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So who's going to stay up at 12am to watch them play live for 7th place ?
 
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We called a timeout yesterday in the almost same situation and it worked. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. It’s not an obvious choice though
There was much more time on the clock I believe around 9 second. With 5 seconds it’s basically all or nothing on the play as you don’t have enough time to look elsewhere. With 9 seconds you have time to look of first option isn’t there you can move to a second or possible 3rd.
 
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And the guy who is not on the list takes the last shot.
My eyeballs, NBA scouts, scouting services rankings...

McNeeley, Karaban, Ball, Reed, Stewart will all likely play in the NBA. Then there's guys like Nowell, Abraham, and Ross who may have a shot.
If you are right, (and I only see McNeeley as a lock )
Then this is a very poorly coach team if it has four NBA players on it
 
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When you are only down one point I think not calling the timeout and driving the ball is the best choice with 8 seconds to go. Lets rally and get a win tomorrow and then go back into the lab and get ready for the next 3.
 
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There was much more time on the clock I believe around 9 second. With 5 seconds it’s basically all or nothing on the play as you don’t have enough time to look elsewhere. With 9 seconds you have time to look of first option isn’t there you can move to a second or possible 3rd.
I have to rewatch that possession. But it’s possible he didn’t like how we were set up or our floor balance
 
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These are island games in November. there’s nothing more fluky than this event in a high school gym. I assume we just should pack it in the rest of the year? I’m not writing the obituary until the new year. Gonzaga in the garden?? And Baylor in Gampel. We’ll win both of those games.
I'm not ready to throw in the towel after 6 games but what is fluky about Maui? It's basketball, the gym and the island had nothing to do with guys fouling non-stop and leaving shooters open. When we've had good to great teams they've played up to their level out there.
 
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Biggest difference between this year and last year is the perimeter. We let up a lot of easy threes. We miss Newton more than anyone.
Newton was one of the smartest players in college basketball it wasn’t his physical skills it was the mental on both ends of the floor.

I said it earlier this team has very little basketball intelligence. Last year we had one of the most intelligent teams ever lead by newton.
 
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We called a timeout yesterday in the almost same situation and it worked. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. It’s not an obvious choice though
Yeah kinda like fouling or not when up 3
 
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Ross didn’t do a single thing in these two games. What is Hurley seeing in these practices lol???
He played 10 minutes in a game where we had massive foul trouble and Mahaney is unplayable. It’s not like he’d have to see much. He at least made a couple recoveries at the rim after he got blown by, which makes him an above average defender on our team right now.
 
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Newton was one of the smartest players in college basketball it wasn’t his physical skills it was the mental on both ends of the floor.

I said it earlier this team has very little basketball intelligence. Last year we had one of the most intelligent teams ever lead by newton.
Diarra had a few beautiful passes in the post. Those were so common with TNew at the point. Throw in DC, which is why last year’s team was one of the greatest ever.
 
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Well we’re officially down to earth.

Bottom line is we don’t have nearly as well designed a roster as in the last two years. It’s imbalanced. We have too many 3/4s and not enough 1/2s. There was a clear misfire in the portal as we likely could have done more there. Hindsight but now obvious we needed a real play making guard with some size (Haggerty a good example), any available rim protector to hedge perimeter defense and someone capable of playing PG. To DHs defense he stayed loyal to the Fab 5/Samson, issue is that group isn’t talented enough to hoist this team into a NC contender. I honestly wonder if there was a bit too much confidence in the staff thinking they can coach up and the “system” when reality is ability is often something you’re born with.

Hurley may want to rethink the high emphasis on “processing” as it may neglect some of the tough nosed kids out there that have “dawg”. This team feels soft.

AK is great but not designed to be a focal point.

I’ve officially thrown in the white flag with Mahaney. Beyond the lack of ability his disposition is just uninspiring as he looks chronically unsure for a junior that has played in two NCAA tourneys. He looks scared.

The depth piece is a fallacy as depth is only great when your core is humming. Time to start refining down to your 8 and to find chemistry amongst those parts. To me fairly clear that’s:

Hassan
Solo
Liam
AK
Reed

First three off bench:

Samson
Stew
Ahmad

Honestly don’t know what Jaylen is bringing as he feels like a lower caliber redundancy. Thought that this in summer and then the hype came.

Not one to complain about refs but these two games have felt like there has been some intention around the lopsidedness. Hurley needs to figure that out as it may follow him.

Wasn’t surprised yesterday, this one was surprising. Colorado is not a good team. If this UConn team is to make a mark, it’s time to start diluting time with all the parts and to give a core group a chance to figure each other out and hope a few players step up and everything congeals.
I agree with your post but what is this processing thing you keep talking about?
 
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That's not your shot Diarra. Pass the ball.

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First option was Liam back door - but it frankly wasn’t set up very well and the Colorado guy defended it. For that to work UConn has to get the defender lunging out to stop the pass to the three-point line, but he didn’t disguise himself as a shooter and his backdoor cut was his first movement - easy to defend.

Then looks like second option was Stewart setting a ball screen for Diarra but Diarra pulled the trigger first. Karaban looks like he just a decoy.

Ball was in the opposite corner for a kick out if McNeeley’s back door play worked. Once it didn’t, he was out of the play. The skip pass never would have gotten there.
 
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Man oh man it’s hilarious that in 2024, people still refuse to accept the fact that modern good offenses shoot lots of threes. And that the metrics back it up as a good strategy.

Oh the horror…we hoisted up 31 3’s today and made 39%. Yesterday, we shot 14-30 for 47%.

That darn Solo Ball…the nerve of him to throw up 6 open 3s and make 4 of them. Even worse…he’s shot 31 so far this year and had the nerve to make 52% of them. Blasphemy!

And don’t even get me started on that punk kid freshman McNeeley. Shot 6-9 (nice!) today, has hoisted up 31 3’s so far this year, only making 48%.

Alex…18/39, 46%…incorrigible!


Bad bad bad offense!!!!

You people are insane!
 
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And yet he's the least of our problems.

We have a lot of problems right now.
Exactly. I feel we win this game if he didn't hurt his hip. He missed a lot of time, and the offense suffered during that span.
 

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He played 10 minutes in a game where we had massive foul trouble and Mahaney is unplayable. It’s not like he’d have to see much. He at least made a couple recoveries at the rim after he got blown by, which makes him an above average defender on our team right now.

How is Mahaney unplayable? I get that Mahaney is bad defensively, but so is everyone else other than Diarra and Karaban, and Diarra is the only true plus defender on the team. This is probably UConn’s worst defensive team since the Dream Season. The last two games have been a defensive horror show.
 
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Man oh man it’s hilarious that in 2024, people still refuse to accept the fact that modern good offenses shoot lots of threes. And that the metrics back it up as a good strategy.

Oh the horror…we hoisted up 31 3’s today and made 39%. Yesterday, we shot 14-30 for 47%.

That darn Solo Ball…the nerve of him to throw up 6 open 3s and make 4 of them. Even worse…he’s shot 31 so far this year and had the nerve to make 52% of them. Blasphemy!

And don’t even get me started on that punk kid freshman McNeeley. Shot 6-9 (nice!) today, has hoisted up 31 3’s so far this year, only making 48%.

Alex…18/39, 46%…incorrigible!


Bad bad bad offense!!!!

You people are insane!
It's the defense that blows.

I would like to have some dribble drive as well, it's hard to rely on just threes when you don't execute anything like we did last year.

Alex was a ghost today because his scoring package is still basically just threes.
 

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