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If boatright is the most unclutch in UConn history how did he knock down 3 straight FTs against FSU last yr with less than 5 seconds to go in the game to send it in to OT.
 
zls44 said:
Also, if you are listing historically unclutch UConn players, and not starting the list with Johnny Selvie, YOURE DOING IT WRONG.
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Some on this board believed Johnny Selvie was the Anti-Christ
 
Blah blah blah. It was only last week most of you were saying the same thing about him at the end of both Overtimes. There were at least 3 threads bashing him.
 
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D$ said:
He's not the point guard that I thought he would be...
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He's a sophomore. Remeber Kemba as a soph?

Now remember him as a junior. RB has room to grow. Hopefully, he will. He had a lot of pressure on him without SN, and almost lead us to a great victory.
 
Husky999 said:
Blah blah blah. It was only last week most of you were saying the same thing about him at the end of both Overtimes. There were at least 3 threads bashing him.
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So instead of formulating your own opinion, you cherry pick what you read earlier this week and regurgitate it for some likes. BRILLIANT!

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If Boatright does not play this game we lose by at least 15 no questions. Such a dumb post. I hate coming to this board after losses.
 
Boatright is the freakin man, and almost lead us to a victory against a tourney team on the road. Come on!! Can we delete some of these nonsense posts? A lot of the posts the last few days have been embarrassing, especially the C7 ones. Breaking news: the C7 sucks!!! And so does our conference! Lets move forward!!
 
Sometimes a team loses because they don't have the horses to win. With most teams they aren't even in the game enough to worry about it and it is so obvious that fans may shut up and accept it. This team fights and scraps and somehow are in every game, whether they should be or not. This team with its full compliment was shorthanded in skills. Center they were playing with a reserve 4 and a 7'er that had no significant minutes in college ball despite being a junior, because of his lack of skills. Even the 7'er was lost to us. Today our best player couldn't play, our freshman shooting guard who has been playing out of position as a three and doing well reinjured his shooting hand and his shot showed it. Our 6th, all purpose, man hurt his fingers early in the second half and couldn't play the rest of the game. That left us with one guard, and a reserve with a lot of heart and guts, but few skills, an injured freshman still giving his all, a freshman project that had been averaging 3 minutes a game in scrub time and a Sophomore that is blooming into a star before our eyes. Despite that they took a team playing to get into the NCAA tournament on their home court to the wire with a chance to win with 17 seconds left. Anyone that complains about anything this team did today, really should reassess their expectations. This team gave a hell of a performance and maybe tomorrow or next week we can start to examine their weaknesses, but today we should just appreciate a team with more heart, will and guts than you can expect from any college team, not to mention a coach that is using smoke and mirrors to produce remarkable efforts and results.
 
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I want to like him, but he needs to learn how to dribble and distribute the ball to open players. And not dribble into the corner.
 
Without Boatright, we'd have Evans and Allen as our starting backcourt (assuming Bazz doesn't come back) the rest of the season. I don't think we'd be better off.
 
Love Boatright. You don't have to. No, I am not blind. Yes, I hate to lose. Yes, I expect him to be better next year. And finally, yes, I will waste 2 hours of my life watching him play. And.... I can say that about every one of our players.
 
Fishy said:
Evans, Calhoun and Olander go 2-16 and some mushroom cap trips over himself racing here to blame Ryan Boatright.

Yep, he was the problem.
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He played well, the only comment I have is when he has the ball in the final seconds he needs to get to the rim. There is too much lateral dribbling. He is too quick to not try and go around the defender. At that point in the game he has to learn to attack first. Take the foul hit those clutch free throws like I know he can and we win these games. He will learn.
 
OC's a great player for a freshman and I really like him as a player but relied too much on his outside shot instead of doing what he has the past couple of games which was drive to the hoop.
 
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Hume said:
Sometimes a team loses because they don't have the horses to win. With most teams they aren't even in the game enough to worry about it and it is so obvious that fans may shut up and accept it. This team fights and scraps and somehow are in every game, whether they should be or not. This team with its full compliment was shorthanded in skills. Center they were playing with a reserve 4 and a 7'er that had no significant minutes in college ball despite being a junior, because of his lack of skills. Even the 7'er was lost to us. Today our best player couldn't play, our freshman shooting guard who has been playing out of position as a three and doing well reinjured his shooting hand and his shot showed it. Our 6th, all purpose, man hurt his fingers early in the second half and couldn't play the rest of the game. That left us with one guard, and a reserve with a lot of heart and guts, but few skills, an injured freshman still giving his all, a freshman project that had been averaging 3 minutes a game in scrub time and a Sophomore that is blooming into a star before our eyes. Despite that they took a team playing to get into the NCAA tournament on their home court to the wire with a chance to win with 17 seconds left. Anyone that complains about anything this team did today, really should reassess their expectations. This team gave a hell of a performance and maybe tomorrow or next week we can start to examine their weaknesses, but today we should just appreciate a team with more heart, will and guts than you can expect from any college team, not to mention a coach that is using smoke and mirrors to produce remarkable efforts and results.
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Great post. I feel the same way, Hume. I was very pleased with their performance. Without Shabazz, on the road, playing a team trying to keep their NCAA hopes alive. And they fought them every step of the way. They fell down 12 more than half way through the 2nd half, and got right back into it. Their defense those last 10 minutes was unreal.
 
