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Tristen Newton Declaring for Draft

Very happy for and proud of Tristen. There was a lot of adversity last year and he overcame it and played some of his best basketball when we needed it most. I'd love to see him back next year, but he came here to win and to increase his draft stock and he has accomplished both
 
navery12 said:
Just like Andre, this is the logical decision. Get feedback and if it's not what he wants to hear, come back. Congrats Tristen
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This.

Like Jackson, Newton's NBA stock has never been higher, especially coming off a monster performance in the championship game (19p, 8-8 FT, 10r, 4a, 2s).

Good for him to get feedback from scouts for whatever he decides to do, of course I'm selfishly hoping he comes back.

Personally, I don't think chances the staff's focus. With Timberlake byebyebye and considering the profile of the team's previous targets, keep looking for a shooter.
 
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uconnric said:
I disagree. He has NBA range on his shot and can also take the ball to the rim and score, and has decent size. Tristen has been underrated his entire basketball life and has always proved the doubters wrong.
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it would please me if you are right.
 
Castle recruiting him back:
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The combine is in mid May and invites go out early May. If he doesn't get invited to the combine (Sanogo and Jackson are locks whereas he is more of a tossup), he's not going to get picked. So at that point, he'll either decide to stay in to go overseas/hope for some workouts to get a 2-way or he'll decide to come back.
 
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WTH is going on this week? Alleyne , Andre , trmberlake and now newton? Damn. Gonna miss watching these guys. Cud care less bout Timberlake who sold for the paper. Loved this team. Now all I got left is my dvr recordings of the final 4 and natty! Lol. I think Tristen and Ajax will both be back. But who knows. Ahhh, the way of college hoops nowadays.
 
Good luck Tristen!! He may be if I'm round 2 I'm gone? Who knows. Hope he comes back of course. What I do know is he was HUGE for us this year and when it mattered. We are forever grateful. Quiet confidence, that's Tristen. WIlling to do EVERYTHING in every stat for us to win.

I will miss him and especially Dre if they don't come back but I'm started to get giddy about the new kids, as we should be.

One thing about them coming back even as amazing as they are is the leadership element. If they don't Donovan and Alex will need to really step up leadership wise as we give the new kids the keys to our 5 time rootin tootin championship shootin non-excusin' national title wearing basketball capital capital of the world livin' UCONN -- HUSKIES!!!
 
JB75 said:
WTH is going on this week? Alleyne , Andre , trmberlake and now newton? Damn. Gonna miss watching these guys. Cud care less bout Timberlake who sold for the paper. Loved this team. Now all I got left is my dvr recordings of the final 4 and natty! Lol. I think Tristen and Ajax will both be back. But who knows. Ahhh, the way of college hoops nowadays.
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Tonight is the Miami replay. Some of the best college basketball was played in this tournament and we were fortunate to be rooting for that team.

Obviously we’ll all miss those that leave. That’s always the outcome when change follows something wonderful.

Couldn’t care less about Timberlake. But losing Joey, Adama, Jordan, Alleyne, and possibly Andre and Tristen is bittersweet.

Next season we could potentially have one of the youngest teams ever. Here’s to the future!
 
At least we know where we stand.. TN/AJ were warriors this season and have earned the right to get feedback from the NBA guys.. In the meantime.. We've got to add some pieces to our returnees and the Fab Five.. Fab Five can't say there isn't PT available to them..

Championship teams deconstruct after the victory lap.... Move on.. And reconstruct for the next season with new pieces.. Its a sign of success..

Gotta act like we've been there before.
 
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MDHuskFan said:
For Dre & Newton, guys who haven’t tested the NBA waters yet. This is by far the most logical decision. Even if they don’t stay, they’ll have tons of guidance on what to work on as they prepare for the future.

If they get good feedback, they go & as fans we should be supportive
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Mostly agree, but every year there’s around 40-45 guys who heard from someone that they might be first round. Once they declare 6/1, 10-15 guys have to deal with non guarantee territory and zero leverage.
 
JB75 said:
WTH is going on this week? Alleyne , Andre , trmberlake and now newton? Damn. Gonna miss watching these guys. Cud care less bout Timberlake who sold for the paper. Loved this team. Now all I got left is my dvr recordings of the final 4 and natty! Lol. I think Tristen and Ajax will both be back. But who knows. Ahhh, the way of college hoops nowadays.
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Alleyne really impressed down the stretch and is the departure hardest to understand. He played much less minutes last season than at Virginia Tech but would have played more next season.
 
ctchamps said:
Tonight is the Miami replay. Some of the best college basketball was played in this tournament and we were fortunate to be rooting for that team.

Obviously we’ll all miss those that leave. That’s always the outcome when change follows something wonderful.

Couldn’t care less about Timberlake. But losing Joey, Adama, Jordan, Alleyne, and possibly Andre and Tristen is bittersweet.

Next season we could potentially have one of the youngest teams ever. Here’s to the future!
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I know - obviously I’m happy for the guys- just gonna Miss watching them play. You know what happens when guys leave , you gonna barely hear from them anymore. You know how it goes. I thought we were going to at least get Ajax Tristen and Alleyne back. That was the one of the cool things about winning the title- figured most of the squad was gonna be back next year given their love for UConn and minimal chance of hitting big in the draft. We’ll see what happens. Things might look a lot different by the end of May or a bit of the same. Deff bittersweet.
 
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