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Vowelguy said:
I saw the “punked” and “dominated” headline and thought UConn lost by 25. Not a game where UConn led by 2 with 2:16 left.
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Yep. As far as losses go, this one in mid November down two starters to a top 5 Arizona team when we had a lead with 2 minutes to go doesn't bother me all that much. We showed heart and talent, and Reibe grew up.
 
RuffRuff said:
My original point is that AZ is a great team, to LongJohns dismay. That they will only get better because they’re young, and kids like Burries haven’t clicked yet.

Burries was high on all early mocks because of his HS ranking in this class. These things move around by the week based on how a kid is playing, others are playing. Mullins hasn’t moved off his HS ranking because he hasn’t played. But you two eagle eyed scouts, true bird dogs, are saying a kid ranked higher than Mullins is worse than Mullins based on 4 games he played and zero games Mullins has played, Now that is hysterical.
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Because some UConn fans are not objective and how dare we saying anything not positive.
Excalibur said:
I can always spot the posters who have accomplished little in their own lives or are unhappy about their unfulfilled potential.
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Sounds like you, you spot it you got it
 
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uconn_jack said:
Not dumb. My point is they weren't playing so they didnt affect whether we won or lost. We regardless had a good chance to win, and would have if we shot better than 50% FTs.
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Or had 5 more rebounds, or their 46% foul shooter doesn’t make everything, or ir we actually shot better. I guess it was a moral victory for some. As soon as I heard Reed wasn’t playing I figured we’d get blown out. Reibe showed some improvement, but everyone else seemed to take a step back. Hoping Mullins can shoot.
 
Just got back from my 3 hour drive home from Gampel and am exhausted so only 2 thoughts for now.

Atmosphere was unbelievable the whole night, the fans were into it and ready to explode the whole night but until the last 5 minutes or so we could never get a stop after a basket.

We absolutely win that game with Reed, and very easily could have won without him. This is one of the best teams in the country
 
navery12 said:
Just got back from my 3 hour drive home from Gampel and am exhausted so only 2 thoughts for now.

Atmosphere was unbelievable the whole night, the fans were into it and ready to explode the whole night but until the last 5 minutes or so we could never get a stop after a basket.

We absolutely win that game with Reed, and very easily could have won without him. This is one of the best teams in the country
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If UConn was at full strength the game never would've been close.
 
We win with Reed, we probably win by double digits with Reed and Mullins.

I echo those who are feeling similar sentiments in this aftermath to where we were after losing to KU in ‘23. If there’s ever a semblance of a moral victory, it’s after a game like that in freaking November.

All to play for going forward, and there may not be many teams in the country who will even give us a game once we’re at full strength. Just for the love of God tape those ankles up!
 
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RuffRuff said:
No, but it’s been literally 4 games. We’re all calling Mullins a lottery pick too, or at least SuperJohn is. Has he shown any signs of that in exhibition? We are going off HS tape and word of mouth. How is Burries any different? Over 4 college games? Was Castle a 4th pick of the draft 4 games in? Lots of season to go.
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The problem is the flashes the other 10-15 freshmen have shown, not necessarily even just how average Burries has been. I'm not kidding that 10-15 freshmen have been simply fantastic so far this year. It's a freaky good class.

Petterson, Dybantsa, Boozer, Ament, Acuff, Cenac, Brown, Wilson, Peat, Thomas, Yessoufou, Fleming, Avdalas are thirteen freshmen I'd put ahead of him right now.

Then you have two unknowns who basically ranked around the same as him in high school in Arenas and Mullins. Even if you put them at the same level as him based on high school tape alone, that's still potentially pushing him further down. I have no clue how people will evaluate Arenas but I wouldn't be shocked if he tests the waters if he heals in time for the draft.

Some may think a player like Khamenia has more potential than him also.

Then you have sophomores, juniors and seniors and Euros. At least a few will be ahead of him.

I'm not saying he's a bad player, or that he can't improve, I'm just saying there are some really good freshmen who I'm sure NBA teams are drooling over having. He's not in that group and he has an uphill battle to join it.
 
Jumpman62114 said:
Silas was too passive until the team got in a hole. This can’t happen, especially down key starters. He needs to start being a little bit more selfish and aggressive. Didn't draw many fouls, but I liked his mid range game in the second half. It’s early and that pulse on the offense will get better.

