We’re not talking about a leaving a guy in too long who played 37 minutes. We’re talking about 10 minutes. You can’t possibly believe he was “kept in too long” in a game where he played 10 minutes.
Adama played fine but Clingan was a difference-maker tonight.
2-21 on the road against teams that finished in the top half of the conference
Yes I realize that you’re supposed to be under .500 against decent conference teams. And the first few years were cleaning up a mess.
But this is not against the top one or two teams in the conference. It’s...
If we were getting exclusively top 25 recruits like Duke does, I’d agree with you. But 5th year RJ, 5th year Whaley and 4th year Tyrese are likely average or better outcomes than the 50-100 pool we’re fishing in. Put another way I don’t see Floyd, Clingan and Karaban being a materially better...
Unless you think we’re going to start recruiting like Duke, the talent isn’t getting much better than three 5th year seniors, another 4th year senior and a roster chock full of Top 75 recruits. Yes, our seniors all had weaknesses as most players do, but three were very good and experienced...
That’s a straw man, nobody’s saying that. Get to the Sweet 16 at some point in your first five years and stop running your mouth until you do that. That seems like a fair expectation for Hurley and if not his seat should be warm at the end of next year.
The “inherited” excuse is weak. This is his roster. He had 3 guys on this year’s roster that started their college careers 5(!) years ago, another 4th year senior and the rest of the roster is basically all top 75 recruits. That’s more than enough to make it to the second weekend. The...
And what about the legend of Polley as a good shooter despite a now massive sample size saying he’s average at best? He’s also a worse rebounder than our 5-11 PG yet nobody is supposed to wonder if Akok can clear that very low bar.
Polley has a couple loud games each year that skew peoples’ views on his shooting ability. Truth is he’s not a good shooter. He’s an average shooter at best. Last year 49 players in the BE took more than two 3-pointers per game and Polley’s 35.5% was right in the middle of the pack.
He...
Do we need 3 top notch recruiters or would we be better off with a real Xs and Os guy as our 3rd assistant? Maybe I’m mistaken and Tom Moore is that guy but doesn’t seem that way. Even Calhoun after 35 years of coaching experience had Blaney.
If it was “all about me” you wouldn’t be seeing Bouknight at all. He’d be training for his pre-draft workouts with Jalen Johnson from Duke.
Also, you can pinpoint from behind your TV his attitude changes? Amazing.
I have a question about Polley for the stats guys on this board.
His 36.1 3P% this year is 23rd out of 50 Big East players that have taken at least 50 3P. His overall FG% is 70th out of 75 qualify BE players. Yet...his ORtg per Real GM is 9th out of 75 qualifying players. Is the fact that...
This. And then to top it off they’d run another 7 or 8 seconds off the clock with some aimless passes 30 ft from the hoop or by running the weave 5+ feet beyond the 3 pt line. End result was that on many possessions there were only 13 or 14 seconds left on the shot clock before they got within...
I like our assistant coaches - they seem to be great recruiters and really solid guys. But do we need 3 great recruiters or could we live with one less in favor of a very strong Xs and Os / gameplan guy? With the exception of Tom Moore, who worked under the GOAT, it doesn’t look to me like...
The MPG at 165th and Grand Concourse is good. Lately I've been parking at the iPark on Concourse Village West - it's a little less busy IMHO. About a 10 min walk - far enough to avoid all the craziness around the stadium. Make a reservation at either.
If you're going with someone older...
This.
It really only has a chance to work when you have a special talent like Anthony Davis, Karl Anthony-Towns or Zion Williamson. And then it's no guarantee. I wonder if the Dukes of the world would be better off recruiting more from maybe the 10th-50th ranked players - guys who will stay...
Was more that Adams got caught drifting down when Taylor penetrated and ended up in no mans land. Undisciplined mistake, happens with freshmen...esp those that don’t play much.
Agree about this year but he played 14 mins a game last year - much of it in conference play and not vs cupcakes - plenty of time to make his strong defensive numbers significant. And his D passes the eye test - he’s a very good shotblocker and that’s where we’re deficient.
Also, KO...
Agree about tonight. Disagree about basically all the other hysterical criticism people here have of JA. Think I stick up for him a lot because he’s answered the bell for us when he could’ve left even though he hasn’t lived up to expectations (although he’s been our best player for 3 years)...
Could not be more wrong. Small sample size but the eye test backs the blurb below up (from The UConn Blog). He’s got a long wingspan and is quick off the floor.
In fact, he leads the team in Defensive Box Plus-Minus, a metric that measures a player’s defensive impact on the scoring margin. If...
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