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3rdbass said:
Wow Hawkins 4-13 Yikes. It really was just Sanogo today. We really need a 3rd scorer to step up. Newton? Karaban? Joey C.?
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Karaban has gone underground; he passes up a number of shots. Why? He could easily be the 3rd scorer. Newton has his best game in a while. Kados to Santago, an outstanding game against a very good defensive player with length. Keep shooting Hawkins, mostly very good shots. They are in rhythm and are close. Nothing forced and we didn't often run down the shot clock and shoot in desperation.
 
Yes, Hurley improved as a coach today. Not just because shots started going in. In-game adjustments that I noticed:
  1. Sanogo mixed in drop coverage, and Creighton couldn’t exploit his defense like they wanted to
  2. The bench defense was great today and Hurley made the subs at the right times
  3. Offense/defense subs down the stretch. Diarra/Alleyne came in for defense, Newton/AK for offense. This is a big deal. Hurley typically runs with starters down the stretch no matter what
  4. Throwing in a random full court press that directly led to 2 turnovers
Sanogo destroyed Kalkbrenner. Early in the game I said Kalkbrenner was owning Sanogo, and then Sanogo destroyed him. Creighton shaded extra defenders in the second half but that flowed into secondary offense that got good looks for shooters.

Hawkins’ percentage was bad, but great game imo. Newton had a solid game. Clingan’s box score isn’t good but he had a great impact too

We lost most of the hustle plays for 37 minutes but then came alive down the stretch. Great plays by Andre and Newton to extend possessions for us. We nearly had the ball for a minute and a half straight thanks to them

Still lots of fouls. 19 fouls today but the refs blew the whistle on the other end too. That’s all we ask for. Kaluma pushes off every time he drives though

Honestly we didn’t play great. Creighton missed a LOT of good looks for threes. The game should have been a lot closer. But regardless, we made the winning plays and they did not. Great win!
 
SeattleHoop said:
Better but I wouldn’t say very well.

Kaluma ate Karaban up on the boards. I’m a Karaban fan but we need Johnson back for certain matchups. Karaban is a high IQ player with a nice shot, but he has slow feet and slow to react in certain situations.
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Karaban needs more experience to make up for his slowness. Play smart if you are not that quick.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
McDermott is stubborn. Major flaw as a coach We’ve seen it first hand before. Once he comes up with a game plan, he won’t adjust it. It worked last year with his plan of letting Whaley shoot 3s. This year, not doubling Sanogo was no bueno. Refused to adjust.




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The defense did crowd Santago regularly, but he was patient until one on one with K. He also got the ball in deep from our guards who did a great job feeding him.
 
superjohn said:
Sanogo dominated offensively all game but the game entirely changed when Clingan came in second half. Hurley waited too long to bring him in and didn't play him enough.

Clingan and Diarra had a huge impact on this game.
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He played well, Sanogo dominated. It’s just funny cause it seems like Clingan gets extra credit when he out plays Sanogo.
 
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A Sanogo wrinkle that worked very well was getting him a perimeter touch, usually on the wing, before he rolled inside to receive the ball.

The movement into a quick post up made it much tougher for Kalkbrenner to battle him for positioning or push Adama out of his comfort zone, and it kept Creighton from being able to keep our guards from making entry passes since it wasn’t a traditional static post play.
 
REB1094 said:
Yes, Hurley improved as a coach today. Not just because shots started going in. In-game adjustments that I noticed:
  1. Sanogo mixed in drop coverage, and Creighton couldn’t exploit his defense like they wanted to
  2. The bench defense was great today and Hurley made the subs at the right times
  3. Offense/defense subs down the stretch. Diarra/Alleyne came in for defense, Newton/AK for offense. This is a big deal. Hurley typically runs with starters down the stretch no matter what
  4. Throwing in a random full court press that directly led to 2 turnovers
Sanogo destroyed Kalkbrenner. Early in the game I said Kalkbrenner was owning Sanogo, and then Sanogo destroyed him. Creighton shaded extra defenders in the second half but that flowed into secondary offense that got good looks for shooters.

