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Chief’s Briefs: Boston College Edition

One of the most important outcomes from the game was our ability to come back. Overall, we came close to a complete blowout. BC mounted a comeback that ate into the score and made it look closer than it was. From about 3 minutes in the first period through about 7 minutes of the second, BC outscored us 34 to 8. Teams are going to mount those challenges throughout the year, and we've got to learn how to and have confidence to deal with them. Outside of that 10 minute swing, we outscored BC 63-18. We looked and played scared and had our nose bloodied. But we recovered and came back...big. As someone alluded to, it would have been much, much better if we didn't foul as much. That's got to be something Danny works on. But his defenses are built on aggression and that's some of the price you pay.
 
What would it have meant? I mean that sincerely. The only difference between last night and some of the closed door scrimmages the last few years where they lost or got pressed was that there was a crowd there.

Are you new here? This place would be melting down if we lost. It's bad enough and we won by 19 without 40% of our starting lineup.
 
They must DUNK THE FREAKING BALL rather than trying to lay it up off the backboard.. How many chippies did they miss when banking them off the backboard? Many for sure. Make half of those misses and they win by 30.
 
He was assigned Hand in the 15-1 run. Hand had 18 free throws. Why? Because the only way we stopped him from scoring was by fouling him. Until Ross guarded him in that second half stretch.
Another way to look at it is that we fouled Hand before he had an opportunity to score unfouled.
 
They must DUNK THE FREAKING BALL rather than trying to lay it up off the backboard.. How many chippies did they miss when banking them off the backboard? Many for sure. Make half of those misses and they win by 30.
Mullins learned and corrected that as the destine to be great ones do. Reibe is still in the process of learning that.
 
They must DUNK THE FREAKING BALL rather than trying to lay it up off the backboard.. How many chippies did they miss when banking them off the backboard? Many for sure. Make half of those misses and they win by 30.
I feel like we have these comments every year. Going all the way back to Okafor. Is it really a problem? Not being a wise guy, I’m seriously wondering.
 
Ehh. Stewart and Ball both had some nice takes off the bounce yesterday. Karaban dabbles, though he needs to finish better, and it’s in Mullins’ skillset. It should not be a limiting factor of what should be a very good offense.
Not necessarily disagreeing—-I would just like to see a little more of it that’s all. Stewart could be a great candidate to do more of it
 
I think we need to give Jaylin Stewart a define role and hold him accountable. I think he has a high upside that he can fulfill this season. In my opinion, he was the third best player in the August 8th scrimmage.

Chief have to disagree on Stew. Got beat bad on D and settled for the 3 too many times. He went to the hole once and scored on a short bank shot, need to see more of that creativity. I love this kid but he needs to make a jump this year and it’s early, hope he does but last night was a bit disappointing for me.
 
The reason we lost games last year was not because we did not play defense aggressively enough, we lost because we committed too many foolish/unnecessary fouls. We got beat on the foul line last season. BC had a 30 to 11 foul shot advantage. We need to do better.

Unfortunately, Alex Karaban’s shot showed no improvement. Sure he’s a money player and hits some key shots on high volume and got rebounds. But, Alex misses when he’s off balance and leans forward or backwards. Too often he’s open but leaning. If he gathered himself, stabilizes his body and feet, he would consistently do much better. When he leans forward he hits the back of the rim. When he leans backwards he hits the front of the rim too often. This issue is compounded due to sometimes not having perfect backspin.

I think we need an expanded role for Stewart. He’s got the full package. Size, shooter, passer, runs well, shot blocker/rebounder and defense.

Mullins will be a great player but had early nerves tonight. He will not be a repeat of Maheney. Mullins has one of the best looking shots in UConn history. He’s athletic too with great fundamentals.

Reibe will also do very well, but rushed his finish moves. He has a good touch and it will show soon. He’s also had improved his body this summer/early fall. That was my concern that it would take awhile for a young guy his height to do that. He looks way ahead of schedule. His footwork is good.

Looking forward to a balance Solo Ball. He will be good with a balance between drives and threes.
Do you see Smith starting over Solo?
 

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