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A Look at St. John's Since Our Last Matchup

Kemba15 said:
I know we all fear this match-up and rightly so. But there's a bit of a false narrative of how amazing St. Johns has been playing of late. They were losing to Xavier on the road before a big 2H, were down 15 in the 2H at home vs. Seton Hall, needed OT at home to beat Xavier, were trailing late in the 2H vs. Marquette, and were tied with Providence at home when the fight happened. They crushed Creighton at home; we crushed them by the same amount on the road.

To be clear, yes, they're playing better than us, but it's not like they've looked amazing every game or even most of them.
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Let's make sure we're winning by halftime and then just cancel the second half. 😄

It's not like we have had our share of close and overtime wins.

Can't discount their impressive long winning streak. With that said, all I want is to finish the game with at least one more point than them. I don't really care by how many points we beat them by. Just beat them!
 
Kemba15 said:
I know we all fear this match-up and rightly so. But there's a bit of a false narrative of how amazing St. Johns has been playing of late. They were losing to Xavier on the road before a big 2H, were down 15 in the 2H at home vs. Seton Hall, needed OT at home to beat Xavier, were trailing late in the 2H vs. Marquette, and were tied with Providence at home when the fight happened. They crushed Creighton at home; we crushed them by the same amount on the road.

To be clear, yes, they're playing better than us, but it's not like they've looked amazing every game or even most of them.
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Thank you!! They have certainly looked beatable.
 
Has UConn done any pregame interviews for this game? I can't seem to find any.
 
RuffRuff said:
I can't disagree with that, I'm just saying I'm not sure the makeup of this team has changed drastically.

I'm also not sure how great a QB Silas is. I think he's a very talented PG, but I haven't really seen him assume the QB role with all that much depth yet. He's a great defender, and much better athlete than Newton, but he doesn't quite run the floor like Newton did, yet.
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Newton was special but Is Silas surrounded by Donovan Clingan the way Newton was? You think that factors in? Silas is our best player with double doubles, triple doubles, he makes the 3, drives, defends. His assist numbers are amazing. I surely appreciate his talent and our team would be middle pack BE without him.
 
jibsey said:
Newton was special but Is Silas surrounded by Donovan Clingan the way Newton was? You think that factors in? Silas is our best player with double doubles, triple doubles, he makes the 3, drives, defends. His assist numbers are amazing. I surely appreciate his talent and our team would be middle pack BE without him.
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Silas is a home run transfer portal pickup. For tomorrow's game he will need help. He cannot be the only one tasked with breaking the pressure that St. John's will bring.
 
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gsmooth said:
Silas is a home run transfer portal pickup. For tomorrow's game he will need help. He cannot be the only one tasked with breaking the pressure that St. John's will bring.
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Do we play Smith with him for some stretches? It’s games like this I really miss having 3 ball handlers like Tnew, Cam and Steph
 
jibsey said:
Newton was special but Is Silas surrounded by Donovan Clingan the way Newton was? You think that factors in? Silas is our best player with double doubles, triple doubles, he makes the 3, drives, defends. His assist numbers are amazing. I surely appreciate his talent and our team would be middle pack BE without him.
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Can't disagree. Of course the players around factor in. They're very different players. Newt was cool/collective, more of a director, saw over the defense. Silas is more of a bulldog.
 
RuffRuff said:
Can't disagree. Of course the players around factor in. They're very different players. Newt was cool/collective, more of a director, saw over the defense. Silas is more of a bulldog.
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He’s plenty cool. 43.3% from 3 is cool.
 
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RuffRuff said:
I'm honestly suprised the coaching staff allows him to keep doing it.

Saw a mock this AM with Mullins at 25 to the Nuggets. Wouldn't be a bad place for him to go, but would he leave for 25?

Mullins is unique player - I can't say I can think of a comp for him either in UConn lore or NBA. I think we've talked about a taller Reed Sheppard, but not even sure that applies. From a style perspective, not sure what he is exactly.
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I think right now the best comp is Hawk. Maybe if he stayed two more years Ray Allen.
 
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Palatine said:
Ray scored 20 points off the bench in his first college game.
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Yeah and Mullins missed the scoring bump he might have had playing in the early season cupcake games. Mullins is averaging 12.3/3.5/2.2/0.9 (Pts/RBs/Ast/St) in 26 minutes starting while Ray averaged 12.6/4.6/1.4/1.1 in 22 minutes off the bench. Very comparable
 
Palatine said:
Ray scored 20 points off the bench in his first college game.
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Braylon in his second collegiate game scored 17 and sealed the game in Phogg Allen Fieldhouse

Freshman stats are also eerily similar
 

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