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UConNick said:
Nary an adjustment as Sanogo kept getting beat. Maybe stop the hedging so he doesn’t get beat to hoop. Maybe try Whaley on him. Play a damn zone, they were not hitting triples in the second half. Disappointing to say the least.
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The hard hedge will be the death of us. Hurley is just too damn stubborn or he doesn't have much in his bag.
 
Creighton is definitely in their heads. No reason to have lost either game, but when you fail to execute and make losing plays, losing happens.

They are becoming my least favorite just for the simple fact we haven’t beaten them. Not winning without their starting PG either isn’t the best feeling.

Oh well, we’ve seen that type of performance performance plenty this year, hopefully it’s the last
 
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UConNick said:
Nary an adjustment as Sanogo kept getting beat. Maybe stop the hedging so he doesn’t get beat to hoop. Maybe try Whaley on him. Play a damn zone, they were not hitting triples in the second half. Disappointing to say the least.
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Yeah it really is as simple as playing zone until someone else beats you IMO. Nobody else had it going for them in the second half. Kind of embarrassing as a coach to get burned that way that many times in a row in the clutch while you sit on your hands. Learning experience
 
Kitaman said:
1st half killed us. Hurley's got to fix our lack of offensive firepower to open up games.

Whaley and Martin are slow to get started and AJ well he's just not offensively ready unless you put him at point guard.
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I love the Wrench and this is in no way a reflection of his effort or ability...but I think he'd be more effective as 6th man. Start Hawkins if he's healthy. Then we have 3 shooters on the floor at tip
 
storrsroars said:
Well, if Sanogo drained 2 or 3 of those 10 missed bunnies, we're likely not having this conversation.
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10 misses, 9 of them up close, and the 10th a perplexing mid range jump shot he just cannot take ever
 
prankster said:
One Mort thing.

I have heard it said that the most difficult thing is to beat another Big East team 3 times in a season.

Bring on the Creighton Barrels in the BET.
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We are 0-5 against them and they beat us three times last season, get a clue
 
Why is AJax taking 6 3s… Hurley needs to sit him down and tell him to stop shooting 3s. It’s a horrible % shot and leads to breaks the other way off long rebounds.

He’s shooting 4/25 on 3s (16%) in his last 12 games. He needs to just stop shooting the ball. It’s an auto turnover.
 
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UconnFanNVa said:
The lack of adjustment for these glaringly obvious stuff is extremely concerning to me. It's my sole issue with Hurley and our prospects for future success. Any team with lessor talent but better coaching can own us.
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This was as bad or worse than anything I've seen this year. It wasn't even creative offense or looks. They just kept goading Sanogo into the switch or hedge and then Kalk would slip to the basket. There was zero adjustment to it all second half.
 
Someone other than Cole needs to be able to make a shot. He was killing them, and Creighton started to double him to get the ball out of his hands, and that was that. The offense completely stopped, and Creighton was able to regain control. I'm sure I'm not alone in my amazement at the lack of shot making on this team. Staggering really.
 
aburks41 said:
4th place is a disappointment. We went backwards from last year.
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Seton Hall is going to be favored over Creighton Saturday. If we beat DePaul like we should we'll be the 3 seed still
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
This was as bad or worse than anything I've seen this year. It wasn't even creative offense or looks. They just kept goading Sanogo into the switch or hedge and then Kalk would slip to the basket. There was zero adjustment to it all second half.
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They were the same exact shots we always take.
 
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The microcosm of UConns offensive struggles was when Whaley and Jackson were both left wide open & both missed from 3 badly on back to back shots. Playing them two & Sanogo huge minutes leads to slow starts and struggles closing games. They need to stagger that line up more. Creighton dared those guys to shoot and they couldn’t hit anything. Creighton packed the paint and it leaves such little spacing for the other guys to operate. I’m sure they won’t change it, but they really need to break that line up more, just having Polley in changes the spacing dramatically.
 
navery12 said:
Seton Hall is going to be favored over Creighton Saturday. If we beat DePaul like we should we'll be the 3 seed still
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Needing to put faith into Seton Hall to beat Creighton just for us to regain the 3 seed is still a disappointment of a season. We need to win the BET now to get a 4 seed
 
cockbender was tough but remember too Sanogo has to stay out of foul trouble. Hurley needed to adjust the D, no question.
 
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