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 Did DePaul bring in some big class I'm not realizing? Also, when's the last time UConn was a bottom team? If you say DePaul will be better UConn has a great shot of being the worst or 2nd worst. Calhoun is #32 in the nation...aka well higher than anyone we have including Harkless who is now in the NBA. Nolan is in the 100's but he's still a top 150 on Rivals which is a very select group to begin with. Boatright is #42 nationally. For 2013 they have another top 150 coming in. Napier is also a top 150. Daniels is #10...TEN in the nation. So that's #32, #100, #42, and #10 recruits all on this year's team. And you think they will be worse than DePaul?

DePaul from what I can see, has a 2 star, a 3 star, and a few other 3 stars. The only bright spot I see is Billy Garrett Jr. #78 and he doesn't come until next year. You are basically saying a mid major team beats out UConn with 4 top 100's including one top 10 projected to go early in the draft. No way Jose.
 

Joe, I understand your thought processes but you need to forget about rankings for players you've already seen play. Boatwright is very good but he's no all-american. Napier as well. That said, Brandon Young was about as good as either of them last year, very good scorer, similar assist and TO ratio, not quite as good a shooter but they've got Morgan who's their primary 3 pt threat. None of these three are program changing players.

Calhoun could be very good though I doubt better than the other two, at least as a frosh. But I think Marcus is right, they'll need to play 3G offense because they don't have enough quality bigs and wings unless the German's have improved dramatically. As a third guard do you honestly think Calhoun can affect the game/improve the team as much as an all conference returning PF? I don't see it. UConn lost 4 of their top 6 (Lamb, Drummond, Oriakhi, Roscoe Smith) from a team that was mediocre last year (with two first round draft picks on the roster I might add) and replacde them with essentially only Calhoun, while losing the more important Calhoun. They went 8-10 last year in the BE. They will be worse. Depaul returns their top three players, all experienced. They will be better. They'll both likely win about 6 games in the BE. It'll be close between them but they'll both likely be in the bottom 5 of the BE.

THere's a reason why today's Streak for the Cash bet on the UConn games has 85% of voters betting UConn loses by double digits today to the Spartans. ; )
 
 For what it's worth.. I've been watching UCONN for 10 minutes against Michigan State and I've seen enough to say Joe is right. They are going to be FAR better than Depaul and easily win 6 conference game.

Rumors of their demise was definitely premature.
 
 For what it's worth.. I've been watching UCONN for 10 minutes against Michigan State and I've seen enough to say Joe is right. They are going to be FAR better than Depaul and easily win 6 conference game.

Rumors of their demise was definitely premature.
 

No, you're just watching a Michigan State team that has looked awful. They have let Uconn shoot over 90% thus far. It means they have stopped nothing. Not sure what they do well at this point. Uconn has looked poised and that is good for them. I still don't think it's a real good Uconn team. MSU looking dreadful.
 
 PS WTF is it with all these games today. I thought the 24 hours was the official start of the season. I was wrong.
 
PPS I'm rooting for UConn even if it makes Joe right for a while. I hate very few things more than I hate B10 hoops.
 
 For what it's worth.. I've been watching UCONN for 10 minutes against Michigan State and I've seen enough to say Joe is right. They are going to be FAR better than Depaul and easily win 6 conference game.

Rumors of their demise was definitely premature.
 

No, you're just watching a Michigan State team that has looked awful. They have let Uconn shoot over 90% thus far. It means they have stopped nothing. Not sure what they do well at this point. Uconn has looked poised and that is good for them. I still don't think it's a real good Uconn team. MSU looking dreadful.
 

MSU does look sloppy, especially their big man when he tries to put the ball on the floor.
But I wasn't trying to say UCONN is very good, just a lot better than Depaul. UCONN will be very competitive in the BE, I think that was Joe's point, and from what I can see that is true.

They still might lose this game even, but let's not start talking about UCONN like they will be a walkover for teams.
 
 For what it's worth.. I've been watching UCONN for 10 minutes against Michigan State and I've seen enough to say Joe is right. They are going to be FAR better than Depaul and easily win 6 conference game.

Rumors of their demise was definitely premature.
 

No, you're just watching a Michigan State team that has looked awful. They have let Uconn shoot over 90% thus far. It means they have stopped nothing. Not sure what they do well at this point. Uconn has looked poised and that is good for them. I still don't think it's a real good Uconn team. MSU looking dreadful.
 

MSU does look sloppy, especially their big man when he tries to put the ball on the floor.
But I wasn't trying to say UCONN is very good, just a lot better than Depaul. UCONN will be very competitive in the BE, I think that was Joe's point, and from what I can see that is true.

They still might lose this game even, but let's not start talking about UCONN like they will be a walkover for teams.
 

Again, I think you mistaking this for a mid season game. We gave Arizona a game early last year and Lindsey looked fantastic. I still don't think Uconn will be real competitive this year in the Big East. Big 10 is overrated and this MSU team is woefully unprepared for this game despite having Izzo as coach. If I we're a coach, I'd zone the shit out of them right now, but Izzo would never do that. Uconn continues to shoot 80+% from the field which is ALWAYS a function of poor defense.
 
