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Aaron torres on uconn

Interesting take and I generally like Torres. I think this is more about our offense:
  • Solo wrist
  • Braylon out
  • Reed seems to sleepwalk sometimes
  • Free throws
  • Bad Bunnies

We fix those and we rock. Top 5 Defense shows effort and killer instinct. Making clutch shots is only one part killer instinct. Gotta be healthy and gotta have your shooting touch right.
 
Would love to see some actual analysis to show there is any such thing. Like, sorry, but a "killer instinct" is not needed for a team to win a championship.

I'd also argue that finding a way to elevate their game to beat all the ranked teams they've beaten is a different manifestation of that same "killer instinct"
 
I just think the wording is off. If you want to say “pull away” or “step on their throats,” fine - even “crush their spirits,” though they’re already doing that defensively. They haven’t shown a lack of killer instinct so far.
 
DRBackup said:
Would love to see some actual analysis to show there is any such thing. Like, sorry, but a "killer instinct" is not needed for a team to win a championship.

I'd also argue that finding a way to elevate their game to beat all the ranked teams they've beaten is a different manifestation of that same "killer instinct"
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More often known as the "kill shot", which is going on runs of 10-0 plus to put teams away. Maya tracks it - not something we are strong in, mainly because we don't create offense off defense, which is huge in terms of this stat.
 
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Demary, Karaban & Mullins have the killer instinct.

What I believe Torres essentially is saying is we don't have multiple players with the high energy playmaking to continuously rip your soul out. We aren't going to put together many kill shots this year or go on crazy runs. We aren't going to demoralize a team in terms of physical domination or gas a team out while running the fast break.

We are the slow drip of pain that just continues to fester.

We are built much differently this year, and unfortunately our second unit has performed a bit lesser than we hoped. But, with all the injuries, getting everyone's best shot, and the refs starting to eat their whistles more as we get into big east play, I'm still quite pleased. I'm just not willing to put as much money on this team now as I was in 2024, lol.
 
HuskyFich said:
Demary, Karaban & Mullins have the killer instinct.

What I believe Torres essentially is saying is we don't have multiple players with the high energy playmaking to continuously rip your soul out. We aren't going to put together many kill shots this year or go on crazy runs. We aren't going to demoralize a team in terms of physical domination or gas a team out while running the fast break.

We are the slow drip of pain that just continues to fester.

We are built much differently this year, and unfortunately our second unit has performed a bit lesser than we hoped. But, with all the injuries, getting everyone's best shot, and the refs starting to eat their whistles more as we get into big east play, I'm still quite pleased. I'm just not willing to put as much money on this team now as I was in 2024, lol.
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2023 - Cirque De Soleil
2024 - King Kong
2026 - Death by a 1000 Paper Cuts

All very different teams.
 
Lafayette said:
Interesting take and I generally like Torres. I think this is more about our offense:
  • Solo wrist
  • Braylon out
  • Reed seems to sleepwalk sometimes
  • Free throws
  • Bad Bunnies

We fix those and we rock. Top 5 Defense shows effort and killer instinct. Making clutch shots is only one part killer instinct. Gotta be healthy and gotta have your shooting touch right.
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The 3-5 bullets are all characteristics of teams lacking consistent focus and a lack of killer instinct.
 
I read something about Geno and last year's woman's team. Basically it said that the W BB basketball team had some losses midseason because Geno was coaching them to be good in March, not to be good in January.

Dan Hurley's teams consistently seemed to play at their best in March. I don't love our inability to put away dramatically inferior opponents at this stage of the season, but maybe we just need to trust the process..
 


We get an A, but Greggy says it's about to become a D. A bit after 5 minutes. This guy looks for any chance to poopoo the Huskies.
 
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Lafayette said:
Interesting take and I generally like Torres. I think this is more about our offense:
  • Solo wrist
  • Braylon out
  • Reed seems to sleepwalk sometimes
  • Free throws
  • Bad Bunnies

We fix those and we rock. Top 5 Defense shows effort and killer instinct. Making clutch shots is only one part killer instinct. Gotta be healthy and gotta have your shooting touch right.
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Bad Bunny is the Super Bowl show
 
aboogieee said:
I just think the wording is off. If you want to say “pull away” or “step on their throats,” fine - even “crush their spirits,” though they’re already doing that defensively. They haven’t shown a lack of killer instinct so far.
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If anything, it’s been pretty impressive the way our guys continually step up at the end of games.

They’ve made some pretty tough/clutch baskets during this stretch to close these games out.
 
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There’s a reason Hurleys teams have peaked in March/april. They don’t run all of their sets and variations of those sets until it really counts. In addition it’s not because the offense is broken right now, it’s because players are missing open shots. If ball and karaban shoot their career averages the past few games they are blowouts. All this negativity is mind blowing.
 
husky429 said:
Teams that lack killer instinct don't have 16 game win streaks.
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Maybe the team is just a little bit bored after the non conference ? They were bored @ PC, but realized they were about to lose and woke up.
 
It is extremely likely that we are somewhere between the 5th and 15th best team in the country that played an extremely well put together schedule and have done well in close games.
 
auror said:
It is extremely likely that we are somewhere between the 5th and 15th best team in the country that played an extremely well put together schedule and have done well in close games.
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But, we could be even higher than 5th. This team is a mystery at the moment.
 
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We didn't play well vs Arizona in that game. Reed/Mullins were out, and crowd was kinda quiet. Towards the end of the game the team was waking up and took the lead only to lose it . Lacked rebounding and that did us in . I would claim we played that game kinda like we've been playing recently .

Get this team healthy, develop offensive chemistry and we can beat everybody.
 
I think our pace (this squad) is not conducive to blow outs unless we're shooting at a high percentage. We are methodical and at times plodders, mainly running half court sets.

Prior championship teams would supplement the same offense with a running/speed game. Andre Jackson running fast breaks was a thing of beauty. Tristan would also run the fast break to perfection. 6 point leads would multiply to double digits almost instantly.

This team even with the offensive advantage will slow it down at half court. It's working great and we're winning. My concern with such half court focus could we comeback from a 2nd half double digit deficit without a good fast break offense.

I'm still looking for that player who utilizes the outlet pass after rebound leading transition baskets. It's like we don't have a need for speed.
 
And another thing, Mr. Torres: Last year's squad was clearly inferior to this one, on both sides of the ball, and especially at point guard (arguably the most important position in the tournament). They weren't even in the same league defensively, and yet Hurley brought them within one possession of taking down the eventual national champion. Yeah, that was in the second round. But this year's team won't see that level of competition until the sweet sixteen at least. I like our chances.
 
Kitaman said:
I think our pace (this squad) is not conducive to blow outs unless we're shooting at a high percentage. We are methodical and at times plodders, mainly running half court sets.

Prior championship teams would supplement the same offense with a running/speed game. Andre Jackson running fast breaks was a thing of beauty. Tristan would also run the fast break to perfection. 6 point leads would multiply to double digits almost instantly.

This team even with the offensive advantage will slow it down at half court. It's working great and we're winning. My concern with such half court focus could we comeback from a 2nd half double digit deficit without a good fast break offense.

I'm still looking for that player who utilizes the outlet pass after rebound leading transition baskets. It's like we don't have a need for speed.
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Some of that is just rebounding. We had a stretch where we ran more and then we went away from it and I suspect it's because we struggled to secure clean defensive rebounds and look up court. We really should look to push the pace when we can because teams soft press us to limit how much time we have to run our offense. That means they aren't rushing back on D and would be vulnerable.
 
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