Fishy said:
Evans, Calhoun and Olander go 2-16 and some mushroom cap trips over himself racing here to blame Ryan Boatright.

Yep, he was the problem.
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Okay, I've had enough! You've got a lotta damn nerve trying to point out the obvious and, God forbid, make sense! Now take your freakin' medication and go stand in the corner and be quiet!

GO HUSKIES!!! BEAT THE BULLS!!!
 
Husky999 said:
Guy might be the most unclutch player in Uconn history. Honestly think he hurts us more than helps us.
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You're shi**ing me right? He started a little rough but really played a solid game today and made all of his FT's w/o his backcourt mate.........why would you say that unless you're just a dope?
 
I'm gonna jump in here and say no posts make me "mad". But rather I recognize irrational and not very well-thought out posts and so when I do, I point it out and let them know they should be more rational. Saying Boat doesn't help the team is probably one of the most illogical posts I have seen outside of HFD's conspiracy logic here. I also agree it is irrational for poster to respond in an unsound manner to an irrational post. Ex: "Dude your dumb ass! How can you think that?!" Even if the poster is right, presenting your logic in a fallacious manner doesn't present your point well. This is where the problems on this board come from. Every one thinking they are right and presenting their findings in a terrible way. If people just thought about the logic behind their posts and others peoples posts, then presented their logic soundly, the peace here would be much better. But I'm a dreamer.
 
Relax folks.... remember we said all the same things about Kemba & Napier as Sophomores... They all scored well, had some good assist games, but took heat for being selfish.... then they become Juniors & were the best players on the team.

At the end of the day, Boatright just turned 20 two months ago. Ups & Downs happen with kids. He's got a good handle, can make shots & pass. His issue is he tries to do too much right now & he gets down when not everything works. Can't complain about a kid trying. He'll learn he doesn't have to do it all by himself. He'll get it. Don't toss him away... Doesn't do him or UConn any good. Give him time....
 
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3for3 said:
In his collegiate debut, down three with seven seconds left in regulation, he knocked down three foul shots in the Bahamas to send the game into OT against a strong FSU team. So you're right, most unclutch player in UConn history.
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His shot against Marquette was clutch... until 23% 3 Pointer shooter Cadugan hit a desperation 3 to send it into OT. If not for that, Boatright would have been the king of UConn that month!
 
Tenspro2002 said:
He scores a bunch, but it's all on individual effort. He doesn't do a whole lot to help teammates. That's why he'll never be as good as Bazz.

He's like a smaller, more skilled version of Dyson (good and bad aspects).
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He's a Sophomore... He averages 15 ppg, 4.4 assist a game. He's not an All American, but he's on par with Kemba's & Napier's Sophmore's years...
 
Kizzlethadon said:
Yea but the things that are missing with boat don't seem as fixable. Shabazz was a gunner, Kemba was too fast for his own good, boat lacks some simple basketball fundamentals, listen I'm hoping he turns out like them too it just doesn't seem equatable, what has boat gotten better at since he got here?
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Relax... he's 20 and has gotten better, but we cannot expect perfection! He's a year younger than Napier. Shabazz wasn't a gunner. He averaged nearly 6 assists last year. UConn needs Shabazz to score more this year. Same with Boatright. Boatright is going through the Sophmore bump. Good & Bad games, but he tries & tries hard. Give him time...
 
WestCoastHusky said:
He got a big heart but he is just inconsistent right now. He needs to come back and play another year or two. He is nowhere close to being ready for the NBA. I still have high hope for him being a good PG. He just needs to stop dribbling and being more smart with his passes. He needs to be the set up guy, not the guy taking all the shots constantly.
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I agree BUT his ego and head are bigger than his heart and that spells trouble. with a guy like boat you have to take the good with the bad
 
Kizzlethadon said:
Yea but the things that are missing with boat don't seem as fixable. Shabazz was a gunner, Kemba was too fast for his own good, boat lacks some simple basketball fundamentals, listen I'm hoping he turns out like them too it just doesn't seem equatable, what has boat gotten better at since he got here?
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I don't think he lacks fundamentals. He knows how to dribble, pass, shoot, pivot, rebound. These are fundamentals. He is excellent at those and probably has had those down since 8th grade. What he lacks is mental awareness at times. Which is VERY fixable. If I had to give Boat advice in two words. It would be "do less". He tries to use his skills/fundamentals in a coercive way too often and so he shuts himself down mentally. If he slowed down and let the game come to him he wouldn't make as many mistakes. As Kemba and Shabazz have both learned this, Boatright will too. Once you learn the game and have an effective and efficient skill set, the rest becomes mostly mental. Especially with PG's. They have the best overall skill set because they have to control the flow and rhythm of the game. Now it becomes how he controls the flow and rhythm. I would also point that Kevin Ollie had a very basic skill set, nothing spectactular. But mentally, WOW, he controlled the flow and rhythm which is why he has had such a long career and why he is going to make an amazing coach.Same with Steve Nash imo. His mental awareness and BB IQ is terrific. A synonym of fundamental is foundation. Boatright absolutely has a foundation. He just needs to work on his BB IQ. That comes with wisdom of the game.
 
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