 For what it's worth.. I've been watching UCONN for 10 minutes against Michigan State and I've seen enough to say Joe is right. They are going to be FAR better than Depaul and easily win 6 conference game.

Rumors of their demise was definitely premature.
 

No, you're just watching a Michigan State team that has looked awful. They have let Uconn shoot over 90% thus far. It means they have stopped nothing. Not sure what they do well at this point. Uconn has looked poised and that is good for them. I still don't think it's a real good Uconn team. MSU looking dreadful.
 

MSU does look sloppy, especially their big man when he tries to put the ball on the floor.
But I wasn't trying to say UCONN is very good, just a lot better than Depaul. UCONN will be very competitive in the BE, I think that was Joe's point, and from what I can see that is true.

They still might lose this game even, but let's not start talking about UCONN like they will be a walkover for teams.
 

Again, I think you mistaking this for a mid season game. We gave Arizona a game early last year and Lindsey looked fantastic. I still don't think Uconn will be real competitive this year in the Big East. Big 10 is overrated and this MSU team is woefully unprepared for this game despite having Izzo as coach. If I we're a coach, I'd zone the shit out of them right now, but Izzo would never do that. Uconn continues to shoot 80+% from the field which is ALWAYS a function of poor defense.
 

MCN, you want to zone UCONN? With Boatright, Napier, Calhoun etc? Even Daniels is a shooter.
 
 For what it's worth.. I've been watching UCONN for 10 minutes against Michigan State and I've seen enough to say Joe is right. They are going to be FAR better than Depaul and easily win 6 conference game.

Rumors of their demise was definitely premature.
 

No, you're just watching a Michigan State team that has looked awful. They have let Uconn shoot over 90% thus far. It means they have stopped nothing. Not sure what they do well at this point. Uconn has looked poised and that is good for them. I still don't think it's a real good Uconn team. MSU looking dreadful.
 

MSU does look sloppy, especially their big man when he tries to put the ball on the floor.
But I wasn't trying to say UCONN is very good, just a lot better than Depaul. UCONN will be very competitive in the BE, I think that was Joe's point, and from what I can see that is true.

They still might lose this game even, but let's not start talking about UCONN like they will be a walkover for teams.
 

Again, I think you mistaking this for a mid season game. We gave Arizona a game early last year and Lindsey looked fantastic. I still don't think Uconn will be real competitive this year in the Big East. Big 10 is overrated and this MSU team is woefully unprepared for this game despite having Izzo as coach. If I we're a coach, I'd zone the shit out of them right now, but Izzo would never do that. Uconn continues to shoot 80+% from the field which is ALWAYS a function of poor defense.
 

MCN, you want to zone UCONN? With Boatright, Napier, Calhoun etc? Even Daniels is a shooter.
 

Yup, matchup zones. They work. Every shot Uconn has had today has been wide open. Let them shoot over me if they're going to beat me. Their frontcourt has done nothing. Michigan state getting extended too far. It's embarrassing to watch this. Michigan State is not what they used to be.

P.S. Obekpa might have had 10 blocks at the half against Uconn today with all the open layups and dunks. 
 
 PS WTF is it with all these games today. I thought the 24 hours was the official start of the season. I was wrong.
 

Is the LIU game on ? I was going to go until this hurricane bs happened.


BTW did you get San Fran Tickets yet or do you want me to buy them for you so we can sit together with Ted
 
 PS WTF is it with all these games today. I thought the 24 hours was the official start of the season. I was wrong.
 

Is the LIU game on ? I was going to go until this hurricane bs happened.


BTW did you get San Fran Tickets yet or do you want me to buy them for you so we can sit together with Ted
 

1. LIU game is on ESPN3, they're down 4 with 15 to go. But really, you'd rather watch that than UConn/MSU?
2. May have a spanner thrown in the works for San Fran on the 4th. Will let you know more next week. When are you getting your tix?
 
 Is it me or does Jim Calhoun look coked-up at the halftime broadcast? Stuttering Jim must have just arrived from Amsterdam.
 
 PS WTF is it with all these games today. I thought the 24 hours was the official start of the season. I was wrong.
 

Is the LIU game on ? I was going to go until this hurricane bs happened.


BTW did you get San Fran Tickets yet or do you want me to buy them for you so we can sit together with Ted
 

1. LIU game is on ESPN3, they're down 4 with 15 to go. But really, you'd rather watch that than UConn/MSU?
2. May have a spanner thrown in the works for San Fran on the 4th. Will let you know more next week. When are you getting your tix?
 we can wait till next week to buy tickets. You should try to come a day or 2 early and do a wine day with all of us.

I cant make charelston now because of this missed time off from the hurricane and some other stuff. I'm freaking bumming right now about that. ( last night I had a dream that my partner at work actually showed up to work and I flew down the day of the 1st game ) but I guess I can't really complain since his house got wrecked and has been unlivable since the hurricane.

I'd actually rather watch LIU. That's going to be my hop on the bandwagon team because they have a nice new Arena and Barclay's
 
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