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Great win today. Is there anyone who didn't think Seton Hall would make it difficult? Hines was a monster down low, they shot 9-18 from 3, 8-9 from the free throw line, and were tough on defense and the boards- hallmarks of Holloway and the Hall. Coming off the lopsided win vs. St. John's and...

The scary thing about this game is the Huskies shot poorly from 3 and had a bunch of shots go in and out. They could have easily scored in the 80's. They did everything I said they needed to do to win this game. Great energy and effort, just tough but smart basketball.

Has UConn done any pregame interviews for this game? I can't seem to find any.

If the Huskies limit TO's as @Glastonhusky said, it will be a BIG plus. Last time around the Red Storm generated 20 points off UConn's 15 TO's. Ouch. Another key is to play tough but smart, disciplined defense so as not to commit a lot of fouls and put them at the line excessively. And, of...

As someone already pointed out, at least 3-4 of them were the result of uncalled fouls.

Yes, bench production may have made the difference tonight with a combined 22 points and 9 rebounds. Also, a less than healthy AK helped and did not hurt us tonight.

We actually won the free throw battle: 11-13 vs. 9-14 and outrebounded them 32-18. We need to keep that up. We cannot allow St. John's to bait us into over-fouling on Wednesday. The Huskies have to play tough but disciplined defense.

Maybe it's time to try Koroma along with Tarris for a few minutes and see how it goes.

I agree. As much as I respect and appreciate Alex, the fact is he is a liability if he is hurt to the point he is unable to perform to the necessary standard.

I'm sure that's true but many of our turnovers have been unforced and due to sloppy passes and ball-handling, so I'll take the 5 TO's as one of the few positives from this game and hope it's the start of a trend.

FREE THROWS: Creighton 27-32 / UConn 11-18 😐

Absolutely right. How many games did we think they would squeak by what are supposed to be lesser opponents before it caught up with them? It all starts with defense, and the defense tonight was atrocious. Tied at 45 at the half, I figured we would suffocate them in the 2nd half and pull away...

Richard Pitino has his team playing hard.

Looking anything but bulletproof, but we'll take the gutted out win. Will these type of wins lead to wins against the better teams? Will we beat St. John's in the rematch and sweep Villanova? And how will we fare in the post season? This team leaves us with lots of questions. Right now I am...

It's not shocking that he said it. A few weeks ago he said UConn had no weaknesses. At the very least it should give the Huskies even greater motivation to get that part of their game fixed. Pitino holds no secrets regarding his strategy is to get UConn and other teams to fall into their trap so...