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He kept picking up cheap fouls.When Clingan was in it seemed it was for a minute or two.
He kept picking up cheap fouls.When Clingan was in it seemed it was for a minute or two.
We were not up 17 late in 2nd half. It was an implosion but that lead was in the first half.up 17 points late in 2nd. period stop!
Totally agree Chief! If I heard Tim Brando right, it sounds as if this was Tom’s decision. He thought it was a great opportunity for Luke to get some head coaching experience. In a normal situation. Tom would’ve been right. However, with us losing so much recently and with a golden opportunity to get things going in the right direction again, tonight was not the time to put someone’s personal experience ahead of the team’s best interest.Nothing against Luke but why is he effectively the head coach in practice tonight with Tom there?
He fumbled it because AJ sent him a fast ball from like 6 or 7 feet. AS does not have the hands to handle such a pass.At least one of which was a dime to Sanogo that he fumbled.
He has zero hops to dunk the ball...we have seen it over and over. Sadly DC misses a good number of layups off the glass when he should be dunking the ball near to every time he shoots when down low.That last Sanogo miss. What the frick?
Diarra had 2 points, 1 assist, 4 fouls and two horrible 3 point attempts in 15 minutes. What did you like?We have these rotations and regardless of how a player plays we stick to them. That has got to change. It is also tough to beat teams when you turn the ball over much more than your opponent. Turnover tonight 18 for UConn and 9 for Hall.
A fellow poster displayed some data that showed Sanogo gets fouled 1 of 20 attempts in the paint. That is outrageous and continued tonight.
True he could use some better sell techniques but he often gets fouled and no whistle by the Big East officials, who have been a disaster this season under a very weak commissioner. When Sanogo misses a post shot, there is no one in the zip code to rebound without a Double Big.
First half, 3 foul shots for UConn and 10 for Setan Hall. With 7 minutes left in the game 8 foul shots for UConn and 18 for Hall. For the game short end of 14 to 25.
Hawkins, Sanogo, Clingan, Jackson and Karaban are our 5 best players and it is a no brainer they should be our starting line-up. Time is running out for our coaching staff to recognize this. How much more evidence do they need that the current approach is not working?
Having said that, I liked Diarra game tonight. He can break the defense down off the dribble, but needs to improve his FT %.
But where did our ball movement go? And there’s a big price to pay without having a double big for the rebound at the end,
Cue in Kwintin WilliamsJackson is not one of our 5 best players, sorry. He got torched on defense, turned it over with sloppy passes, and is close to a zero on offense. He does jump high, though!
Correct. Stubborn is as stubborn does.Fact is Hurley is going to start Sanogo and he will play 25 mins a game so get used to nothing changing this season.
Agree with this. The ubiquitous fan-boying over AJ- from Hurley, media, other coaches- has jumped the shark. I get that he's a freak athlete but we're in year #3 and he's still undisciplined as ever on defense (spotty on-ball D, jumping all over the place like a pogo stick on every ball fake, and- despite the gaudy rebounding numbers- generally inconsistent blocking out, as repeatedly with Ndifo tonight) and a non-factor on offense once he passes the ball off to someone who wants to score (assuming one of his overzealous or overcasual passes- one extreme or the other- doesn't become a turnover). But he does have one highlight-reel dunk or block every game.Cue in Kwintin Williams
What evidence have we seen that Double Bigs has not worked other than fan forum opinions? With the exception of trying and having it work for 4 minutes against PC, we have not tried it. The strength of our team is our front court - despite all their faults Sanogo and Clingan are shooting around 60%, even 45% last night. This 4 out stuff is NOT working, LOL what more evidence do you need? Let’s go with our strength.I really don't get how people continue to want double bigs. What has Sanogo shown over the last month to make you think he's one of our best 5? He's not been good playing at his correct position and people think playing him out of position is going to help?
Clingan has to stop fouling so much, because our only hope of salvaging our season is him playing 30 minutes a night from here on out. Sanogo needs to come in only when Donovan needs a breather or is in foul trouble.
He is the one guy who can go by someone on offense off the dribble but agree what happens after that is not always pleasing.Diarra had 2 points, 1 assist, 4 fouls and two horrible 3 point attempts in 15 minutes. What did you like?
It needs to be about fielding the best lineup to win both players and coaches. When the coaches put someone’s “career opportunity” before winning, what does that say to the players? When I see Alleyne trying to break his shooting slump by taking quick three pointers rather than slashing to get to the line, I understand how that mindset got built better now.Totally agree Chief! If I heard Tim Brando right, it sounds as if this was Tom’s decision. He thought it was a great opportunity for Luke to get some head coaching experience. In a normal situation. Tom would’ve been right. However, with us losing so much recently and with a golden opportunity to get things going in the right direction again, tonight was not the time to put someone’s personal experience ahead of the team’s best interest.
Ironically, the less minutes Sanogo plays the less explosiveness and energy he seems to have. I can’t explain it. However, it is amazing the threshold a foul has to rise to, in order to send him to the line. Every game he gets fouled on numerous attempts there’s no whistle on.He has zero hops to dunk the ball...we have seen it over and over. Sadly DC misses a good number of layups off the glass when he should be dunking the ball near to every time he shoots when down low.
Zone Zone Zone!!!!!!!!!!!!Diarra wasn't good tonight. I do agree the only hope for this team is to play both DC and Sanogo together. And we need to play zone. this team can't guard
Not the refsI'm all for this Chief. The starting lineup you outline is clear as day. Some posters here don't get it.
And can't agree with you more on the refs. It's gotten to a point where I'm fine being that guy to "blame" the refs. It's absolutely outrageous. There's gotta be some more good objective data out there that corroborates this.