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Yakwe out for season

this is quickly and unfortunately becoming a development year. extra development minutes for carlton, sid and polley in the front court, as painful as it might be to watch, need to be the priority. i would also look to get b adams a few extra minutes at the expense of smith going forward. the freshmen coming in next year are not going to make this a tournament team by just putting a jersey on, they'll need to follow the lead of the holdovers.
 
I agree with whoever posted about getting a couple athletic football guys. At least they could help in practices.
 
UofCT2009 said:
Nice to see Hurley following in Ollie's footsteps of recruiting injury prone players.
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Let's keep a positive perspective. We have not even approached the record Ollie's team set last year getting blown out by 30 or more points 6 or 7 times. Anyone who even hints that Hurley's team resembles the Titanic disaster from last year, has a very short memory.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
Let's keep a positive perspective. We have not even approached the record Ollie's team set last year getting blown out by 30 or more points 6 or 7 times. Anyone who even hints that Hurley's team resembles the Titanic disaster from last year, has a very short memory.
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I was joking, kinda of.
 
Ever think after 4 titles you’d be staring at a 4 year clip of missing out on March Madness, outside of maybe an NIT appearance? Brutal.
 
Foot injuries are the worst for basketball players - it takes very little for those injuries to become chronic.

But anyone who thought we were an NCAA team coming into this season was not paying attention.
 
I know we went over this 1 billion times but no one seems to really know the answer- why not let alok suit up and play (if possible) what’s the worst that can happen ? Losing a season of eligibility with him not gonna matter because he’s not going to stay more than two years - three Years max anyways- yeah he’s a string bean but let him get the experience. Who cares at this point? I kno I’m reaching but....
 
JB75 said:
I know we went over this 1 billion times but no one seems to really know the answer- why not let alok suit up and play (if possible) what’s the worst that can happen ? Losing a season of eligibility with him not gonna matter because he’s not going to stay more than two years - three Years max anyways- yeah he’s a string bean but let him get the experience. Who cares at this point? I kno I’m reaching but....
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See @businesslawyer post from earlier in the thread. I believe Amore mentioned this same thing as well.
 
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Welp. Sounds about right for UConn basketball lately. The one PF/C bright spot. Need a drink.
 
NOT GOOD
and I highly doubt we get productive minutes from Diarra, if any at all
Punt on 2019 (UGH!) and shore up the 19-20 front court with JC's, SR transfers and Kofi!
 
UConnDad said:
I agree with whoever posted about getting a couple athletic football guys. At least they could help in practices.
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I think we don’t have anyone over 6’5 on the football team. I’d be interested in seeing 6’4” 350 DL Kevon Jones battling on the boards!
 
Hurley should just go to Kofis house tomorrow at Noon. We need you big fella. I’m supposed to be coaching a game right now. I’m here with you.
 
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Fishy said:
Foot injuries are the worst for basketball players - it takes very little for those injuries to become chronic.

But anyone who thought we were an NCAA team coming into this season was not paying attention.
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If anyone including Coach Hurley needs the services of an excellent sports medicine podiatrist, should contact Dr Brian Fullem. He is one of the best in the business, he is also a top notch surgeon. He operated on both of my ankles and completely cured me of heel spurs and severe pain caused by 40 years of running. I'm back to running and have never felt better.
 
UConnDad said:
I agree with whoever posted about getting a couple athletic football guys. At least they could help in practices.
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Let's go after Cadwallader Univ. "Bull" & Hustler aka Bernard King!
 
I hear ya huskygrad but The reason people r saying this is because yakwe was our one slight sliver of hope for some type of mini-stopper down low. I truly think now that we have one of the worst defensive front courts in the country. Crazy to think that but this is bad.
 
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Huskygrad88 said:
Is it me or is it condemnation of the whole situation that there is a 3 page thread about how the season is lost now that a grad transfer who plays 10 minutes a game with zero to offer on the offensive end????
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Yes, the worst frontcourt in college basketball just got significantly worse.
 
Yakwe does offer some on the defensive side but he isn't the second coming of Emeka Okafor or even at Amida Brimah levels(who had lots of deficiencies). The guards and Wilson are going to have to step up and play better on the ball defense as we don't have anyone to block shots besides Wilson in the back line right now.
 
Calhoun's Court said:
So when is Diarra coming back ? Need his 5 fouls at this point.
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I believe there was a report a couple weeks ago about maybe mid to late February. In other words there is nobody coming in to help. We have to make do with what we have.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
I think we don’t have anyone over 6’5 on the football team. I’d be interested in seeing 6’4” 350 DL Kevon Jones battling on the boards!
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You are thinking of Travis Jones. Kevon is 6'2" and @ 250.
 
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