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Top 25 team next year?? Maybe not

JohnnyJr said:
I’d feel more comfortable if they got a SG who can hit some threes. I don’t know much about who’s left in the portal I thought most top players had committed. I’m sure Hurley has plans but all we’ve heard about is Timberlake
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This assumes that:
A- We wont find anybody in the portal (they will)
B- Nobody improves their shooting (someone always does)
C- One of Ball, Ross, Stewart isn't a knockdown shooter (like karaban is)
D- Castle won't improve his 3pt numbers. This one is important. He was the focal point of everyone he faced this past season. Here he will get more open shots than he's ever had because of the gravity of Clingan and Karaban. All of the freshmen will experience this. Some will take advantage.

And don't forget, Clingan will be shooting this season. We will play some legit 5-out offense at times, which really changes the geometry of the court and opens things up for shooters/drivers.
 
3rdbass said:
Wow, you bail out too early. All it takes is Newton to say he is staying and one more shooter transfer or even Jackson pulling out of hte NBA Draft and we are back to national championship contender. Time to get away from the ledge. It is too soon in the offseason to be there.
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If Ajax and Newton come back this is likely a top 3 team and the case could be made for #1
 
I'm going to miss all the missing pieces of the 22-23 team, especially Joey C, Naheim, Andre and Tristen. This was my favorite TEAM that UConn ever assembled.

5 NCs is more than I ever could hVe dreamed of as an 88 grad. Now comes the real challenge to Coach Hurley. To reload and keep UConn in the hunt. I'm sure he relishes the opportunity.
 
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We’re a couple sprained ankles away from not even fielding a competitive team. I cringe at the thought of five freshman playing in a meaningful game.Yikes.
 
WeAreUCONN said:
We’re a couple sprained ankles away from not even fielding a competitive team. I cringe at the thought of five freshman playing in a meaningful game.Yikes.
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Serious Leslie Nielsen GIF by filmeditor
 
You are assuming newton and jackson dont return which is unlikely. If that happens johnson probably starts pf and karaban moves to sf. Will be 8-10 pieces and plus 1-2 portal guys
 
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JohnnyJr said:
Maybe top 5 is a stretch but top 10 I don’t think is. The other “blue bloods” have that type of expectation.
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Our current situation is:
-we’re the defending national champions
- we have a future lottery pick coming back
-we have a starter who was the best freshmen in the conference coming back
-we still very realistically could have 2 other starters who are good enough to test the nba waters coming back
-we have the #3 recruiting class coming in
-it’s April with still tons of guys in the transfer portal and certainly more to come

There are zero programs that are “concerned” about that situation. Just some crazies on messages boards
 
Fan1978 said:
You are assuming newton and jackson dont return which is unlikely. If that happens johnson probably starts pf and karaban moves to sf. Will be 8-10 pieces and plus 1-2 portal guys
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I thought Samson was pg. boneyard told me this in January.
 
Fan1978 said:
You are assuming newton and jackson dont return which is unlikely. If that happens johnson probably starts pf and karaban moves to sf. Will be 8-10 pieces and plus 1-2 portal guys
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ESPN is assuming they don’t return in their rankings and giving a projected starting lineup, so that was the basis for his comment. No worries though, I’m sure you’re a little distracted getting your W2’s together and whatnot.
 
navery12 said:
I see the egg all over your face hasn't taught you any lessons
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I like to joke around. Honestly, winning the championship makes everything else in sports gravy for me, for the next year. Including next season for the Huskies. I’m very happy and content about sports right now, even if my Mets and giants have lousy seasons.
 
HuskyBballFan said:
How quickly we forget what the future National Champion’s roster looked like last April.
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Jackson will be impossible to replace. What portal athlete can do what he can do. You can find a great shooter and a strong post player on the portal but Noone else in college was able to do what Jackson does. The man is a true freak of nature as well as a wonderful leader
 
kemba said:
Our current situation is:
-we’re the defending national champions
- we have a future lottery pick coming back
-we have a starter who was the best freshmen in the conference coming back
-we still very realistically could have 2 other starters who are good enough to test the nba waters coming back
-we have the #3 recruiting class coming in
-it’s April with still tons of guys in the transfer portal and certainly more to come

There are zero programs that are “concerned” about that situation. Just some crazies on messages boards
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I don’t think it’s crazy to say you’re worried about a potential starting lineup of 3 freshman and 2 sophomores. No one’s saying we’re gonna go 15-15 but that’s gonna be tough to win the conference or have a deep run with. Two weeks ago we were the favorite to repeat.
 
