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Butler post game thread

REB1094 said:
"Their offense is like a great lasagna, there's always a next better layer". The offense always has a plan A, B, C, and D. Butler adjusted really well and jammed it up, but have enough patience and something will open up
  • There was a focus to get Clingan in the deep paint and he took advantage. Post hook looked good, 18pts/14reb/3blk/3ast. Thought he had 4 blocks but I only see 3 on the stats
  • Stewart gave up 1 three to Davis but otherwise played really well defensively in the 1st half. Good hedges, recoveries, switches, and post defense. Always like to shout him out
  • Butler built momentum and then Castle had a 5-0 run in 30 seconds to put us up double digits. They built it again and Cam/Newton had a 5-0 run in 30 seconds to put us up double digits. They built it again and Clingan/AK had a 6-0 run in 36 seconds to put us up double digits.
  • I'm not sure if I saw Cam Spencer sweating once this game, but had 20 points and 4 threes. First time we had a consecutive leading scorer?
What's the record for highest FT% in NCAA history, and how close to it is DJ Davis? 95+%, damn..Great game but Cam/Clingan > Davis/Telfort. Go Huskies!
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Those c;lutch plays were awesome and have to be frustrating to an opponent. Just when things seem in reach they dagger you. Great to see Newton and Karaban (aka the wounded) making big shots at the very end. Just love the unselfishness and everyone stepping up and contributing to big plays against a no quit well coached opponent.
 
WeAreUCONN said:
Not sure how many minutes Timberlake played against Houston but he had 1 rebound and zeros everywhere else. It’s amazing we missed out on our 1st choice and wound up with Cam.
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Compare his numbers to Hassan Diarra or Ball--He'd have no where to play.

I threw Spencer in there for the heck of it :D

PlayerMinPTSTRBAST
Diarra195.62.92.3
Timberlake10.73.41.50.5
Ball17.14.41.40.4
Spencer3315.54.53.2
 
The Butler sag off of Donaven in the high post grew more as the game progressed. He had to hold the ball more as the defense packed the middle. We had trouble getting off good three point shots and running a pick and roll. Credit to Butler. We responded with some key 3's. This was a great game of responses by both teams, a fine example of X's and O's. Our missed layups were a problem.
The Donaven difference was well supported by Spencer especially in the first half. This game would have been a blow out if we had finished the last 30 seconds of the first half better. This needs to be a focus along with better inbounding plays.
 
I really think these 8:30 games create a bad effect on the team. Also think it impacts the crowd energy. I understand why it happens but it still stinks. Can’t wait too see how these new super conferences who have schools from three or four different time zones deal with this issue.
 
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SilentDog said:
I really think these 8:30 games create a bad effect on the team. Also think it impacts the crowd energy. I understand why it happens but it still stinks. Can’t wait too see how these new super conferences who have schools from three or four different time zones deal with this issue.
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The time zones help. The 8:30 east coast time is only 5:30 tip in LA
 
SilentDog said:
I really think these 8:30 games create a bad effect on the team. Also think it impacts the crowd energy. I understand why it happens but it still stinks. Can’t wait too see how these new super conferences who have schools from three or four different time zones deal with this issue.
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Hartford is an early town, this was a mid-week game. A late start like this favors a team from the mid-West. Many of us are in bed by 10, this makes watching the second half of these games a challenge.
 
CTBasketball said:
Honestly a better crowd than at Gampel v. Providence. XL crowds have been very good this year.
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I was there (and am at all XL games). The crowd was very good to start — I texted my UConn friends it was full and loouud right before tip-off — and the place was really loud for the early going and first U-C-O-N-N chant.

Then when UConn went up 35-21, the whole place — players, fans — all seemed to relax and never really got back into it the same way after Butler’s run.

There’s been a vibe at XL games like the crowd is there to see a heavyweight fighter throw his big knockout punch. When we’ve landed it, the building has been rocking. When the other team takes the punch and hangs around, the crowd has seemed more restless than anything and the late tip only added to it.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It looked and sounded completely dead on TV. Hope it was better in the building.
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We were fine, loud and into the game. Maybe not our very very best crowd, but a very good crowd.

It was an 8:30 weekday game, we're not all students . And if I yelled too much, I started coughing. So there's that too
 
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Kemba Time said:
I was there (and am at all XL games). The crowd was very good to start — I texted my UConn friends it was full and loouud right before tip-off — and the place was really loud for the early going and first U-C-O-N-N chant.

Then when UConn went up 35-21, the whole place — players, fans — all seemed to relax and never really got back into it the same way after Butler’s run.

There’s been a vibe at XL games like the crowd is there to see a heavyweight fighter throw his big knockout punch. When we’ve landed it, the building has been rocking. When the other team takes the punch and hangs around, the crowd has seemed more restless than anything and the late tip only added to it.
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This... Haven't been to a game at the XL in a few years, but the vibe to me has always been the same. Crowd is psyched at the start, sees us get a lead, and then just kind of goes along with the rest of the game. There are obvious exceptions, but that seems to be the norm to me at least. Gampel is obviously better for the atmosphere, but my experience having attended games at other places it that our crowd is "bla" more often than not. I think it's a combo of complacency and just taking our success for granted. Just my $0.02.
 
UChusky916 said:
Cam and Clingan were good tonight. Everyone else... meh. And we still won pretty comfortably.

Credit to Butler for preventing us from getting a killshot run to pull away.

