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LD said they're looking at HS kids, JUCO, and transfers to add to next year's class.

I'm curious to see what transfers they're looking at. What are they even allowed to do right now to recruit these guys?
 
During the UConn game Hoard said something interesting that I did not know. The Ivy league does not allow graduate students to play. Shonn Miller sat out the year with shoulder surgery could not play in the Ivy league this season. Crazy that a league does not allow a 5th year to a player that may not play due to injury and is forced to another league to transfer to get that year back.
 
Patrick Bateman said:
During the UConn game Hoard said something interesting that I did not know. The Ivy league does not allow graduate students to play. Shonn Miller sat out the year with shoulder surgery could not play in the Ivy league this season. Crazy that a league does not allow a 5th year to a player that may not play due to injury and is forced to another league to transfer to get that year back.
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The Ivy league does not offer athletic scholarships but instead need based aid. There is no redshirting in the Ivy league. Each year you are a student at a school counts towards your eligibility.
 
Someone asked Cronin about pace, depth, walking it up, etc. He got a bit defensive at first, but then went on to offer better insight than I've heard on it all year. Basically it isn't in Caupain's nature to play that way bc of last year having new players and few guards. Also mentioned that we just flat out aren't that fast of a team...but we've been working on getting it ahead quicker since the end of last season. Also said he'd love to be 10 deep but some guys just can't help us right now.
 
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Someone asked Cronin about pace, depth, walking it up, etc. He got a bit defensive at first, but then went on to offer better insight than I've heard on it all year. Basically it isn't in Caupain's nature to play that way bc of last year having new players and few guards. Also mentioned that we just flat out aren't that fast of a team...but we've been working on getting it ahead quicker since the end of last season. Also said he'd love to be 10 deep but some guys just can't help us right now.
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He def got defensive. You can tell he is tired of that question. Little man syndrome came out. He also said Quadri has had a horrible month.
 
jacobkdoyle said:
Someone asked Cronin about pace, depth, walking it up, etc. He got a bit defensive at first, but then went on to offer better insight than I've heard on it all year. Basically it isn't in Caupain's nature to play that way bc of last year having new players and few guards. Also mentioned that we just flat out aren't that fast of a team...but we've been working on getting it ahead quicker since the end of last season. Also said he'd love to be 10 deep but some guys just can't help us right now.
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He's had all year to work on becoming uptempo. Past years should have no effect on it. I really can't say I've ever heard of a player not wanting or not being able to play as fast as his coach wants them to. It's usually the opposite.

As for 10 deep, that is so overrated, especially at the level at which UC recruits. It's one thing if you are bringing in elite players, but UC doesn't recruit to that level and Mick should realize that he needs to focus on the best 7 players and let the others play when needed. Right now the inconsistencies of average players (e.g, KJ, Shaq) really hurt this team.
 
I think Cronin sounded like a dick when people asked their questions tonight. If the questions weren't automatically positive he got defensive and was pretty rude.
 
UCalum08 said:
I think Cronin sounded like a dick when people asked their questions tonight. If the questions weren't automatically positive he got defensive and was pretty rude.
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I thought after the first one he was a little better. I appreciated how upfront he was about not having a dominant player and how hard these guys are working to give the best they can. (Obviously whether that's good enough for everyone or not is a different thing)
 
UCalum08 said:
I think Cronin sounded like a dick when people asked their questions tonight. If the questions weren't automatically positive he got defensive and was pretty rude.
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Lol. He also had to have his daughter wake him up to get to the show. So maybe that's why he was a little grumpy?
 
Newsflash: Troy isn't fast. He isn't beating the defense end to end with speed. I've been saying for almost 3 years now for him to play "fast" it has to be by moving the ball quickly up the wing with passing. When it is there, this team is at its most efficient and when it isn't they play a slower tempo.

UL is a great example of this. When they had Siva and Russ Smith they relentlessly beat teams end to end with pure end to end speed. Now they have bigger guards and to run they do it by quickly advancing the ball up the wings with outlet passing.

This is a bigger team that isn't constructed to fly up and down the floor and beat you with speed. They can still play fast at times when the defense isn't sending 3 and 4 guys back to clog the lane, so it is done more by forcing live ball turnovers and attacking from there. When turnovers forced are up, they score in the 70s. When those numbers are down, the game slows considerably...
 
Chad Brendel said:
Newsflash: Troy isn't fast. He isn't beating the defense end to end with speed. I've been saying for almost 3 years now for him to play "fast" it has to be by moving the ball quickly up the wing with passing. When it is there, this team is at its most efficient and when it isn't they play a slower tempo.

UL is a great example of this. When they had Siva and Russ Smith they relentlessly beat teams end to end with pure end to end speed. Now they have bigger guards and to run they do it by quickly advancing the ball up the wings with outlet passing.

This is a bigger team that isn't constructed to fly up and down the floor and beat you with speed. They can still play fast at times when the defense isn't sending 3 and 4 guys back to clog the lane, so it is done more by forcing live ball turnovers and attacking from there. When turnovers forced are up, they score in the 70s. When those numbers are down, the game slows considerably...
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Might not be wise for Mick to tell us all summer about how fast the team is going to play (again)...
 
Chad Brendel said:
Newsflash: Troy isn't fast. He isn't beating the defense end to end with speed. I've been saying for almost 3 years now for him to play "fast" it has to be by moving the ball quickly up the wing with passing. When it is there, this team is at its most efficient and when it isn't they play a slower tempo.

UL is a great example of this. When they had Siva and Russ Smith they relentlessly beat teams end to end with pure end to end speed. Now they have bigger guards and to run they do it by quickly advancing the ball up the wings with outlet passing.

This is a bigger team that isn't constructed to fly up and down the floor and beat you with speed. They can still play fast at times when the defense isn't sending 3 and 4 guys back to clog the lane, so it is done more by forcing live ball turnovers and attacking from there. When turnovers forced are up, they score in the 70s. When those numbers are down, the game slows considerably...
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The best fast break teams don't just dribble up the court with pure speed. They pass the ball up the floor quickly. You don't have to have raw speed to get the ball up the floor. We've all watched this team score more points and score them more efficiently when they play fast. Watch North Carolina play. One of the highest tempo teams year after year. I assure you Marcus Paige isn't running up and down the floor faster than the opposition. No, they pass the ball up the floor quickly and score points. It's not rocket science. We were told there would be a faster style. And we've seen it work. THEY PLAY BETTER THAT WAY. So why aren't we doing it all the time? Make them play faster. It's simple.
 
jds513 said:
The best fast break teams don't just dribble up the court with pure speed. They pass the ball up the floor quickly. You don't have to have raw speed to get the ball up the floor. We've all watched this team score more points and score them more efficiently when they play fast. Watch North Carolina play. One of the highest tempo teams year after year. I assure you Marcus Paige isn't running up and down the floor faster than the opposition. No, they pass the ball up the floor quickly and score points. It's not rocket science. We were told there would be a faster style. And we've seen it work. THEY PLAY BETTER THAT WAY. So why aren't we doing it all the time? Make them play faster. It's simple.
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Also, look at the big men that play for North Carolina. You'd think they could beat you up in the half court too....
 
Bearcat_NTS said:
Might not be wise for Mick to tell us all summer about how fast the team is going to play (again)...
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They are playing much faster and scoring considerably more than a year ago with essentially the same roster. When you are adjusting a system, it is very rarely done in one year.

This season so far has been a step in the right direction, but they still have limitations when it comes to playing end to end given the roster at hand. Easy to ignore that and just pound the old and tired talking points to death. Keep doing you, though...
 

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