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Message: [QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 5226924, member: 9355"] This post hits the bullseye. Think about it, DePaul gave Creighton a tougher match than UConn. Both UConn and Creighton are good solid teams but far from great, nothing more. I am still seeing the same issues with this team that I saw in Maui. They might occur less, but those issues are still there such as not being able to stop the ball and keep the ball handler in front of you, terrible help defense and rotations, and not communicating and switching well, lack of ballhandlers to break pressure or breakdown a defense in the halfcourt offense, etc. Due to some misses on roster construction the margin for error was always thin. If Hassan was healthy without the knee tendinitis, this team would be better, but not great. But with Hass hurt, it exposes the lack of depth at PG and more than uses up any thin margin for error they had. McNeeley's 1-month absence did, too. Everyone keeps talking about Florida-UConn, but UConn is going to have a tough game against Oklahoma. Oklahoma's strengths attack. UConn weaknesses and get to FT stripe often. Jalon Moore is the type of player Karaban usually struggles with. UConn is so sensitive to any team's ability to shoot 3s that they overreact in getting spread out so easily that they barely help on dribble penetration and they allow 1-on-1 play in the paint. The Providence game at Gampel this year really showed this. UConn has to exploit the size advantage they have with Reed Jr. and Sampson as OU has no rim protection. Outrebounding OU is a must and using their offense to slow down the game so OU can't run and is forced to expend more energy playing defense will be necessary, too. [/QUOTE]

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