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Pudge said:
There was one Akok play ... that I thought we would see the reincarnation of Doctor J. However, he got a slight bump and did not finish. That kid has more to show.
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I was also thinking Donyell in early 90's. Seemed like he had one of those arm stretching baseline one-handers every game.
 
smoothcriminal said:
gaffney Is bizarre. It’s not that he’s just not hitting shots, it’s that he looks so panicked and overwhelmed. Good thing is it’s only up from here...
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I liked hurley putting him in the second half during legitimate game time (about 7 minutes left) he looks terrified out there but at least hurley is giving him some confidence, itll come to him
 
cohenzone said:
Gilbert is confounding. He almost shot us out of this game at the end the way he did v St. Joes. A drive and dish to a hot shooter like Polley was might’ve made things a little less tense at the end. But overall great effort. Absent those early tentative minutes the intensity was there from everyone.
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I am glad you said. You are 100% correct. He took those unnecessary threes with 3-4 minutes left, which brought Florida within 1 when we were up 5. However, I called a Uconn win right after Florida almost lost 3 nights ago to a much lesser team than us. However great win, guys played hard.
 
The difference today was defensive energy from the start. We got lost and gave up some open threes, but we weren't standing there with our hands down like we were on Wednesday. We are going to struggle to score all year long. The intensity on defense needs to be there all the time.

We controlled the defensive boards, or at least it seemed that way.

The guards took fewer awful shots.

Hurley did some nice things out of timeouts to get us some open shots. He's going to need to do that going forward given how limited we are in the half court.
 
BlueDogs said:
Great win. Could have rolled over. These wins build more winning.
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That's a very succinct and accurate analysis. They need this kind of win sometimes. Rather than falling way behind early and playing catch up, which we've seen too many times over the past few years, they were essentially in the driver's seat for the entire game, even if barely; and that's part of what makes this win impressive. You're right; they could have rolled over and lost their composure and ended up losing when Florida made their runs but they didn't. The gritty, grind 'em out victories should pay dividends as the season progresses.
 
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We still went 6 minutes without scoring. Still work to do here.
But I loved the defense. UConn dominating defense!
 
Can't believe they were 4-22 from three and still won. Luckily Florida wasn't much better (5-20).
 
Ts5034 said:
I have not had that much fun at Gampel in a long time. Not to be too nostalgic, but that really felt like the “old days”. It just feels like it has been forever since we played a real big game at Gampel. A win is a win, and the best part is our team is about to have a whole new look with Bouknight back.
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Awesome, I just got back from the game and it sounded like HUSKYMANIA revisited.
 
HooperScooper said:
Can't believe they were 4-22 from three and still won. Luckily Florida wasn't much better (5-20).
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I’ll take the W, but there are areas this team needs to improve on if it wants to compete for a tournament birth.

1.) Free throw shooting. Wasn’t good today. Thats where you have an opportunity to put an opponent away.
2.) Three point shooting and three point shot decision making. Could have been costly today. Many ill advised 3’s
3.) Hands up on D. I actually think the D was decent today.

Florida is way overrated. It counts as a win vs a ranked opponent, and we haven’t seen many of those in years, so I’ll take it!

I think if this team can continue to gel and find guys to hit shots, this could be a decent year. Way to early to tell tho.
 
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Awesome turnaround with fire all over. Wasn't Florida's best shooting day but that was the result of some hungry Huskies. The guys need to work on their alley oop timing....they were available and would have brought the house down.....but no complaints. This was one of the best games at Gample in awhile, the fans were really into it.
 
Hurley's message seemed to be in effect all game. Vital was measured, Polley was aggressive along with Carlton (a bit overly aggressive) even AG like Chief said made changes.

It was like Hurley told them "win my way or lose your way!". It appeared they listened.
 
