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What we’ve learned about the 2024-25 UConn men’s basketball team through three games
“I thought (Stewart) really did some nice things. He was better defensively, he was in the right spots. Once you learn to be in the right spots and you don’t have to think as much, now you can just go out there and hoop. I think you’re gonna see Jaylin’s improvement and those 15 minutes are gonna elevate,” Hurley said. “J-Ross’ minutes, he played 19-plus, those minutes will elevate into the 20s. I think we know how we want to play this.”
“We gotta figure out maybe if there is a better way we can start the game so we don’t get off to slow starts,” he said. “But I think that clearly we feel good about what we’ve got at center and we feel like the wing stuff is gonna be a great strength of the team.”
Hurley was happy with McNeeley’s approach on Wednesday, letting the game come to him and finding his shots within the offense. The preseason Big East Freshman of the Year recorded double-doubles in his first two games and is averaging 14.3 points (41.2% from 3) and eight rebounds per game.
“We’re gonna need his usage rate to go up a lot more, we’re gonna need him to facilitate shots for others while continuing to score in that 14, 15 a game, 16 a game average,” Hurley said.
“(Johnson) just settled in and had some conversations with his coaches,” Hurley said. “You could see his impact defesnviely with the four blocks. What just sucks for Samson right now is we’re missing him in the lob game, we’re missing him on the roll game. The guards are not doing the things that Tristen and Cam and Steph were able to do for him. Aidan, Hassan, Solo, the wings, they’re missing him on his patented lobs. So we gotta do a better job for him.”
“I thought (Stewart) really did some nice things. He was better defensively, he was in the right spots. Once you learn to be in the right spots and you don’t have to think as much, now you can just go out there and hoop. I think you’re gonna see Jaylin’s improvement and those 15 minutes are gonna elevate,” Hurley said. “J-Ross’ minutes, he played 19-plus, those minutes will elevate into the 20s. I think we know how we want to play this.”
“We gotta figure out maybe if there is a better way we can start the game so we don’t get off to slow starts,” he said. “But I think that clearly we feel good about what we’ve got at center and we feel like the wing stuff is gonna be a great strength of the team.”
Hurley was happy with McNeeley’s approach on Wednesday, letting the game come to him and finding his shots within the offense. The preseason Big East Freshman of the Year recorded double-doubles in his first two games and is averaging 14.3 points (41.2% from 3) and eight rebounds per game.
“We’re gonna need his usage rate to go up a lot more, we’re gonna need him to facilitate shots for others while continuing to score in that 14, 15 a game, 16 a game average,” Hurley said.
“(Johnson) just settled in and had some conversations with his coaches,” Hurley said. “You could see his impact defesnviely with the four blocks. What just sucks for Samson right now is we’re missing him in the lob game, we’re missing him on the roll game. The guards are not doing the things that Tristen and Cam and Steph were able to do for him. Aidan, Hassan, Solo, the wings, they’re missing him on his patented lobs. So we gotta do a better job for him.”
