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[QUOTE="sdglast, post: 4541813, member: 9195"]
I agree.  He is caught up right now in being a pass first player even when driving to the basket.  I also reference back to Jimmy Jackson's comment last week during the Creighton game that UConn too many time allows teams to dictate what shot UConn takes instead of UConn bearing down and getting the shot they want.  It's really that simple.  Too many times offensively, UConn forces a shot early or takes what appears to be an open shot but his really the other team giving that player the shot.  It's what happens to Jackson a lot.  He is baited to take 3s and takes the bait.  He was 0-4 yesterday.  Hurley seemed to reference this in the postgame--Jackson needs to understand where he operates best offensively.  Standing outside the 3 point line is not it.  I hope he continues to be more aggresive going to the basket and cuts more off the ball on the baseline and down the lane, as it forces his man to actually defend him or risk giving up dunks.  Gotta stop playing 4 on 5 when on offense.
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