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GoDAWGS said:
I liked hurley putting him in the second half during legitimate game time (about 7 minutes left) he looks terrified out there but at least hurley is giving him some confidence, itll come to him
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I thought he finally looked comfortable and confident on offense. Flashed some really nice ball handling in traffic, for those who keep saying he isn’t a PG. His defense on the perimeter needs to be better, but he made a great defensive play against Blackshear or another big holding perfect position and forcing a short miss.

He was a good HS shooter, that will come. I’m hopeful that his issues guarding on the perimeter may be related to that ankle.
 
Great win. I was happy to be there and the atmosphere was unbelievable. I am looking forward to JB's debut and what that will do for the offense.

I agree with the criticism of Gilbert. He has to shoot better. I was proud of his guts...taking and hitting the late jumper.

We need to get Josh going earlier.

Something to build on!
 
Blaneylover said:
Great win. I was happy to be there and the atmosphere was unbelievable. I am looking forward to JB's debut and what that will do for the offense.

I agree with the criticism of Gilbert. He has to shoot better. I was proud of his guts...taking and hitting the late jumper.

We need to get Josh going earlier.

Something to build on!
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As I noted in my Briefs, Hurley made an adjustment with Josh where he got the ball closer to the rim where he could seal his man better and not be so turnover prone by having too much ground to cover.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I thought he finally looked comfortable and confident on offense. Flashed some really nice ball handling in traffic, for those who keep saying he isn’t a PG. His defense on the perimeter needs to be better, but he made a great defensive play against Blackshear or another big holding perfect position and forcing a short miss.

He was a good HS shooter, that will come. I’m hopeful that his issues guarding on the perimeter may be related to that ankle.
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I saw him a few times last season and still wonder if his ankle is 100%? Then it’s catching up for all the practices he missed - the fact that he doesn’t hurt you is actually a good starting point - given the circumstances.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Need new starting lineup. Something to shock system.

16-12 min best defense and flow all season.

Stop forcing Josh in to being a primary option. It's like they want to be the Bulls in early 90's giving Cartwright a couple of early looks.

Whaley is very springy. Quick twitch jumping. Weight hasn't been bad for him.

Polley sequence of rebound, sprint to 3 pt line, catch, dribble and dish cross court is what everyone hopes of him.

First extended amount of time of Gaffney, Vital and Gilbert. Has potential- until teams realize Gaffney can't score. At least not yet.

Liked the press after Vital FT coming out of TO.

Also, non-breaking news. Gilbert can't shoot.

3 shot clock violations in first half against Top-15 team.

Those Polley run outs and transition 3's are why his rebounding numbers are lower than some expect. Hurley wants him sprinting ahead of D before it gets set.
I'm still shocked any times a jumper by Sid or Adams goes in.
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I agree, we need to do something about our starts. I think it was over 6 minutes without a point but we were only down 6-0. We did try to get it into Josh to start things off but he did not get wide enough or start within a few feet of the rim. You can’t give him the ball 10-15 feet out.
 
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Gaffney was manhandled by their guards on defense. They picked on him. (He'll rise to the task later in the season).
 
HuskyHawk said:
I thought he finally looked comfortable and confident on offense. Flashed some really nice ball handling in traffic, for those who keep saying he isn’t a PG. His defense on the perimeter needs to be better, but he made a great defensive play against Blackshear or another big holding perfect position and forcing a short miss.

He was a good HS shooter, that will come. I’m hopeful that his issues guarding on the perimeter may be related to that ankle.
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He needs Nike to get him some new shoes cause he's slipping all over the place. Get him some Air Zions
 
amidagoat said:
Also, Whaley’s improvement is evident. Happy he decided to work hard and stick with the program. He will be a great role player this year.
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Whaley can move his feet quicker than Josh and mixes it up inside. He definitely competes and is a decent shot blocker.
 
One thing Chief notice was FL tried to post AG a couple times and were successful and then Hurley did go to a zone just for a few plays to mix things up. Expect to see more of both this season.
 
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Just saying...Florida has 6 freshmen and 3 grad transfers at present. I think we caught them early on before they could help as a team.
 
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