Omar Calhoun

[L J S A]

Calhoun's team is still playing, so i certainly wouldn't expect him to admit he was transferring.

But things may change after their 77-63 loss tonight in which he gets 7 minutes of PT.

Exactly

Seven minutes is being generous. Calhoun's averaged fewer than 3 mpg over last five games: Nova (DNP), St. Joe's (1 min.), Louisville (10 mins.), Cincinnati (3 mins. ) & Memphis (DNP). Take out the Louisville game, in which he saw 10 mins. only because the Cards were way ahead for most of the game, and he's been averaging 1.9 mpg of late. That's a long, long way from last season's 31.2 mpg. The question is: do we really want him? His shooting this year has been pathetic (.305 from the field and .241 from 3-point range), and his freshman numbers weren't exactly lights-out (.402 and .321, respectively).

Sometimes coming home is just what the doctor ordered. He sits a year to iron out this season's troubles, and we have a guy who averaged 11 ppg as a freshman in a top conference.

 

[usguard]

Calhoun's team is still playing, so i certainly wouldn't expect him to admit he was transferring.

But things may change after their 77-63 loss tonight in which he gets 7 minutes of PT.

Exactly

Seven minutes is being generous. Calhoun's averaged fewer than 3 mpg over last five games: Nova (DNP), St. Joe's (1 min.), Louisville (10 mins.), Cincinnati (3 mins. ) & Memphis (DNP). Take out the Louisville game, in which he saw 10 mins. only because the Cards were way ahead for most of the game, and he's been averaging 1.9 mpg of late. That's a long, long way from last season's 31.2 mpg. The question is: do we really want him? His shooting this year has been pathetic (.305 from the field and .241 from 3-point range), and his freshman numbers weren't exactly lights-out (.402 and .321, respectively).

Answer is no

 

[redken]

With 28 seconds to go, it looks like another DNP. No way Omar's is staying in Storrs. Next stop Iona?

 

[paultzman]

With 28 seconds to go, it looks like another DNP. No way Omar's is staying in Storrs. Next stop Iona?

Did get a few minutes in first half, but can't see him staying. Samuel played well btw.

 

[redken]

With 28 seconds to go, it looks like another DNP. No way Omar's is staying in Storrs. Next stop Iona?

Did get a few minutes in first half, but can't see him staying. Samuel played well btw.

I went by ESPN.com, which didn't show him in the box score. Whatever. If he played, it wasn't for long.

Edit: ESPN finally corrected it. Omar got in three minutes, with 0's all across the board. Not exactly a vote of confidence from Kevin Ollie.

 

[JackofVirginia]

With 28 seconds to go, it looks like another DNP. No way Omar's is staying in Storrs. Next stop Iona?

Did get a few minutes in first half, but can't see him staying. Samuel played well btw.

UConn seems to have a good one in Samuels; kid plays with a hell of a lot of confidence for a freshmen. Don't remember seeing this guy during the regular season.