Tyler Polley returning to UConn

[aburks41]

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Dude has been exposing himself as a clown the entire offseason lmao. Pretends like he knows inside info yet he's been wrong every time

 

[Palatine]

Good. I suspect he wasn't all the way back from his injury last year. Hope to see 40% or better three point shooting and a few more rebounds. Good teammate. Great kid.

 

[August_West]

On how many attempts?

over 5 a game.

 

[bendm]

Already a good team as is with 3 scholarships left.

i can only see hurley filling 1 of the open schollys. if he brings in more than 13 guys they will be redshirts

 

[CL82]

#Boneyardmoments

 

[mauconnfan]

Just thinking and obviously hoping there will be a better Tyler coming back. Full off season to work on what he needs to get better at rather than just rehabbing an injury. Will get another step of quickness back as well so this is real good news for the Huskies no matter.

 

[polycom]

#Boneyardmoments

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Ballwasherinchief has arrived.

 

[polycom]

over 5 a game.

You know what jimbo says.

 

[husky429]

He's excellent at the most important skill in this game. Huge addition.

Hurley's off-season recruiting to retain the best pieces of our own team has been brilliant. The early loyalty paying off here. Feels like every other team in America has had important pieces transfer or not return. We haven't lost anyone we needed.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

over 5 a game.

I think people forget that he was a 40% 3 pt shooter his Freshman and Junior seasons. And a 90% FT shooter last season.

And last year was just a weird year, coming off an ACL, nonetheless. The people down on Polley are pretty mindboggling to me. Nevermind the fact he was Big East 6th man of the year coming off injury.

 

[August_West]

You know what jimbo says.

Yeah, he is the arbiter of all things true.

 

[rollskies]

i can only see hurley filling 1 of the open schollys. if he brings in more than 13 guys they will be redshirts

I agree. A roster of 15 scholarship players seems too unmanageable. Unless, like you said, he brings someone in to red shirt or be a “developmental” player who is not expecting to play a lot. It’s nice to have the flexibility though.

I really want to see one more guy added.

 

[TRest]

i can only see hurley filling 1 of the open schollys. if he brings in more than 13 guys they will be redshirts

My pure guess is unless a big talent throws himself at Dan Hurley, we are all set for now.

 

[Ajs120102]

i can only see hurley filling 1 of the open schollys. if he brings in more than 13 guys they will be redshirts

Langston Wilson makes sense now

 

[bendm]

don't see much overlap potential. springs is 6'9-6'10 225 and offensive rebounding is his best skill. should be 3rd string C this year

much respect to polley tho. unlike whaley, a starting spot and 20-25 mpg is far from guaranteed. i foresee a time share at SF with aj and martin.

 

[TRest]

I think people forget that he was a 40% 3 pt shooter his Freshman and Junior seasons. And a 90% FT shooter last season.

And last year was just a weird year, coming off an ACL, nonetheless. The people down on Polley are pretty mindboggling to me. Nevermind the fact he was Big East 6th man of the year coming off injury.

If some 6'9" guy from a midmajor who only shot 3's was in the portal this board would be begging for him. and I'm not even a huge Polley fan.

 

[BigFanCT]

Please tell me we're still going to go after a scorer. Polley is not a scorer. This is fine that he's coming back and not taking up a scholarship, but please let's not act like this guy is going to be our #1 option next year. If he is, we are in big, big trouble. CBI here we come.

 

[RipCity]

@OldTakesExposed

EDIT: @RipCity beat me to it lol

It was all the mojo we needed here. @UcannUconn was the sacrificial lamb but we thank him

 

[superjohn]

Please tell me we're still going to go after a scorer. Polley is not a scorer. This is fine that he's coming back and not taking up a scholarship, but please let's not act like this guy is going to be our #1 option next year. If he is, we are in big, big trouble. CBI here we come.

Where do you people come from? Pretty sure nobody in the history of the board said Polley is our #1 option.

 

[JakeTheDog]

Awesome news. A big part of Tyler's success next year will be how well Hurley utilizes his strengths. It's another reason to push the tempo because Ty is money catching the ball in transition and popping the three.

 

[August_West]

He's excellent at the most important skill in this game. Huge addition.

Hurley's off-season recruiting to retain the best pieces of our own team has been brilliant. The early loyalty paying off here. Feels like every other team in America has had important pieces transfer or not return. We haven't lost anyone we needed.

Hurley deserves a ton of credit here. You cant put a price on 5th year seniors who already have 4 years in a system. Especially effective ones. Its a great move.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Good news. Roster is less thin, we needed the depth. Hope he can improve parts of his game as he seemed to be doing before the ACL.

 

[Dooooooomed]

BE Co-DPOY and BE 6th Man returning. Sounds good to me!

 

[FlyChigga]

don't see much overlap potential. springs is 6'9-6'10 225 and offensive rebounding is his best skill. should be 3rd string C this year

much respect to polley tho. unlike whaley, a starting spot and 20-25 mpg is far from guaranteed. i foresee a time share at SF with aj and martin

They have different skillsets but Polley is still gonna take away minutes at the 4

 

[tcf15]

He's excellent at the most important skill in this game. Huge addition.

Hurley's off-season recruiting to retain the best pieces of our own team has been brilliant. The early loyalty paying off here. Feels like every other team in America has had important pieces transfer or not return. We haven't lost anyone we needed.

I was just thinking the same thing. I mean, of course there's no way anyone could have thought that we'd be in this position to welcome back seniors for an extra year, but Hurley's decision to keep players on the roster instead of running them off when he arrived is paying huge dividends now that we are getting a 5th year out of Whaley and Polley.