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That was much needed and enjoyable.

Keep the throwback unis.

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Watching the game I thought to myself I'd rather hit a lull in the middle of the season and lose some games and learn what losing feels like before we head to the big East tournament and the big dance.

As hard as it has been to watch these last few weeks, all will be forgotten if we show up and learn from mistakes in March.

Good win today!
 
Four things stood out to me which was the difference between the last few games and this one:
1) We played MUCH better help defense and there were very few straight line layups (a few late when it didn't matter as much). Defense in general let us get out in transition more and opened up the offensive flow.
2) We dominated the boards. Someone in another thread mentioned gang rebounding. It works!!! Everyone in the starting lineup had at least four rebounds. This also let us get out in transition more and opened up the offensive flow.
3) Perhaps most importantly, Butler did not pressure our guards with the ball in the half court as other teams have lately. Did they see a scounting report? Pressuring our guards works. Perhaps because they were undermanned and don't have the same athletes. This allowed us to play our half court offense much more efficiently.
4) Sanogo was quicker to make a move with the ball in his hands. Didn't wait five seconds for the double team to come. And the few times he did he passed out for open looks. And he rebounded much better too.
I know Butler is not very good which can be reasons for all of the above but today was a step back in a positive direction and that's all we can ask for. Go UConn!!!
 
navery12 said:
Definitely could have given him more minutes in the 2nd half, but they went with getting Sanogo his confidence back. I can't complain even if it's not the choice I would have made
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We all know Sanogo can destroy Butler. Now it's up to him not get outplayed again by Nunge, Freemantle, Croswell, Soriano, Ighodaro, Ndefo...
 
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Keys to the game
  • Better defensive effort, communication and playing team defense. Much better on ball screens.
  • Sanogo played with confidence and dominated the boards, got big buckets and defended quite well. Our best player and we need him to be. Much improved passing.
  • Hawk was active, kept rebounding attacking and shooting. He has a tendency to fade of late
  • Newton played like the PG he is, attacking, passing, taking good shots. Key to that is less on ball time for Andre . AJax played off the ball and we looked better as a result.
Karaban made big buckets but continues to struggle on the defensive end. Joey with too many turnovers and soft D, but hopefully his shot can fall. Diarra holds the ball and dribbles in place too much on offense, but brings the D spark. Alleyne didn’t look bad but didn’t do much.
 
UCTitleTown said:
Clingan only 14 minutes in a 30 point blowout win. I'll never understand it.
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In a game like this, who really gives a crap? Once SJ came in, it would make more sense if you complained about Springs only getting a cameo.
 
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aburks41 said:
That looked like the team that was #2 in the country. Same with the team in the first half of the Seton Hall game. Maybe we’re turning the corner? Much needed confidence boost going into Xavier. See you all at Gampel!
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Felt like I was watching a WBB game. Very impressive and good to see Samson get some minutes. Free throw shooting may have been only downside today…
 
Glad to hear they got the win. A nice blow out should perk up the locker room. They needed a rebound.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
19 threes attempted might be the lowest on the season.

Saw a lot more offense dedicated on getting to the rim and a lot more drives. Saw a few backdoor cuts too. :)

More FTs attempted than threes attempted.

Sanogo passed the ball MUCH better today. Overall so much different than what we’ve seen during Big East play. Hopefully we keep this play up against Xavier. If we do with their big then we might have our season back.
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I wouldn’t say Sanogo passed MUCH better today. He did make a couple of very nice passes from the high post but no passes out of the double team is still a concern.

Liked posting up Jackson a couple of times. If he can make a couple of baskets posting up he would be awesome passing out from there.
 
nadavtheman said:
Four things stood out to me which was the difference between the last few games and this one:
1) We played MUCH better help defense and there were very few straight line layups (a few late when it didn't matter as much). Defense in general let us get out in transition more and opened up the offensive flow.
2) We dominated the boards. Someone in another thread mentioned gang rebounding. It works!!! Everyone in the starting lineup had at least four rebounds. This also let us get out in transition more and opened up the offensive flow.
3) Perhaps most importantly, Butler did not pressure our guards with the ball in the half court as other teams have lately. Did they see a scounting report? Pressuring our guards works. Perhaps because they were undermanned and don't have the same athletes. This allowed us to play our half court offense much more efficiently.
4) Sanogo was quicker to make a move with the ball in his hands. Didn't wait five seconds for the double team to come. And the few times he did he passed out for open looks. And he rebounded much better too.
I know Butler is not very good which can be reasons for all of the above but today was a step back in a positive direction and that's all we can ask for. Go UConn!!!
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Didn’t see Sanogo pass out from double team but he did make a couple of nice passes from the high post.
 
Drfla said:
I wouldn’t say Sanogo passed MUCH better today. He did make a couple of very nice passes from the high post but no passes out of the double team is still a concern.

