Uconn players who took the biggest jump from November to March

[Jaydumo20]

Which players made the most progress during a single season. Class doesn't matter. 1 year guy, 2, 3, 4.

The only thing is it has to be 1 year. Example: if you use TNewt you'd have to focus it on either 22-23 season or 23-24. Not from the time he got here till his end.

 

[Huskybass]

Purely anecdotal, but I recall Christian Vital being absolutely infuriating to being an absolute stud at the end of the season that they never got to finish.

 

[RuffRuff]

Jeremy Lamb freshman year

 

[MJKI]

It’s gotta be junior year to senior year Hilton and everyone else is fighting for second place

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Jake Voskuhl freshman year.

Early one you had to wonder if he'd ever be able to do much at this level. By the last few games of the NIT he was quality contributor.

 

[Tenspro2002]

It’s gotta be junior year to senior year Hilton and everyone else is fighting for second place

Not the question

 

[InKembaITrust]

Castle was the first name that came to mind.

Could just be recency-bias, but he was a man amongst boys by the end of the season.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Castle was the first name that came to mind.

Could just be recency-bias, but he was a man amongst boys by the end of the season.

I echo castle.
He got better every month and it seemed he hasn't stopped in the league

 

[Inyatkin]

He got a lot of talk here lately, so how bout Marcus White. A nonentity to start the year, all the way to on the court (memorably) to end an NCAA tournament game

 

[k-walk]

Purely anecdotal, but I recall Christian Vital being absolutely infuriating to being an absolute stud at the end of the season that they never got to finish.

Looked into this a couple weeks ago. Over his last 11 games here were his stats

 

[Waquoit]

He got a lot of talk here lately, so how bout Marcus White. A nonentity to start the year, all the way to on the court (memorably) to end an NCAA tournament game

And only got run because JC was ailing.

 

[MJKI]

Not the question

Poor reading comprehension. How about a newer guy, Joey C? Went from not even being able to get minutes in the early big east to being a key contributor to a natty

 

[superjohn]

 

[Donyell 360]

Not the question

I think he means Hilton's senior year. He definitely came out of no where that year. But not sure if his improvement was in the offseason or during his senior year. If the former than I guess that does disqualify him according to your criteria.

 

[Donyell 360]

How about Sanogo's senior year? Watching him dominate I remember thinking to myself, who is this guy and where was he last year? Not sure if that qualifies for improvement DURING the year.

 

[Donyell 360]

Emeka's junior year was also a huge leap. He went from being a shot blocking specialist to a legitimate low post scoring threat. Again, I don't have a good enough recall to discern whether his improvement was during the offseason or during the year. Kind of hard to distinguish IMO.

 

[Donyell 360]

I echo castle.
He got better every month and it seemed he hasn't stopped in the league

But I don't think you can credit him for his continued improvement in the NBA for this question. His 3-point shot was still questionable. But yeah, you could tell he was starting to dominate. Imagine if he had come back to UConn how last year would have been totally different. He would have given us the perimeter defense and offense we were lacking. Obviously he made the right decision to leave, winning rookie of the year. Just sayin.

 

[Lafayette]

No love for DC? Compare from beginning of ‘23 to NCAAs ‘24 he went from first start to dominating Illinois.

“He’s playing tennis!” was my fave remark of that game. Big rise from backup prior year.

 

[ucp990411]

Try reading the question. Improvement from November to March in the same season.

 

[Waquoit]

What about Caron? I remember in December, they beat a good Arizona team and Caron was just one of five good players. By February, he was the best player in the country.

 

[borninansonia]

Kemba was very good at the start of the year, and turned into superman at the end.

 

[Umami Zen]

Once the staff inserted AJax in the dunker spot role-Along with his other contributions- I thought he became a really useful/reliable and disruptive match up nightmare for opposing teams in his last season and was a major contributor to the NC. His stats weren't dramatically changed from the previous year but his play style and impact on games really took off. Danny encouraged him to be assertive once he found that role and utilize his floor game/passing and connectivity with the team as a facilitator complementing our guard play. Was a unicorn with freak athleticism.

 

[upstater]

My 3 would be junior year Tristen Newton.

Senior year AJ Price.

Senior year Ryan Boatright.

Newton we know the story well.

Price went from a good distributing point guard to an offensive show of force, 3 point shooter, one of the best guard displays we've ever had at UConn. I wasn't expecting him to take over the way he did that year; I didn't know he had it in him.

Finally, Ryan Boatright became THE MAN in his senior year. He started pretty slow in terms of shooting, then in late January he became an incredible 3 point shooter.

48% from 3 over his last 14 regular season games at high volume (104 3s taken, 7.5 3s attempted per game).

 

[PAHusky]

My 3 would be junior year Tristen Newton.

Senior year AJ Price.

Senior year Ryan Boatright.

Newton we know the story well.

Price went from a good distributing point guard to an offensive show of force, 3 point shooter, one of the best guard displays we've ever had at UConn. I wasn't expecting him to take over the way he did that year; I didn't know he had it in him.

Finally, Ryan Boatright became THE MAN in his senior year. He started pretty slow in terms of shooting, then in late January he became an incredible 3 point shooter.

48% from 3 over his last 14 regular season games at high volume (104 3s taken, 7.5 3s attempted per game).

If Boatright were what, four or five inches taller he would have spent a decade in the NBA. Kid was a gamer, tough as nails, played great D, could play alongside a ball dominant guard.....

One of the last great recruiting connections to JC too

 

[Excalibur]

Jeremy Lamb freshman year

I feel like he was really impressive early, fell off, and then things clicked at the end of the season.