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JohnnyJr said:
I don’t think it’s crazy to say you’re worried about a potential starting lineup of 3 freshman and 2 sophomores. No one’s saying we’re gonna go 15-15 but that’s gonna be tough to win the conference or have a deep run with. Two weeks ago we were the favorite to repeat.
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The flaw in your thinking is that no one who actually knew what the personnel moves were going to be would have declared them an automatic “favorite to repeat.” Everybody who was paying attention knew that Jordan and Adama were gone and that Andre and Tristen were not guaranteed to be back. If anyone purposefully ignored that and now wants to be mad and surprised and demoralized, I don’t know what to tell them.
 
NJHoops said:
The flaw in your thinking is that no one who actually knew what the personnel moves were going to be would have declared them an automatic “favorite to repeat.” Everybody who was paying attention knew that Jordan and Adama were gone and that Andre and Tristen were not guaranteed to be back. If anyone purposefully ignored that and now wants to be mad and surprised and demoralized, I don’t know what to tell them.
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I don’t understand how any rational fan could be demoralized with where we are even if they don’t return. The cupboards are full
 
NJHoops said:
The flaw in your thinking is that no one who actually knew what the personnel moves were going to be would have declared them an automatic “favorite to repeat.” Everybody who was paying attention knew that Jordan and Adama were gone and that Andre and Tristen were not guaranteed to be back. If anyone purposefully ignored that and now wants to be mad and surprised and demoralized, I don’t know what to tell them.
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Idk who is demoralized but can you admit that we didn’t have a good week?
 
I’ve asked before but what are your expectations? Does next year even matter since we won this year?
 
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JohnnyJr said:
I’ve asked before but what are your expectations? Does next year even matter since we won this year?
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Haven't changed, top 2 Big East and Sweet 16. Anyone paying attention has known that Jordan and Adama were leaving this season, and Andre was very likely to as well. Until 2 weeks ago nobody was even considering the possibility of Newton returning.

So nothing this week really feels like a bad outcome, especially since Tristen and Andre are still considering coming back depending on the feedback they get. We're not going into next year with 10 players, so it's a win/win. Either we get a few players back from a national championship team, or get to hit the portal and bring in some transfers
 
If Ajax and Newton do leave I say we’re looking like the 2007-08 team, young, exciting, and hungry. Potential to get to sweet 16 pending on Clingan and Karaban taking it to the next level. Being local guys I could see Clingan and Karaban staying 3 years and maybe Castle is a 2 and done.

I see us being a great team in 2 years.
 
navery12 said:
Haven't changed, top 2 Big East and Sweet 16. Anyone paying attention has known that Jordan and Adama were leaving this season, and Andre was very likely to as well. Until 2 weeks ago nobody was even considering the possibility of Newton returning.

So nothing this week really feels like a bad outcome, especially since Tristen and Andre are still considering coming back depending on the feedback they get. We're not going into next year with 10 players, so it's a win/win. Either we get a few players back from a national championship team, or get to hit the portal and bring in some transfers
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Maybe I’m just not as familiar with the new portal but I thought most people entered early. Are we going to be able to find solid players in June if we have to fill all three scholarships? If we’re going into the season with the freshman and a couple transfer role players it’s gonna be tough to make up the scoring we lost.
 
JohnnyJr said:
Maybe I’m just not as familiar with the new portal but I thought most people entered early. Are we going to be able to find solid players in June if we have to fill all three scholarships? If we’re going into the season with the freshman and a couple transfer role players it’s gonna be tough to make up the scoring we lost.
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Most people do enter early, but we got Calcaterra in mid June last year and the staff can still reach out to guys now. Luckily all we really need is role players, so I'm not worried about finding those types. The scoring will be replaced by the guys on the roster like Karaban and Clingan making jumps
 
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