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This team is a grinder. Slow, steady, and not stopping. They aren't going to make the kill shots those curb-stomping championship teams made but they can gut a win out against anyone, anywhere.
 
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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Maybe you’re right. But maybe you’re not. Some people find ways to win and vice versa. How many close games did we lose last year and look at all the close games we won this year. That can’t be luck.
 
Our pace is actually a bit slower than Virginia who also runs a long offensive set using 24-28s per play.

Given that, we won't have as many shot attempts as other teams who have more pace. But, since we are #5/#6 defense in the country, we tend to get stops on D so in general if we get more attempts then them, it comes down to shooting pct basically. While we work for high percentage shots, we also have ground down the clock to a last second heave.

Message should be clear from Hurley - execute the offense better and keep up the defensive pressure.
 
jojipoji said:
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.
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Unfortunately Ball has a major problem with his shooting wrist. It really hasn’t gotten better and Hurley said most college players wouldn’t play if they had his wrist issue. Hurley also stated at the start of the season we needed major improvements from Jaden Ross and Jalen Stewart. The last 2 games they COMBINED for 4 points!! That kind of production is awful and puts us in very poor position to win. Thank god for Reibe and Smith or we would have lost the last game
 
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Slick said:
Unfortunately Ball has a major problem with his shooting wrist. It really hasn’t gotten better and Hurley said most college players wouldn’t play if they had his wrist issue. Hurley also stated at the start of the season we needed major improvements from Jaden Ross and Jalen Stewart. The last 2 games they COMBINED for 4 points!! That kind of production is awful and puts us in very poor position to win. Thank god for Reibe and Smith or we would have lost the last game
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Where/when did Hurley say that about Solo? I was shocked when someone asked him after the Providence game about Solo's wrist and Hurley said something like I don't know about that, he came off the bench and shot like 11 shots.

It was clear as day Solo's wrist was badly hurt last game after being airborne and directly falling on it.
 
superjohn said:
Where/when did Hurley say that about Solo? I was shocked when someone asked him after the Providence game about Solo's wrist and Hurley said something like I don't know about that, he came off the bench and shot like 11 shots.

It was clear as day Solo's wrist was badly hurt last game after being airborne and directly falling on it.
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It was after either after the GTown or Nova game that he brought it up in his presser.
 
superjohn said:
Where/when did Hurley say that about Solo? I was shocked when someone asked him after the Providence game about Solo's wrist and Hurley said something like I don't know about that, he came off the bench and shot like 11 shots.

It was clear as day Solo's wrist was badly hurt last game after being airborne and directly falling on it.
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Maybe rest Solo for the Xavier game?

Assuming Mullins can play.
 
Wow, those two are real giants of intellect. They adjusted their ratings heavily based on which team they were rating.
Example: Kansas.
They excused their five losses in order to give them a higher rating then they deserved and when they got to UConn they dismissed them with the offhand comment that they get an A but soon to be a D.
 
rashadray11 said:
This is getting absurd. 20 wins and 1 loss (shorthanded to the current number one) and people talking about this team like we’re Wesleyan or Syracuse.
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Putting Syracuse and Wesleyan together made me laugh so hard
 
Slick said:
Unfortunately Ball has a major problem with his shooting wrist. It really hasn’t gotten better and Hurley said most college players wouldn’t play if they had his wrist issue. Hurley also stated at the start of the season we needed major improvements from Jaden Ross and Jalen Stewart. The last 2 games they COMBINED for 4 points!! That kind of production is awful and puts us in very poor position to win. Thank god for Reibe and Smith or we would have lost the last game
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This 100%. For those two players to produce that little is flat out awful and really unacceptable. In this last game vs Providence they both looked tentative, unsure of themselves, and indecisive and in the case of Ross, scared as he played like a spazz. I hope they play well in Omaha, but I am not expecting it as role players usually play much better at home than on the road.
 
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superjohn said:
Where/when did Hurley say that about Solo? I was shocked when someone asked him after the Providence game about Solo's wrist and Hurley said something like I don't know about that, he came off the bench and shot like 11 shots.

It was clear as day Solo's wrist was badly hurt last game after being airborne and directly falling on it.
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That was a direct quote from Hurley in either Hartford courant or New Haven register. I live down south now but still subscribe
 
husky99 said:
Interesting breakdown

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Yeesh. 11 minutes of "somethings off" and no player analysis. Never mentioned Silas, Alex, Eric or Braylon.
 