Hawkins’ percentage was bad, but great game imo. Newton had a solid game. Clingan’s box score isn’t good but he had a great impact too

We lost most of the hustle plays for 37 minutes but then came alive down the stretch. Great plays by Andre and Newton to extend possessions for us. We nearly had the ball for a minute and a half straight thanks to them

Still lots of fouls. 19 fouls today but the refs blew the whistle on the other end too. That’s all we ask for. Kaluma pushes off every time he drives though

Honestly we didn’t play great. Creighton missed a LOT of good looks for threes. The game should have been a lot closer. But regardless, we made the winning plays and they did not. Great win!
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The Diarra Alleyne tandem had Nembhard really scratching his head. Love watching him mouth WTF after a TO
 
Great job on D. We definitely played much tougher D than they did and they were gassed in the second half.

I'm amazed at how ineffective Kalkbrenner was today after his previous performances against us. Credit to the staff, Sanogo and Clingan for never letting him get untracked.
 
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REB1094 said:
Yes, Hurley improved as a coach today. Not just because shots started going in. In-game adjustments that I noticed:
  1. Sanogo mixed in drop coverage, and Creighton couldn’t exploit his defense like they wanted to
  2. The bench defense was great today and Hurley made the subs at the right times
  3. Offense/defense subs down the stretch. Diarra/Alleyne came in for defense, Newton/AK for offense. This is a big deal. Hurley typically runs with starters down the stretch no matter what
  4. Throwing in a random full court press that directly led to 2 turnovers
Sanogo destroyed Kalkbrenner. Early in the game I said Kalkbrenner was owning Sanogo, and then Sanogo destroyed him. Creighton shaded extra defenders in the second half but that flowed into secondary offense that got good looks for shooters.

Hawkins’ percentage was bad, but great game imo. Newton had a solid game. Clingan’s box score isn’t good but he had a great impact too

We lost most of the hustle plays for 37 minutes but then came alive down the stretch. Great plays by Andre and Newton to extend possessions for us. We nearly had the ball for a minute and a half straight thanks to them

Still lots of fouls. 19 fouls today but the refs blew the whistle on the other end too. That’s all we ask for. Kaluma pushes off every time he drives though

Honestly we didn’t play great. Creighton missed a LOT of good looks for threes. The game should have been a lot closer. But regardless, we made the winning plays and they did not. Great win!
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Hurley has been doing the offense/defense substituting down the stretch for a while. We just didn't make note of it while either winning comfortably or looking like s___ at the end against Providence.
 
husky429 said:
Creighton is still #18 on kenpom. This is a solid win despite their 9-7 record.
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of course it is. I know the 7 losses they have still count, but I think 4 of them were without Kalkbrenner. He makes such a huge difference for them. If he wasn't playing today, UConn wins by 20 and would've been comfortably leading for most of the game without it ever being in doubt, plus it wouldn't have been as satisfying to win.
 
superjohn said:
Newton was great today. He was looking to score from the start, that's the Newton we need.
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this very much. that was his mindset at East Carolina, but he had to change it when we arrived at UConn, but he overcorrected. He needs that good middle ground and I thought he had it today. I would still like him to be able to finish near the basket more, but overall I was pleased with his game.
 
Umami Zen said:
Karaban has been through a meat grinder the last three games with Freemantle-Hunter/Hopkins/Kaluma..All of them will probably have opportunities at the next level. He's a smart kid and will learn from that/this experience.. I'm sure he's going to sleep well tonite.
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Karaban is playing an insane amount of minutes for a non-lottery pick, non-one and done freshman. It's hard for me to criticize him. He's out there battling against dudes way bigger than him for long stretches so far in conference play. Can't really expect better than what he's been doing.
 
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REB1094 said:
Yes, Hurley improved as a coach today. Not just because shots started going in. In-game adjustments that I noticed:
  1. Sanogo mixed in drop coverage, and Creighton couldn’t exploit his defense like they wanted to
  2. The bench defense was great today and Hurley made the subs at the right times
  3. Offense/defense subs down the stretch. Diarra/Alleyne came in for defense, Newton/AK for offense. This is a big deal. Hurley typically runs with starters down the stretch no matter what
  4. Throwing in a random full court press that directly led to 2 turnovers
Sanogo destroyed Kalkbrenner. Early in the game I said Kalkbrenner was owning Sanogo, and then Sanogo destroyed him. Creighton shaded extra defenders in the second half but that flowed into secondary offense that got good looks for shooters.

