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We got Newton and Alleyne… now what?

Who’s next?

  • Castle Reclass

    Votes: 77 36.5%

  • Rudi Williams

    Votes: 24 11.4%

  • Courtney Ramey

    Votes: 42 19.9%

  • Player we haven’t heard about yet

    Votes: 68 32.2%
  • Total voters
    211
NJHoops said:
Or Springs. Poor guy, I could at least get his name correct.
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Think he will get some meaningful, albeit limited, minutes this year?
 
NJHoops said:
For the sake of conversation, exactly what kind of players should one expect to occupy the 11th-13th roster spots when a team typically runs out 10 guys at most? There aren’t many Richie Sprongs around.
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Ideally a freak athlete that’s raw and needs to develop skills or a player with a huge chip on their shoulder who believes they can crack the rotation no matter what..like someone with a Christian vital attitude.

This past season the injuries we had were minor but in the several years before that there has been a major injury every year.
 
NJHoops said:
For the sake of conversation, exactly what kind of players should one expect to occupy the 11th-13th roster spots when a team typically runs out 10 guys at most? There aren’t many Richie Sprongs around.
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Well good thing 10-13 are still available. They most certainly need more ball handling.
 
Hungryhusky99 said:
Well good thing 10-13 are still available. They most certainly need more ball handling.
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Yes, but that’s not my point. It feels like some people, because they love the team, think guys should feel lucky to be even able to sit on a UConn bench and ignore the realities. Most players want to play, and each team is going to have about 3 who don’t. It’s getting harder for everyone to find those guys who can see the bigger picture.
 
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NJHoops said:
For the sake of conversation, exactly what kind of players should one expect to occupy the 11th-13th roster spots when a team typically runs out 10 guys at most?
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auror said:
4* guys, even fringe top 100/125 guys, are too easy to poach now. It's just not even worth recruiting them if they're not going to play 15 min right away,
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thank you. quality > quantity. 1 more good transfer G and we have a 9 man rotation, yet people are still expecting hurley to bring in several more studs so we can go 11 or 12 deep as if the new reality doesnt apply to us even though it literally just happened w/ floyd! there's no logic to it.
 
My money is on a Castle reclass and a “best” of the remaining point guard transfers who will get no promises of playing time. Don’t know who will come first.
 
We have a rotation of 9 scholarship players with Clingan, Springs and Karaban playing significant minutes. We need at least another combo or point.
 
Edward Sargent said:
We have a rotation of 9 scholarship players with Clingan, Springs and Karaban playing significant minutes. We need at least another combo or point.
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I promise that clingan springs sanogo and johnson will not all get significant minutes barring injury i ultimately expect that we about 50-60 minutes combined among them depending on how much we play 4 out. Sanogo gets 32 and then i would think 15-10 for johnson and 5-15 for clingan depending on how everyone looks. Think we have strong big dept, strong wing dept and really are just lacking a ball handler at this point
 
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PNolanFan said:
I promise that clingan springs sanogo and johnson will not all get significant minutes barring injury i ultimately expect that we about 50-60 minutes combined among them depending on how much we play 4 out. Sanogo gets 32 and then i would think 15-10 for johnson and 5-15 for clingan depending on how everyone looks. Think we have strong big dept, strong wing dept and really are just lacking a ball handler at this point
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I am concerned about injury
 
I still think we need to add a power forward defensive stopper. Maybe a poor man's Whaley; someone that wants to be towards the end of the bench, be a defensive stopper in the last 2-3 minutes of the BE championship game and on into the sweet 16/possibly Elite 8. :)
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
I still think we need to add a power forward defensive stopper. Maybe a poor man's Whaley; someone that wants to be towards the end of the bench, be a defensive stopper in the last 2-3 minutes of the BE championship game and on into the sweet 16/possibly Elite 8. :)
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Beyond Sanogo all of our bigs are unknowns (maybe not to Danny and staff) to us. We are also one injury away from not having a point guard, so I agree with you on the big and also a backup PG
 
Edward Sargent said:
Beyond Sanogo all of our bigs are unknowns (maybe not to Danny and staff) to us. We are also one injury away from not having a point guard, so I agree with you on the big and also a backup PG
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We need 2 more guards and one of them has to be a stud, Castle or someone else.
 
Ramey just released a list of schools interested in him and we're not on it.

