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This would be a damn good haul. Imagine KJ would be the biggest factor in Acaden Lewis. I think KJ was a great hire. Lewis would be a hell of a lot! Sounds like at multi-year player and again fits the description of what DDV wants (assuming Risley heard ANYTHING accurately, lol). Evaluated 07/14/2024 Adam FinkelsteinDirector of Scouting Lewis is a lefty lead guard who is extremely talented with the ball. He has soft hands and natural touch that are the foundation of a very advanced skill-set. His handle is tight, he’s a lay-up maker with both hands, and he has soft floaters and tough pull-ups alike in the mid-range area. While Lewis connected on just 31% of his threes during EYBL play, he’s a much better shooter than those numbers indicate. He made 83% of his free-throws, attempted nearly 7 threes per game, and projects as someone who not only has gravity spotting up but can be a movement shooter as well. In total, there isn’t much Lewis can’t do with the ball in his hands, but the area where he’s shown the most growth is in becoming a true lead guard and making those around him better. He still has a high-volume approach with the ball in his hands, and is generally more focused on throwing assists than he is otherwise moving the ball, but his floor vision and delivery both impressed this year as he finished in the top three in the EYBL in assists. He’s a threat coming off screens, both on and off the ball, but has a tendency to stand and watch without the ball in his hands unless it’s a pre-determined action. Physically, Lewis is naturally leaner and not the 6-foot-3 that is sometimes listed (his last official measurement was 6’0.5 without shoes in the summer before his junior year), but does have long arms to compensate. He’s also older for his grade, having turned 19 in October, and that extra year of high school has really helped him to hold his own physically and be capable of absorbing more contact than he was a year ago. Defensively, he has the hands to be a playmaker and is also a good rebounding guard, but isn’t always able to sustain disciplined and consistent effort on that end of the floor.

That is great news and very classy from Underwood. If there is a kid who deserves a chance to play for a real Hoosier team, it is Luke Goode.

Not belaboring the point because it does not matter where he lives, but go look at Glastonbury CT pics - not a concrete jungle at all, similar to Storrs. 40 mins is a normal commute around here, admittedly not "close to campus" like i said. He's not leaving UConn. I look forward to DDV building a team that can go toe to toe with good teams. Been too long since we've had that.

Trying not to get ahead of myself but Conerway / Wilkerson as a starting backcourt is very cool with me. Enright and hopefully another dynamic guard off the bench works for me. Offense should be really fun. Wonder when we get an answer on Goode? Any idea what’s going on with D2 Freeman?

This is true… no stores in Storrs always makes me chuckle unreasonably hard.

Idk, seems like a fair gauge since he works there, doesn’t it? He has a home in CT close to campus and a home in Jersey City where he is from. They spend quite a lot of time in NJ during the offseason. Jersey City IS a concrete jungle (for the most part)… Storrs is not. There is much more in the northeast than “concrete jungles” just like there is much more in Indiana than corn. Lol, rant over, sorry

Do you think the entire state of Connecticut is a concrete jungle except for Storrs? I assure you Dan Hurley’s home is in a lovely area. Lol

Brother, it’s hardly isolated to these parts. The social contract is different today and way less people have patience for rules / policies they deem dumb enough to ignore, lol. We live in wild times.

The thing is, I don’t think his wife would find living in Denver objectively awesome. If that weren’t a factor I’d think it had much more potential to happen. He’s said he wants to coach in the NBA. Also said he doesn’t want to coach much into his 60s. Don’t pretend to be inside his head but being aware of the whole Hurley family legacy and how Danny’s struggles with mental health have been affected by that… I could see him either wanting to be the only Hurley to win an NBA title. See if he can succeed at the highest level. On the other hand, I think he’d miss the development factor with younger players. I have a much easier time seeing him spending the next 10 years in Storrs trying to win big and cement himself as their best coach ever - greater than Calhoun and one of the best to ever do it. That to me fits the Hurley picture much more than taking a stab at the NBA for money or perceived prestige. He’s already got plenty of both. Don’t see why he’d go through the trouble of making the move right now. My two cents.

I have no doubt Hurley someday would like to try his hand at the NBA. But I think it’s going to have to be in the northeast for family reasons. If he wanted to go that badly, after repeat championships is a great time. I think after talking so much about 3peating, unless it’s like the Knicks, he’s going to want to win another championship in college before he tries that. JMO but i think he will be a UConn lifer, maybe retire there when he’s 60ish.

I agree that if he turned down one of the two premiere franchises in basketball off back to back championships, he’s not going to Denver. Especially after they fired a championship winning coach who he most likely knows well since they’re from the same general area. Wouldn’t call it “his act” but I do agree his way would never be viable in the NBA. He’s a very good basketball coach, what makes him great is his ability to motivate and challenge guys. Grown men aren’t going to go for that, at least not for long.

The Denver smoke around Hurley is entirely agent driven and in no way gonna happen. Malone is a jersey guy from Seton Hall prep. No way he’s going to join an org that axed a guy who won a championship not so long ago. He’s a CBB guy through and through IMO. It would have to be a northeast NBA franchise for him to seriously entertain the move IMO.

How do you figure?

Maybe in spring of 2026 after his freshman year at UConn.

Seems like a move made by a program that is serious about landing talent / winning.

Thon Maker

Think Reed is the 5 and TDV is the 4 right now.

At least this one is pretty mild in comparison to the BS ones lol. Stakes were higher then. Comfortable upping the ante. Maybe I’ll go skydiving without a parachute if he ever goes to Denver lol. It’s not happening and definitely not now. Dan Hurley is a CBB coach / sicko. IMO he won’t seriously entertain leaving until he wins another title at UConn, and only then if it’s for the Knicks/Celtics/6ers/Nets. His best skills as a coach would probably not translate to the NBA and I think he knows that. Wife doesn’t want to be too far from family. Blah blah.

I will eat my hat if Hurley leaves UConn for the NBA unless it’s for the the Knicks, Celtics or 76ers. He’s never going out west.

Idk, have a good feeling Wilkerson doesn’t take his other visits.

Any chance we get involved with Lewis?

Was it really? … Respectfully April 7 is turning out to not be such a significant date. Dooming over this comes off very chicken little. Plenty of talent still available. I get being anxious and skeptical. I sort of am too. But I don’t think it’s logical to say fans were being led to believe anything about the roster being built by now… certainly not by Dolson.

People put way too much stock into the idea of Osterman as Dolson’s “mouthpiece.” You can’t attribute everything Osterman says or does to being driven by Dolson. There’s no reason to believe the AD was trying to subliminally reassure fans that the portal would be taken care of before April 7.

Working out really well at Duke. The continuity in recruiting / roster retention was the main reason for the approach Coach K said in an interview. Huss proved himself as a HC the past two years… A++ move by Creighton

SIAP - Huss going back to Creighton as HC in waiting.