Arizona Post Game Thread

[ArizonaHsky]

Solo is really an enigma. Great on the curl dribbles into the paint. Terrible 3 shot selection and the wide open ones aren’t falling. Tries harder on D but still a liability.
I would not have taken Smith out at the end. Bradley ate Silas’ lunch all day.

Smith should of stayed in the game.

 

[Lafayette]

BYU was down two starters before long…We came in down two starters and fought like war. Proud of us but down two starters is a tough act even at home

 

[AdamaNation]

We win with Reed, there’s no way they beat us that badly in the paint if he’s there. Solo hurt us tonight, especially with that terrible 3 up 1 when we had the momentum. Really can’t wait to see us fully healthy

Well. Played blah. Stunk at the line. Got crushed in the glass. Alex saw physical play so vanished. Solo still slumping from 3. But reibe arrived and our bench played well. Missing 2 starters and reed just in the floor would change a ton of things. I can live with this one.

 

[El Obrero]

There is only one conclusion that can be reasonably drawn from this game:
The UConn men’s basketball team will not go undefeated this season.

 

[ArizonaHsky]

I hope this puts to rest your superiority over XL. Where were you?

Yep, Hartford would have been a lot louder.

 

[HooperScooper]

What is up with Ball's three point shooting? 1-8 tonight. He's now 9-34 (26.5%) in the 5 games. Plus he wasn't good in the 2 exhibitions either. Something is wrong. It's only 5 games so hopefully he gets hot at some point.

 

[CTBasketball]

When are we gonna shoot well at Gampel? It’s been like 3 years it feels like.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Solo's 3ball is officially a concern, hasn't shot it well in any games including exhibitions and if it wasn't for some of the after the release foul calls that really didn't impact the shot the % would be even worse. Doing well off the middies and attacking the basket but the offense works too hard to get Solo open 3s to continuously miss damn near all of them.

Maybe spent off season working on D and getting to the rim and didn’t practice his bread and butter 3 ball?

 

[Dibbie]

Reibe played great. That being said getting out rebounded by 20 is not great. If Tarris Reed can walk I dont know how he misses that game.

That’s the one problem scheduling these games early as coaches will be cautious with injured players. He’s playing if it’s January

 

[JakeTheDog]

This game will pay huge dividends down the road re: Reibe. Let’s get healthy and rebound(and also rebound the d@#n ball!)

 

[Fan1978]

The only bright spot: Reibe played his tails off and the kid is a player! We are solid at 5 when Reed is back.

Hardly only bright spot, Demary is a stud. Stewart showed signs of life. Good fight despite peat having 3 caddies

 

[Gurleyman]

Yep, Hartford would have been a lot louder.

The crowd mic on Fox was super quiet. Couldn’t even really hear whistles.

Same thing in this Illinois-Alabama game now. Stojakavic just flushed on a guy after a blocked shot and the crowd was barely noticeable.

 

[Scottobot]

Should we start Reibe and Reed together? /s

No but maybe we should limit Reeds minutes and play Reine more so that Reed is healthy at end of season. He is the key to winning championship

 

[ArizonaHsky]

It seems like he's hunting for fouls on threes instead of trying to make the hospital

 

[ctbro1999]

So proud of our guys

Yeah, we could have wilted going down 13. Loved the fight we showed shorthanded against an elite team like Arizona.

 

[uconn_jack]

It seems like he's hunting for fouls on threes instead of trying to make the shot

To be fair, he was fouled on a couple that weren't called

 

[ArizonaHsky]

It seems like he's hunting for fouls on threes instead of trying to make the shot

I said the same thing.

 

[3rdbass]

Malachi brought a spark defensively when he came in with 5:42 left and we were down by 6. In the four minutes he played we then went up by 2.
I understand why Demary was brought back in but maybe we don’t get out scored 8-3 to end the game if Smith stayed in…who knows.

I agree Smith was giving us that defensive spark with his hard nose basketball and with no foul trouble he would of played Arizona's PG Bradley better especially on that drive were they went back ahead. Demary gives us more on offense but in this game we needed better D at the end.

 

[superjohn]

Also, props to Malachi. He gets a lot of unwarranted heat here and in the chat and I don't know what people are watching. He's our best passer and he harrasses the guards on defense.

 

[husky429]

Proud of the fight our guys showed undermanned. Reibe should be proud of himself.

We will be the better team in March

 

[ArizonaHsky]

To be fair, he was fouled on a couple that weren't called

Oh here we go with the fouls, seriously, go back and look, he was not fouled.

 

[RuffRuff]

Forget Reed.

Karaban was invisible on offense for 24 minutes.

And what has happened to Solo Ball? 1-8 from three. Now 26% on the season.

If these guys just play mediocre we win.

On top of 1-15 in the preseason. It's getting close to sounding the alarms. We need Mullins back.

This loss stinks for our resume, it was an opportunity. We now have to go out and smash the rest with Mullins & Reed out there. As a whole, not worried about what this says about our potential. We were missing our single most important player, and need our stud freshmen back to help plug some of the abysmal shooting we are getting from Ball. We'll be fine.

Still shocked we couldn't get Reed out there for 15 minutes. It would have made a difference.

AK always tends to disappear when he's up against stronger athletes. This is why I can't understand why he appears on any first round boards. The 3 FT misses were shades of Nova last year.

I honestly have no idea how we even kept that one close, other than AZ's lack of working for good shots on so many possessions. If they just drove it into the paint, they could have shot 80%.

Gritty comeback. Nice developmental game for Reibe (although cannot believe he couldn't finish that & one to tie it).

 

[Huskyforlife]

Silas turning it over and getting burnt on D in one sequence, Reibe missing a bunny and 1 opportunity to send it to OT potentially, Solo forcing a horrible shot for no reason, so many opportunities to squeak by with the win.

Reed and Mullins being out was the difference, we’re really good and gonna be a problem at full strength, but I can’t be the only one who feels like we should’ve pulled this out still?

 

[3rdbass]

Neither Reed nor Mullins were the reason we didn't win. FREE THROWS. Period.

Well Reed would of made a huge difference and we would of won that game with no trouble I think but yeah we still had a chance in this one if our big men could hit FTs.

 

[HailUConn]

I also want Silas to stop trying to fit in and start taking over the game when others not on their games. His last pull-up is so smooth and he needs to start taking those.