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Which player are you going to miss the most?

Which player are you going to miss the most?

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HuskyWarrior611 said:
This is a pretty good spin. If you thought he got the most out of the roster this past year and made the right lineup decisions then it is what it is.
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Which part do you disagree with?
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I'm with you. I think you have a better handle on the roster than Hurley does.
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Tell the University that. Could use the couple million a year and can handle the twists and turns of the boneyard. :)
 
UofCT said:
Which part do you disagree with?
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Everything you said was right, but it’s a nice way to spin a team that underachieves with the talent it has. We struggle against the top teams in the conference.

Winless against Creighton
1 win against Villanova that so happened to have came when he got ejected.

Upset twice in the tournament.

He does a good job of beating up cupcakes though. He turned that DPOY into a stretch 4 this year too. Which was a brilliant move I guess?
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:

Everything you said was right, but it’s a nice way to spin a team that underachieves with the talent it has. We struggle against the top teams in the conference.

Winless against Creighton
1 win against Villanova that so happened to have came when he got ejected.

Upset twice in the tournament.

He does a good job of beating up cupcakes though. He turned that DPOY into a stretch 4 this year too. Which was a brilliant move I guess?
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We were one of the worst teams in America the year Hurley took over. Hurley had one recruiting class for the AAC and so far two for the Big East. Our talent is improving and the team gets better each season. It stinks we lost in the tournament back to back years but we will breakthrough eventually.

Think about it this way, at least we aren’t Kentucky who the last two years missed the tournament and then lost to a 15-seed. Now that’s a spin!
 
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If we're talking just the transfers, Floyd feels like the obvious answer. He was likely the only one who was looking at meaningful minutes next year and was most likely to have a long-term impact for the program.
 
I’ll miss them all to a certain degree because some of them persevered through the darkest time in program history, some helped us take another step in the right direction and some I rooted hard for (Gaff) but just couldn’t get it together.

I voted Akok bc he had loads of potential coming in and just seemed genuinely happy to be here but got derailed by a devastating injury that he had no control over. I think we’d be talking about him being a draft prospect had it not been for the injury, which is incredibly unfortunate. He had a lot of tools and the work ethic to get there.
 
I’ll miss AA the most. His injury was so gut wrenching and he’s come back efforts so inspirational that it’s impossible not to root for him.

I think the player “the team “will miss the most is cold. His efforts last year were downright heroic.
 
Removing the Seniors, I’d say I miss Freshman Year Akok the most.

Fortunately/unfortunately that isn’t the player we lost yesterday. Everyone else is replaceable
 
Poor Polley gets no respect
Even though we became a real good team when he was on.
rewatch Auburn , was 6th man of the year , baled us out when Bouk went down the year before.
Im not saying he shouldn’t be lower than the starters but he finished behind a guy with literally zero achievement.
Welcome to the Boneyard
 
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I'm not sure Uconn has ever had a player that looked more in over his head when he got here than Whaley... To get where he did was unbelievable. I didn't think for a second he'd ever play meaningful minutes for us on a good team and he was arguably our most important player at times over the last two years.

I'm trying to think of most improved uconn players and my list is short.

Isaiah Whaley
Gavin Edwards
Hilton Armstrong
 
although super senior? i feel like great senior pg's like cole don't get the true flowers they deserve yoy. i see it on every team. if i could get vitale back
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
To lose a 6’10 guy who knocks down 3s at a 40% rate and can lead the country in blocks is terrible.
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Akok had a devastating injury and has not looked the same on defense. He is too weak against some fives and too slow against fours. He still provided good help defense but he looked like he was going to be a wrecking ball at one point. I still think he could be a good center defensively but he would be backing up Adama and likely wants to start or play more.

He is such a good kid and I honestly will probably root for him going forward as much as I root for our Huskies. If you play out his career here a hundred times, this has got to be in the bottom 10% percentile.
 
Verne said:
I'm not sure Uconn has ever had a player that looked more in over his head when he got here than Whaley... To get where he did was unbelievable. I didn't think for a second he'd ever play meaningful minutes for us on a good team and he was arguably our most important player at times over the last two years.

I'm trying to think of most improved uconn players and my list is short.

