2018 offseason thread

[UtahsMrSports]

Didn't see a thread for general offseason stuff, but per a tweet from Bill, Sed Barefield is working out for the Lakers today which implies that he has declared for the draft. Very smart decision on his part.

[Mormon Red Death]

Doutrive changed his name to Vante Hendrix

Vante Hendrix(formerly Devante Doutrive – 6’5’’/190/G)

https://twitter.com/Vante_Hendrix14/status/993187893886648320?s=19

[UBlender]

Doutrive changed his name to Vante Hendrix

Vante Hendrix(formerly Devante Doutrive – 6’5’’/190/G)

https://twitter.com/Vante_Hendrix14/status/993187893886648320?s=19

This is good, I never figured out how to pronounce Doutrive.

[Dwight Schr-Ute]

Interesting stuff from Larry.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/becdad5dbc14b6e0402791a873b51d92.jpg

https://247sports.com/college/utah/Article/Krystkowiak-Utah-to-be-a-very-different-team-next-season-118866617/Amp#click=https://t.co/GRqHp233fM



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[sancho]

Interesting stuff from Larry.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/becdad5dbc14b6e0402791a873b51d92.jpg

https://247sports.com/college/utah/Article/Krystkowiak-Utah-to-be-a-very-different-team-next-season-118866617/Amp#click=https://t.co/GRqHp233fM



I like that. Thanks.

It's a rite of passage for a Utah basketball coach to say he's gonna put the run back in runnin' utes.

[Applejack]

I like that. Thanks.

It's a rite of passage for a Utah basketball coach to say he's gonna put the run back in runnin' utes.

"This year we are going to utilize our tight ends more"

[Dwight Schr-Ute]

"This year we are going to utilize our tight ends more"

LOL. My first thought was, Jayce isn’t on the team anymore?!?!

Every time that kid runs, it looks like it’s the first time.


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[snafu]

"This year we are going to utilize our tight ends more"

Well done. Bravo!!

[SoCalPat]

I like that. Thanks.

It's a rite of passage for a Utah basketball coach to say he's gonna put the run back in runnin' utes.

That bar ain't very high to clear. Utah in adjusted tempo under Larry, per Pomeroy

2018: 299
2017: 142 (I cannot give an explanation for this outlier. Anyone?)
2016: 305
2015: 328
2014: 230
2013: 304
2012: 322

Part of the reason Larry says this every year is that nobody challenges on him when he says it.

[sancho]

Part of the reason Larry says this every year is that nobody challenges on him when he says it.

Why would we want someone to challenge him on it, though?

I guess 2017 was Poeltl's senior year, right? He was built to run. That's all I got for explanation.

[SoCalPat]

Why would we want someone to challenge him on it, though?

I guess 2017 was Poeltl's senior year, right? He was built to run. That's all I got for explanation.

Results being equal, who wouldn't want to see games in the 80s and 90s as opposed to the 60s and 70s (or 50s)? And I don't like it when coaches blow smoke up the fanbase's collective ass. It reminds me of when Urban Meyer said the team that gets a block in the kicking game wins 90 percent of the time. I love Urb, but that's a bullshit stat made up on the spot, with almost no correlation between the two.

2017 was Kuzma's senior year, not Poeltl's, but we did have Bonam in the backcourt, and he was most definitely a push-the-ball type player. Like you with Poeltl, I originally had Bonam's senior year off by a season when I typed what I did about that season.

[Dwight Schr-Ute]

Well both of you so called fans are wrong! Kuzma or Poeltl never had senior seasons.

[DrumNFeather]

It's official. Reid Travis is heading to Kentucky.

