BC Post Game Thread | Page 2 | The Boneyard

BC Post Game Thread

jostar1 said:
Burton graduated from Lehigh University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a minor in Africana Studies. While at Lehigh, she was a standout for the NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball team. She then went on to earn her Master's degree from Syracuse Newhouse School.
Expand ...
Her dad is Steve Burton who is/was a sports anchor forever up in Boston
 
Bunch of people saying we’re over reliant on 3s, but just about every 3 tonight came off good or great ball movement or were just wide open looks.

Those are great shots that we want to get. They will fall at a much higher clip in the regular season.
 
.-.
JustbrewitMan said:
Bunch of people saying we’re over reliant on 3s, but just about every 3 tonight came off good or great ball movement or were just wide open looks.

Those are great shots that we want to get. They will fall at a much higher clip in the regular season.
Expand ...
Look at the free throw disparity. Look at last year. You want to live & die by the three again?
 
RuffRuff said:
You're probably right, but I think there is a scenario where he sticks for two. Kid looks and feels really young.
Expand ...
I agree with his “little shrimp kid” look, but I really didn’t see him getting absolutely bullied and destroyed. Granted, it was BC, so better comp will be the test. But Sneaky athletic and high BBIQ.
 
Focusing on behaviors since it’s an exhibition against BC lol

Solo was launching threes but looked like he was trying to attack more. Mixed results but did make most of the 2s he ended up taking. Hope we see that more

Malachi is gonna draw so many charges this year. He’s so quick laterally and gets in front of his guy so easily. Hurley will get him to take the hit

Is it just me or does Karaban’s shot look a little different? Less to the side and more towards the center?

Reibe will be good for us. Missing bunnies right now but gets in the right spot offensively

Stewart had the nice behind the back into Braylon dunk but overall not a great game. Ross had some nice moments too. He got UP on that late midrange jumper

Speaking of Braylon, I’m excited.

Furphy didn’t look ready. If Rrezon finished that late alley oop after the mean block I’d crown him the best UConn center ever

IVE MISSED UCONN BASKETBALL!
 
General takeaway is this team is good, woulda been a 30+ blowout if we made more open looks, Demary and Reed woulda given us more shots at the rim.

Thought it was interesting we ran a play for Mullins on back to back possessions to end the game. Clearly wanted him to see some shots go in.

Smith was definitely pushing the pace, might need him to slow down sometimes. But like his ability to get paint touches on this team.

Reibe missed some bunnies, but I liked what I saw today. Think he’ll be a problem in due time.

We’re gonna need to keep Reed and Reibe healthy somehow, any team with real bigs is crushing our small ball lineup.
 
Kinda wish they’d alter the rules and allow a couple more fouls for these exhibitions. Maybe not 10 like NBA summer league. But a couple more. I mostly want to see someone like Mullins get comfortable in our offense sets against a live defense and he spent much of the night sitting with soft fouls.

Or maybe officials could swallow the whistle a bit and tell the bench “that’d be a foul in the regular season”. I don’t think it benefits either team to have someone shoot 18 foul shots because he dips his shoulder into people for 40 minutes.
 
.-.
The 2nd half of the 2nd half was UConn bball.

Im glad to be watching the Huskies play again !
 
RuffRuff said:
Look at the free throw disparity. Look at last year. You want to live & die by the three again?
Expand ...
We shot like a steaming pile from 3. But total pts from those shots almost matched what we got from our twos. And yea I know the FTs come off of 2’s mostly.

I doubt we will average 50% of our shots from 3 for the year, so take a breath and relax.

But there will be games where it will happen. And if the looks are great looks, you go with it with the shooters we have. It’s not complicated.
 
DW1361 said:
Are tattoos on the way out? I thought it was painful to watch at times but was an exhibition game after all. Defense was great, but the fouling was frustrating.
Expand ...
Sideburns are on the way out. What's with all the bowl cuts?
 
JustbrewitMan said:
I agree with his “little shrimp kid” look, but I really didn’t see him getting absolutely bullied and destroyed. Granted, it was BC, so better comp will be the test. But Sneaky athletic and high BBIQ.
Expand ...
Why do people keep saying over and over he's sneaky athletic? He's just athletic, he's the quickest player on the team.
 
.-.
RuffRuff said:
You're probably right, but I think there is a scenario where he sticks for two. Kid looks and feels really young.
Expand ...

Slightly built, but a better athlete than McNeeley by a pretty wide margin. If the shooting is anywhere near as good as advertised, he’ll be gone.
 
superjohn said:
Why do people keep saying over and over he's sneaky athletic? He's just athletic, he's the quickest player on the team.
Expand ...
Because when he’s standing out there on the court, he looks like a small unathletic little kid.

But then you watch him at game speed, and it’s clear he’s athletic. Sneaky athleticism. Duh
 
Rebounding needs work. Reibe needs to dunk and play stronger. Smith is a very good back up point guard. Our fast break looks better organized. We got lots of good looks but really need to take the ball to the basket more and more effectively when we do. Maybe Demary can be that player. Has Mullins ever missed a free throw? Kid looks pretty good. Lots to feel good about.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
Because when he’s standing out there on the court, he looks like a small unathletic little kid.

But then you watch him at game speed, and it’s clear he’s athletic. Sneaky athleticism. Duh
Expand ...
He's listed at 6'6 196 lbs.
 
Who was the player on BC with that God awful looking Euro step? He was so awkwardly uncoordinated it threw the UConn defender off every time.
 
.-.
superjohn said:
He's listed at 6'6 196 lbs.
Expand ...
I understand that, SJ.

But you can’t tell me he looked like “a big athletic guy” out there compared to the other players.

I’m not disparaging him, just explaining why people call him sneaky athletic.
 
- Koroma and Milledner looked like serviceable emergency options at center and point guard respectively.

- Ball took it to the rim successfully three times I think. That was encouraging to see.

- Our point guard play is going to be signficantly upgraded this season and I feel comfortable saying that without Demary even playing.

- Ross did have a nice stint in the second half but I thought he and Stewart looked like largely the same players unfortunatley.

- Reibe needs to play a little stronger going to the basket but looks like he can contribute. Reed would have feasted inside tonight.

- Generated so many open looks but the shooting was cold. As others have stated, I would like to see them switch gears and drive or dump it inside when the threes aren't falling.

- Generally took good care of the ball. I'm going to estimate that we had fewer than 10 turnovers.

- Its obviously very early, but the fouling looked like last year. How many foul shots did Hand Jr have?
 
Peacefrog said:
- Koroma and Milledner looked like serviceable emergency options at center and point guard respectively.

- Ball took it to the rim successfully three times I think. That was encouraging to see.

- Our point guard play is going to be signficantly upgraded this season and I feel comfortable saying that without Demary even playing.

- Ross did have a nice stint in the second half but I thought he and Stewart looked like largely the same players unfortunatley.

- Reibe needs to play a little stronger going to the basket but looks like he can contribute. Reed would have feasted inside tonight.

- Generated so many open looks but the shooting was cold. As others have stated, I would like to see them switch gears and drive or dump it inside when the threes aren't falling.

- Generally took good care of the ball. I'm going to estimate that we had fewer than 10 turnovers.

- Its obviously very early, but the fouling looked like last year. How many foul shots did Hand Jr have?
Expand ...
I'm just hoping Stew doesn't leave Uconn a total bonehead. If only he could swap his space cadet with some of Ross' spasticity, might just have something.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,178
Messages
4,555,915
Members
10,441
Latest member
Virginiafan


Top Bottom