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Tyler Polley returning to UConn

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.
 
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.
 
August_West said:
over 5 a game.
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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.
 
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bendm said:
i can only see hurley filling 1 of the open schollys. if he brings in more than 13 guys they will be redshirts
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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.
 
bendm said:
i can only see hurley filling 1 of the open schollys. if he brings in more than 13 guys they will be redshirts
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My pure guess is unless a big talent throws himself at Dan Hurley, we are all set for now.
 
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.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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BigFanCT said:
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.
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Where do you people come from? Pretty sure nobody in the history of the board said Polley is our #1 option.
 
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.
 
husky429 said:
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.
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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.
 
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bendm said:
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
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They have different skillsets but Polley is still gonna take away minutes at the 4
 
husky429 said:
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.
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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.
 
August_West said:
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.
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Going to be huge for Diggins, Hawkins, and Samson. It all fits in line with his constant talk about program building/culture. Hurley seems to have a pretty high percentage of getting the players he hones in on. Did it with the last few classes and Carlton and Adams who didn't fit (through no fault of their own) moved on to situations that hopefully fit them better and the kids who fit and Hurley clearly wanted to return are back.
 
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This is a very good move. I think it opens lots of options now for how we use the open scholarships. Take some guys that can sit a year like Springs, take a risk on a guy that may not be a perfect fit since we'll have rotation options. Can even save one for in season if there's a Mac Etienne type who wants to come a semester early
 
YoungSav said:
They have different skillsets but Polley is still gonna take away minutes at the 4
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We have some overlap flexibilities. Sanogo is a pure 5 but Whaley and Akok and Springs can plug in at 4 and 5, Martin and Polley can plug in at 4 and 3. AJ can be 2 or 3. Lot of interesting lineup possibilities. I would really like to see Hurley running this year to take advantage of depth.
 
YoungSav said:
They have different skillsets but Polley is still gonna take away minutes at the 4
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but i dont foresee springs or polley getting consistent time at the 4 we've got others much better suited there i.e. whaley, akok, and martin
 
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August_West said:
We have some overlap flexibilities. Sanogo is a pure 5 but Whaley and Springs can plug in at 4 and 5, Martin and Polley can plug in at 4 and 3. Lot of interesting lineup possibilities. I would really like to see Hurley running this year to take advantage of depth.
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Agree but think we still need more dynamic guards and a wing to run. Ajax maybe improves in areas too he's a hardworking kid. Lots of "ifs" but exciting possibilities nonetheless.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
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.
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He spent most of his off season rehabbing....now he can work on shooting and other skills
 
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