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Chin Diesel said:
BYU, Zona, Illinois, Kansas, Florida, Texas.

6-0 would have been orgasmic.
5-1 = elation.
4-2 = mission accomplished.
3-3= meh.
2-4 or worse = no bueno.
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Was hoping for 5-1 to try and get into that 1-2 seed conversation. This one is a throw away if we can win the rest.
 
My observations:

In the first dozen minutes of the game, Bradley drove the lane four times and scored. He carried the ball on three of those drives.

Dell'Orso took two steps before dribbling at least a half dozen times in this game

On a rebound, put back in the first half, Peat gave Stewart a forearm shiver to the neck that would have made Ivan Putski proud.

On his late basket (that basically put the game out of reach) Bradley picked up his pivot foot when he faked to his right, then spun and took three steps before his floater.

The good:

The team showed a tremendous amount of fight and determination. This will help tremendously down the road.

Reibe grew three or four months this game. We will see major dividends from this, especially in March.

While inconsistent, this team can play some serious defense. Once they figure out how to sustain it we'll be a severe problem for any opponent.

It isn't even Thanksgiving yet. If we were going to lose a game, far better to do it now.
 
ArizonaHsky said:
Would have won the game no trouble, not sure

Because this is a big time game. Other players play hurt all the time, and being afraid this might impact him long term, when he would have another 9 days off after this because no way you play him against Bryant, is just ridiculous
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What’s ridiculous is thinking a November game is somehow so big time that we want our most important player to play hurt and risk getting hurt worse. He just had a hamstring problem, now an ankle. If he’s not moving fluidly and protecting the ankle, then maybe the hamstring flares up again or something worse.

If there’s any risk at all at this point in the year, we’re better off letting him get healthy.
 
NewBlood said:
Why does this game STINK for our resume? Arizona is a top 5 team and we lost at the end without our 2 starters. By the time we get to March, people are going to understand the VALUE of MULLINS
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It's an opportunity - we missed the opportunity to beat a top 4 team on our home floor. We don't get many of those chances. Do you think the committee just waves off a game? Do you think they waved off the games McNeeley missed last year?

Also realize we'll likely be battling an Arizona for seeding - they beat us on our floor, it's an advantage. These games matter.
 
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aceboon said:
I hate to bang on a 3rd string center but I gotta see the tape on how Koroma scored dbl figures against power conference schools multiple times last year, it doesn't even look like he's trying to put the ball in the basket with these shot attempts and FTs. With Reed and Reibe healthy that won't be a concern but damn that's a rough watch.
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He played like he was a nervous freshman. Smith hit him in the hands a few times and it was as if he didn’t know what to do with it.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
My observations:

In the first dozen minutes of the game, Bradley drove the lane four times and scored. He carried the ball on three of those drives.

Dell'Orso took two steps before dribbling at least a half dozen times in this game

On a rebound, put back in the first half, Peat gave Stewart a forearm shiver to the neck that would have made Ivan Putski proud.

On his late basket (that basically put the game out of reach) Bradley picked up his pivot foot when he faked to his right, then spun and took three steps before his floater.

The good:

The team showed a tremendous amount of fight and determination. This will help tremendously down the road.

Reibe grew three or four months this game. We will see major dividends from this, especially in March.

While inconsistent, this team can play some serious defense. Once they figure out how to sustain it we'll be a severe problem for any opponent.

It isn't even Thanksgiving yet. If we were going to lose a game, far better to do it now.
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Sounds loke a non objective UConn fan on first points. Did you study if UConn had any travels during that time. The bottom line is we lost a winnable game
 
gmc1055 said:
Does UConn practice Free Throws
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Everyone saying this like the misses weren’t by Koroma, a late addition who won’t play when we’re fully healthy, and a 7 foot freshman. Replace Reed with Koroma and we’re not talking about free throws. Every team has bad FT shooters, ours just ended up at the line.
 
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Conndog said:
I never would have guessed that Eric Reibe would be high scorer! 15 points
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Yea that was good on him and he did a nice job under the circumstances but if you have Karaban, Demary, and Ball on your team and a freshman center is your leading scorer you have issues.
 
DMIL said:
Let’s not forget about Demary’s turnover driving into the lane. 3 possession with 1:47 to go lost this game for the Huskies up by 2.
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From the replay it looked like there was a wet spot on the floor when driving to the basket. Both feet slightly slipped out from under him as he drove into the defender and looked to put up a shot.
 
Horatio said:
He played like he was a nervous freshman. Smith hit him in the hands a few times and it was as if he didn’t know what to do with it.
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Biggest game of the kid's life. You can tell he was overwhelmed at times but then he flashed too
 
RuffRuff said:
It's an opportunity - we missed the opportunity to beat a top 4 team on our home floor. We don't get many of those chances. Do you think the committee just waves off a game? Do you think they waved off the games McNeeley missed last year?

