Was it the coaching, play or the red shirts that gave Chief flashbacks of Bobby “Red Pants” Diaco. Given that recent sports history, who thought red shirts were a good idea?
Thanks to RJ Cole we stayed in an ugly game. He didn’t have much help and many counter productive plays. He was the only guy who played thoughtful and scored meaningful points (26) besides Whaley threes.
The coaching staff made a bad decision not going all in to get an experience guard in the transfer portal to give RJ help. The book on UConn is to pressure us due to a lack of ball handlers and general poor composure under pressure.
The only time we semi handled the pressure was when Gaffney was in as another ball handler.
VCU was more ready to play than UConn. The third game in a row, we had difficulty with pressure and did not achieve a noticeable mitigating solution.
Early on really disappointing guard play. Too many plays where we beat ourselves or couldn’t handle pressure. They are blitzing Cole with a double and we are unable to use a safety val and make them pay on the second pass. He is unable to beat the defense with speed either, something Chief pointed out a couple weeks ago. Now against the better teams that flaw is highlighted.
All that and his own poor judgement led to Sanogo fouling 22 feet from the hoop, but this time on offense. Of course that play symbolizes the guards inability to handle defensive pressure. If Jackson is our second ball handler that’s a problem. He needs to get over striving for the degree of difficulty highlight play and make the simple play.
Sanogo picked up his 3rd foul 22 feet away from the basket defending a guard off the dribble. He needs to play smarter.
Having said that Jackson has the potential to be our best shot blocker and rebounder.
The one guy Hurley seems to have zero patience with after a bad play is Hawkins, perhaps the guy he should have the most patience with due to his potential and tenure.
Tough to beat good teams when you have more turnovers than assists and shoot about 25% on 3 pointers. Whaley was one of our Big 3 guy today along with with two, whike Coke had three.
Pretty bad when you don’t have confidence to play your second or third best ball handler (Gaffney and Hawkins) in the last two minutes. But, a win is a win.
Polley needs to play well in more than 1/3rd of his games.
Thanks to RJ Cole we stayed in an ugly game. He didn’t have much help and many counter productive plays. He was the only guy who played thoughtful and scored meaningful points (26) besides Whaley threes.
The coaching staff made a bad decision not going all in to get an experience guard in the transfer portal to give RJ help. The book on UConn is to pressure us due to a lack of ball handlers and general poor composure under pressure.
The only time we semi handled the pressure was when Gaffney was in as another ball handler.
VCU was more ready to play than UConn. The third game in a row, we had difficulty with pressure and did not achieve a noticeable mitigating solution.
Early on really disappointing guard play. Too many plays where we beat ourselves or couldn’t handle pressure. They are blitzing Cole with a double and we are unable to use a safety val and make them pay on the second pass. He is unable to beat the defense with speed either, something Chief pointed out a couple weeks ago. Now against the better teams that flaw is highlighted.
All that and his own poor judgement led to Sanogo fouling 22 feet from the hoop, but this time on offense. Of course that play symbolizes the guards inability to handle defensive pressure. If Jackson is our second ball handler that’s a problem. He needs to get over striving for the degree of difficulty highlight play and make the simple play.
Sanogo picked up his 3rd foul 22 feet away from the basket defending a guard off the dribble. He needs to play smarter.
Having said that Jackson has the potential to be our best shot blocker and rebounder.
The one guy Hurley seems to have zero patience with after a bad play is Hawkins, perhaps the guy he should have the most patience with due to his potential and tenure.
Tough to beat good teams when you have more turnovers than assists and shoot about 25% on 3 pointers. Whaley was one of our Big 3 guy today along with with two, whike Coke had three.
Pretty bad when you don’t have confidence to play your second or third best ball handler (Gaffney and Hawkins) in the last two minutes. But, a win is a win.
Polley needs to play well in more than 1/3rd of his games.