Calling the UConn Huskies’ 2016-17 season tumultuous would be an understatement.
In November, UConn lost two key players — Alterique Gilbert and Terry Larrier — to season-ending injuries.
After finishing 16-17, three players opted to transfer, two key frontcourt players graduated, a coach departed the staff and the program’s top recruit asked to be released from his Letter of Intent so he could go elsewhere.
That’s not the type of season they’re used to up in Storrs, Conn., where the Huskies have won four NCAA championships since 1999.
“Coach [Kevin] Ollie, we met and he we took some time and one of the things he constantly talked about was identifying what a UConn man was, identifying how we wanted to play and we also talked a lot about culture and trying to figure out the right guys that were going to fit,” UConn assistant Dwayne Killings said on The 4 Quarters Podcast.