Aidan Mahaney COMMITS to UConn (Merged)

[bendm]

This team will be talented enough to win it all as is, if Karaban comes back (I think he will) we need to be preseason #1.

Karaban is the team’s “brain center” or whatever and therefore the most important player/piece for a possible 3peat. We’d still be really good without him. BE favorites but I wouldn’t be dreaming of a 3peat unless we brought in another transfer.

 

[husky429]

Dauster and Goodman seemed to believe he would play a lot of point with a key rotation between Mahaney, Diarra, and Ball, with Nowell playing more spot minutes, at least to start.

News at 7: Stupid people say stupid things.

Nowell is playing.

 

[Improviser]

Why wouldn't he stay?

Yes, why not?

He is the perfect 6th man and his stats for per minute, show it.

Would they continue if he played 30 or more?

If he wants 30 minutes a game guaranteed, he most likely would find it on lesser team than UConn's. If he is thinking about a pro career, his consistent production at 20 minutes per game, should give a sufficient sample size especially if his shooting improves.

 

[OceanDoggie]

Yes, why not?

He is the perfect 6th man and his stats for per minute, show it.

Would they continue if he played 30 or more?

If he wants 30 minutes a game guaranteed, he most likely would find it on lesser team than UConn's. If he is thinking about a pro career, his consistent production at 20 minutes per game, should give a sufficient sample size especially if his shooting improves.

Probably Brea would be a deterrent. They are both 6th man of the year commodities. I'd hope Hassan would be able to win the PG spot, but it isn't guaranteed.

 

[microfich]

 

[Mr. French]

Good lord these quotes.

I was just literally doing the same to my wife, dumbfounded, like “this is EXACTLY the recruiting pitch you’d give and want a kid to take!”

Unreal where this program is: getting the ideal combo of players and humans and everyone buying in 110%.

 

[TheShot1990]

This roster is so deep, we could play 40 minutes of full court pressure defense if we so wanted without tiring out our guards. Other teams will be exhausted just looking at our bench.

 

[bjc42]

Kentucky fans having a real one right now.

We’re thinking the same thing from those comments about Hurley, right?

 

[DemonDeac22]

We are living in a dream. Back-to-back titles, multiple lottery picks, securing top available recruits and transfers, reloading in an instant for a shot at a 3-peat. WTF, Hurley?

Please don’t wake me from this wonderful dream…

 

[ec33]

 

[UCTitleTown]

We need them for linkage to the last two championships. Without them SJ is the only returner who played significant minutes. That's quite a roster turnover.

 

[FearThePups]

"I chose UConn because I want to compete for national championships," Mahaney said. "UConn is a place that keeps the main thing the main thing. The coaching staff has proven themselves to be the best in the country the last two years. Offensively with Luke Murray, I'll be in a different system that should allow my game to grow even more. And defensively with Kimani Young, I'll be challenged to become the best I can be. Coach Hurley will push me to be the best player I can be and I can't wait to pick his brain and the rest of the staff. Every subsection from managers to grad assistants and DOBOs all work incredibly hard and are detailed down to a T with everything.

"I chose UConn to be pushed, to be a part of something bigger than myself, to compete for a national championship and to become a pro."

UConn lands Saint Mary's transfer Mahaney

Saint Mary's transfer Aidan Mahaney, one of the best available guards in the portal, has committed to UConn, he told ESPN.

www.espn.com

Aidan gets it. He’s joining the family for all the right reasons. We’re happy to you.

 

[ihatepants]

Kentucky fans are claiming that Trilly was saying on his Discord that UK refused to counter the offer that UConn gave Mahaney in NIL, but I don't sub to Trilly's discord so I'm not sure if it's legit.

 

[Griffman]

Dauster and Goodman seemed to believe he would play a lot of point with a key rotation between Mahaney, Diarra, and Ball, with Nowell playing more spot minutes, at least to start.

Those dummies don’t know jack.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Watching UK fans’ handwringing about how NIL and paying players has taken over the game has to be the least self-aware thing I’ve ever seen from a fanbase.

 

[CTBasketball]

We’re not close to repeating again unless Karaban and Diarra come back, they are crucial. I hope they know that too.

 

[UofCT]

We’re not close to repeating again unless Karaban and Diarra come back, they are crucial. I hope they know that too.

We are close because we have Hurley, Murray, Moore and Young. We might have lost a ton of talent but the best players in college last year are all gone. Trust the process.

 

[DiscMan44]

Any idea what kind of NIL he got?.

 

[gsmooth]

Watching UK fans’ handwringing about how NIL and paying players has taken over the game has to be the least self-aware thing I’ve ever seen from a fanbase.

No joke, right? They were posting on Rupp Rafters and bragging about how they could pay more for anyone (coaches and players) than "UConn's flat pockets". SMH

 

[ec33]

Watching UK fans’ handwringing about how NIL and paying players has taken over the game has to be the least self-aware thing I’ve ever seen from a fanbase.

All while taking shots at UConn for being too poor to afford Brea.

 

[superjohn]

News at 7: Stupid people say stupid things.

Nowell is playing.

He'll play but I just don't see him as a total stud right away and starting right away like some on the board think. It takes time for a freshman point guard. Diarra and Mahaney are battle tested. Ball will get a lot of time at the two whether he starts or is 6th man.

 

[FearThePups]

Watching UK fans’ handwringing about how NIL and paying players has taken over the game has to be the least self-aware thing I’ve ever seen from a fanbase.

Yep, fortunately for us they continue to believe that Kentucky on the jersey and a vault of money is all they need to guarantee titles. They have no blueprint or relevant culture that will speak to players in this era.

 

[CTBasketball]

We are close because we have Hurley, Murray, Moore and Young. We might have lost a ton of talent but the best players in college last year are all gone. Trust the process.

The players matter too…