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Turned into the James Boutnight show but a tough loss, as he goes so will UConn. We definitely belong towards the top of this conference talent wise. James is definitely our leader. It’s funny how just a couple months ago there was debate about who the leader would be.
Give Creighton credit, very well coached team. They knew where the double was coming from and made UConn pay early on. In the second half we doubled less and the defense was better. The UConn guards did a good job defensively on their point guard.
The energy level looked really poor at the beginning but warmed up toward the end of the first half. It’s clear that Cole can’t break a good defense down off the dribble so unless someone posts well with a high low pass or Boutnight gets hot, we are in trouble given our poor three point shooting.
Fortunately, Boutnight caught fire and that's when our offense looked good because it’s individual talent and not reliant on a system that appears not to work or is it that anyone else can’t finish it off with an outside shot?
The other players get their confidence off of James. Chief thought Josh had some good moments. Whaley, Martin and Sanogo had their moments. The guards did a good job on Creighton’s point as stated earlier.
Good foul shooting the second half and only a few bad fouls helped UConn’s cause. Big job by Gaffney from the foul line towards the end of FT’s during regulation and on a FG in OT. Cole missed two big FT’s ones in contrast.Good basketball by both teams late in Chief’s opinion. Cole though had some bad plays late.
Tough loss. Lesson here, come out with more fire. More individual shooting practice. We are better on defense when we double by surprise not predictably and often. Whaley fouling out hurt too. Run better offense in overtime. We need another scoring option besides James.
Give Creighton credit, very well coached team. They knew where the double was coming from and made UConn pay early on. In the second half we doubled less and the defense was better. The UConn guards did a good job defensively on their point guard.
The energy level looked really poor at the beginning but warmed up toward the end of the first half. It’s clear that Cole can’t break a good defense down off the dribble so unless someone posts well with a high low pass or Boutnight gets hot, we are in trouble given our poor three point shooting.
Fortunately, Boutnight caught fire and that's when our offense looked good because it’s individual talent and not reliant on a system that appears not to work or is it that anyone else can’t finish it off with an outside shot?
The other players get their confidence off of James. Chief thought Josh had some good moments. Whaley, Martin and Sanogo had their moments. The guards did a good job on Creighton’s point as stated earlier.
Good foul shooting the second half and only a few bad fouls helped UConn’s cause. Big job by Gaffney from the foul line towards the end of FT’s during regulation and on a FG in OT. Cole missed two big FT’s ones in contrast.Good basketball by both teams late in Chief’s opinion. Cole though had some bad plays late.
Tough loss. Lesson here, come out with more fire. More individual shooting practice. We are better on defense when we double by surprise not predictably and often. Whaley fouling out hurt too. Run better offense in overtime. We need another scoring option besides James.