We got Newton and Alleyne… now what?

[Slick]

Castle and Diarra is my guess. Rudi is off the table it seems. Ramey a mystery.

No Diarra please

 

[NJHoops]

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.

 

[UofCT]

I want the kid from St. Bonnies

 

[auror]

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.

The conundrum is that the optimal use of deep, non-rotation bench spots is to develop players for the future. But now players transfer when they don't play. So we have to rethink the paradigm.

Social media stars.
NIL negotiators.
Tutors.
Best friends/Entourage members of stars.
Drivers.
Just give the walk-ons scholarships.
Escorts.
Members of the football team.

Jokes aside, probably has to be athletic but unskilled 3* types who know they need to develop and won't freak out when they don't play their first year or more. Whaley types. Toolsy guys who started playing late. 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, unless they have a REALLY strong bond with the area/school/coach (for example I don't know him but from what I read Clingan might be this type).

 

[Sphinx]

We don’t need another 4/5 if we’re playing the way Hurley says he wants to play. Need two more guards…at least one of which that can play the point. Other guy can be more of a 2/3 type.

Agree. With regard to my misgivings about the transfers-out, I have ordered a nice plucked crow and am prepared to eat it, but, last I checked, the only response we have to Newton ever having to leave a game is switching our starting 4 over to the point. As things stand, last year's ball-handling deficit has only deepened.

 

[NJHoops]

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.

Or Springs. Poor guy, I could at least get his name correct.

 

[CL82]

Or Springs. Poor guy, I could at least get his name correct.

Think he will get some meaningful, albeit limited, minutes this year?

 

[Kenny11]

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.

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.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

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.

Well good thing 10-13 are still available. They most certainly need more ball handling.

 

[NJHoops]

Well good thing 10-13 are still available. They most certainly need more ball handling.

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.

 

[ctchamps]

Or Springs. Poor guy, I could at least get his name correct.

His Spring has Spronged! That’s rich.

 

[NJHoops]

Think he will get some meaningful, albeit limited, minutes this year?

I am an eternal optimist!

 

[bendm]

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?

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,

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.

 

[ctchamps]

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.

 

[sdb1989]

Just someone who is reliable with the ball and can shoot a little. Craig austrie type

 

[Edward Sargent]

We have a rotation of 9 scholarship players with Clingan, Springs and Karaban playing significant minutes. We need at least another combo or point.

 

[PNolanFan]

We have a rotation of 9 scholarship players with Clingan, Springs and Karaban playing significant minutes. We need at least another combo or point.

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

 

[Edward Sargent]

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

I am concerned about injury

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

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.

 

[rollskies]

Looks like we’re out on Ramey

 

[Edward Sargent]

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.

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

 

[superjohn]

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

We need 2 more guards and one of them has to be a stud, Castle or someone else.

 

[Rico444]

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.

 

[gtcam]

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

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 DH demanding an up and down court game and that takes a toll on a big. DH has to develop Clingan/Johnson/Springs very quickly based on the minimal playing time the returnees saw this past season.

 

[WNConn]

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.

Didn't Castle himself literally just say that he's almost certainly not going to reclass