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navery12 said:
I think this is the role for Mahaney. I've been one of his biggest defenders, and it's probably not the role Hurley envisioned, but this was the best he's looked. Bring him in for bursts of offense off the bench like Joey Calcaterra. The stretch in the 1st half had shades of Calcaterra against Georgetown. That's still an extremely valuable piece and if he develops into more that's a bonus
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Agree, and have Ahmad be first PG off the bench. How come he went from ~20 mins to nothing?
 
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This team can be so much more… or not. It remains to be seen, but we have players and coaches. As my Michigan friend said today at happy hour, “UConn only needs to get into the tournament, then anything can happen with them”. Apparently, he’s learned.
 
Kemba429 said:
I have a lot to say about this game. But above all else I want to shout out the little things: Mahaney hitting all those game-swinging threes, Stewarts steal and free throws, Samsons play in the post.. In my opinion, probably our most important win under Hurley: Our heart put us over the top, lets carry this momentum and continue tearing up the state of Texas whenever possible.
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I'll just excuse your excitement for winning this game, but the most important win under Hurley? Think about what you are saying. I would have to say the games in which we won 2 national championships as well as all the tournament games that led up to those championship games may be just a tad more important.
 
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superjohn said:
Would've liked to see some Nowell minutes with Hass struggling but Mahaney picked up the slack. Good game for Hurley, loved seeing him putting his arms around the refs and chatting them up with a smile. That's a part of the game and they aren't his mortal enemies even though they still gave Baylor three points they never should've had even after review. Glad Hurley kept his cool, a blowup there would've unraveled the team.
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I wanted to see Nowell get some run going against Wright. I i,agine they had to have faced off a few times in the past.

He was too quick for who we had guarding him.
 
Liam McNeeley is a total package

Points in the paint differential was telling in first half. No dribble penetration other than Liam. The rest of the team is content to pass the ball around the perimeter and settle for 3s. Robert Write III smoked us too many times.

Early on, Baylor was able to set screens and allow their guards get to the hoop consistently and either score or draw the foul

Much better defense

Danny took a vacay from crazytown

Better officiating – but the no call on Liam was bad

Ross had a tough game, just not relaxed

Aidan … much better but like my toast, still gets burned sometimes

Reed was terrific

Hass solid

SJ almost had a game without fouling out, but…didn’t.

The 2 bigs was fun but don’t see how we can do this against a team with a legit center

Someone on the team other than Liam needs the confidence to take it right to the hoop with the attitude “you can’t stop me. “ Stewie? Solo?

Shot clock violations need to be treated like “advantage” in soccer. Don’t stop play when the other team has a break away
 
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A W is a W.. Style points are overrated right now. New guys/Young guys showing up. Would not want to be Ball in the next film session re: second half D on Wright. Diarra has to tighten up his passes .Thought our help D was much improved over previous games. Important W for the resume.
 
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Is it safe to come back in here :)? Really nice gut check win for the team. Hopefully it portends continued improvement. I'll pile on the question of how a guy as athletic as Ball can be such a poor defender. Yeesh.
 
superjohn said:
Major needed win. Huge game for Mahaney's confidence. He even guarded. Liam was all over the place all game. He guarded well too and is our smartest player out there. Samson big first half. Reed big second half. The two bigs worked. Jaylin had big plays near the end and saved our hide with the steal.

Defense was so much better second half, it was actually really good for a long stretch until the wheels fell off very late with the Baylor coast to coast drives. It's no coincidence our D was much better for all the time Solo was sitting. He's our worst defensive player by far, it doesn't make sense how he can't stay in front of people and he often has no clue what he's doing out there on that side of the ball. He doesn't know where to be, he turns his back to dribblers. He's a great three point shooter but he's far too athletic and physically gifted to just be a lights out three point shooter. He's a major negative in all other aspects at this point. Ross isn't ready for real competition.

Would've liked to see some Nowell minutes with Hass struggling but Mahaney picked up the slack. Good game for Hurley, loved seeing him putting his arms around the refs and chatting them up with a smile. That's a part of the game and they aren't his mortal enemies even though they still gave Baylor three points they never should've had even after review. Glad Hurley kept his cool, a blowup there would've unraveled the team.
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The Baylor big touched the rim, right? That’s what it looked like. Doesn’t the rule say you can’t touch the ball or the rim/net, otherwise it really should be waived off?
 
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navery12 said:
I think this is the role for Mahaney. I've been one of his biggest defenders, and it's probably not the role Hurley envisioned, but this was the best he's looked. Bring him in for bursts of offense off the bench like Joey Calcaterra. The stretch in the 1st half had shades of Calcaterra against Georgetown. That's still an extremely valuable piece and if he develops into more that's a bonus
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He's a natural born scorer and one of our only guys who can score off the bounce. He won't turn it over but he's not going to create much offense for others either, he just isn't a point guard. That one pass to Jaylin was really slick though.

I liked seeing Hurley building Aidan and Samson up tonight.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Agree, and have Ahmad be first PG off the bench. How come he went from ~20 mins to nothing?
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If this game was in February or March I think he would have. Seems like Hurley still doesn't quite trust him for big games. He didn't play against Memphis and then had 13 minutes against Colorado and 6 against Dayton
 
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