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UConn and the Transfer Portal

husky429 said:
In all likelihood it was Kansas from the start, and he was just listing really good teams for the PR. His list was Kansas and then a bunch of teams still playing IIRC.
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Looking at his two year stats, he regressed on FG and 3 point % and only slightly improved on mediocre FT % and rebounding in
23 minutes per game, so why would he be a hot commodity? What am I missing?
 
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husky429 said:
Can we please keep this thread to recruits UConn is ACTUALLY connected with? There's are going to be thousands of players in the portal. It would be nice to have a space only for players we've actually connected with.
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If UConn shows an interest, I would think that it would have to at least be considered.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Ultimately I think Karaban will come back. Rather than be a possible NBA minimum/two-way/G League guy, he would would be the big dog on campus, collect a nice chunk of NIL money, I would imagine he could finish his degree (even though he'll only have been here 7 semesters), and we should be competitive again. Similar for Diarra, I think there's more guaranteed money to be made here than overseas plus being a starter on a competitive team. Johnson hasn't shown anywhere near enough for a pro career and hasn't graduated, so I think he'll be back. Freshmen are coming back. Would love to add McNeeley and one of the seemingly many good bigs. I'm also pro Knowling/that kid from Stonehill/any veteran bench guy who wants to come to UConn to play the RJ Evans role for their final year of eligibility.
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I'm wondering if he can get a post grad year (he is carrying 3 majors) since he is also very good academically. He might be a college legend by that time.
 
Umami Zen said:
Any room on the squad for Abraham/Roumoglou/Ross?
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Diarra/Nowell
Ball/Transfer
Stewart/Ross/Roumoglu
Karaban/Abraham
Transfer/Johnson/Singare

  • Cliff Omoruyi at center(Amari Williams released his visits and UConn was not listed)
  • Derkack bench shooter role
  • Liam McNeeley 2024 class commit would be found gold

IMO, goal has to be to repeat as Big East Regular season champs. Those 3 additions would certainly help the team’s chances there, but all of the returners will need to make big leaps in the offseason.

More guys will enter the transfer portal after the season is over. The staff learned how beneficial waiting can be with Cam Spencer’s commitment after missing on the Kansas dude, so it doesn’t make any sense to pencil guys in yet.

Will be fun to see how the roster comes together.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
That's a pretty high bar to reach but I am expecting nice things from Nowell. Not Castle level play, but better than what should be expected from most freshman. I believe we are going to be thrilled with having landing him once he suits up for us.
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Nowell from what Ive seen and heard is a Castle level defender. The one difference would be size. Steph is a unicorn at 6'6' and can guard anyone from 5'10' to 6'9'.

Steph is strong as bull too, but so is Nowell, he just won't have the 1-4 position versatility defensively Steph has. But he is going to make guards just as miserable as Steph has.
 
August_West said:
Nowell from what Ive seen and heard is a Castle level defender. The one difference would be size. Steph is a unicorn at 6'6' and can guard anyone from 5'10' to 6'9'.

Steph is strong as bull too, but so is Nowell, he just won't have the 1-4 position versatility defensively Steph has. But he is going to make guards just as miserable as Steph has.
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Diarra is a better comparison. Pesty and strong.
 
August_West said:
Nowell from what Ive seen and heard is a Castle level defender. The one difference would be size. Steph is a unicorn at 6'6' and can guard anyone from 5'10' to 6'9'.

Steph is strong as bull too, but so is Nowell, he just won't have the 1-4 position versatility defensively Steph has. But he is going to make guards just as miserable as Steph has.
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Nowell is friggen awesome on defense. He won't be switchable but opposing guards aren't going to be able to breathe. He's strong as hell too
 
rman726 said:
There are some rumors that some of the players weren’t thrilled playing second fiddle to Johnell Davis and the other two guys of their “big 3” may be looking elsewhere. We’ll see if that is actually true
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The center would be nice
 
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Scrutiner said:
Looking at his two year stats, he regressed on FG and 3 point % and only slightly improved on mediocre FT % and rebounding in
23 minutes per game, so why would he be a hot commodity? What am I missing?
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He was a huge prospect and his athleticism is off the charts. But yeah he had a horrible season.
 
djct1999 said:
This is nonsensical. For one, Alex is who he is at this point. The only thing holding him back is his lack of elite athleticism. That isn’t getting any better next year or the year after. He will almost certainly get drafted and has a good chance of making a roster and any worst get a two way that pays him 500k.

He is a redshirt sophomore, if not this year, when!
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Aaah someone who actually understands
How the nba views players
Not sure how good his “chance of making a roster “ is but best chance is this year
 
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August_West said:
Nowell won't have 1-4 position versatility defensively
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I don’t like the fact we won’t be able to switch either of our PGs next year. Having 6’4/6’5/6’6 guards that aren’t rail thin and can all switch 1-4 is a huge defensive advantage, it elimated some mismatch problems we had with the switching Dan Hurley first 4 years. Remember Nova easily backing down our PGs for easy looks? Even Hawkins was a liability vs strength.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Where did trilly say this?
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