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UConn’s Australian recruit Jacob Furphy on his basketball IQ, chats with Dan Hurley and kangaroos

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Kembacity said:
Can’t wait to see this kid play. Sounds like he will be the next Karaban who just makes the game easier for his teammates, won’t take the game over but won’t cause turnovers.

I hope Alex wants to overlap with him for a year…
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wayyyy closer to Cam than Karaban
 
Palatine said:
Furphy's skill set sounds a little like Henefeld. 6'6", high basketball IQ, sees the whole court, a jack of all trades, the question is his three point shooting.

Not that anyone on this board remembers Nadav : )
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Before my time...I kind of thought of Giffey...
 
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Jacob Furphy, a 6-foot-6 wing from Tasmania, Australia, committed to the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team in October 2024. He is part of a highly ranked 2025 recruiting class for the Huskies. Furphy played for the NBA Global Academy and also competed for the Australian U18 team, averaging 16.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup
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Jacob Furphy, a 6-foot-6 wing from Tasmania, Australia, committed to the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team in October 2024. He is part of a highly ranked 2025 recruiting class for the Huskies. Furphy played for the NBA Global Academy and also competed for the Australian U18 team, averaging 16.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup
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Your AI must be using an Intel chip!

Mine is powered by NVidia and is taking info right from the Australian National Team site.:rolleyes:

On a more serious note, if he's 6'6" and can handle the ball the way he does we will have a star guard/forward that obviates any need for a backup point guard.

I know they all look great in their highlight videos, but this kid looks like he could be special with his shooting, the way he gets to the basket and the vision he shows with the passes he makes.

As for his defense, I don't know if anyone can say how he'll do but the analogy of him playing like Henefeld could be a good one. Nadav didn't have great speed but he could look at the floor and where players were and instantly identify where he needed to be to disrupt a play and make a steal. I think Furphy will bring that to UConn.
 
And finally we get a definitive answer to "is he related to Johnny Furphy?" The answer is yes, 5th cousins and they talk on the phone so one has a sense of the NBA and the other a sense of Australia.
 
Mr. Borges, great article, but if you're reading, this is an incorrect use of "comprise":

Furphy, 19, is one of four rising freshmen who comprise the Huskies' No. 2-ranked 2025 recruiting class, per 247Sports.com.

The Huskies' recruiting class comprises Furphy and three other freshman. The players constitute or compose the class.

/grammarnerding
 
Kembafan said:
I feel like we have too many guys who aren’t “athletic” or quick but Murray and Hurley like them because they can shoot and have “high bb iq.” Not to knock furphy it’s just that every time I see a quote from the coaching staff about a recruit it’s about shooting or intelligence. Not “this guy blows past defenders” or “this guy locks up his man on d” or “he’s a rebounding monster.” Just an observation that we seem to be crowding a lot of the same “type.” And take this with the knowledge that I never coached a team to b2b chips.
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You haven’t? WTF dude the rest of us have.
 
Scrutineer said:
Furphy (see link below) is 6'4" and identifies as having a high BB IQ and lacking athleticism. He's on the Aussie FIBA National Team at age 18 and has excelled at all levels as he's grown up in their system. He can dunk with two hands so he's not a stiff and he handles the ball better than anyone on our most recent teams other than maybe CS.

If you watch any of the videos of his games or highlights you'll see a guy who handles the ball better than anyone I recall other than (Shabazz/Boat/Kemba), gets anywhere he wants through traffic, and sees the floor so well he makes great passes as he's driving through defenders.

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The only question is the competition in that series vs what some better recruits face here. How will he look against BE athletes?
 
jibsey said:
He sounds somewhat like a version of Karaban? Would that be a comparison?
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I made a comparison in another thread that the variety of what he can do, maturity, and BBIQ might make it hard for them to keep him off the court, kind of like Karaban his freshman year.
 
So who flew down under to recruit him? And how many times?
 
I believe in this Kid. I just dont see him being a impact player next year. Hopefully he gets Ross level mins and he comes back. Slow , international, freshman , screams adjustment period and freshman wall/slump.
 
JesusAllen11 said:
I believe in this Kid. I just dont see him being an impact player next year. Hopefully he gets Ross level mins and he comes back. Slow , international, freshman , screams adjustment period and freshman wall/slump.
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You have to have enough PT to even create a slump.
 
Missed wide open 3's, that's why we were eliminated

Wasn't athleticism, Wasn't passing, Wasn't defense, we missed wide open shots and they made contested 3s

In conference play, we had no freedom of movement and league teams know us better
 
He looks like he is 19 going on 22. If he is a connector along the lines of Spencer and because he is not an elite athlete, maybe once he gets here we get to keep him for three or four productive years.
 
SnC will be important for Furphy. Will help improve his athleticism-something he says he wants to work on. Will be interesting to see how he adjusts to the speed of CBB/BE. Brings a toughness that our roster needs.
 
Kembafan said:
I feel like we have too many guys who aren’t “athletic” or quick but Murray and Hurley like them because they can shoot and have “high bb iq.” Not to knock furphy it’s just that every time I see a quote from the coaching staff about a recruit it’s about shooting or intelligence. Not “this guy blows past defenders” or “this guy locks up his man on d” or “he’s a rebounding monster.” Just an observation that we seem to be crowding a lot of the same “type.” And take this with the knowledge that I never coached a team to b2b chips.
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"bball iq" "gym rat" "great families" - i mean, i get it. at the same time, Andre Jackson and Stephon Castle fit that to a T - and they are incredible athletes.
 
Kembafan said:
I feel like we have too many guys who aren’t “athletic” or quick but Murray and Hurley like them because they can shoot and have “high bb iq.” Not to knock furphy it’s just that every time I see a quote from the coaching staff about a recruit it’s about shooting or intelligence. Not “this guy blows past defenders” or “this guy locks up his man on d” or “he’s a rebounding monster.” Just an observation that we seem to be crowding a lot of the same “type.” And take this with the knowledge that I never coached a team to b2b chips.
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After Cam and TNew, the coaches see a template. Neither of those guys knocked your socks off with heavy athleticism, but both were strong, big guards who were crafty. The kid looks like he has played a lot of high level basketball. The season UCONN was untouchable, it had three of this type guy in Newton, Cam and Karaban. To play the kind of basketball that Hurley wants to play, you need at least a couple of these type guys.
 
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