Hawkins’ percentage was bad, but great game imo. Newton had a solid game. Clingan’s box score isn’t good but he had a great impact too

We lost most of the hustle plays for 37 minutes but then came alive down the stretch. Great plays by Andre and Newton to extend possessions for us. We nearly had the ball for a minute and a half straight thanks to them

Still lots of fouls. 19 fouls today but the refs blew the whistle on the other end too. That’s all we ask for. Kaluma pushes off every time he drives though

Honestly we didn’t play great. Creighton missed a LOT of good looks for threes. The game should have been a lot closer. But regardless, we made the winning plays and they did not. Great win!
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they did miss some, but I thought UConn did, too-that's how Creighton got back from that early 11-point deficit in the 2nd half. With Scheirman (spelling) likes to get some points in the paint near the basket off screen action to get some rythmn and then start firing away from 3 after he gets his rythmn. AJax had some really nice D on him.
 
superjohn said:
His scoring was huge all game but Clingan's impact was enormous in the second half. The game changed with Clingan and Diarra on the floor. Still needs to find a way to play Clingan more.
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Today felt like the right allocation considering Clingan's foul problems in 1H. Sanogo got big buckets in the block to stem the tides of their runs at 2 or 3 different points in the game, including at one point in the 2H when Creighton went on the 14-2 run and everyone was calling for us to put in Clingan. Sanogo then scored our next 8 points and we pushed the lead back to 5. He made a coupe post layups, hit a 3, and got to the line drawing Kalkbrenner's 3rd. Then Clingan got to feast on the backups.

But Hurley was smart and still played Clingan despite the 2 fouls with 5 min left in 1st and he had a big impact. Felt right overall.
 
Some misc observations/thoughts:

Creighton only 5 assists (I think our guards defensively impacted and they missed some good looks). I'd be interested what was really key, whether our pressure on their guards or depriving other players of position.

Creighton 20 offensive RB but 8 were team rebounds where evidently we scrapped but the ball went off us.
I thought their missed 3 pointers lead to several deep rebounds that just happened to go to them. Kaluma 6 ORBs was the place he dominated Alex. (16 RBs overall)

Only 5 turnovers by us!!! And, 1 of those was the questionable screen by Jackson with a handoff to Hawk that took a 3 off the board. We win most games with that stat.

Still think Sanogo call in first half should have been a charge

There are plays where Karaban is overmatched defensively, but Kaluma only made 5 baskets total with 5-16 from the floor, ie 30% ish. Positioning was solid and the non-box score play like the rebound boxout gave us a 'team' rebound that wasn't just luck. Unlike others in 'chat' I thought the Karaban foul should have been a no call.

Liked that Jackson didn't take the bait to shoot threes down the stretch.

Diarra got caught needing to take desperation threes which at least he had shot clock awareness to take. He is turning into a UConn 'Posh' defensively on the ball.

Joey got 2 of our 6 steals in limited minutes. He's due for 3-4 made threes soon.

Glass Half full today, not half empty
 
WheelerD92 said:
What a day to come down with COVID and miss the game. Clearly the Gampel was loud enough as Big Red’s chants let me know from this couch. Nice to see the team back to running their game while penetrating a bit more. Less desperate and more poised.
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oh bummer sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better.
 
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Ricker said:
Liked that Jackson didn't take the bait to shoot threes down the stretch.
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Agree on Jackson's patience and not being baited into taking every 3. I don't mind Jackson taking 2-3 deep shots a game as long as they are wide open (which they pretty much always will be) and feet set immediate shot in rhythm, no hesitation or 5 shot fakes first. If he misses 'em, he misses 'em. He did a great job of not taking the out of rhythm bait shots that scheiergardenhoser was giving him all game.
 
Ctedgeman said:
Agree on Jackson's patience and not being baited into taking every 3. I don't mind Jackson taking 2-3 deep shots a game as long as they are wide open (which they pretty much always will be) and feet set immediate shot in rhythm, no hesitation or 5 shot fakes first. If he misses 'em, he misses 'em. He did a great job of not taking the out of rhythm bait shots that scheiergardenhoser was giving him all game.
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I said in chat at one point that we were taking the shots they were giving us, not the shots we wanted. And pretty much immediately after that we called timeout and then went inside to Sanogo a few times, got buckets, then got Clingan in and hit the boards and started turning them over and got into transition. That's UConn ball.
 
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