Bottomline, the house was rocking and we have beaten 5 of 6 elite OOC opponents. A very good accomplishment given our injuries. Gampel fans will hate hearing this but statistically Hartford is our home court advantage and it started with a superb national anthem tonight. The back breaking play of the game was Solo Ball’s shot from almost half court with the shot clock running down. The crowd erupted!
After last game I said not having a muscle power forward is a concern and tonight magnified that fact. We got out rebounded again. Stewart played a good game doing what he does well but we need another muscle Big. Especially since our center often trails the play from the high hedge.
We did have a full court play off an inbound but timed out on a half court inbound. Still work to do in that area.
We shot 55% from FG but 54% from the line. Everyone needs more awareness, who should be touching the ball when it is likely we will be fouled. We did finally do that and Ball ran time off the court. Karaban, Ball, Mullins are the guys we want going to the line.
Don’t get me started but while Hartford is a great home court for our players, the refs gave Texas a 28 to 13 foul shot attempt advantage. More than 100% more. You have to be really good to overcome that obstacle with a worthless commissioner who never has your back. We are that good!
Mullins got hot early but Hurley put him in the chill box. My opinion is when a scorer of his caliber gets hot you ride him until he starts missing, damn the rotations. But give Hurley credit, he started him and that was big.
It is great being a UConn fan, we are all fortunate.
After last game I said not having a muscle power forward is a concern and tonight magnified that fact. We got out rebounded again. Stewart played a good game doing what he does well but we need another muscle Big. Especially since our center often trails the play from the high hedge.
We did have a full court play off an inbound but timed out on a half court inbound. Still work to do in that area.
We shot 55% from FG but 54% from the line. Everyone needs more awareness, who should be touching the ball when it is likely we will be fouled. We did finally do that and Ball ran time off the court. Karaban, Ball, Mullins are the guys we want going to the line.
Don’t get me started but while Hartford is a great home court for our players, the refs gave Texas a 28 to 13 foul shot attempt advantage. More than 100% more. You have to be really good to overcome that obstacle with a worthless commissioner who never has your back. We are that good!
Mullins got hot early but Hurley put him in the chill box. My opinion is when a scorer of his caliber gets hot you ride him until he starts missing, damn the rotations. But give Hurley credit, he started him and that was big.
It is great being a UConn fan, we are all fortunate.
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