Isaiah Whaley
Gavin Edwards
Hilton Armstrong
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Vital with his monster final season where he seemed to score at will.

He went from a turnover machine and a volume poor % shooter to a stud.
 
HOnestly? None. Wish them all the best in whatever they do. When players are a part of something special and do special things that bond is made by those memories. None of these guys did anything worth remembering here.
 
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I think a few people have missed their calling in life. Pay is better than a few people around here make, although I'm thinking most must make more than Hurley. So I don't blame them for not wanting to take a paycut
 
Akok was my 6 year old daughters favorite UConn player ever. Yeah, small sample size. When he tore is ACL she cried. She saw him walking on crutches from Werth to Gampel before a game later that year and he waved. Happiest she has ever been. My vote was Tyrese because he was such a hard playing SOB aka Freeman, but Ali would have told me to vote for Akok.
 
Hey guys,

I won't miss ANY of the departed 2021-22 UConn hoopsters.

Every single one of them had a glaring hole in their game. Many lacked DIV 1 talent. Many had only one skill to offer. Most were not developed by Danny Hurley.

Several of these Huskies lacked the desire & even the hunger to become DIV beasts in the mold of beasts like Bazz, Kemba, Burrell, or even a Wes Bialosuknia.

One completely lacked the requisite mentality & discipline to make his teammates better & take advantage of his size & shooting.scoring potential - in FIVE YEARS it never changed! To be honest, I don't a player like that representing the state of Connecticut. It's an insult!

This whole portal disaster places all college coaches in the stressful position of having to put all their fingers in too many dikes every year while juggling players & even being able to find or see talent & potential of the 'musical chairs', selfish players of today.

Looking at what is happening to the game & university program we love, can any of you say that Danny Hurley has been doing a good job of building OUR program, or building OUR Husky image as a place to thrive for the best players? Or will every year from now on be just like this, a season/program based entirely on team defensive aggressiveness (& no real offensive players or plan) with a revolving door of one-year players - & that's it?

Watching & loving this game for almost 70 years now, it is very difficult to watch it devolve into yet another beloved American endeavour that is predictably killing itself with greed. After many decades of the slow slide down that slippery slope, college hoops is totally choked in a money-strait-jacket now, boys. Today's players are just going with the flow & in their role as inmates are running the ship now. God Help Us!

Father Demo

PS: Akok, Gaffney & Polley should never have played DIV I ball for any team, IMO.
 
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Tyrese - He was the most entertaining of the lot to watch. The rest of the group were either OK to watch or didn't play, so I can't really miss them. RJ was also a pleasure to watch, because he was the only guy on the court I trusted to protect the ball.
 
Verne said:
I'm not sure Uconn has ever had a player that looked more in over his head when he got here than Whaley... To get where he did was unbelievable. I didn't think for a second he'd ever play meaningful minutes for us on a good team and he was arguably our most important player at times over the last two years.

I'm trying to think of most improved uconn players and my list is short.

Isaiah Whaley
Gavin Edwards
Hilton Armstrong
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I'd put Hilton at the top, and add Hasheem to the list as well. Odd that they're all bigs. The guards are a different story.... The ones that ended great, started pretty danged good, too. Kemba went from a good PG to an all timer. Ricky was the best defensive guard we've ever had, but he was an elite defensive presence when he started. Ray evolved from a slasher to a near automatic three-point shooter, but he was top shelf from day one. Same with Ben.
 
I won't miss any of them. RJ and Tyrese it was time to move on. Isaiah and Tyler, their time was up. The other ones, if they were not tough enough to fight for time they weren't tough enough to be UConn Huskies.
 
I put Floyd because I never saw him play and I have a feeling he will be one of those 3-4 year bulldogs who is a really good player for someone.

Cole, Whaley, Polley, and Martin gave us good years and it's time for them to make some $$. Akok will always be a "what-if." I think there's a chance he could be a pro if he gets the right coaching. I think there's also a chance that we've already seen the best of he has to offer and sadly, his injury robbed him of crucial development and fluidity that will prevent him from reaching his potential. I was never a fan of Gaff from the start so I'm hoping he finds a good landing spot where he can play with confidence. But it was never going to be here. Who the hell knows what Diggins is all about.
 
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