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HW611 said:
FWIW that lineup has.

A potential All American at PG

A McDonald All American returning for a sophomore year expecting to go lottery

A rising 3 and D senior to match our PGs defensive ability

A former top 50 recruit as a senior who helped us win a lot of big games as a starter this year

A McD AA Center

A top 40 guard as a backup

A senior guard who averaged 14 PPG

A top 25 wing off the bench

Then whatever transfers is needed to fill out the bench. I’m not sure how that’s not enough talent to win with or how that’s anywhere close to a bubble team. That sounds overdramatic.
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great take
 
Donyell 360 said:
I don't know. If Mullins came back stronger, image what he could do as a sophomore? But otherwise I agree if Ross and Stew are both starting, then we have not gotten better at those spots.
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He wont. If he is my kid, he would come back. But I understand the other argument: leaving would put him one year closer to the second contract. The problem with many of our stars is that they never develop the game to really 'cash in' on that second contract.
 
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Just logging into the Yard to check who has entered the portal, ah well nevertheless.
 
husky429 said:
We're #104 in the country in 3pt%. Would like to see more volume shooting the rock from Silas/Ross than Solo. Silly to have your highest volume shooter be a guy hitting 30% from deep.
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yup....Guys should be taking shots they have a high probability of making...for Solo this year it's the 2 pt shot 10ft from the hoop. Braylon should be taking more of those shots to start off too IMO.
 
HW611 said:
We went undefeated in OOC with Stew starting the whole time. What are yall talking about man?

When will this board stop doubting our own players because of a new shiny transfer? This board does this every year.
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I dont know brother. Stewart has not shown himself to be a full-time starter for DePaul, much less UConn. It is not good to have blind faith for anyone other than God. Its been 3.5 years!!!
 
Machot looks impressive. I think he would compliment Reibe well. He plays above the rims and is very mobile. He looks for open space on the offensive glass. He could bring the change of pace like SJ did with Clingan.
 
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Spaceman213J said:
Machot looks impressive. I think he would compliment Reibe well. He plays above the rims and is very mobile. He looks for open space on the offensive glass. He could bring the change of pace like SJ did with Clingan.
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190lb 7-footer Machot? Who averaged 9/6 at a mid-major? Absolutely not. Kid looks like he has osteoparosis and a stiff wind would snap his femur.

We recruited TARRIS REED to play the backup center for us and with our resources should expect a similar caliber player. We need someone who is actually battling Reibe to start. If Eric wants to be offended that's his own problem.

Our team has proven itself to be at its best with a big, strong, beast of a physical center (at least when you don't have a generationally talented freak like Clingan). You shold expect us to pursue a big, strong, beast of a physical center from a high-major program.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
He wont. If he is my kid, he would come back. But I understand the other argument: leaving would put him one year closer to the second contract. The problem with many of our stars is that they never develop the game to really 'cash in' on that second contract.
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I'm just saying that if Mullins did come back, wouldn't that be a good thing for UConn? Would you be excited to see what he could do with more muscle on his frame? He predict he would have a better sophomore year than Jordan Hawkins. Not as good as Steph Castle would have had, but still pretty good. We will probably never get to find out.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Alex was a starter and incredibly key piece on back to back national championship teams. His legacy is 100% not dependent on this tournament. This fan base has some truly wild and spoiled takes sometimes.
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Well, in fairness, it’s the same person that makes most of these ridiculous posts and he does it so much that it seems like it’s the whole board.

But it’s really just him..,,,
 
uconngb said:
That 5 wouldn't average 60 points a game
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Maybe you are just being hyperbolic for effect, otherwise that is pretty pessimistic. If you mean Demary, Ball, Ross, Stewart and Reibe all starting wouldn't average 60 as starters I would agree. Increasing their current production to account for starter minutes, their scoring would be Demary (12), Ball (14), Ross (8), Stewart (8), Reibe (13). That's 55 ppg. But assuming Furphy, Landrew, County and other portal additions would add 15 ppg off the bench, I could see that team averaging 70. Of course that is still a drop off from this year's 77. So I am not suggesting those 5 starting would be good enough. Just saying it is are baseline worst case scenario.
 
HW611 said:
I think moving from Karaban to Stew will be a lot like moving from Tyrese Martin to Jordan Hawkins.
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You see Stew as a lottery pick next year??? Hawkins went 14th. I'd be surprised if Stew is drafted at all so it doesn't seem like a great comp.
 
