Chief’s Briefs - Georgetown Edition

[Chief00]

Diarra was pretty good again. He's turning into a pretty reliable piece for Hurley.

Spencer may never be a stud on defense, but he seems to have a knack for getting a rebound, loose ball or steal when the team needs it.

Castle was solid as well. I just want to see him getting better and better. I love the way he attacks the basket.

I would like to see more of and from Ball.

The rebounding needs to be better, but there were also a few weird play, but that's what happens when refs let a team muck it up.

On offense, the spacing was a little off at times, and I could be wrong, but it seemed like there were a couple of times where Castle had the ball with a mismatch, and wanted a clear-out, but screeners came anyways and let for an easy switch back. Especially in a game with the refs calling it like they did, I would like to see the clear out and Castle going 1 on 1 when the mismatch presented.

We miss Sanogo's muscle, especially with Donovan out. With all the talk of the benefits of small ball we have seen the last few games the importance of rebounding and post defense.
I agree on Spencer, he has a remarkable instinct to find the loose ball, the stray rebound, or find the open cutter.

 

[Chief00]

Seemed like he got hit on a lot of his drives to the hoop and rarely got calls.

In six Big East games National Champion UConn has been outshot on the foul line by 46 shots or 7.7 per game. In many of those games it is even worse because some UConn FT's were with UConn leading late in the game. In non Big East games, many against national teams Indiana, Texas, Kansas, Gonzaga UNC - we shot 43 more foul shots than our opponents. Calling a foul in the act of shooting or in the penalty is when calls matter the most, so # of FT's is the best metric. As I said last season, and was vindicated in the tournament, the Big East officiating of UConn games is a disgrace. The League is embarrassing itself and now on national network televised games. The Karaban getting hit and bleeding from the eye and is called for a foul on the same play symbolizes the terrible state of Big East Officiating.

 

[uconnfan68]

In six Big East games National Champion UConn has been outshot on the foul line by 46 shots or 7.7 per game. In many of those games it is even worse because some UConn FT's were with UConn leading late in the game. In non Big East games, many against national teams Indiana, Texas, Kansas, Gonzaga UNC - we shot 43 more foul shots than our opponents. Calling a foul in the act of shooting or in the penalty is when calls matter the most, so # of FT's is the best metric. As I said last season, and was vindicated in the tournament, the Big East officiating of UConn games is a disgrace. The League is embarrassing itself and now on national network televised games. The Karaban getting hit and bleeding from the eye and is called for a foul on the same play symbolizes the terrible state of Big East Officiating.
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To be fair, AK did foul… after being elbowed in the face.

 

[Chief00]

To be fair, AK did foul… after being elbowed in the face.

Fair enough / lol.