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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 5172501, member: 12414"] I was watching the game while playing poker so with no sound. Watching the game now. It really is too bad we lost the game as the crowd did everything they could to give us an edge. The reality is everything we thought were strengths are not as much strengths. Ball is a great shooter but he can not or will not play defense. Johnson is a more effective player than Reed because Reed just disappears. We thought that could be coached up but it looks like the progress is slow. AK what can you say he just does not have the skill set to be the main guy. Don’t think he ever will. His is defended the same way every game and the other team gets the same good results. Diarra is clearly our best player. Let than one marinate…..he was a great energy guy off the bench last year and this year he is our heart and soul. Liam coming back will help but we are just not consistent enough at anything to be a very good team. Just like all have said maybe a top 25 team but just don’t see how these pieces will elevate to be much more than a at best second weekend team. But if we get behind in the first round game the ghosts is years past could show up again. Just disappointed as I thought we would be better than we are…..McDermott seems to have our number 2-7 against him. If Hurley and staff figures out a way to get this team playing more competitive and closer to their overall potential it will be the best coaching job he has pulled off at UConn. Honestly man for man we are more talented than Creighton but we were not a better basketball “team”. Also Kalkbrenner fouled Diarra on that dive for the ball in the first half and that was definitely a shooting foul on Diarra at the end of the game. [/QUOTE]

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