Arizona Post Game Thread

[AllHusky]

I think Solo is figuring out how to use his offensive tools effectively, and the 3 is suffering ironically. Really exciting watching him take it to the hole or pulling up for that 10-15 footer. A year ago he knew he was shooting the 3 or passing. Once the whole process of what tool to use becomes instinctive, I’ll bet the 3 comes back.

 

[Marat]

I think Solo is figuring out how to use his offensive tools effectively, and the 3 is suffering ironically. Really exciting watching him take it to the hole or pulling up for that 10-15 footer. A year ago he knew he was shooting the 3 or passing. Once the whole process of what tool to use becomes instinctive, I’ll bet the 3 comes back.

Its interesting that his mid range shot has gotten pretty good which is very valuable as we saw yesterday. Maybe its a mental thing where its hard to shoot so well from mid and long ranges . If we had to pick to being an excellent 3 point shooter or him being an excellent mid range shooter, I would probably choose him to shoot 3s with more accuracy. But I hope he can merge these skills.

 

[Conndog]

Watched the replay & am p*ssed about the non-call at 45 seconds to go when Silas was very obviously bumped by the defender, which caused him to lose ball out of bounds. Instead of UConn shooting 1&1 FTs, AZ got the ball. UConn was in the bonus, and assuming Silas makes 1 or 2 FTs, UConn would either be tied or up by 1. Not the only bad call- that phantom foul on Karaban on the rebound, the non-call when Stewart got thrown aside when Peat was crashing to the basket on offense. I would love for full strength UConn to meet AZ again in tourney and get their revenge.

 

[caw]

People focus on Reed being out as the reason for the rebound discrepancy. In the championship years every position rebounded and we weren't as reliant on just a couple people rebounding. Guys like Newton, Castle, Andre Jackson, cam Spencer....

OK?

Two things on that: 1) I don't think anyone is pretending this team is as good as those teams at rebounding as a unit. 2) I'm sure UConn never played as good a rebounding 4/5 combination in those years without at least one of Sanogo/Clingan.

While I do agree the 1-3 were better rebounding in 23 and 24 they also played 75/79 games with the big of the other team having to worry about boxing out Clingan and/or Sanogo. Neither missed a game in 23, in 24 Clingan missed SJU, DePaul, Butler, Xavier, and Georgetown. None of which were ranked, and certainly not in the top five in the country. The best 4/5 combo in those five games was probably Soriano/Ledlum and, well, good luck convincing anyone those two were nearly as good as Krivas/Peat.

I said before the game, Zona crashes the glass hard. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

 

[tennmike]

I think Solo’s 3-point shooting woes will heal when he gets another sniper- Mullins- to take the pressure off him. Hope that helps Alex too, although I wouldn’t mind if Alex stayed more inside for rebounding help and putbacks.

I wouldn't underestimate this point. Solo is getting serious defensive attention and as a result, his looks are really fleeting. Mullins changes that. You can't score a million points in Iniana high school basketball without being able to fill it up.

 

[uconnever]

He looked kind of upset at the end of the game. I take that as a Husky heart. Overall I was thrilled about his last minute call and performance as an untried freshman against one of the best front lines and teams in the country. We now have a new "two headed monster" again in the post so we can exploit that against opponents. Eric the Giant!

Yeah I saw that he was crying during the handshake line and I loved it. He’s gonna be really good

 

[uconngb]

I guess Ross hitting a key 3pt shot when we were down 11, playing very good defense, getting a key block when we cut the lead down to six qualifies as a no-show. OK got it!

Is that you HW611???

 

[RuffRuff]

Yeah I saw that he was crying during the handshake line and I loved it. He’s gonna be really good

I mean the kid always wanted to be an effen Husky

 

[uconngb]

BigErn commenting on something he doesn't know about to put himself in position to look stupid never fails.

Never picked up a ball or did a basketball training session in his life but wants to make comments like this and laugh at the experience of someone who did lol

Next time a law issue comes up that you speak on I'll be there to mock it.

Pot meet kettle

 

[uconngb]

I love how I can link an article where the greatest shooter ever recognizes the theory and everyone can act like it's not a thing because I'm saying it.

Gotta be trolling.

It’s called a track record…..which you’ve earned