Dove said:
Yeesh. 11 minutes of "somethings off" and no player analysis. Never mentioned Silas, Alex, Eric or Braylon.
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Never find this cat to be worth the listen. He glosses over topics super high level. Makes me wonder if he even watches the games. Say what you want about those goobers on Sleepers, but they watch their hoops and can comment on the little things.
 
superjohn said:
Where/when did Hurley say that about Solo? I was shocked when someone asked him after the Providence game about Solo's wrist and Hurley said something like I don't know about that, he came off the bench and shot like 11 shots.

It was clear as day Solo's wrist was badly hurt last game after being airborne and directly falling on it.
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Here is what Hurley said after the Georgetown game. Unfortunately I couldn't find it in the Courant or Register but I know it's in one of those or both. But I did find the quote here and it's exactly as I remember even though these AI generated SI articles are terrible. I could go through his post game presser and find it.

“Solo’s been dealing with a wrist issue, and it’s on his shooting hand. I think you’re going to see, let’s not say a lot, but some players in college basketball would not be playing with the wrist injury that he has right now. I’ll just leave it at that. He’s dealing with a wrist problem on his shooting hand, but the guy is a warrior. I thought he made some winning plays today, driving it and digging the ball out,” said Hurley.

www.si.com

UConn Veteran Guard Receives Praise From Dan Hurley

At 18–1 overall and an 8–0 In Big East play, the UConn Huskies have built momentum. In their last matchup in Washington, D.C., the Huskies walked out of Capital
www.si.com www.si.com
 
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HooperScooper said:
Here is what Hurley said after the Georgetown game. Unfortunately I couldn't find it in the Courant or Register but I know it's in one of those or both. But I did find the quote here and it's exactly as I remember even though these AI generated SI articles are terrible. I could go through his post game presser and find it.

“Solo’s been dealing with a wrist issue, and it’s on his shooting hand. I think you’re going to see, let’s not say a lot, but some players in college basketball would not be playing with the wrist injury that he has right now. I’ll just leave it at that. He’s dealing with a wrist problem on his shooting hand, but the guy is a warrior. I thought he made some winning plays today, driving it and digging the ball out,” said Hurley.

www.si.com

UConn Veteran Guard Receives Praise From Dan Hurley

At 18–1 overall and an 8–0 In Big East play, the UConn Huskies have built momentum. In their last matchup in Washington, D.C., the Huskies walked out of Capital
www.si.com www.si.com
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I wonder if he aggravated it in any of the games after his return and before the fall yesterday vs Providence because this is different messaging from when he originally got hurt and missed the DePaul game.
 
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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I think we'll need to fix more than this for March. These are obvious fixes, but we have an essential problem with our offense in that it doesnt run very well. I'm thinking of the missed pass Demary didnt make to Ross when he cut and was wide open under the basket. And he's our best playmaker. We go through the motions and either because the refs don't call the incessant holds or because we arent a great passing team, (Karaban is probably the best at seeing and delivering) our offense breaks down. We need a tweak, faster pace. Enough of the trying to wear opponent down over the course of the game. Thats working now in the BE but it isnt going to work in March when its do or die for teams.
 
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
 
Devland said:
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
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Well, the four you mentioned need to put themselves in the position of getting a foul called to unravel the deception. It might also help if we didn't put the opponents on the line so much with reach-in fouls.
 
I'm hanging my hat on '22-'23 when the #2 team in the country lost 6 of 8 in a month, lost in the BE tournament and then blew out everyone in the tournament.

That's after I have 19 heart attacks during each game.
 
Devland said:
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
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Karaban and Ball have missed multiple FTs recently in crunch time, missing both ends.

I’m not panicked about it, but it’s not been automatic even with our best guys. Especially in crunch time.
 
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Devland said:
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
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100%

That said, we are 230th in the country. Wildly low for a team that should have a number of great FT shooters, AK/Solo/Demary/Mullins. It almost makes no sense. The issue is that those guys don't draw many fouls.
 
Killer instinct means being able to maintain a disciplined mindset of execution and high level intensity and focus when you have a lead or under other distractions set in. It’s a competitive winning mind set. Thats all.
 
Our team FT% breakdown is wild - we have 4 guys shooting over 80%, then it's a nose dive where everyone else is under 70%. We do have a lot of bad FT shooters on the team, but our 4 best are all starters and should get the majority of minutes.
 
I notice that some players do this 2 bounce and shoot them immediately without pausing while some hold it and then shoot. UConn must be working on what the best way is. Remember Bazz’ team hardly ever missing them?
 
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