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Greathusky said:
March 8, 2014.
Louisville 81 UConn 48.
Lost the last regular season game.

March 15, 2014
Louisville 71 UConn 61.
Lost the ACC tournament game.

April 7,2014
UConn 60 Kentucky 54
National Champions

Trying to provide some perspective here because I remember reading these same kind of quotes after the losses in 2014.
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I knew 2014 and this is no 2014 team.
 
Greathusky said:
March 8, 2014.
Louisville 81 UConn 48.
Lost the last regular season game.

March 15, 2014
Louisville 71 UConn 61.
Lost the ACC tournament game.

April 7,2014
UConn 60 Kentucky 54
National Champions

Trying to provide some perspective here because I remember reading these same kind of quotes after the losses in 2014.
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AAC
 
superjohn said:
I always have to preface this with saying I love AK but Hurley uses him as a crutch and the fawning over him by coach and the media has never come close to what he actually is as a player. He's talked about like he's Bill Walton when in reality he was the 6th and 5th best player on the championship teams and he's the 4th best player on this team.

I don't want to hear he's playing on a bad leg excuse, if he's hurt and can't contribute then don't play him. AK has been ghosting and taking halves off for many of our games as a 4 year + player/leader.
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AK is injured? When did that happen?
 
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Fishy said:
The Silas-Solo-Braylon-AK-TR starting lineup.

It's too duplicative and you end up with three guys waiting around for Silas to get them the ball for a three. And when you have a very high volume shooter like Solo who really does not add much if he's not scoring, the lineup does not work that well.

I've wanted them to break that lineup up with Reed or Stewart. You add a bigger body on defense and for rebounding and he's not going to sit and wait on his shot. E.g. We looked our best in the second half when we started with Reed in for Solo. Once Solo came back, he immediately front rimmed a long three and the Creighton run began.
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You mean Ross right, instead of Reed?
 
The Nova game this weekend just got a whooooole lot bigger for Nova… May see b2b losses. Philly will be rocking…

I wouldn’t wanna be at practice tomorrow.
 
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That was brutal.
 
Palatine said:
The BYers wishing for a faster pace got their wish.

How did that work out for you?
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We didn't play with a faster pace. Only Creighton did and with our pathtic offense we still tried to slow down the game when we should of been running. It wasn't like Creighton had better Athletes than us.
 
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Fishy said:
The Silas-Solo-Braylon-AK-TR starting lineup.

It's too duplicative and you end up with three guys waiting around for Silas to get them the ball for a three. And when you have a very high volume shooter like Solo who really does not add much if he's not scoring, the lineup does not work that well.

I've wanted them to break that lineup up with Reed or Stewart. You add a bigger body on defense and for rebounding and he's not going to sit and wait on his shot. E.g. We looked our best in the second half when we started with Reed in for Solo. Once Solo came back, he immediately front rimmed a long three and the Creighton run began.
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I think you meant Ross not Reed. Understandably brain fatigue from watching that mess. I thought we were done talking about Stewart starting for Ball? What the heck, why not start both Stew and Ross. Neither Solo or Karaban showed up tonight.
 
superjohn said:
I always have to preface this with saying I love AK but Hurley uses him as a crutch and the fawning over him by coach and the media has never come close to what he actually is as a player. He's talked about like he's Bill Walton when in reality he was the 6th and 5th best player on the championship teams and he's the 4th best player on this team.

I don't want to hear he's playing on a bad leg excuse, if he's hurt and can't contribute then don't play him. AK has been ghosting and taking halves off for many of our games as a 4 year + player/leader.
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This board was telling me a few weeks ago AK playing 35+ minutes was a necessity lol
 
superjohn said:
None of this was surprising and that's what's upsetting. The team hasn't looked anything like it did in the out of conference schedule and each game is getting worse. The defense has fallen off a cliff.

Honestly, one of Hurley's worst coached games at UConn. He gives AK and Solo way too much rope. No adjustments. When we had the lead he let guys jack up terrible shots and we stopped going to Tarris.

We can forget all about seeding. Just have to hope the team figures things out and starts playing way better because the version we've seen lately can forget about any championships or going far in the tournament.
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I never really got into threads about seeding because I was more concerned about how UConn was playing and like most of us I wasn't too impressed with what I saw after OOC. The Georgetown game at Gampel made me recalibrate my expectations.
I know this won't be popular, but I thought Karaban should have been showed the bench early. He was clearly hobbled and he played so much and contributed so little.
 
MJKI said:
Reibe and his camp have to be furious about how Hurley has continued to divy up minutes when it’s clear Reed doesn’t play with the intensity needed and is a black hole on offense. Reibe goes 100% and the team is better with him than with Reed
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This is not the game for that complaint. Reibe looked totally lost defensively. His help defense seems to have regressed. Got turned around the wrong way a lot and left wide open lanes tonight.
 
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McDermott is now 10-5 against Hurley, just consistently takes his lunch. UConn is allergic to making big runs: they make a small surge then they try to go for these daggers on offense and on defense. Tough 3s, go for steals, huge blocks, fouls etc. Instead of just playing, hunting good looks, contain defense & it leads to huge runs the other way. Creighton is about to get smoked by St John’s on Saturday which makes is that much worse. Brutal loss
 
Fishy said:
The Silas-Solo-Braylon-AK-TR starting lineup.

It's too duplicative and you end up with three guys waiting around for Silas to get them the ball for a three. And when you have a very high volume shooter like Solo who really does not add much if he's not scoring, the lineup does not work that well.

I've wanted them to break that lineup up with Reed or Stewart. You add a bigger body on defense and for rebounding and he's not going to sit and wait on his shot. E.g. We looked our best in the second half when we started with Reed in for Solo. Once Solo came back, he immediately front rimmed a long three and the Creighton run began.
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You mean Ross?
 
MJKI said:
Reibe and his camp have to be furious about how Hurley has continued to divy up minutes when it’s clear Reed doesn’t play with the intensity needed and is a black hole on offense. Reibe goes 100% and the team is better with him than with Reed
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I agree, Reibe actually protects the rim. We made out late 1st half run with him in the game.
 
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