Colorado Post Game Thread

[Viet Vet]

Colorado shot 56% from deep while Memphis shot 54%. You aren't going to win many games with that level of defense.

The REFS did not shoot 56% and 54% against our lousy defense.

 

[Orc]

Colorado 56% from three. Most of them open shots. Second straight game the opponent shot over 50% from three.

This is a huge hole in our defense.

This is not a good defensive. Dayton might hit 15 threes against us the way we are guarding the perimiter. I think they are miles better than Colorado . Who would’ve thought we’ll be 4-3 by this time. Yikes .

 

[UCfor3]

Hurley needed to sit Reed and save him for the end of the game. It was either Singare with 6 minutes left or Singare (or Karaban) with 1 minute left guarding their huge center. Reed wasn't going to go that long without fouling. Complete pipe dream with our bigs penchant for fouling and the refs having a trigger happy whistle for us.

 

[F101Voodoo]

Is it time we accept that we simply lost way too much talent from last year's team to be able to challenge for a three peat? I don't know what to think right now...

Agree that we lost a #&($*(load of talent and that we just cannot replace in such a short time. Like last year Karaban runs cold and sort of hot. When are the calls to fire Dan going to start.

 

[Brochacho]

This is an obviously flawed team that won't beat even decent teams unless Karaban plays well.

Mahaney was a miss. Cut losses and go with Nowell. Reed was inconsistent at UM and it's carrying over.

And how on Earth do you not drive to the basket on the last possession?

lol Reed had his first bad game of the year. It sure looked like the plan was to drive then Diarra said it’s Diarra time.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Interesting stat- Uconn took twice as many 3 pointers as Colorado..hit one or two more then different result

Sure but Colorado missed 10 FTs...cuts both ways

 

[aceboon]

Very weird game from Karaban, shot isn't falling and it seemed like every next 3 was further back than the last one. Dude, shot fake and put the ball on the floor and get to the rim or collapse the defense.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Remember 2 years ago when we lost like 6 out of 8 mid season? Relax, Hurley and staff will figure it out. It’s a very long season.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

This is an obviously flawed team that won't beat even decent teams unless Karaban plays well.

Mahaney was a miss. Cut losses and go with Nowell. Reed was inconsistent at UM and it's carrying over.

And how on Earth do you not drive to the basket on the last possession?

We don’t have anyone that can shake their man. Besides the fouling that’s our biggest issue, we are slow and finesse, but that rarely works.

 

[TheHorde]

Did you watch the game. We were much more effective with Johnson in the game. Reed was basically a no-show.

Samson played decently today but man do he and Reed need to stop taking dumb fouls trying to pick up hero rebounds they have no chance at or take dumb fouls far from the basket.

 

[Forte]

Is it time we accept that we simply lost way too much talent from last year's team to be able to challenge for a three peat? I don't know what to think right now...

Its not about challenging a threepeat its about how off two national championshps is our talent unable to beat two unranked teams in a row and very likely will drop out of the top 25 next week. Who did these coaches recruit?

 

[Excalibur]

What the hell was that last play? CO shot 28 free throws vs 13 UConn. A ref rerun?

We fouled a ton. The non-call at the end was laughably bad (especially given last night) but we committed a ton of legit fouls today.

 

[AntG168]

Remember 2 years ago when we lost like 6 out of 8 mid season? Relax, Hurley and staff will figure it out. It’s a very long season.

After the last 2 nights it’s rational to worry about the team. They have to beat someone with a pulse before I’m optimistic again

 

[Scoe]

Remember 2 years ago when we lost like 6 out of 8 mid season? Relax, Hurley and staff will figure it out. It’s a very long season.

Ya we're not that team relax. I do have confidence Hurley will figure it out though.

 

[UConn77]

I’m not ready to throw in the towel after these two losses, but this team clearly has work to do. They will improve as the younger guys mature, but we as fans may have to accept that this team is not what the past two teams were and likely won’t be.

 

[superjohn]

Team has all sorts of problems. The biggest is we foul constantly. Biting on every pump fake, reaching, crashing into guys. It needs to stop. We're not guarding the perimeter nearly well enough. The defense is an absolute mess. We got picked apart by a dribble drive team of athletes yesterday. We got picked apart by a slow halfcourt team of modest/subpar talent today.

