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Message: [QUOTE="444JR, post: 5026143, member: 5904"] Man this team is so deep. Literally every guy on the roster 1-12 has been mentioned with valid accompanying points. Exciting! 1. Karaban - 1st All Big East, potential All-American level year 2. Hassan - Does he start and take another leap offensively as a floor general 3. Samson - Senior, but last season was the first year he played any minutes. Could be a huge jump incoming 4. Stewart - Highly touted Freshman to Sophomore leap incoming, could he be a go to scorer for us and lockdown defender 5. Ball - see above 6. Mahaney - Does he come in and perform at an efficiency level that rivals the value Cam Spencer brought 7. Reed Jr. - My pick for the OP's question. I think Reed Jr. will be the reason, once the season gets rolling, all the talking heads are picking UConn for a 3peat on top of everything else this team has. He is going to be legit. UConn's anchor and continuation of the dominance we have seen at the center position over the last two championship runs. 8. McNeeley - I continue to look at his game like he is a 6'7/6'8 version of Cam Spencer. Pure shooter, good athlete, great positional size, cerebral operator from the perimeter and in the lane. Yet another 1-and-done lottery pick coming through Storrs, looking to bring home a championship. 9. Nowell - Prototypical lead guard and next up in the line of iconic UConn guards like Khalid, AJ Price, Kemba, Shabazz etc. From watching his game, I sense he comes in ready to contribute in a similar way as Jalen Adams his freshman year. The caveat being Nowell gets to benefit from Coach Hurley and the program's back to back championship winning staff and culture. 10. Ross - This kid looks so ready to breakout. If he can play minutes at the 2 and defend at a high level and be a reliable shot maker, we are in for one hell of a ride. If Ross shows a reliable handle with his shooting it will calm a lot of my nerves about this team's smaller backcourt. 11. Abraham - This kid is a stud and future pro. He's going to have a nightmare of a time finding meaningful minutes because of the strength in depth of this year's team but he will be a star by the time he leaves campus and I'm confident in his ability to make winning plays if he's called on at any point due to foul trouble or injuries. He has had a winning pedigree at the highest levels playing team first ball. 12. Singare - This young man is a ray of sunshine and looks like he shows up to work his tail off every day. At 6'10 with loads of dynamic athleticism, it's only a matter of time before it all clicks and he's ready for showtime. Needs to work on his defensive footwork, especially post defense. He will get plenty of reps against Tarris Reed Jr. and Samson Johnson that I'm positive will force fast improvement. [/QUOTE]

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