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Message: [QUOTE="zls44, post: 2488339, member: 32"] [URL="http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-men-auburn-1224-story.html"]UConn Blown Out At Auburn In Dismal Performance, 89-64[/URL] “They go on a 16-0 run, and there were a bunch of 3s,” coach Kevin Olie said, “but there were unforced errors by us, turnovers, ill-advised shots. We’ve got to play for the UConn jersey, we’ve got to play with some pride and some fight. That 16-0 took the fight out of us.” ... “We just didn’t have energy from the jump," said Antwoine Anderson, who went 0-for-10 from the floor. "We’ve got to be tougher and have more heart. We can’t let people punch us in the mouth like that and not respond." ... "It’s hard to cover the 3-point line if we don’t stay in front of our man on one-on-one defense," Jalen Adams said, "because then they drive and kick out to open shooters. So we've got to lock in on defense." ... "[Auburn] fights for every rebound, every offensive possession," Ollie said. "They can be small, but they’ve got a lot of heart. That’s what we’ve got to force ourselves to do. It’s not about the size, it’s about the toughness. We’ve got to get better in that area.They’re athletic and they're a physical team, but we can’t get pushed around the way we did.” ... "When we get back [home], everybody’s just got to get a reality check," Adams said, "look themselves in the mirror and know their strengths and weaknesses. We’ve got to lock in defensively, and let our defense create our offense. Once we get stops, the floor will open up and we can play offensively. We can’t worry about our offense first." [/QUOTE]

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