Bazz and Boat Disagreement

[ATLDYKA]

I like them both, but both drive me nuts on occasion. Bazz and Boat both put up shots at times that they shouldn't, but Bazz' go in a fair amount of the time which makes them less visible. Boat seems to think he’s 6’3” or bigger the way he goes into the trees. I wish he’d drive and pull up more versus throwing up floaters or hoping for a foul. I’d like more drive and kicks from both of them. They did it well last night and Giffey was hitting shots after 2 early misses. Bazz seems to have more defensive lapses than anyone on the team. How many times have you seen his man wide open and Bazz running out at him too late? The foul from last night was by far the worst play he’s made all year. Just plain dumb. When Brimah is not in the game they (B & B) need to do a better job of stopping/limiting dribble penetration. Tyler is frequently victimized by coming to help and leaving his man open. If Brimah is in I’m not as concerned.

Totally agree, isn't Bazz being a hypocrite then. He is known for taking long 3 point shots early in the shot clock late in the game in close games. And then to top it off with purposefully fouling the other team is just plain selfish. I love Bazz but lost some respect watching that last night. These two have to get in sync to have any chance going forward. The teams play as whole over the past 4 or 5 games has been uninspiring and leaves something to be desired.

 

[Wise2]

Totally agree, isn't Bazz being a hypocrite then. He is known for taking long 3 point shots early in the shot clock late in the game in close games. And then to top it off with purposefully fouling the other team is just plain selfish. I love Bazz but lost some respect watching that last night. These two have to get in sync to have any chance going forward. The teams play as whole over the past 4 or 5 games has been uninspiring and leaves something to be desired.

Did we ever find out why Bazz made that foul at mid court. It look intentional, like he wanted to get the under 4 timeout by stopping the clock, but didn't want us to use a timeout.

 

[ctchamps]

Totally agree, isn't Bazz being a hypocrite then. He is known for taking long 3 point shots early in the shot clock late in the game in close games. And then to top it off with purposefully fouling the other team is just plain selfish. I love Bazz but lost some respect watching that last night. These two have to get in sync to have any chance going forward. The teams play as whole over the past 4 or 5 games has been uninspiring and leaves something to be desired.

I've only seen two situations in the past five games in which Bazz and Ryan demonstrated anything but good chemistry. I'm not sure they are out of sink by any stretch of the imagination based on those two situations. I'm also not certain that the less than stellar play could be attributed to them. Nor do I agree with you that the last five games were all less than stellar. I thought that Cinci game was a fantastic game in which UConn out gutted Cinci at their own game. And in the Rutgers game UConn finally started to make shots which should really be the focus of fans if we weren't all so focused on the need to dwell on the negative.

 

[BoatShow]

It's one thing for Welsh to make an observation but he went on and on about it so hard it was incessant. He then went on about how Rutgers shouldn't foul down 2 possessions with under 40 seconds to go and just play good defense. I was longing for Len Elmore and Mike Patrick.

 

[James]

Len Elmore was showing lots of love in our last Memphis game. Think he's a fan of ollie, who isn't?

 

[Palatine]

Did we ever find out why Bazz made that foul at mid court. It look intentional, like he wanted to get the under 4 timeout by stopping the clock, but didn't want us to use a timeout.

He did it to get Boat's attention and show his displeasure.

 

[tzznandrew]

And in the Rutgers game UConn finally started to make shots which should really be the focus of fans if we weren't all so focused on the need to dwell on the negative.

And it was senior night. That's an emotional and tricky game, and we've lost a fair share of them.

 

[Adios]

Celebrity death match: bazz vs boat. Who ya got?!

Basketball Mayan style, except the loser goes? Shabazz!

 

[ctchamps]

I've only seen two situations in the past five games in which Bazz and Ryan demonstrated anything but good chemistry. I'm not sure they are out of sink by any stretch of the imagination based on those two situations. I'm also not certain that the less than stellar play could be attributed to them. Nor do I agree with you that the last five games were all less than stellar. I thought that Cinci game was a fantastic game in which UConn out gutted Cinci at their own game. And in the Rutgers game UConn finally started to make shots which should really be the focus of fans if we weren't all so focused on the need to dwell on the negative.

RB and Bazz may not be out of sync but I sure was when I wrote this. "Out of sink". Good grief.

 

[Chief00]

Quite frankly, a non event. I have been saying all year though that Boat needs to improve his decision making especially late in game.

 

[David 76]

1) People on this forum got me to notice that Boat really has improved his decision making. There may be a little more to do but he is not the same player he was last year.

2) You can't expect all the impossible plays Bazz makes AND complain that some of his attempts look impossible. He is pretty efficient and he can't push the envelope for the former w/o some of the latter.

3) This "fight" is nothing. They are both intense, proud players and I'm sure this has happened before. But they are brothers in combat. Both did something wrong but it is over,

4) I don't think we have been on a 5 games slide. SMU and USF were weak games. But I don't think beating Temple by 13 was bad. I thought we played great in spite of good shots not dropping against Cinci and I thought Rutgers played well against us