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I thought this was talked about already but Borges has an article about the subject so I figured I'd post it.
So remember in the future that just because it's reported that UConn reached out to a transfer, doesn't always mean they're really interested.
“It didn’t line up for us to take transfers with this particular team returning, with so many veteran players and with some very talented freshmen coming in,” Hurley noted. “And with nobody that we felt, on the transfer market, that was a bigger upgrade than anyone that we were returning here. At least guys that we felt bringing into our culture.”
It’s not that the Huskies didn’t try. The staff kicked the tires on several transfers beginning last spring, when it was still unclear whether Isaiah Whaley and Tyler Polley would be returning for their respective “super-senior” seasons.
Among the players the Huskies showed interest in were Florida’s Noah Locke, Michigan State’s Rocket Watts, Syracuse’s Kadary Richmond and Minnesota’s Marcus Carr.
Or did they?
“I would say publicly, there were probably a lot of potential transfers we were deeply connected with that I had never even communicated with,” Hurley recalled. “But the staff had made that initial call, so that you didn’t get left out in case you did have some guys transfer out and head for the portal.”
So remember in the future that just because it's reported that UConn reached out to a transfer, doesn't always mean they're really interested.
“It didn’t line up for us to take transfers with this particular team returning, with so many veteran players and with some very talented freshmen coming in,” Hurley noted. “And with nobody that we felt, on the transfer market, that was a bigger upgrade than anyone that we were returning here. At least guys that we felt bringing into our culture.”
It’s not that the Huskies didn’t try. The staff kicked the tires on several transfers beginning last spring, when it was still unclear whether Isaiah Whaley and Tyler Polley would be returning for their respective “super-senior” seasons.
Among the players the Huskies showed interest in were Florida’s Noah Locke, Michigan State’s Rocket Watts, Syracuse’s Kadary Richmond and Minnesota’s Marcus Carr.
Or did they?
“I would say publicly, there were probably a lot of potential transfers we were deeply connected with that I had never even communicated with,” Hurley recalled. “But the staff had made that initial call, so that you didn’t get left out in case you did have some guys transfer out and head for the portal.”
Why UConn’s Dan Hurley did not add transfer this season: ‘It didn’t line up for us’
UConn coach Dan Hurley is not opposed to adding transfers, but the Huskies did not dip...
www.nhregister.com