[Scorcho]

It's official. Reid Travis is heading to Kentucky.

clearly an AKADEMIC move

I guess facing him once is better than twice

[Dwight Schr-Ute]

Utah guard Vante Hendrix -- formerly Devante Doutrive (https://247sports.com/Player/Devante-Doutrive-94490) (his name change took place this offseason) -- has been projected by former Stanford standout and current Pac-12 television analyst Casey Jacobson as the Utes’ next starting shooting guard. Josh Gershon, a national recruiting analyst for 247Sports, described Hendrix as having all-conference upside.

https://247sports.com/college/utah/Article/Vante-Hendrix-adds-new-name-potential-to-Utah-hoops-119401795/

[Dwight Schr-Ute]

Twenty minute interview with Krystowiak.

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[Dwight Schr-Ute]

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[sancho]

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I can't do that.

With an almost entirely new roster, I should have pretty low expectations. I can't do it, though. I think this team will be good.

[justaute]

First, that's very good hand-eye coordination. Second, for a 6'2" guy to do that, that's some serious explosiveness.

[Old Standing ute]

Can you download the recent tweet from Both Gach—showing him dunking after passing to himself off backboard?

CJ4 & Gach paired with Sedrick at 1/2 guard will be athletic/shooting combo.

I recently talked to Both—he is really well-spoken & driven to be a professional BB player. Left his home in Minnesota & twin brother his senior year of high school to go to prep school in AZ, so “he could focus on BB & his grades”.

Don’t know what to expect from this year’s team, but they should be fun to watch.

[snafu]

Can you download the recent tweet from Both Gach—showing him dunking after passing to himself off backboard?

CJ4 & Gach paired with Sedrick at 1/2 guard will be athletic/shooting combo.

I recently talked to Both—he is really well-spoken & driven to be a professional BB player. Left his home in Minnesota & twin brother his senior year of high school to go to prep school in AZ, so “he could focus on BB & his grades”.

Don’t know what to expect from this year’s team, but they should be fun to watch.

Who do you think starts for this team?

Barefield
Hendrix
Allen
Tillman
Jayce

[LA Ute]

Can you download the recent tweet from Both Gach—showing him dunking after passing to himself off backboard?

CJ4 & Gach paired with Sedrick at 1/2 guard will be athletic/shooting combo.

I recently talked to Both—he is really well-spoken & driven to be a professional BB player. Left his home in Minnesota & twin brother his senior year of high school to go to prep school in AZ, so “he could focus on BB & his grades”.

Don’t know what to expect from this year’s team, but they should be fun to watch.

Like.

[UTEopia]

Who do you think starts for this team?

Barefield
Hendrix
Allen
Tillman
Jayce

Jayce
Tillman
Hendrix
Jones
Barefield

[UtahsMrSports]

Starting 5
Barefield
Jones
Hendrix
Tillman
Johnson

Second 5
Gach
PVD
Allen
Battin
Topalovic

Final 3
Thioune
Popoola
Gaskin

[snafu]

Starting 5
Barefield
Jones
Hendrix
Tillman
Johnson

Second 5
Gach
PVD
Allen
Battin
Topalovic

Final 3
Thioune
Popoola
Gaskin

No argument here. A lot of flexibility here that the coaches can work with.

[Old Standing ute]

More “good” players on the roster than they have had for a long time—no mater who the last 3 are, they are decent & might see minutes.
Tillman looks & carries himself like a leader.
Battle between Hendrix, Allen & Gach—all 4* recruits, to start will be fun to watch.

[UBlender]

More “good” players on the roster than they have had for a long time—no mater who the last 3 are, they are decent & might see minutes.
Tillman looks & carries himself like a leader.
Battle between Hendrix, Allen & Gach—all 4* recruits, to start will be fun to watch.

This is how I see it. Barefield, Jones, Tillman and Jayce starting with a battle for the last spot between Hendrix, Allen and Gach. Maybe a chance Battin starts at the 4 if Tillman's shot is improved enough to play the 3. Maybe even a slight chance Larry slides PVD in there as a glue guy (which would really piss some people off).

[U-Ute]

Here you go.

I asked him at Fan Fest who the best dunker was. He replied “come to Meet The Running Utes Night and see”.

So they’re working on it.

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[LA Ute]

Here you go.