We had two drives this game for buckets, Nowell's drive in the first half and Solo's drive in the second half. That may be more than we had last game. Inability to take guys off the dribble is a huge problem because we're not getting any of the movement we got last season.

I love Alex but just a putrid performance from him. He was a ghost out there. It was always insane some on the board said he could be the best UConn player ever. He's a great connector and a three point shooter but he was our 5th best player last season. I was hoping he would make a leap this season and be a go to player/leader. He took one 2 point shot the entire game, that's pathetic and he's not living up to the hype of a first team all-American.

The good, there was barely any but Liam is obviously really good and he's a gamer. Nowell played great in the first half.

This has been an awful start to the season for Hurley. He tried to make Mahaney the point guard and it didn't work. It looks like he's moved on from that already and in the process Mahaney's confidence looks to be crushed. He was all out of sorts again early and then never played again. Hurley hasn't figured out a lineup yet and guys don't seem to know their roles.

No two ways about it, this has been an awful trip to Hawaii and this was an awful loss today. This is the type of loss that can come back to bite you if you're fighting to make the tournament at the end of the season.

I'm going to hope for a win in the 8th place game and then try to enjoy my turkey and pie.

 

[gsmooth]

Is it time we accept that we simply lost way too much talent from last year's team to be able to challenge for a three peat? I don't know what to think right now...

I am not giving up on the 3 peat, but anyone thinking UConn was going dominate or simply cake walk has not grasped the amount of talent UConn has lost from last year.
Having said that I am disappointed in losing to Colorado.

 

[AntG168]

Yeah he was too undersized with already small guards. We needed a bigger, stronger guard and Ross surely isn't that.

Yet. This is essentially Ross’ freshman year when it comes to game action.

 

[Spaceman213J]

Most of what's wrong with this team so far is between the ears. It's not coaching. It's not holding practices with no fouls. That worked out well the last few years.
I will take Solo Ball at the offensive end, every single possession, but how can he be under the basket with his man out at the 3 pt line. He gets out of position and closes on guys softly. Ross is very similar. There is too much ball watching or trying to make the amazing steal instead of playing solid defense. Diarra is great on the defensive end, but there are times when guys are rolling around screens and he seems hesitant to pass and holds the ball a second too long.
Last few years we had guys who played 100% at both end all the time. Spencer wasn't great defensively to start, but you could see him progress and he may have peaked defensively in the championship game. Clingan just ate up so much space and I think Newton's defense was often underrated. He fought and banged and used his size to his advantage. Castel was Castle and Karaban always put the effort forward.
This team is just out of position way too much.
There is enough blame to go around with this team, but don't give up on them. Hurley's bread and butter historically has been to teach defense.

 

[Hunt for 7]

They looked a lot better in those open practices.

 

[Excalibur]

When are the calls to fire Dan going to start.

I'm sure we'll have a few imbeciles . . .

 

[yungdowork]

A lot of mental mistakes put us in really bad spots. The McNeeley pass to Reed that led to Tarris fouling out just shouldn't happen, especially at that point in the game.

I know these tournaments usually have a softer whistle than the Big East but defending without fouling has to be a focal point for at least the next few weeks. Samson simply can't live with the idea of a guy getting a layup and constantly overextends and fouls as a result, and for better or worse, we need him to play meaningful minutes.

 

[aceboon]

for the folks complaining about the whistle, that last non-call on the McNeeley attempted defensive rebound sucked but this team fouls alot, way too much reaching and putting their hands on people and just bad principles flying off their feet for shot fakes. Even last year when "The Athletic" was doing blind scouting reports on tournament teams opposing anonymous coaches were commenting on how much UConn fouls.

 

[That Guy]

Remember 2 years ago when we lost like 6 out of 8 mid season? Relax, Hurley and staff will figure it out. It’s a very long season.

That team destroyed Bama who was the #1 team in the country for most of the year, and won the PK Invitational early in the season. They showed they have what it takes to beat the best.

This team hasn't beat anyone and they're losing to unranked teams.

 

[UCfor3]

I was stunned that that was what was drawn up out of a time out.

I doubt what we saw was what Hurley actually drew.up.

 

[gsmooth]

Hurley needs to behave and not call out refs. Extremely difficult to win with massive foul and free throw disparity. This is same behavior that hiurt team 2 years ago before andrea sat him down. Time for Andrea to sit him down again.

Yup. I am seeing it right here in the stands. He is constantly on the refs every time down the floor and in the timeouts.