Listen it wasn’t the ACC it was the AAC he came here because of Danny. He doesn’t have a legacy here yet. He stays another year they got to the final four or championship then that’s a legacy. Kemba walker with a jump back winning shot in big east then killing it in the NCAA tournament that’s a legacy. Napier with a game winning shot against florida then winning the NCAA championship that’s a legacy. Come on now.
Accomplished more than Drummond
Not sure about this one. Drummond was like the number 1 or 2 recruit in the country, a bonafide 5 star and from the State of CT. That team grossly underperformed because they had lack of chemistry and never was able to truly come together as a team.
Ayala had a huge game and made big plays at key points in the game.
That was a tough year for other reasons. Boatshow was sidelined by the NCAA as was Calhoun and then Calhoun had health issues. So it was not an easy freshman adjustment season and the team did not have the trajectory of improvement of a Calhoun team, that it would have had in my opinion, if those things hadn’t happened.
Simply because he’s mostly our best defender in “ 5 out”. We need him for that. His offense other than passing is cringeworthy
Yes AAC I'm just saying we couldn't get top players to come to UCONN. Diamond Stone, Diallo, lost out in Sidney Jones; even though later he came to play for us.
Agree, and miss his off court leadership as well. Chief could see CV on the coaching staff some day. CV and Hurley’s relationship was one that really grew from rocky to excellent.could have used his foul shooting today.
I agree AAC for us felt like a glorified mid major league but Bouk came because of Danny no doubt.
Good point - I thought I included him in the Polley and Whaley group.
Well Martin was pretty forgettable in his play the last 2 games. LOL!
Just watched St Joe's games Boatright came up huge in 2014 first round. Made some big buckets, sorely missed that scoring punch tonight.
Sanogo took himself off the floor with two quick fouls. This was going to be a tough matchup because we play two bigsband they play with none. He couldn't guard anyone on the floor because they play nobody like him. Of course, conventional wisdom indicated that they would have nobody to guard him, either.
You just need to shut the hell up
Sanogo was never going to be the reason we won or lost this game.
That’s one way to view it. The other is we sat him 1st half (ok) but then wasted him the second half too. At minimum he collapses the D and forces defenders to help. He dominates on the glass and is the one guy who can at least finish inside. We ended up playing Maryland small ball.
of hurley's 13 signings so far only 2 (cole and hawk) would qualify as good 3 point shooters. gaffney was at 35% this year and everyone else was under 33%. if hurley doesnt sign at least 2 transfers this summer that can come close to 40% from 3 then i'm going to be very confused and worried
He had become our second option. With him off of the floor, we needed either Cole or Martin to become the second option. They were 3-22.
Sanogo got abused on defense. This game is played on 2 ends of floor.
I think he could improve with another year. If he is a 1st rounder, even if not lottery, he will go. 4 or 5 mill even if he is a bust.
Yes in a man to man. How about a zone to stop penetration and counteract the player rotation which was killing us?
Whelp, we’d have to talk to hamburgler about that one.
I agree Martin’s and Cole’s 3-22 doesn’t get it done. Gaffney was the guy who could get by his man but we did not go to that nearly enough. Another thing I would say is our ball movement was not very good and that raises all ships. Polley had a really quiet game for a senior.
He just needs to learn to lay off on intensity further from the hoop. His post defense was good. Ayala and Wiggins had 7 of their 9 threes, so for the other guys, if you don’t guard them, play off. I think by Hurley using the 2 foul rule it makes teams focus on baiting us into them. First play smarter not to create that but if it happens maybe just play on. If you fall behind by double digits, it becomes a guards game anyways.
Good point, we did not exploit often enough where Bouknight’s double teams came from and the couple times when we did, we missed open shots. Lots of missed shots. Some at the rim and some at 3. We need some shooters. Sad that Polley did not seem healthy enough or otherwise be able to fill that role in his last game.
But compared to over $20 million.
We didn't have any big stages this year. No screaming fans definitely had its impact