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We tried without 2 key starters but we got out rebounded by 20 and shot only 50% from FT. Neither is a recipe for a win.

We were outrebounded 43 to 23 and the 13-6 offensive rebound deficit part really hurt us. Many second chances translated into points.

8 for 16 (50%) FT’s vs 19 for 25 (76%) made the difference tonight in 4 point game. In the first half Demery, Reibe, Karaban and Ball all made foolish fouls putting us into an early penalty and the rest is history. If you play like you practice, why don’t we crack down on foolish fouls in practice more? Our centers were chasing guards 20+ feet from the basket leading to mismatches and bad fouls.

Give the guys credit for fighting back the entire game but when your two best 3 point shooters (Ball & Karaban) go 2-10 combine and your centers (Reibe & Koroma) go 3-10 on FTs, it’s tough to win. Yet, if Reed played we likely would have won.

Reibe, Demary, and Stewart combined for 38 points on 57% FG shooting and 5 of our 8 threes. Reibe is going to be a good player but his body is one year away in the weight room.
Koroma marginal helps us on certain ways but his foul shooting really hurts (2 for 6 today) in close games.

Give Bradley, Peat and Krivas credit, they played well and played efficient. This was likely one of the 2-3 games where we would miss Reed and Mullins the most.

Karaban plays better when he has other good players playing with him and he’s the 3rd or 4th option not the first or second. He’s a more relax and I rushed player when he has other stars around him.
 
I think Reed being out was very big. I think he would negate some of the rebounding edge and would not let Krivas get set up as deep and have made things tougher for him. Still, Reibe played a great game for a frosh.

You mentioned it. Cut the rebound diff in half or make a decent percentage of the free throws and you probably walk away with a win against a top 5 team without 2 starters.
 
I think Reed being out was very big. I think he would negate some of the rebounding edge and would not let Krivas get set up as deep and have made things tougher for him. Still, Reibe played a great game for a frosh.

You mentioned it. Cut the rebound diff in half or make a decent percentage of the free throws and you probably walk away with a win against a top 5 team without 2 starters.

I have no idea what difference Mullins would have made but I am pretty darn certain that Reed would have made all the difference in the world.
 
the free throw misses didn't hurt as much as I thought. we left 8 points at the line and AZ left 6. Of course, AZ outscored us by 11 at the line because they took more free throws which is typical UConn.

I just looked it up. UConn was actually 9/18 from the line so left 9 points. Rebounding hurt. Looks like what kept UConn in the game was AZ only going 2-10 from 3 vs UConn 8-25. Both teams made 25 field goals.
 
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Very disappointing result given we were up two with under two minutes to go. I thought we had it. That being said, when healthy I now believe we are the best team in the nation. We legitimately go 11 deep. That is frightening.
 

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