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Donyell 360 said:
Maybe you are just being hyperbolic for effect, otherwise that is pretty pessimistic. If you mean Demary, Ball, Ross, Stewart and Reibe all starting wouldn't average 60 as starters I would agree. Increasing their current production to account for starter minutes, their scoring would be Demary (12), Ball (14), Ross (8), Stewart (8), Reibe (13). That's 55 ppg. But assuming Furphy, Landrew, County and other portal additions would add 15 ppg off the bench, I could see that team averaging 70. Of course that is still a drop off from this year's 77. So I am not suggesting those 5 starting would be good enough. Just saying it is are baseline worst case scenario.
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A team averaging 70 would be a disaster for this program. That would be the bottom quarter of all of D1 ball. We already play one of the slowest games in America.
 
uconndennis said:
thats not a tournament team
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Don't know about that. It's definitely a step back from this year, but at least bubble team doesn't seem unreasonable. That's 4 seniors and a sophomore starting and a couple good freshmen off the bench, plus Furphy. And obviously we are getting at least more bench help in the portal. Hopefully a couple of starters but even if no starters in the portal I still say we could be top 3 in the Big East with those starters. I am hoping for a little improvement over the summer from Ross based on his performance lately. I see Reibe improving as well.
 
husky429 said:
A team averaging 70 would be a disaster for this program. That would be the bottom quarter of all of D1 ball. We already play one of the slowest games in America.
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So 60 was hyperbole? I could see that team averaging 75 with a decent bench. Not saying that is what I am hoping for, just that it is not s horrible as you think. Cheer up!
 
Donyell 360 said:
I'm just saying that if Mullins did come back, wouldn't that be a good thing for UConn? Would you be excited to see what he could do with more muscle on his frame? He predict he would have a better sophomore year than Jordan Hawkins. Not as good as Steph Castle would have had, but still pretty good. We will probably never get to find out.
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There's a pretty strong argument for Mullins returning. This is arguably the strongest draft class in a decade. Braylon could come back for a big NIL deal then get drafted in the Top 5 next year instead of the Top 15 this year. he really can't go wrong in the NIL era
 
I have a very bad feeling of what this thread will end up doing to our team's fortunes this tournament.
 
Ruff loves his advanced stats unless they disagree with him.
 
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DCKembaFan said:
There's a pretty strong argument for Mullins returning. This is arguably the strongest draft class in a decade. Braylon could come back for a big NIL deal then get drafted in the Top 5 next year instead of the Top 15 this year. he really can't go wrong in the NIL era
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in this year’s draft class 2025 the 15th pick had a guarantee three years of 12 1/2 million
That would be a pretty strong argument for going to the draft
 
HW611 said:
We went undefeated in OOC with Stew starting the whole time. What are yall talking about man?

When will this board stop doubting our own players because of a new shiny transfer? This board does this every year.
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Stewart started when we lost to Arizona, was benched in the 2nd half of the Kansas game and was 5-15 from the field with 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the wins over Illinois, BYU and Florida. Oddly enough one of his best games was actually in the loss to Arizona. (4-8, 3 boards, 2 steals, 1 block and 0 TOs).

This junior class is a strange one bc we saw Solo makes big leaps last year but has regressed this year. Ross has started to blossom in the 2nd half of his junior year and Stewart's has done what in his three years? Started on a team that won games despite his lack of production.
 
willstafa24 said:
Stewart started when we lost to Arizona, was benched in the 2nd half of the Kansas game and was 5-15 from the field with 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the wins over Illinois, BYU and Florida. Oddly enough one of his best games was actually in the loss to Arizona. (4-8, 3 boards, 2 steals, 1 block and 0 TOs).

This junior class is a strange one bc we saw Solo makes big leaps last year but has regressed this year. Ross has started to blossom in the 2nd half of his junior year and Stewart's has done what in his three years? Started on a team that won games despite his lack of production.
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Is it conceivable that Stewart could develop into Alex Karaban freshman year type production next year? (9.3 ppg/4.5 rpg) I'd take that. Of course if we get someone in the portal who can outperform those numbers, even better. Stew off the bench is probably best option.
 
uconngb said:
Bwahaha….that is hilarious. Add Andre for who??

Now AJ was Magic Johnson?? His last year he averaged 6 points and 4 assists. If you think he was the “creator” on offense for that team, you are beyond clueless. He was a key piece that fit THAT team. He is not close to what THIS team, or more importantly since it’s actually relevant, to next years team, which is what this discussion is centered around.

Also, he shot 43/28/65….
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Everyone knows AJ"s strength was his defense not his offense. Defense is harder to quantify in the stat lines (other than rebounds) but just as important as offense.
 
RuffRuff said:
As a good kid and great ambassador of the program, can't say enough about him. As a stand alone basketball player that drives championships, he's not that. He's acted as a 5th man in some significant games for this team. It's easy to put the blinders on for exceptional humans, which he is.

He could have been replaced by 100 different players in those two years and those teams wouldn't have missed a beat.
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I think Dan Hurley would disagree with you Ruff. I personally think that this is the most lamentable, ungrateful and singularly myopic take you have ever shared on this forum. All Alex needs to hear from us is one word: THANKS!!! And yes, with three exclamation marks too. There are hundreds of examples to prove that you can be an indispensable player and yet, not be the best player, on a title team. Take the 80's Celtics, the best players was Bird. McHale was an Allstar too. But without Dennis Johnson and The Chief, do they win all those titles? Was DJ better than twenty of his contemporaries? probably not. But for that team, he was the glue. Lyman DePriest was never the best player on any our UConn teams, yet we would not trade him for anyone, would we? Shoot, remember a guy by the name of Cam Spencer? Was he better than Castle? Clingan? Newton? Look, I never met you in person, but this take was a bit trolly for my taste, particularly as we are about to start the tournament. Bad energy from you.
 
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