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"UConn is the best team I've ever scouted in my 12 years as a coach."

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businesslawyer said:
I doubt he projects to the NBA as well as Hawkins did (does), and it's fair to point out that Cam has three more years of college experience than Hawkins had, but there is zero doubt that Cam Spencer this year is a better college player than Jordan Hawkins was last year.
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Oh be careful @Dogdeacon is lurking :oops:
 
aburks41 said:
The only thing that is giving me some peace of mind about potentially choking is that operating at this level is once again the standard at UConn. Dan Hurley will have us in contention every single year. Are we going to be 31-3 each year heading into the tournament? No. But we should be a 4 seed or better every single season from here on out
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Was saying this to my dad, esp after reading this:

Offensive Jagernaut

I believe we will reload- with the best players for our system- and be good to very good for a long time.

Just hope we can retain LM and KY for at least 1 more year and one of them for 2.
 
KembaRunner said:
Was saying this to my dad, esp after reading this:

Offensive Jagernaut

I believe we will reload- with the best players for our system- and be good to very good for a long time.

Just hope we can retain LM and KY for at least 1 more year and one of them for 2.
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This was the most interesting article about UConn I think I've ever read. So basically, Hurley is Brad Pitt and Murray is Jonah Hill in Moneyball. This does make me hope even more that Murray stays a couple more years at least. Also makes me think that Karaban will (or should be) the UConn basketball coach after his professional playing days are over.
 
uconn_jack said:
This was the most interesting article about UConn I think I've ever read. So basically, Hurley is Brad Pitt and Murray is Jonah Hill in Moneyball. This does make me hope even more that Murray stays a couple more years at least. Also makes me think that Karaban will (or should be) the UConn basketball coach after his professional playing days are over.
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Agreed on how interesting it was. 10/10.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Last year was kind of weird.

Then the attitude was we should beat St. Mary's and get to the Sweet 16.
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That St. Mary's game was a struggle until that dude got hurt. I found it funny that the only person I heard bring that up all season was the Zags fan who did the Gonzaga game on TV.
 
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Waquoit said:
That St. Mary's game was a struggle until that dude got hurt. I found it funny that the only person I heard bring that up all season was the Zags fan who did the Gonzaga game on TV.
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Strongly agree.

Of all the ways we got lucky (Kansas losing, other top seeds falling, etc.) this is the one that was actually the most impactful and was discussed the least. We actually trailed by 7-8 early and even trailed in the second half against St. Mary's. We could very easily have failed to win that game if their best player didn't randomly and weirdly get hurt.
 
KembaRunner said:
Was saying this to my dad, esp after reading this:

Offensive Jagernaut

I believe we will reload- with the best players for our system- and be good to very good for a long time.

Just hope we can retain LM and KY for at least 1 more year and one of them for 2.
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Even losing them to massive upside jobs just makes us stronger. Best of luck to those two DOGS plus Tom…what a coaching squad.
 
Slappy said:
Even losing them to massive upside jobs just makes us stronger. Best of luck to those two DOGS plus Tom…what a coaching squad.
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Ya- i want them to move on. It’s healthy. Just wanna hold on a little longer :-0
 
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yungdowork said:
Whatever coach mentioned this is 100% right. I think the only way to beat us right now is to force us to shoot uncharacteristically bad from the arc. We have enough shooters that it's hard for all of them to have an off night at once, but it's borderline impossible to beat us when we're consistently making 3's. Creighton really ran our shooters off the line and let Kalk clean up anything that got near the rim and we struggled because of it.
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…and everyone has the tape yet has not replicated it.

The reason is: You have to be filling it up on the offensive end to set your D. You have to have a catch lightning ina bottle kind of night that Creighton had.

Might happen in the tourney, but only 6 more chances for a team to do it.
 
uconn_jack said:
This was the most interesting article about UConn I think I've ever read. So basically, Hurley is Brad Pitt and Murray is Jonah Hill in Moneyball. This does make me hope even more that Murray stays a couple more years at least. Also makes me think that Karaban will (or should be) the UConn basketball coach after his professional playing days are over.
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I feel the same way about Shabazz. I’ve always felt that he had the highest basketball IQ of any player to ever step foot in Storrs. I think Karaban is challenging him for that crown though. They both have brilliant basketball minds, but then again so do Brady and Manning in football and neither of them will ever get into coaching.
 
Waquoit said:
That St. Mary's game was a struggle until that dude got hurt. I found it funny that the only person I heard bring that up all season was the Zags fan who did the Gonzaga game on TV.
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UConn would've pulled away from St. Mary's even if Alex Ducas kept playing, although it would've taken them longer. Ducas for the last 10 minutes of his playing time didn't score or do anything worthwhile. It's why I keep saying that San Diego St. was easily the toughest game for UConn last year. SDSU was only down by 5 points with 5 minutes to go-the game was very much in doubt at that point. No other team UConn played in the NCAAT can say that when there were 5 minutes left in the game.
 