Also realize we'll likely be battling an Arizona for seeding - they beat us on our floor, it's an advantage. These games matter.
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We have at least 6 more.
 
Gurleyman said:
What’s ridiculous is thinking a November game is somehow so big time that we want our most important player to play hurt and risk getting hurt worse. He just had a hamstring problem, now an ankle. If he’s not moving fluidly and protecting the ankle, then maybe the hamstring flares up again or something worse.

If there’s any risk at all at this point in the year, we’re better off letting him get healthy.
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Its a game against a top 5 team. You play in the game unless you can't walk. Thinking this might effect him later in the season is scared Thinking
 
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RuffRuff said:
It's an opportunity - we missed the opportunity to beat a top 4 team on our home floor. We don't get many of those chances. Do you think the committee just waves off a game? Do you think they waved off the games McNeeley missed last year?

Also realize we'll likely be battling an Arizona for seeding - they beat us on our floor, it's an advantage. These games matter.
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No, they don't wave it off but losing to another top team without 2 of your best players will come into consideration. Get 4 wins minimum out of the OOC and win the BE Regular Season title, you are a top 2 seed at worst.
 
ArizonaHsky said:
Its a game against a top 5 team. You play in the game unless you can't walk. Thinking this might effect him later in the season is scared Thinking
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You’re one more idiotic post away
 
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HuskyFich said:
Offensive rebounds and FTs.

Lost the two categories we usually dominate.

Felt like a very beatable team at full health.

Should we start Reibe and Reed together? /s
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Yes. Reibe at the 4 would be a menace if he was quick enough to defend
 
Gurleyman said:
What’s ridiculous is thinking a November game is somehow so big time that we want our most important player to play hurt and risk getting hurt worse. He just had a hamstring problem, now an ankle. If he’s not moving fluidly and protecting the ankle, then maybe the hamstring flares up again or something worse.

If there’s any risk at all at this point in the year, we’re better off letting him get healthy.
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As long as he’s healthy for DePaul, we good. Soft
 
NewBlood said:
Biggest game of the kid's life. You can tell he was overwhelmed at times but then he flashed too
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Exactly. That’s exactly what it looked like. The stage was the biggest he’s been on.
 
RuffRuff said:
You're really anti AZ - they're really, really good. And they haven't even gotten Burries going yet. They are one of the top 3-4 teams in the country. Let me know what it is about them you don't like oh suame, knower of all.

We would have won that game at home on full strength. You realize they flew across the country for it. Neutral court - it's a coin flip.
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I'm not really anti-Arizona, I'm saying we would've rolled them if we were at full strength because that's what would've happened. I'm not obsessed with Brayden Burries like you are, I don't consider them a top 3-4 team in the country, and I don't think 3-3 in these non conference games against big name teams is the best we could possibly hope for if Reed is playing. I don't judge the future of this team based off a cupcake game against New Haven.

I also didn't think the game was over tonight when there was 19 minutes left and I don't think Tarris Reed is a mushy type of kid for not playing tonight. We look at the sport and UConn basketball very differently.
 
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Losing winnable games is miserable. This team is who they are. Alex, solo, Stewart, and Ross are who they are.

Alex is a role player that gets taken out of games by good defenders. He hasn’t developed a handle and still gets bullied by bigger players.

Stewart is streaky, and cannot rebound for the life of him.

Solo wants to be a catch and shoot player that doesn’t shoot well off the catch and hunts for fouls. He hasn’t developed a handle.

Ross can’t handle the ball and doesn’t have an identity.

We still have a very high ceiling with Mullins and reed coming back, but I’m just so disappointed in the group above hitting their ceilings. They can’t be the focal point of a championship team.
 
It’s impossible for us to know how bad Reed is hurting, I’d have to assume Dan and Reed both wanted to have him in this game very bad, so I’ll assume the injury is bad enough to justify 9 more days of rest.

You do gotta wonder if he was justtttt healthy enough to to play the Koroma minutes, how different this game might’ve been though?
 
MuchoDogYears said:
He has a tendency to just pound the ball and not pass it. There were times where he literally ran all over the court dribbling for 20 seconds. He needs to stop playing as if he’s at Dayton and realize that his job is to make assists not pound the ball.
Posters here have a recency bias where because he played well in the last five minutes they talk about him having a good game but he actually had a bad game except for the last five minutes.
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No, he had a really good game. He should've had 10 or 11 assists and was our best on ball defender in his 17 minutes.
 
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