Uconn--great great class coming in

[Go_Huskies]

I am confident in Lubin. I think he will be a productive starter eventually because the way the staff recruited him. If I recall correctly they saw him play once and offered on the spot. Usually there is some time before they see a guy play and offer. This tells me that guy is going to be good despite the fact he is not highly ranked.

 

[Jluc]

As much as I hope Lubin has "first round potential" I just wouldnt get too excited. Nobody has even seen more than a few plays from this kid on this board.

 

[Gurleyman]

Lubin is going to be an integral part of our success next year. He's talented enough to play some point guard - and is going to cause defenses all sorts of problems in the pick and roll, especially when he screens for himself. He'll also provide floor spacing in the self pick and roll with his ability to spot up from the outside.

Defensively, his ability to guard every position from 1-5, simultaneously, will allow our other players to get ample rest and/or snacks.

 

[dogpause]

Gurleyman pretty much summed it up, but what most people don't know is the Lubin was also brought in for his culinary skills. Under the new food rules, schools can gain a recruiting edge by having a top chef on the staff and UConn is ahead of the curve in this area. If Lubin can also rebound and score, than that's just icing on the cake, IMO.

 

[Palatine]

How many schools will have 2 21 year old players coming in their backcourt like Purvis and Casell--answer--one--Uconn.

What did we miss last year what did we really need a 6-8 250 pound tough athletic front-court player who can really basketball----check

We did lose a string bean of a skilled good player who was 6-9 in Deandre Daniels--and we get back a string bean of a skilled player who has PG abilities in 6-7 Hamilton.

IMHO--all of these guys are atleast 2-3 year players(I believe S Casell and Purvis both have atleast 2 years left) so they should be able to grow together. D Ham will need atleast 2 years to grow into that body.

Of the four-- 3 have first round NBA potential talent in Lubin Purvis and Hamilton--and 2nd round talent in Cassell.

When you say we are adding Purvis and Cassell to Boatright and Samuel--that is ONE helluva mean backcourt--no injury will keep us down. All guys will get PT

Frontcourt--we add a 6-8 250 pd player who can PLAY to guys who will improve and have the moxy of winning a NC Brimah Nolan Facey. What an UPGRADE from Ty O!!!!!! and while losing Daniels as a mobile 4 hurts--lets face it--he was also inconsistent. I think the frontcourt now has more stability--we are not going to be btched by a Hazrell next year or any other team.

Hamilton and Calhoun round out the SF spot and we must expect that Calhoun will be on a mission to re-make his game and body this next 6 months. He will also be 22 I believe.

So in conclusion--while we *may* still get an additional player as we have the ships like we have the last two years--I don't know of a class in college basketball that COMPLIMENTS the existing one with talent maturity and diversity as much as we do.

Everyone looks good on paper. Kentucky looked 40-0 on paper.

The game is played on the court. And the most important games are played in March. What a team does then matter most of all.