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1st Husky practice October 3rd. It's one of those years where there's an air of confidence from us here that this will be a very good team yet a lot of questions to be answered. Let's see how everyone feels about the questions and where the Huskies will end up:
Will KO and the staff be able to blend the experience of the new players with the talent of the returnees and incoming frosh in order to create a chemistry required to dance?
Will Daniel Hamilton and Rodney Purvis both find a consistency to their games which they lacked in their first Husky campaign?
Will Amida Brimah become more than a shot blocker, an occasional alley oop dunker? Will he rebound the ball better and become more dominant on the block offensively?
Can Shonn Miller transition his Ivy League numbers to the big time and be that all around 4 we missed last year on both ends?
Can Sterling Gibbs be the leader at point we need and replace the gutty Boat hence becoming the next great UConn PG to help elevate this program to the dance?
Will Jalen Adams be something special as the 6th man, bringing his tremendous skills off the bench to spark the team on both ends when called upon?
Will the bench be improved with the likes of Facey, Calhoun, Enoch, Nolan, Cassell Jr all playing signifcant roles at some point of the season when needed?
While we believe we have a very strong 6 for sure, this bench will be a significant factor in how far we go. If Facey has improved (even if he hasn't) this is a really nice piece coming off the bench to fill minutes. Not a lot of teams outside of UK, Duke, UNC have this type of athlete being the 7-8th guy. Omar has experience but can he translate that into part time confidence shooting the ball when needed? Phil Nolan has worked on his quickness, explosiveness can he be even more than the "5 foul, go out and guard someone and take charge guy." Is Sam Jr better than the injured kid last year and can Enoch play a few minutes and rebound the ball while making a couple shots?
I seriously can't wait for these to be answered and they will be somewhat rather quickly in Atlantis. They may go 2-1, 1-2, 3-0 or heck even 0-3 but will we know enough about who they are then? We should have a pretty good idea but going back to I believe Alaska in 89-90 where they went 1-2 things do change with a new blend of characters.
Baseball playoffs will be underway, football into week 3-4 or whatever but who cares - it's all about our Huskies come October 3rd.
Will KO and the staff be able to blend the experience of the new players with the talent of the returnees and incoming frosh in order to create a chemistry required to dance?
Will Daniel Hamilton and Rodney Purvis both find a consistency to their games which they lacked in their first Husky campaign?
Will Amida Brimah become more than a shot blocker, an occasional alley oop dunker? Will he rebound the ball better and become more dominant on the block offensively?
Can Shonn Miller transition his Ivy League numbers to the big time and be that all around 4 we missed last year on both ends?
Can Sterling Gibbs be the leader at point we need and replace the gutty Boat hence becoming the next great UConn PG to help elevate this program to the dance?
Will Jalen Adams be something special as the 6th man, bringing his tremendous skills off the bench to spark the team on both ends when called upon?
Will the bench be improved with the likes of Facey, Calhoun, Enoch, Nolan, Cassell Jr all playing signifcant roles at some point of the season when needed?
While we believe we have a very strong 6 for sure, this bench will be a significant factor in how far we go. If Facey has improved (even if he hasn't) this is a really nice piece coming off the bench to fill minutes. Not a lot of teams outside of UK, Duke, UNC have this type of athlete being the 7-8th guy. Omar has experience but can he translate that into part time confidence shooting the ball when needed? Phil Nolan has worked on his quickness, explosiveness can he be even more than the "5 foul, go out and guard someone and take charge guy." Is Sam Jr better than the injured kid last year and can Enoch play a few minutes and rebound the ball while making a couple shots?
I seriously can't wait for these to be answered and they will be somewhat rather quickly in Atlantis. They may go 2-1, 1-2, 3-0 or heck even 0-3 but will we know enough about who they are then? We should have a pretty good idea but going back to I believe Alaska in 89-90 where they went 1-2 things do change with a new blend of characters.
Baseball playoffs will be underway, football into week 3-4 or whatever but who cares - it's all about our Huskies come October 3rd.