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Anyone watching URI?

tzznandrew said:
That's pretty much a basketball offense, not hero ball. They also have run pick and rolls effectively, though the OU size has bothered the URI guards and led to some turnovers.

UConn's offense barely starts until there are 10 seconds left in the clock. It all ends up being long 2s as the clock expires. URI's offense is generating good looks.
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I'm agreeing with them being a good offense, nothing like UConn's. Drive, dish and getting open shots is exactly what a good offense does. My point was for 3 straight possessions when OU was starting to pull away (up 8 I think), the ball stopped when each player touched it. They were frustrated with the length of OU and for 3 straight possessions, they played one on one into a turnover or bad shot. The difference between UConn and URI is that URI understands how to overcome that type of play. Coaching has a lot to do with it. Like I said, the very next possession was a great drive and dish to a missed wide open dunk. UConn would have kept giving it to TL for a step back air ball fade away.
 
Last 2 possessions have looked like UConn. Matthews bailed them out with the +1 and then Terrell jacked up a long-range 3 that was destined to brick.

Not great.
 
polycom said:
This is so false. This URI offense has more passing and cutting than UConn. Don't watch the ball watch the guys off ball then go watch any UConn game. There is no way these offenses are similar.
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The movement is quicker. Expected when you have five smaller players on the team and the team has played together for a while. The limitation for UConn was having a combo guard run things, relatively poor 3 pt shooters, and bigs that are still learning or will never develop into decent players.

I'm enjoying this game. Hope RI wins. It's a great game. Just hard for me to know how much is coaching and how much is players.
 
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Matrim55 said:
Last 2 possessions have looked like UConn. Matthews bailed them out with the +1 and then Terrell jacked up a long-range 3 that was destined to brick.

Not great.
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This can't be serious. Every team in the country has hero ball possessions. It happens but it isn't offense unlike UConn.
 
Matrim55 said:
Last 2 possessions have looked like UConn. Matthews bailed them out with the +1 and then Terrell jacked up a long-range 3 that was destined to brick.

Not great.
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The announcers keep saying it, and usually it means they're wrong. But they aren't: URI is out of gas. They don't have the quality depth outside of their top 6 or so to compete with OU. Not a problem if he were at UConn (unlike what KO did in running JA down).
 
spudzj6 said:
I'm agreeing with them being a good offense, nothing like UConn's. Drive, dish and getting open shots is exactly what a good offense does. My point was for 3 straight possessions when OU was starting to pull away (up 8 I think), the ball stopped when each player touched it. They were frustrated with the length of OU and for 3 straight possessions, they played one on one into a turnover or bad shot. The difference between UConn and URI is that URI understands how to overcome that type of play. Coaching has a lot to do with it. Like I said, the very next possession was a great drive and dish to a missed wide open dunk. UConn would have kept giving it to Larrier for a step back air ball fade away.
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Sorry. Thought you were making the silly take others have been.
 
Can they make their Free Throws though? Been a struggle so far.
 
That wasn't a knee hit. No one is that big.
 
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polycom said:
This can't be serious. Every team in the country has hero ball possessions. It happens but it isn't offense unlike UConn.
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No, I was totally serious about that. URI's run really good offense pretty much all game until the last two possessions. That long 3 from Terrell after 8 seconds of stand-still dribbling with 2 seconds left on the clock is the first page in KO's playbook.

tzznandrew said:
The announcers keep saying it, and usually it means they're wrong. But they aren't: URI is out of gas. They don't have the quality depth outside of their top 6 or so to compete with OU.
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Yeah I mostly agree with this. Also.... kids are kids. Even if you coach them they'll sometimes be dumb.
 
Yeah I am seeing more dishing after a drive for open threes, liking that.

By the way, Oklahoma is 18-13, and 9th in their league. Not exactly a powerhouse, regardless of having Trey Young.
They beat Oregon by 10 and lost to Arkansas by 12.
 
What an awful sequence. Pass up an open three. Pass up open shot in lane. Take contested three as clock expires, then foul in open court.
 
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I think the better talent gets it done in overtime.
 
Meanwhile Kansas and Penn are having a “who can jack up more ugly 3s” contest.
 
whaler11 said:
This is the last two months. Late game melt after late game melt.

I’m not sure what they hype is.
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I don’t think the hype is URI as much as it is Danny Hurley
 
whaler11 said:
This is the last two months. Late game melt after late game melt.

I’m not sure what they hype is.
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The "hype" (I'm not sure I'd call it that) is a history of taking $h!tty teams and making them good. I'd have no problem if we end up with Hurley, but I don't see him as a must-have either.
 
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AntG168 said:
I don’t think the hype is URI as much as it is Danny Hurley
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Oh I didn’t realize that Hurley’s hype wasn’t connected to how his team plays.
 
swami7774 said:
Meanwhile Kansas and Penn are having a “who can jack up more ugly 3s” contest.
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If Kansas and their slimy program become the 1st 1 seed to drop a game to a 16, this season is almost worth it for me. Yes, we just jinxed it.
 
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