โRight now the program is the best program in college basketball and right now it doesnโt feel like itโs that close.โ
Dan Hurley at the NYSE this morning.
Clingan: I grew up dreaming of playing for the University of Connecticut, to wear this jersey, to insert myself and all our teammates inserting ourselves into history, it's special
St. Maryโs transfer G Aidan Mahaney commits to UConn!
Dan Hurley adds an experienced shooter to his backcourt with 2 years of eligibility remaining๐
Cam Spencer on his technical foul: "That's my bad... But sometimes you get locked in the game and the adrenaline kicks in"
Hurley: "He gets a shitload of 'em in practice"
Hurley on stopping Buie: A lot of Steph, some Hass, but Steph caused problems, the size, the foot speed, the strength... Steph's the anti-entitled five-star freshman he does nothing but help his team win
Castle: It was electric (playing in front of so many UConn fans)
Hurley: The committee didn't give that to us. We had to win a shit ton of games to get that.
Rip Hamilton on hitting the half court shot on
@espn
#GameDay
, said he was familiar with the backdrop and rims and was motivated to show up his Duke opponent, especially in front of Jim Calhoun
Cam: โThe thing about UConn/UConn Nation that surprised me after I committed was how much passion everyone has for UConn basketball in the state. The support that has been shown to our team all year has been incredible and we all really appreciate it. We canโt wait to have a lot
After playing an immense part in a national title run, Connecticut freshman G Stephon Castle is entering the 2024 NBA Draft, he tells ESPN. Castle has selected agents Joe Smith and Thad Foucher of
@wassbasketball
for his representation.
Just about every program missed the boat on Tristen Newton coming out of HS
It wasn't always sunny at
#UConn
, but Newton persevered, won a championship, and decided to come back for another season.
Then he became an All-American.
by
@Russ_Steinberg
Hurley: Tarris is a big, physically gifted human being. His talent has stood out.
Liam, I don't know there's gonna be many freshman as ready as him
Aidan is like a mix of Cam and Tristen
Four years ago, Tristen Newton was playing against
#UConn
as a member of the ECU Pirates.
He didn't have much college interest coming out of HS. Now he's a leader on one of the best teams in the country.
@Russ_Steinberg
on the El Paso native's journey
Hurley on Big East teams being 6-0 in tourney:
Look what we've done in non-conf games...we've won 8 straight in this tournament all by significant margins...there should have been 5 or 6 BE teams in, other leagues underperformed...me, Shak and Big Mac have a group chat going
Checking in on UConnโs Cam Spencer as he prepares for the NBA Draft Combine.
Itโs no wonder he developed into one of the best guards in America given the extremely high standard he holds himself to.
Laser-focused, relentless worker who strives for perfection.
Tone-setter.
Hurley said playing elite opponents (KU. UNC, Gonzaga) this year came together mostly last season. "This is a one off...There won't be any more years where we don't get one of these games at Gampel or XL."
Hurley on his team's ability to calmly take on challenges, credits his coaching staff, mentions that Kimani Young and Luke Murray should be on every short list this off-season
"The goal was to keep going, get better every day and DOMINATE the opponent. We wanted to bury teams and make them quit the game of basketball."
Cam Spencer takes us through his NCAA Tournament Journey (Part 1)๐
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Hurley: The UConn target + the defending national champs target + our players have a lot of confidence and again our fanbase is obnoxious as shit on social media, so everyone hates us...
Our fanbase and our organization right now, it's us against the world of college basketball
Clingan on Castle: He's not like any other freshmen, he's out there to do whatever his team needs... he's one of the best on-ball defenders that you'll see and he's one of the most unselfish players on this team
Coach Hurley continued to have high praise for the attitude and confidence of Liam McNeeley:
"I think opposing fanbases will find him to be an acceptable villain."
Karaban said he and Cam Spencer have a superstition about who enters their hotel room first and the order that it happens. Even Hurley seemed surprised by it.
"It's true," Cam said.