Butler is a good team, I think they're underappreciated... could see them make the sweet 16 with an upset or two with the right matchups.
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Need to shoutout Hass too, he played really really well. Finished through contact, hit his FTs, strong defense and had some really nice fast break passes.
 
ucp990411 said:
Who does he do baseball for? He’s really good
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Just got picked up by the Tigers but used to be with White Sox I think. I’ve always liked him on basketball games
 
superjohn said:
Most downtowns in cities are dead these days. Hartford has been dead for a long time but Vaughans and Urban Lodge are good for pregame and they're right next to the XL Center. The XL Center is a total dump though, it's far past the useful life of an arena.
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Hopefully the renovations later this year make the arena respectable.
 
It was a strange game, we got off to a lead that grew into double digits. Then Butler made run after run after run to trim it down to three or four. Then we would answer and push it to seven or ten. And it seemed like every time they made a run a different Husky would step up. A five point run by Castle or a five point run by Clingan or Spensczar.

One of the announcers made a very good point. On any night any of five or six player can have the most impact on the game. Tonight they took turns doing it.
 
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It was loud on TV, we could hear the chants - but yes, the 2nd half for the most part was quieter. I think it was a combo of getting punched in the mouth right before halftime, the halftime wait, the later hour for our senior fans :p, and the fact the game was tight but there was never too much worry.

Butler is scrappy as hell and one I thought could have gone the other way so I'm glad to see the team was able to keep it going.

Loved Stewart's block, grab, and push downcourt.

I thought it as interesting that Hurley had them play small ball for a few minutes at the end of the 2nd half. Didn't need to so I guess he wanted to throw a different look at Butler to disrupt them.

Johnson needs more defensive work, he's gotta stop holding jerseys - he had a blatant one right when we got a TO that I thought for sure we were going to get a momentum stopping whistle on. Over the backs too much as well. I know he doesn't have a lot of experience, so I hope he continues to improve rapidly.

Palatine said:
It was a strange game, we got off to a lead that grew into double digits. Then Butler made run after run after run to trim it down to three or four. Then we would answer and push it to seven or ten. And it seemed like every time they made a run a different Husky would step up. A five point run by Castle or a five point run by Clingan or Spensczar.

One of the announcers made a very good point. On any night any of five or six player can have the most impact on the game. Tonight they took turns doing it.
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That's how we seem to go - the other squad tries to rally and goes on a run, UConn stops it and responds. The consistent response is why I haven't worried too much this season because even when another team claws back... I know UConn has something in the tank.
 
I really like this Butler team and I'm rooting for them to make the tournament.

Hard-nosed team w/ Posh at the PG and both Brooks and Telfort are matchup nightmares in their strong, physical frames and their ability to score in a variety of ways, including bully ball and from the three.
 
SilentDog said:
I really think these 8:30 games create a bad effect on the team. Also think it impacts the crowd energy. I understand why it happens but it still stinks. Can’t wait too see how these new super conferences who have schools from three or four different time zones deal with this issue.
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Well I was able to drive down to the game after work from Mass and was so thankful for the late tip.

It is sort of odd that our schedule has worked out this way with a lot of later tips toward the end of the season, but I guess it’s good that we had a bunch of 630 games early on and later tips now so everyone has some games that work well for them
 
Palatine said:
It was a strange game, we got off to a lead that grew into double digits. Then Butler made run after run after run to trim it down to three or four. Then we would answer and push it to seven or ten. And it seemed like every time they made a run a different Husky would step up. A five point run by Castle or a five point run by Clingan or Spensczar.

One of the announcers made a very good point. On any night any of five or six player can have the most impact on the game. Tonight they took turns doing it.
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Going into the season I felt like this team might lack the true star power at the top that last year had, but so much balance in the top 5 players who can all take over a game. Next few guys off the bench being able to each put up 10 points before you know it makes us dangerous for a coach as good as Danny
 
Kemba Time said:
I was there (and am at all XL games). The crowd was very good to start — I texted my UConn friends it was full and loouud right before tip-off — and the place was really loud for the early going and first U-C-O-N-N chant.

Then when UConn went up 35-21, the whole place — players, fans — all seemed to relax and never really got back into it the same way after Butler’s run.

There’s been a vibe at XL games like the crowd is there to see a heavyweight fighter throw his big knockout punch. When we’ve landed it, the building has been rocking. When the other team takes the punch and hangs around, the crowd has seemed more restless than anything and the late tip only added to it.
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The other thing that’s been maddening this year is that we start a run, make a big shoot, the “Make Some Noise” sign comes up on the video board, everyone gets up, place is rocking…

And then the other team hits a 3 or a tough shot…

I swear it’s happened every. Darn. Time at XL this year
 
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I don't know how Northeastern had Telfort for three years. That guy must have dominated CAA
 
Love this team but they get a little loosy goosey sometimes when they get a big lead.

At this point in the season, I always hold my breath when someone goes down clutching their leg/ankle. Glad Newt and Cling were able to walk their ankle twists off but they’re going to be sore today. Reminds me of when I was in college….ah forget it.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
The other thing that’s been maddening this year is that we start a run, make a big shoot, the “Make Some Noise” sign comes up on the video board, everyone gets up, place is rocking…

And then the other team hits a 3 or a tough shot…

I swear it’s happened every. Darn. Time at XL this year
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I was at the game last night and I swear I said the same thing to my buddy. At some point, I refused to stand when they did the "Make Some Noise" came up.
 
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