2008 club: 24-9

[Dave Carlson]

is current club similar to that club which lost in round 1? or similar to 2012 club (20-14) which lost in round 1?[/quote

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Actually most similar to the club that struck you in the head repeatedly as a child: large but moves easily and capable of inflicting terrible damage

 

[Jax Husky]

I'd pay good money to see one of you noodles tell Jeff Adrien to his face that he had no heart

Adrien was a stud. Dyson was a lazy player that would not defend and sulked. Stanley was also not a leader and not a guy to step up to the limelight. "No heart" may not have been the best term, but they were not, as a group, very strong willed.

I am thinking of the right team, no? Lost in the first round to San Diego? That team did folded down the stretch. Not very UConn/Calhoun like at all.

ETA: Looking back through the roster, it was a very young team.

 

[aceboon]

Adrien was a stud. Dyson was a lazy player that would not defend and sulked. Stanley was also not a leader and not a guy to step up to the limelight. "No heart" may not have been the best term, but they were not, as a group, very strong willed.

I am thinking of the right team, no? Lost in the first round to San Diego? That team did folded down the stretch. Not very UConn/Calhoun like at all.

ETA: Looking back through the roster, it was a very young team.

It was a team of sophs and juniors that had to continue to build and make that next step, they were no different than alot of JC's teams that maintained a core group of players for 2-3 years, and they did that the following year with the 09 FF. I think you're forgetting AJP tore his ACL within the first 10 minutes of that USD game, who knows how far they would've made it but there's no way they lose to USD with him. They fell behind but they battled back and took the lead with Dyson being the main catalyst, the USD player just made a ridiculous fade away close to the buzzer.

Sorry, just not a fan of couch warriors throwing around lazy cliches like "no heart" or "lack of will"(that was used in another post yesterday). AJP had his damn brain explode and made it back on the court to be a 2x 1st Team All BE performer, I don't think he was lacking in the "heart" dept.

 

[tzznandrew]

It was a team of sophs and juniors that had to continue to build and make that next step, they were no different than alot of JC's teams that maintained a core group of players for 2-3 years, and they did that the following year with the 09 FF. I think you're forgetting AJP tore his ACL within the first 10 minutes of that USD game, who knows how far they would've made it but there's no way they lose to USD with him. They fell behind but they battled back and took the lead with Dyson being the main catalyst, the USD player just made a ridiculous fade away close to the buzzer.

Sorry, just not a fan of couch warriors throwing around lazy cliches like "no heart" or "lack of will"(that was used in another post yesterday). AJP had his damn brain explode and made it back on the court to be a 2x 1st Team All BE performer, I don't think he was lacking in the "heart" dept.

And the Dyson trash talk is tired, too. The kid lost teeth for us on the court diving after a loose ball on a team that is perhaps the worst UConn-fielded team I can remember (to be fair, freshmen and sophomores only).

 

[DOZE860]

Not sure that comparison works either. That team beat two 1-seeds over the course of the season and made it to the BET finals. They lost in the 2nd round because KEA was hurt.

Well this team, beat THE number 1 overall seed in the tourney so far..as for the rest it has to still play out. both teams have lead guards that have championship experience.. you could argue that the teams 3 pt specialist, this year Calhoun, that year Mourning, didnt live up to expectations from previous year and team suffered dearly from it. Freeman and Daniels are having the same type of year, although that was do to Freeman playing out of position on the perimeter, more than not being strong enough to play down low, as in Daniels case.

 

[CardiacKemba]

Oh, great OP is back. More incredibly insightful questions...