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Arkansas Post Game Thread

wingsfan055 said:
Hurley deserves serious Coach of the Year consideration. Except for the dry stretch in the middle of the Big East games, UConn has been pretty dominant all year. Instead of being dragged down by those close losses, the team has learned from those experiences and is a much more focused and coordinated team on both ends the last 6 weeks. That's mostly on Hurley. They are now a machine! You saw it tonight.
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If the big east sends 2 to the final four it may open eyes to what January was like.
 
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One thing I hate about the NCAA Tournament is how teams get significant time to prepare for the opening round and Sweet 16 games, but then they cram the Elite 8, Final 4 and Final down teams' thoughts. There should be more spacing.
 
August's mojo curfuffle strikes again.
 
Sure is looking like Gonzaga now.
 
They said on CBS Sports Network that UConn is only the second 4 seed or lower in history to win their first three games of the tourney by 15 or more. Does anyone know who the other one is?

Also, they said that Rick Barnes is the only coach in history go out of the tourney 5 straight times to lower seeds.
 
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That game was too easy with the shift that Hurley did from defend the 3 defense to a defend the drive defense. The announcers were saying he started this out later in the season as driving got so bad against us. I guess we have been better recently with it and definitely in this game. I thought it was a key point since Arkansas couldn't get any easy baskets and they don't run good offense or shoot well. The Gonzaga matchup will be different as they are the opposite type of team. Better in running offense, good shooting but not too athletic or good on defense. It should be a high scoring game. I hope Hawkins keeps his hot streak and we can ride him to Championship. I will be there in Houston if we win for sure. That would be my 5th time to see UCONN in the final four. My brother and I have been to all the Texas championships so can't wait to go again.
 
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tuvent08 said:
That was a 40 minute Randy Marsh meme.
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Classof87 said:
This may not belong on this thread, but can we talk about how ABSOLUTELY OVERRATED the Big 10 is? My goodness… 9 teams in the dance, including a #1 seed, and ONE team makes it to the second weekend and (IMO) promptly chokes, so none of their teams make the Elite 8? C’mon man…
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They are over rated every year. The selection committee clearly has always favored them and except for Michigan St they all stink especially when the get to the tournament.
 
A very impressive win with a team and coaching staff on a mission. Loved seeing the wave of subs. That created confusion among the Hogs. Our depth and matchups are an opposing coach's nightmare. Our players are invested in winning.

It's amazing how the coaching staff was able to integrate the transfers and their willingness to fit into the scheme in one season. The double bigs we have are perhaps the greatest challenge. They play such a different role. A wave of defense replaces a wave of offense. What a ride this season has been on our surfboard. Thanks!
 
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So was thinking last night, is Castle UConn's Black next year? Seems like a distinct possibility Castle can bring a similar game and numbers to UConn next year.
 
Right now with an Elite 8 birth - where does Adama rank all time for UConn greats? Has he cracked the top 10?
 
caw said:
So was thinking last night, is Castle UConn's Black next year? Seems like a distinct possibility Castle can bring a similar game and numbers to UConn next year.
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black has actually been my comp for castle basically all year. i think castle is going to look similar, at least -- he will TOWER over most college guards.
 
Bazz4A said:
Right now with an Elite 8 birth - where does Adama rank all time for UConn greats? Has he cracked the top 10?
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This will be a 9 page post season thread I think. I would think between 10 and 15 right now though with potential to ascend over the next 10 days
 
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navery12 said:


This is... something
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Someone needs to explain the methodology to me because from what I saw last night they didn't have a very many uncontested shots while Kenny Smith went on and on about the number of open layups we had.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Someone needs to explain the methodology to me because from what I saw last night they didn't have a very many uncontested shots while Kenny Smith went on and on about the number of open layups we had.
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They break it down a bit in this tweet, though it doesn't really pass the test for me. Watching live it felt like we had way more quality shots and open shots than the tweet says

 
They really don't break anything down. They claim Sanogo should have scored fewer points and we should have scored less points on layups. Is this comparing overall season performance vs last night? If yes, it may work mathematically but the implication is that as the game was layed they should have won. That's a very tough sell
 
FfldCntyFan said:
They really don't break anything down. They claim Sanogo should have scored fewer points and we should have scored less points on layups. Is this comparing overall season performance vs last night? If yes, it may work mathematically but the implication is that as the game was layed they should have won. That's a very tough sell
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That's just a summary, you have to subscribe to get the full breakdown. It's basically saying if you were to replay the game with every player taking the exact same shots that's what would be expected to happen with Arkansas scoring more than they did and us scoring less
 
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