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Colorado Post Game Thread

RuffRuff said:
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.
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I agree with your post but what is this processing thing you keep talking about?
 
SubbaBub said:
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.
 
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!
 
superjohn said:
And yet he's the least of our problems.

We have a lot of problems right now.
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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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7774 said:
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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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.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
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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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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CardiacAndre7 said:
I admire the enthusiasm. Gonzaga is simply a better team than us. We can for sure beat Baylor beacuse they are erratic, but there is no reason right now to think we can beat Gonzaga.
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aceboon said:
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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The start times, the gym, the refs, the travel. We’ve played 2 morning basketball games. I’m not saying we’ve played well but let’s not say the season is over because of games in Maui.
 
Dibbie said:
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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The problem is as much as we love Diarra he’ll make a beautiful pass on one possession then on the next couple he will over dribble, or hold the ball, or try a pass that he shouldn’t and this will get him trouble.
 
Dooch said:
Bingo - 4 guys off to the NBA, and outside of Karaban, young and inexperienced. I suspect we will look much better in Jan/Feb....
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I concur. Watching this tournament has been frustrating, but all good points.

UConn hasn't had a losing streak in such a long time. The mid-2022-23 season slump seems like ancient history.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
I’ve said that repeatedly. I’ve just noticed McNeeley doesn’t offer resistance on drives. Also thought he would be getting more rebounds from the first few games. 1 in 33 minutes is rough.
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Tough to get rebounds when the opposing team rarely misses
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Johnson is a fouling machine, but to be fair, our guards get beaten so often that he is constantly having to bail them out.
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Agree but sometimes maybe just statue down low when you have 3/4 fouls already. Some shots will be missed just by standing your ground
 
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Pmac923 said:
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.
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Gonzaga will win by 30
 
nelsonmuntz said:
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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Well he wasn’t in foul trouble and played 0 minutes in the 2nd half, so I guess that’s how? Seems like even you could have cracked that puzzle.
 
Zonepress said:
What evidence other than the hype from the coach is there that “we are really talented”
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Every person that watches basketball concluding the same thing?

CardiacAndre7 said:
I admire the enthusiasm. Gonzaga is simply a better team than us. We can for sure beat Baylor beacuse they are erratic, but there is no reason right now to think we can beat Gonzaga.
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was there a good reason to think Colorado would beat UConn today?

Could just be early season kinks, could be a rut, could be a hot shooting night, could be stuff that gets ironed out in practice the next 2 weeks.

There’s just as many reasons to think it as not to think it.
 
Samson has no lower body strength on D vs Bigs. For him .It's about finesse verticality or fouls. And opposing coaches know that.
 
Not unexpected of course, but the amount of hate Hurley and UConn get online now is astounding. Across the board, from fans of other blue bloods to teams we’ve beat the last few years to conference opponents to randoms. The hate-envy is strong.

Totally get that Hurley is chaotic and divisive.
 
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