Adama carries his team to the Sweet 16

[BarkingDog]

Historic two games for Adama.

28 and 13 in game one. Followed by 24 and 8 in game 2. That’s 52 and 21.

For perspective:

Most points in first and second rounds of NCAA Tournament in @UConnMBB history:

Caron Butler (2001-02) - 55
Richard Hamilton (1997-98) - 53
Adama Sanogo (2022-23) - 52
Kemba Walker (2010-11) - 51
Khalid El-Amin (1997-98) - 50

It’s also the best two game performance by any player in 14 years.

Adama Sanogo is the most dominant force in the tournament.

 

[UCfor3]

Historic two games for Adama.

28 and 13 in game one. Followed by 24 and 8 in game 2. That’s 52 and 21.

For perspective:

Most points in first and second rounds of NCAA Tournament in @UConnMBB history:

Caron Butler (2001-02) - 55
Richard Hamilton (1997-98) - 53
Adama Sanogo (2022-23) - 52
Kemba Walker (2010-11) - 51
Khalid El-Amin (1997-98) - 50

It’s also the best two game performance by any player in 14 years.

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Adama Sanogo is the most dominant force in the tournament.

Talk about being in good company. Caron was hotter than a pistol that year. Almost carried us over Dixon, Baxter, Blake & Co in the elite 8.

 

[jake14mw]

Another great performance. Feeding thee ball into him has just been a no brainer so far. I would imagine that Arkansas is working on how to defend him right now.

 

[REB1094]

You’d think that teams would know to double him by now!

I’ve said it every game after he dominated. Nobody in college can guard him 1v1.

 

[Ports21]

He's been absolutely incredible, what's he missed like 3 shots? LMAO

 

[Kolumbo]

Historic two games for Adama.

28 and 13 in game one. Followed by 24 and 8 in game 2. That’s 52 and 21.

For perspective:

Most points in first and second rounds of NCAA Tournament in @UConnMBB history:

Caron Butler (2001-02) - 55
Richard Hamilton (1997-98) - 53
Adama Sanogo (2022-23) - 52
Kemba Walker (2010-11) - 51
Khalid El-Amin (1997-98) - 50

It’s also the best two game performance by any player in 14 years.

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Adama Sanogo is the most dominant force in the tournament.

Similar quote at cbs sports
"Huskies center Adama Sanogo was tremendous here in Albany, scoring 52 points and snaring 21 rebounds in the pair of victories. He's the first player since Oklahoma's Blake Griffin to have more than 50 points, 20 rebounds and shoot 70% or better through the first weekend of the tournament."

 

[Hunt for 7]

Historic two games for Adama.

28 and 13 in game one. Followed by 24 and 8 in game 2. That’s 52 and 21.

For perspective:

Most points in first and second rounds of NCAA Tournament in @UConnMBB history:

Caron Butler (2001-02) - 55
Richard Hamilton (1997-98) - 53
Adama Sanogo (2022-23) - 52
Kemba Walker (2010-11) - 51
Khalid El-Amin (1997-98) - 50

It’s also the best two game performance by any player in 14 years.

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Adama Sanogo is the most dominant force in the tournament.

And Griffin was like a one or two pick, I think. Not trying to compare the two as Griffin was an out of this world athlete at the time. But Adama is not even expected to be drafted in either round one or two. Hopefully, he will make money playing somewhere when he is finished at UConn. You can just tell he is a hard worker and does not look for or need spotlight. Maybe he was just getting to the locker room late because of the interview everyone is talking about, but when Hawk was stamping us into the sweet 16 Sanogo was standing in the background. He reminds me of Okafor the way he handles his business and the maturity he brings.

 

[Dove]

He looks like a Husky All-Timer right now. Is doing absolutely everything. I feel his level of play right now will take us a long way forward. Final 4 and to Monday night's big game.

All-Timer.

 

[UConnRock]

Historic two games for Adama.

28 and 13 in game one. Followed by 24 and 8 in game 2. That’s 52 and 21.

For perspective:

Most points in first and second rounds of NCAA Tournament in @UConnMBB history:

Caron Butler (2001-02) - 55
Richard Hamilton (1997-98) - 53
Adama Sanogo (2022-23) - 52
Kemba Walker (2010-11) - 51
Khalid El-Amin (1997-98) - 50

It’s also the best two game performance by any player in 14 years.

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Adama Sanogo is the most dominant force in the tournament.

The truly amazing part is that he did this in a total of 52 minutes of playing time. 25 against Iona and 27 against St. Mary’s. Not going to spend time calculating the per 40 minutes numbers, but I am sure those numbers are outrageous.

 

[Poe]

Not in the stat sheet: opposing centers able to back him down = 0

 

[UConnRock]

For reference Caron played 78 of the 80 minutes in the 1st 2 rounds in 2002 vs 52 for Sanogo.

 

[UCLJ0211]

He literally moved the St. Mary’s defender about 3 feet back so he could get a layup in the 2nd half last night. Definition of bully ball and I love it!

 

[ctchamps]

You’d think that teams would know to double him by now!

I’ve said it every game after he dominated. Nobody in college can guard him 1v1.

They did and we did not have a counter to it. That was the January swoon. We developed strategies to neutralize that strategy. It took time to learn and perfect but we are there now! So opposing teams have to pick their poison.

I don't care if I'm repeating myself but Adama is the foundation, the rock, of this team. The only thing stronger on our team than Adama's physical presence is his mental/emotional fortitude. He leads by example like Emeka. He talks to his team mates like Caron although in Frenglish. He is a warrior like Jeff Adrien but with better control of his intensity.

Hurley had this understanding of Adama preseason. He declared we would ride Adama strength as far as he could take us even before the first game was played. And he was right! More than carrying opposing players on his back is that he carries this team on his back.

We are lucky to have him. Enjoy watching him. We will miss him when he is gone.

I have spoken!

 

[jibsey]

Adama is as if not more dominant than Emeka was for UConn. I understand that is heresy and Emeka was maybe a better defender but Adama is more productive on offense it seems. No NBA team wants him huh?

 

[BarkingDog]

For reference Caron played 78 of the 80 minutes in the 1st 2 rounds in 2002 vs 52 for Sanogo.

Wow. A 26 minute difference, which is exactly what Adama averaged in the first two games.

Thats incredible. It’s literally as if Caron needed an entire extra game to get those 3 extra points.

Which just underscores how efficient and how active Adama is.

 

[The Yakk]

The truly amazing part is that he did this in a total of 52 minutes of playing time. 25 against Iona and 27 against St. Mary’s. Not going to spend time calculating the per 40 minutes numbers, but I am sure those numbers are outrageous.

Lol takes no time at all.

52 points in 52 minutes.

That's 1 point per minute. 40 points per 40 minutes.

 

[August_West]

The truly amazing part is that he did this in a total of 52 minutes of playing time. 25 against Iona and 27 against St. Mary’s. Not going to spend time calculating the per 40 minutes numbers, but I am sure those numbers are outrageous.

Obviously not a Math nerd.