Liked posting up Jackson a couple of times. If he can make a couple of baskets posting up he would be awesome passing out from there.
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He passed out of the double team multiple times today, and did it as the double was coming before the passing lanes closed
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Keys to the game
  • Better defensive effort, communication and playing team defense. Much better on ball screens.
  • Sanogo played with confidence and dominated the boards, got big buckets and defended quite well. Our best player and we need him to be. Much improved passing.
  • Hawk was active, kept rebounding attacking and shooting. He has a tendency to fade of late
  • Newton played like the PG he is, attacking, passing, taking good shots. Key to that is less on ball time for Andre . AJax played off the ball and we looked better as a result.
Karaban made big buckets but continues to struggle on the defensive end. Joey with too many turnovers and soft D, but hopefully his shot can fall. Diarra holds the ball and dribbles in place too much on offense, but brings the D spark. Alleyne didn’t look bad but didn’t do much.
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Good summary minus Karaban he was solid on D. He helped well, made some plays and had a couple loose balls as well. He’s improving there every game.
 
DblCrossbar said:
Felt like I was watching a WBB game. Very impressive and good to see Samson get some minutes. Free throw shooting may have been only downside today…
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I've been watching both teams since I was a kid. Basketball is basketball, and Geno knows what he's doing. Hurley is a good coach, but he's got a legendary coach nextdoor, whose brain I hope he picks every now and then.
 
With his freakish athleticism, how is is possible for AJ to play 25 minutes and score only 2 pts? I know people say he does other things (4 rebounds and 4 assists), but he should back into 10 pts. per game just from his athleticism alone.
 
mauconnfan said:
Good summary minus Karaban he was solid on D. He helped well, made some plays and had a couple loose balls as well. He’s improving there every game.
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You’re right. His defense was fine today, didn’t have the brutal assignment he usually has. He has often drawn the toughest defensive assignment.
 
I am hopeful that this was a turnaround game but I’m not confident. Butler is bad and was down several players. So maybe this was just the equivalent of beating some directional Maryland or something. But they were a bad team that we beat like we should beat bad teams. That is a good sign.
 
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UGo said:
Watching the game I thought to myself I'd rather hit a lull in the middle of the season and lose some games and learn what losing feels like before we head to the big East tournament and the big dance.

As hard as it has been to watch these last few weeks, all will be forgotten if we show up and learn from mistakes in March.

Good win today!
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Well thats what happened during the Kemba Walker season that made them champs in 2011. The started out awesome going undefeating against a tough nonconference schedule....had a mediocre Big East record at 9-9 and slumpint to 21-9 to end the season. That included some nasty blowout losses to Pittsburgh and St. John's. After that...Uconn later won 5 games in 5 days in the big apple and won the ncaa tourney and a 32-9 record to end the season.
 
husky429 said:
Pre-season, I'm not quite sure we all realized just how stacked the Big East was at the 4. There's at least 5 or 6 guys that can go off for 30 on any given night. This experience is going to be really important for AKs development.
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Yeah, it didn’t register for me pre-season. He needs to get a little stronger, but playing the guys he’s had to play for 30+ is not fair for anybody, let alone a freshman. Johnson spelling him will help when he’s ready, just to show a different look and for fatigue.
 
Nice little rebound win against a sub par, depleted team. Let's wait until Wednesday to see what's what.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Dan remembered how to coach today thankfully.
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HuskyHawk said:
Keys to the game
  • Better defensive effort, communication and playing team defense. Much better on ball screens.
  • Sanogo played with confidence and dominated the boards, got big buckets and defended quite well. Our best player and we need him to be. Much improved passing.
  • Hawk was active, kept rebounding attacking and shooting. He has a tendency to fade of late
  • Newton played like the PG he is, attacking, passing, taking good shots. Key to that is less on ball time for Andre . AJax played off the ball and we looked better as a result.
Karaban made big buckets but continues to struggle on the defensive end. Joey with too many turnovers and soft D, but hopefully his shot can fall. Diarra holds the ball and dribbles in place too much on offense, but brings the D spark. Alleyne didn’t look bad but didn’t do much.
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Saying Sanogo’s passing was better today is true. However, it’s a pretty low bar to step over. Basically all’s he needs to do is pass out of the low post once and he’s made a step up.

Still, it seemed like he had a much better motor on the boards today. Even though against a bad front court, still great to see.

Still wish he had an ounce of hops though. It’s hard with Clingan on the bench and every game two or three times saying “man, clingan would have just dunked” that after a bunny miss.
 
USNavyDog said:
Well thats what happened during the Kemba Walker season that made them champs in 2011. The started out awesome going undefeating against a tough nonconference schedule....had a mediocre Big East record at 9-9 and slumpint to 21-9 to end the season. That included some nasty blowout losses to Pittsburgh and St. John's. After that...Uconn later won 5 games in 5 days in the big apple and won the ncaa tourney and a 32-9 record to end the season.
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Does Kemba have any availability ?
Frankly if he told Newton this is your team and everyone got the message it would be a start . He is an outsider and that makes it doubly difficult for him unless you got the stones and swagger of a Khalid. That’s Hurley’s job.. You can’t manage a game from the sidelines , You need a leader on the floor.,
We don’t really need him to be a Kemba, Bazz , Adams , Sheffer, Williams , Khalid, or even Price
I’ll take a Tate, KO, RB , Talik , Ricky
The skill level of those lead guards was different but they all could lead a team . This team has no leader which automatically reduces its basketball IQ.
I made that same observation after I attended the Buffalo game. It gets elexposed in competitive games especially late.
 
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