Who are these guys?

SPORTING GOODS

If anyone caught UConn's opening b-ball game on Friday night, you probably saw a group of fantastic athletes that don't shoot particulcarly well, and who don't seem to have any cohesion.

They were lucky to hold on to beat Quinnipiac, doing it on sheer will and athleticism, but as I watched I kept waiting for guys that I know to check into the game.

Eventually I stopped waiting.

Here are the guys who returned from last year:
Jeff Adrien
Craig Austrie
Marcus Johnson (no, not Williams)
Rob Garrison
Ben Spencer
Marty Gagne

So basically 3 guys who got any sort of minutes last year, and only one who was meaningfully contributing by year's end. They've got some fantastic freshmen, including a 7'3" beast who will be very fun to watch. And they finally have A.J. Price, who I think is pushing 30 at this point. Insert laptop joke here, but don't forget this guy also redshirted a year to injury/life-threatening illness even before that.

It should be fun to watch this team grow and get better as a team. It will definitely be one of Calhoun's finer accomplishments if he can have this team competing for the Big East title and getting to the Sweet 16 and beyond.