Recent content by tzznandrew

Imagine being a 1-seed and being heavy favorites and then dropped Calhoun's final game to an 8-seed Syracuse: only you hate them 100x more than us because they have more titles and are more historically prestigious. Those three losses to UConn were tough, but that has to be the worst...

One of those bizarre what-ifs that, in the pre-2008 UConn era plagued us, but for the last 18 years has gone our way. The S16 game was a 8-seed UNC and the E8 game was a 7-seed Tulsa. I like that (healthy) team's chances.

Sanogo was amazing. But he—and our offense—was enhanced by having a lob-threat off the bench. 2024 had that same dynamic, but more on defense (drop vs. hedge), and it the difference helped. I feel like Reed might have been even better if defenses had to prep for different styles to split their...

We also just need someone who can catch lobs, even just in change of pace situations. It really hurt the offense's ability to get to the rim because they could commit and recover much easier with both Reed and Reibe than with Clingan or Johnson. You can have a meaningful big be below the rim...

Cadeau consistently pushed Silas in the back and there was no call. Silas reached in and got tagged for that 3FT thing in the beginning. Smart play, but cheap, and then he got Silas trapped under the hoop for his second. Neither of those were on the refs. It was the others, in the second half...

No. I meant to quote an Excalibur post about Mara's impact. Don't know why your's was there when I ended up posting. No intent to invalidate your opinion. I don't know that I remember two flagrants on one possession, but given what we watched, I'd not be surprised.

Cam Spencer wasn't our first choice. We don't win that title without anyone but him from the portal. And I think Hurley is just as good a talent evaluator as May. Sometimes it is just luck.

And, AK played 40 minutes. If he had a little rest, he might have hit it. No shame in this game.

Reed was 4/12. That's because of Mara.

There are very reasonable things for us to complain about. At the same time, the complexion of the game is different with a healthy Yaxel. Also, give that dude his props. His defense really bothered us even if his offense was obviously hampered.

I mean, that was a consistent theme. They were the better team, genuinely, but there were still moments that could have flipped, and that was one. A difficult turn of events given how it felt it was being called elsewhere. The margin was small, which means we could point to probably two calls...

Lendebert was not good on offense, but his length really did help them on defense. I don't think they win without him, even limited. The less I say about Cadeau, the better.

I felt we left points on the board. But credit to Michigan because they shot from the line like 2014 UConn. If they didn't, really good chance we win that game.

They three-peat with Flagg. Oh well.

To be fair, that was a UConn strength that year with KO and Sheffer as dual PGs. You go out playing your game. Makes sense. That's why it's an odd suggestion for this team: they don't run, so you'd be trying to beat Michigan at Michigan's game and eschewing your own game to do that.