Idk what kind of shaman/exorcist we need to get Solo’s shooting back but I’m in to try anything lol.
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He gets a pass because hes still clearly finding his way in this new offense, new team and getting on the same page with Dan Hurley. Remember how rough it was in the beginning with Newton?
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Yup. Two absolutely horrible possessions late. Terrible shot by Solo and the possession where Silas turned it over was doomed before his turnover. Disappointed but feeling really good about this team. We`ve got a solid back up at the 5 who can make an impact and with Tarris and Mullins back and healthy this team can beat anyone.
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Looking at the replay, Silas was fouled hard on that play- he clearly got bodied, but there was no call.
 
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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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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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He had 8 assists… the next most from a player on EITHER team was 3

Sure he can clean up the dribbling on a couple of possessions, but get some facts
 
Excalibur said:
So we still lose if we have Reed and Mullins? Because that is the natural extension of what you are saying here.
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I am not ready to blame anything for the loss in terms of guys being out. It is what it is.

The development of Reibe was inspiring..

If I had to point to one this, it’s Solo making bad decisions in the end of the game. He took a contested 3 early in the shot clock with under 2 minutes when we are up by 1.

The shot had no chance of going in.

And if I had to point to one other thing, it was the free throw shooting. They hit their FTs and we struggled and lost by 4….

And the officiating never seems to be fair shake. So much body contact and grabbing allowed by Arizona, and very little on our end. Not sure why this is but if that was a NCAA Tourney game, I think we win that game.

By credit Arizona, they are a big, physical team that finished at the FT line and rebounded like a top 5 Team. No asterisk here - they won and we lost even w/ complaints here and there on offficiating.

I know Hurley mentioned that we need to get healthy but frankly, I don’t care for this stuff. Your team is your team. We will have injuries and it should be next man up. When I see other coaches do this, I think the same thing - sounds like an excuse.

What do I take from the game?

Some real positives from our new additions to the team. They mostly showed up. They just have to learn how to play with each other - more “bang bang” plays. They are learning and tonight was phenomenal experience for them.

I could care less about the loss.

This is why we are playing these games to prepare us for March and last night did exactly that. We found our weaknesses and now we need to adjust no matter who is available for the game or not.
 
3rdbass said:
I don't think he was brought in for offense. He was brought in for defense and rebounding and did fine. He is our 3rd sring Center and undersized. Not sure what you expected out of him.
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3rdbass said:
I don't think he was brought in for offense. He was brought in for defense and rebounding and did fine. He is our 3rd sring Center and undersized. Not sure what you expected out of him.
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Karoma played his butt off. Of course it would have been nice if he’d made the foul shots but he was active and involved. The bigger question for me is what happens when the team is healthy. Both Stewart and Ross are going to have to see their minutes limited if they can’t become more consistent on both ends of the floor. This is their opportunity to show that they can get the job done. I don’t see the great growth that some do here. Hopefully it comes.
 
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I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Reibe and Reed get some time together going forward. Also, I think that maybe a little more 3 guard offense is going to happen when a healthy Reed is on the court.
 
Our on-ball perimeter defense was also exposed tonight, so we resulted to grabbing which got us in foul trouble.

Is this becoming an unsolvable problem when we have any of Solo, Alex, Stew, Malachi, and Ross on the court for extended minutes? The usual suspects just can’t stay in front.
 
Just to further drive home the point of Reed missing.

Krivas'/Peat's OR really did kill us. Peat had five all night and got them a three, a TO, a two and another two. Krivas got four and got them a TO, a two, a foul (1/2), and a two. So they were a plus 12 points with those Oboards.

Reed has averaged 7 DR per game in his three games and 25 MPG.
 
Kolumbo said:
The out of bounds play that was reviewed. I think it was Solo diving out of bounds to tip it back in. They didn't show his feet but if his feet were in, that was a clean save and it was crunch time. Did anyone get a better look at that?
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Solo knocked it in, the ball was never out of bounds.
 
Excalibur said:
I’ve enjoyed scrolling through the comments and laughing. Keep it up, everyone.
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I enjoyed the first few pages of comments which reminded me of going to a bar and trying to figure out why the hot chick wouldn’t give me her number.

The rest of this forum reminded me of what happens after midnight when it devolves into a brawl.
 
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