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I don't care how undermanned we are - stop playing zone. You can't play zone and play UConn basketball. Screw it!
You can't play man with 6-7 scholarships players. It sucks I know. Houston is the wrong team to zone but you have no choice when you are this undermanned. Hard to believe you can't see that.I don't care how undermanned we are - stop playing zone. You can't play zone and play UConn basketball. Screw it!
The major problem is that we have guys on the floor that are not D1 players.
At the risk of lending credence to the Chief, I don't know if it's the zone defense, comfort with losing, or something else, but it feels like Boat was the last guy we had who played with classic UConn toughness and pride.
UConn had a lot more HS All-Americans on its roster than Houston did. Four of the seven guys who played today for UConn were National Top 100 recruits. Plus a legit defensive center.
Houston dreams of recruiting that well.
Quite frankly, it's bigger than winning this one game and in fact we lost it by 20 points. It's about setting the culture and expectations. You need to think more strategically.These comments are ridiculous. I'm not making excuses but if I was going to imagine RP playing the point, I would have thought we were in another six OT game. The only shot we had at winning was to keep it close in the first half and turn up the defensive pressure in the 2nd half hoping there was no foul problem. Guess what... we scored 11 and the best rim protector in the conference was yet again sitting on the sidelines when they made a run to put the game out of reach. It doesn't matter if your name is Calhoun, Popovich or Wooden... the Huskies were not winning that game with those players today.
At the risk of lending credence to the Chief, I don't know if it's the zone defense, comfort with losing, or something else, but it feels like Boat was the last guy we had who played with classic UConn toughness and pride.
You dont think Adams plays with toughness?
He may be the only one. That sort of attitude and toughness seems to be the exception, rather than the rule though lately.
Yeah that 30-4 (14-2 in the Big East with 6 ranked teams) sure was a WTF squad (sarcasm)...and the 24-9 (13-5 in the Big East) 2008 team is one I'm glad we don't have now. Who wants that kind of failure especially the year before a final four run..I'm not sure I'd call 2010 a wtf year either. Coming off a Final Four and a year before a national championship I'll live with an 18-16 reload. So please spare me the comparisons to Calhoun. This program has quickly become a fraction of what it was under JC. In culture and reputation and in results.yeah but i dont think the 06' team would be defined by toughness or playing with pride. Calhoun had some wtf teams too, the 06', 08', 2010', teams
Yeah that 30-4 (14-2 in the Big East with 6 ranked teams) sure was a WTF squad (sarcasm)...and the 24-9 (13-5 in the Big East) 2008 team is one I'm glad we don't have now. Who wants that kind of failure especially the year before a final four run..I'm not sure I'd call 2010 a wtf year either. Coming off a Final Four and a year before a national championship I'll live with an 18-16 reload. So please spare me the comparisons to Calhoun. This program has quickly become a fraction of what it was under JC. In culture and reputation and in results.
I'll trade you Amida Brimah and Rodney Purvis for Rob Gray and Chicken Knowles any day of the week. Maybe even a 2 for 1 of waiter guy.UConn had a lot more HS All-Americans on its roster than Houston did. Four of the seven guys who played today for UConn were National Top 100 recruits. Plus a legit defensive center.
Houston dreams of recruiting that well.
UConn had a lot more HS All-Americans on its roster than Houston did. Four of the seven guys who played today for UConn were National Top 100 recruits. Plus a legit defensive center.
Houston dreams of recruiting that well.