant in college basketball?
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Tom is a terrific asset who I respect greatly
We’re so lucky to have someone with his expertise in that position which has become critical in the post amateur era of college basketball.
We’re so lucky to have someone with his expertise in that position which has become critical in the post amateur era of college basketball.
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To complete the quartet of articles coming from Tom Moore's media session.
“It’s sort of a catch-all,” Moore said Sunday. “I think Dan (Hurley) and I are thinking about the position as we sort of go through it, what we think is essential and what we think isn’t… You can use the position in a lot of different ways. And I think Dan is so smart and so calculated and so ahead of the curve that he’s got a lot on his mind with how this thing can look as we go forward. He and I have talked quite a bit about how it will be best served at UConn and what the role will look like. And we’re still trying to make sure we figure out, is this something that fits me the best, too? And am I the best person for it? To be honest with you.”
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“It’s sort of a catch-all,” Moore said Sunday. “I think Dan (Hurley) and I are thinking about the position as we sort of go through it, what we think is essential and what we think isn’t… You can use the position in a lot of different ways. And I think Dan is so smart and so calculated and so ahead of the curve that he’s got a lot on his mind with how this thing can look as we go forward. He and I have talked quite a bit about how it will be best served at UConn and what the role will look like. And we’re still trying to make sure we figure out, is this something that fits me the best, too? And am I the best person for it? To be honest with you.”
How the UConn men’s basketball program imagines new general manager position
Going from assistant coach to general manager, Tom Moore is still working out exactly what his new position entails with the UConn men’s basketball program.
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Moore likes the roster to go from 10 to 14-15 which is kinda high for Hurley (when cap was 13, I don't think we ever got 13).
Anyway, he mentioned choosing from Intl, high school players they feel were under-ranked, and even portal guys - he wants to get a 3rd C, a combo guard, a combo forward, maybe a wing.
This is so practices stay at 100% effort level, and gives some of these high-minute guys like AK ~5 min to rest while someone can hold that position for those 5 min.
It's going to be tough getting 4-5 more players who are viable enough to play, but are ok being 3rd in line (Nowell wasn't, Abraham wasn't, Darius didn't want to be) - so if from high school - this would be 40+ rankings.
Anyway, he mentioned choosing from Intl, high school players they feel were under-ranked, and even portal guys - he wants to get a 3rd C, a combo guard, a combo forward, maybe a wing.
This is so practices stay at 100% effort level, and gives some of these high-minute guys like AK ~5 min to rest while someone can hold that position for those 5 min.
It's going to be tough getting 4-5 more players who are viable enough to play, but are ok being 3rd in line (Nowell wasn't, Abraham wasn't, Darius didn't want to be) - so if from high school - this would be 40+ rankings.