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Awesome. When people refer to Karaban as the "second best player on the team" I have no idea who they consider the best as legit arguments could be made for every starter. Is this our most talented starting lineup 1 through 5 ?
I don't remember a UCONN starting 5 where everyone can hurt you on offense.
I’d be happy with 20 minutes from DC.It's impressive. Newton does lead us in points, rebounds and assists per game, which is amazing. But on points and rebounds, not by much. The 20 point games are a feature of having 3 deadly scorers in Newton, Cam and Alex, plus two guys who can go off. Castle has done it back to back, and maybe he can do it more consistently from here on. I don't think Donovan is a 20 point scorer except in certain matchups. He's a lot more variable. But...pick your poison.
You definitely could argue that but a lot of ppl would say newton (the only one on the wooden watch). Newton is currently 4th in kenpom player of the year but the other computers (Torvik and evanmiya) say other starters are more valuable. And many would argue clingan has the biggest impact even though he hasn’t had the best year of individual stats.To be honest I think Spencer has been our best player overall consistently
You definitely could argue that but a lot of ppl would say newton (the only one on the wooden watch). Newton is currently 4th in kenpom player of the year but the other computers (Torvik and evanmiya) say other starters are more valuable. And many would argue clingan has the biggest impact even though he hasn’t had the best year of individual stats.
Since I usually think of the glass as half empty , which is the way the coach views the team in private. I will step out of character and state.I don't remember a UCONN starting 5 where everyone can hurt you on offense.
It can debated like you said, but I think you have to go Tristen by default and then argue the Player of the day based on the opponent and what the Team needs done to get by.Awesome. When people refer to Karaban as the "second best player on the team" I have no idea who they consider the best as legit arguments could be made for every starter. Is this our most talented starting lineup 1 through 5 ?
Wow... AZhusky pop has a long memory... This is high praise !Since I usually think of the glass as half empty , which is the way the coach views the team in private. I will step out of character and state.
I believe this starting 5 is the best offensive five in UConn history . I go back to the 1950’s so that’s a lot of teams.
I can not recall another group where anyone of the five could take over a game. Not just going off as an anomaly like Brimah scoring 40 against a cupcake but at every tip against anyone it’s a possibility. Preparing a defensive game plan is scary .
The best plan is getting them in foul trouble.
Last year starting 5 team was better defensively and the bench had explosive offensive potential.
Sitting Sanogo and putting in Clingan was devastating to open tents.
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Evan Miyakawa has tweeted a few times about the best “5th starter” in the country. There is a large gap between Cam Spencer and everyone else. And don’t take calling Cam a “5th starter” as an insult; his site rates him as the 32nd best player in the country. I don’t know how good his player ratings are, but I like the lineup data and filtering options that he has.Forget that, the more interesting question in my mind is who is the worst player in our starting 5? And by 'worst' I mean 'least awesome.'
I think the most balanced starting five I have ever seen at UConn was the 72-73 team.Since I usually think of the glass as half empty , which is the way the coach views the team in private. I will step out of character and state.
I believe this starting 5 is the best offensive five in UConn history . I go back to the 1950’s so that’s a lot of teams.
I can not recall another group where anyone of the five could take over a game. Not just going off as an anomaly like Brimah scoring 40 against a cupcake but at every tip against anyone it’s a possibility. Preparing a defensive game plan is scary .
The best plan is getting them in foul trouble.
Last year starting 5 team was better defensively and the bench had explosive offensive potential.
Sitting Sanogo and putting in Clingan was devastating to open tents.
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This year 19.8 mpg in the 17 games he has played in (15 starts). Last year 13 mpg in the 39 games (all of them) he played in.I'm curious how many minutes Donovan is even averaging vs. last season. If could stay out of foul trouble his stat sheets would be nuts.
That wasn't my recollection so I looked it up. He started 24 of the 28 games he played in. Wasn't that the year he left the team for a little while? He was working at a company near campus as part of Calhoun's imposed break from the team.In regards to 09, Sticks didn't start until Jerome went down for the season, correct?
yea he missed the first semester, I figured that would have aligned when Dyson went down but that was in February so I think Sticks would have already been inserted back into the starting lineup by thenThat wasn't my recollection so I looked it up. He started 24 of the 28 games he played in. Wasn't that the year he left the team for a little while? He was working at a company near campus as part of Calhoun's imposed break from the team.
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