HuskyHawk said:
UConn heading into the tournament and encountering obstacles

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Lame, psssh whatever
 
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gorbowski06 said:
Yeah the "Only" thing Hawkins really did noticable better was be able to just rise and fire from a dead sprint around screens. Cam doesnt really have that same ability.
However the passing and playmaking is significantly better from Cam allowing an even more connected offense in the halfcourt.
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And Cam’s mid-range game is fantastic - the best I’ve seen in a long time.
 
Kemba15 said:
More love from our boys in this ESPN article: Do coaches and scouts all agree it's UConn vs. the NCAA tournament field?

"UConn is the best team I've ever scouted in my 12 years as a coach," one coach said. "Could someone beat them? Sure. But they're a different level right now."

"I didn't think twice about it," one NBA scout said. "I know the statistics about reigning national championships, but with the type of year that this has been, with the relative inconsistency at the top, I'm not sure how you go against them. They're going to play practically four home games in Brooklyn and Boston, they have a guy like Donovan Clingan playing his best ball to date, a litany of shot-makers and shot-creators.
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Pssh lame. Whatever
 
aburks41 said:
The only thing that is giving me some peace of mind about potentially choking is that operating at this level is once again the standard at UConn. Dan Hurley will have us in contention every single year. Are we going to be 31-3 each year heading into the tournament? No. But we should be a 4 seed or better every single season from here on out
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I think that’s another trait of a Blue Blood Program, earning a good seed every tournament and doing fairly decent. Let’s make it happen.
 
Kemba15 said:
More love from our boys in this ESPN article: Do coaches and scouts all agree it's UConn vs. the NCAA tournament field?

"UConn is the best team I've ever scouted in my 12 years as a coach," one coach said. "Could someone beat them? Sure. But they're a different level right now."

"I didn't think twice about it," one NBA scout said. "I know the statistics about reigning national championships, but with the type of year that this has been, with the relative inconsistency at the top, I'm not sure how you go against them. They're going to play practically four home games in Brooklyn and Boston, they have a guy like Donovan Clingan playing his best ball to date, a litany of shot-makers and shot-creators.
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I sincerely hope Danny and team has shut off this type of news/media to out team!

Something like 90%+ have us winning the tourney in their brackets. If ever there was a team set up to fail and take down the nations brackets, it is us.’

I hope Danny let’s Calhoun pump them up again.

We need the “eye of the tiger” again this year - even I’m not reading any more this stuff. Tomorrow is the first day of the season!
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I think the coach meant it as "Hawkins will be in the NBA for a long time, but Spencer is actually better at the college level" which is a point I've made since about January. Spencer does more on offense and fits with the other pieces better, despite giving something back athletically and on defense.
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Spencer is the better college player in his sr year and we upgraded for this year. Hawkins was getting into the“Jordan like” zone with insane abilities but then he left - as he should have with his lottery status.

Spencer is the ”total package” which he became with a full 4 years to grow and learn.

On Spencer in the NBA? Don’t forget he’s been underestimated his whole life and I ca see him shocking people in the NBA by making a team/rotation.

Also a selfless player who impacts others with his firey attitude.
 
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aburks41 said:
I feel the same way about Shabazz. I’ve always felt that he had the highest basketball IQ of any player to ever step foot in Storrs. I think Karaban is challenging him for that crown though. They both have brilliant basketball minds, but then again so do Brady and Manning in football and neither of them will ever get into coaching.
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Brady and Manning also made hundreds of millions of dollars. Not as easy to get excited to coach when you can buy a yacht and divorce a supermodel to date a different one.
 
ctchamps said:
If teams try to play our perimeter tight we can put Donovan in Adama's role and have him play near the basket. Last year we could not put Adama in Donovan's role as a perimeter passer.

Last season we had two players in our starting lineup who were flawed in the offensive half court for their position. This season there are none.

We can play iso ball with Tristen, Stephon and the much improved Hasson.

Alex has improved driving to the basket

We had no backup for Alex last season. Hopefully Jalen can continue to be that player.

We are most vulnerable if Donovan gets into foul trouble or if we play three games in three days. Our guys move a lot and you can tell from all the front rimming several were playing on tired legs in the Marquette game.

Otherwise we are a nightmare for opposing teams defenses.
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One of many differences from last season is Clingan is an excellent passer out of the post which was not a strength of Sanogo. And there are more distributors and play makers on the floor at just about all times. It's crazy how on the floor we can have 3 lead guard type players who can pass and score (TN, SC, CS or HD) and a point forward (AK) who can score from anywhere on the floor (AK) along with an excellent passing and post scoring 7 footer (DK). Sam J is starting to play better after struggling for quite a long stretch. And if J Stew continues to contribute on both ends at a high level like he has the past couple of games, this team is scary good and scary deep.
 
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DogMania said:
One of many differences from last season is Clingan is an excellent passer out of the post which was not a strength of Sanogo. And there are more distributors and play makers on the floor at just about all times. It's crazy how on the floor we can have 3 lead guard type players who can pasd and score (TN, SC, CS or HD) and a point forward (AK) who can score from anywhere on the floor (AK) along with an excellent passing and post scoring 7 footer (DK). Sam J is starting to play better after struggling for quite a long stretch. And if J Stew continues to contribute on both ends at a high level like he has the past couple of games, this team is scary good and scary deep.
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And AK is an excellent passer as well.
 
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