Ever since Alleyne committed it sounds like we've backed off of just about everyone we had been pursuing. That makes me wonder if those Castle reclass rumors are coming to fruition.
 
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PNolanFan said:
I promise that clingan springs sanogo and johnson will not all get significant minutes barring injury i ultimately expect that we about 50-60 minutes combined among them depending on how much we play 4 out. Sanogo gets 32 and then i would think 15-10 for johnson and 5-15 for clingan depending on how everyone looks. Think we have strong big dept, strong wing dept and really are just lacking a ball handler at this point
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Adama will not see 32 a game in and out - first his physical conditioning has to improve and he wont have AW there to take some of the lunch pail work off his hands. I see Dan Hurley demanding an up and down court game and that takes a toll on a big. Dan Hurley has to develop Clingan/Johnson/Springs very quickly based on the minimal playing time the returnees saw this past season.
 
Rico444 said:
Ramey just released a list of schools interested in him and we're not on it.

Ever since Alleyne committed it sounds like we've backed off of just about everyone we had been pursuing. That makes me wonder if those Castle reclass rumors are coming to fruition.
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Didn't Castle himself literally just say that he's almost certainly not going to reclass
 
Rico444 said:
Ramey just released a list of schools interested in him and we're not on it.

Ever since Alleyne committed it sounds like we've backed off of just about everyone we had been pursuing. That makes me wonder if those Castle reclass rumors are coming to fruition.
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That seems to be the most likely scenario. Recruiting guys on twitter said they expect a wave of last minute entries to the portal before the Sunday deadline so perhaps they have a tip on someone they like who may be entering. Either way they definitely need to land another guard at the very least.
 
Rico444 said:
Ramey just released a list of schools interested in him and we're not on it.

Ever since Alleyne committed it sounds like we've backed off of just about everyone we had been pursuing. That makes me wonder if those Castle reclass rumors are coming to fruition.
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Everything points to the reclass. I'm also wondering what level of player we'll get for another guard scholarship. We're out on Rudi and Ramey and didn't even reach out to Primo. Wonder if Femi is a priority now.
 
bendm said:
thank you. quality > quantity. 1 more good transfer G and we have a 9 man rotation, yet people are still expecting hurley to bring in several more studs so we can go 11 or 12 deep as if the new reality doesnt apply to us even though it literally just happened w/ floyd! there's no logic to it.
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You have to have players for practice and to replace the inevitable (and sometimes serious) injuries. It will take some creative thinking and planning to find the players who can fill that role. While some players have the potential to play some kind of professional ball there are quite a few who won't unless perhaps in Outer Mongolia. That said, we should be molding a team of very good athletes (some particularly with speed) with winning attitudes who are team oriented. We should strongly consider playing more of a running offense/pressing defense which will require more depth so more players can get some minutes. I can understand where Jay Wright decided it was time to retire because his "perfect system" will probably not fly now that things have changed with the portal. This could be a time where a deep, well coached team (see earlier Uconn teams) can take down even more overall talented teams who lack depth. If this concept is correct I fully believe this coaching staff has the talent and drive to make it happen. BTW, this would be an exciting team to watch.
 
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gtcam said:
Adama will not see 32 a game in and out - first his physical conditioning has to improve and he wont have AW there to take some of the lunch pail work off his hands. I see Dan Hurley demanding an up and down court game and that takes a toll on a big. Dan Hurley has to develop Clingan/Johnson/Springs very quickly based on the minimal playing time the returnees saw this past season.
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Agree. This also jives with what I mentioned about a faster game. Odd that the portal might actually bring about what many desire: A faster pressing in your face deep team that is well conditioned.
 
dennismenace said:
Agree. This also jives with what I mentioned about a faster game. Odd that the portal might actually bring about what many desire: A faster pressing in your face deep team that is well conditioned.
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Don’t count on the press. It just doesn’t work against really good teams like it used to. Playing fast is what I want to see.
 
Hoophound said:
Don’t count on the press. It just doesn’t work against really good teams like it used to. Playing fast is what I want to see.
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If it doesn't work against some teams then fine, don't depend on that alone. Not an either/or to me.
But I agree that for the most part up-tempo which will bless a deeper team.
 
dennismenace said:
Agree. This also jives with what I mentioned about a faster game. Odd that the portal might actually bring about what many desire: A faster pressing in your face deep team that is well conditioned.
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And it also jibes with a deep athletic bench. Run & gun. Shake & bake.
 
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