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[QUOTE="DMIL, post: 4500774, member: 8539"]
I think the box score of this game is telling particularly at Home.
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[*]51% Shooting by St Johns to our 41%
[*]37 free throw attempts by St. John’s to our 27
[*]21 UConn Turnovers to their 10
[*]26 Bench points by St. John’s to our 11
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These are meaningful disparities and these conference games are revealing.  It is exposing our lack of discipline and composure in these tight games.  This is the case on offense and defense.  There was an expectation that we would get better with situational basketball as the season goes on however it happened.  You always have to have a counter punch.  The dead possessions and self inflicted turnovers simply kill the momentum of this team and undermines some of its strengths.

The team seems to have lost it’s identity and I’m surprised the coaching staff hasn’t figured out an effective counter yet.  Hawkins certainly flashed today and played aggressive however his 7 turnovers hurt.

4 out of 5 Conference losses is a problem.  Samson will make a difference when he returns and we may need to shorten the rotation a bit.  Let’s see if Hurley can figure this thing out.  Our opponents smell blood.
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