I asked him at Fan Fest who the best dunker was. He replied “come to Meet The Running Utes Night and see”.

So they’re working on it.

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When was the last time we had a guy with that size (6’7”) and that kind of athleticism?


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[UTEopia]

When was the last time we had a guy with that size (6’7”) and that kind of athleticism?


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Danny Vranes?

[hostile]

Danny Vranes?
That’s who I thought of.

[SeattleUte]

That’s who I thought of.

He used to do backwards allyooop dunks. I remember a Sport Magazine (does that exists anymore?) article, when Danny was in the NBA, titled “white guys who jump like black guys,” and Danny was the top one identified. (Don’t kill the messenger, I know the title isn’t PC. I didn’t write it.)

[LA Ute]

Danny Vranes?

I thought of him too. I remember the article SU cites. I think it was called "White Guys Who Play Black." I still don't recall Danny making the crazy athletic move we saw on the clip of Both.

EDIT: But I sure had a lot of fun watching him. I was a student then and attended every home game he played in.

[SoCalPat]

When was the last time we had a guy with that size (6’7”) and that kind of athleticism?


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Bryant Markson?

[Utebiquitous]

Coincidentally, I recently sat with Danny at a baseball game - our sons played on the same Babe Ruth team. I'd told my sons a few Vranes memories as we went to and from games. I asked Danny that day if the rumor I'd heard when he was at Skyline High and Utah was true - "Could you touch the top of the backboard?" He replied that he could not but that he could touch the top of the square and get just a few inches from the top of the backboard while at Utah.

Danny's son is a good baseball player - plays third, catch and can pitch a little. His favorite sport is volleyball - apparently, he's getting pretty good. He's played basketball but it doesn't appear to be the sport he'll pursue in high school. Danny's a role model parent - positive and supportive of his son and the team's he plays on. He still looks like he'd only need a few weeks to get ready for a professional season - although, he looks like a tight end now.

[concerned]

I asked Danny that day if the rumor I'd heard when he was at Skyline High and Utah was true - "Could you touch the top of the backboard?"

I thought for sure you were referring to the rumor that he did not go to BYU because his gf was pregnant.

[SeattleUte]

Coincidentally, I recently sat with Danny at a baseball game - our sons played on the same Babe Ruth team. I'd told my sons a few Vranes memories as we went to and from games. I asked Danny that day if the rumor I'd heard when he was at Skyline High and Utah was true - "Could you touch the top of the backboard?" He replied that he could not but that he could touch the top of the square and get just a few inches from the top of the backboard while at Utah.

Danny's son is a good baseball player - plays third, catch and can pitch a little. His favorite sport is volleyball - apparently, he's getting pretty good. He's played basketball but it doesn't appear to be the sport he'll pursue in high school. Danny's a role model parent - positive and supportive of his son and the team's he plays on. He still looks like he'd only need a few weeks to get ready for a professional season - although, he looks like a tight end now.

Danny and I have a nephew who’s on the Ute Lacrosse team, a sophomore. He’s not a basketball player, but at 6-4 and can dunk from flat footed beneath the rim.

[UtahsMrSports]

Lahat Thioune out 3-4 months with an injury, per Brett Borg of Utezone.

[Dwight Schr-Ute]

Lahat Thioune out 3-4 months with an injury, per Brett Borg of Utezone.

Did Jayce hurt his foot, too? This picture from a day ago shows something going on.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181014/820e01d24caa4ec095877e6d18f376b0.jpg


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[UtahsMrSports]

Yep. He *should* be good to go around the start of the season.

[chrisrenrut]

Did Jayce hurt his foot, too? This picture from a day ago shows something going on.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181014/820e01d24caa4ec095877e6d18f376b0.jpg


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Hopefully it’s note something specific to Under Armour Shoes. The last pair of UA basketball shoes I used gave me plantar facitis.

[Old Standing ute]

Too bad about Lahat, he is better than people think. He is a solid 6'10", but can run & jump like a smaller person. He would have been a big help rebounding & guarding the rim.