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It's been a long time since I posted, but felt compelled to do so today.
Knowing going into the game that Maryland had the defensive player of the year and seeing early on they were double and triple teaming Bouknight, Hurley's offensive game plan was clearly flawed.
Note that I like him as our coach and like JC, he'll learn and improve with experience.
At some point they should have spread the floor and used Bouknight in a way to draw defenders to get better looks for the other 4 on the floor. Not saying that he shouldn't have looked for his offensive. But trying to create off the dribble compared to running him through double and triple screens at times would have been better than giving him the ball and create against MD's help D.
For those who watched the Bama game, they spread the floor limiting the Terps ability to swarm the ball.
I give MD a lot of credit for playing some suffocating help D against us.
Also Bama can flat out shoot the hell out of the ball, especially from deep. They have a lot of scorers and can do things UConn can't do or at least do consistently.
Lastly, UConn missed so many shots at the rim especially in the first half and left too many points at the line. They played very good D, but had a few bad lapses, one late one off an unbound play. Even with what I consider a poor offensive game plan, they could have won that game if they executed better. They certainly out rebounded the Terps, but took little advantage of those offensive rebounds.
Disappointing ending to the season and likely the last game we'll get to see Bouknight and his creative and excitement game in a UConn uniform.
Knowing going into the game that Maryland had the defensive player of the year and seeing early on they were double and triple teaming Bouknight, Hurley's offensive game plan was clearly flawed.
Note that I like him as our coach and like JC, he'll learn and improve with experience.
At some point they should have spread the floor and used Bouknight in a way to draw defenders to get better looks for the other 4 on the floor. Not saying that he shouldn't have looked for his offensive. But trying to create off the dribble compared to running him through double and triple screens at times would have been better than giving him the ball and create against MD's help D.
For those who watched the Bama game, they spread the floor limiting the Terps ability to swarm the ball.
I give MD a lot of credit for playing some suffocating help D against us.
Also Bama can flat out shoot the hell out of the ball, especially from deep. They have a lot of scorers and can do things UConn can't do or at least do consistently.
Lastly, UConn missed so many shots at the rim especially in the first half and left too many points at the line. They played very good D, but had a few bad lapses, one late one off an unbound play. Even with what I consider a poor offensive game plan, they could have won that game if they executed better. They certainly out rebounded the Terps, but took little advantage of those offensive rebounds.
Disappointing ending to the season and likely the last game we'll get to see Bouknight and his creative and excitement game in a UConn uniform.