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Let me provide some much-needed perspective. I was on a date last night with my wife. I didn't even follow the score on my phone. After reading six pages of this thread I can already tell you that this is another BY overreaction. If this game was rock bottom, then this is a good thing, isn't it? Unlike last year, we did see this team win and/or compete against the best teams in the country: Kansas, Florida, BYI, Illinois and Arizona. That's the 4th, 8th, 10th and 12th currently ranked teams. That is not nothing. So we have to fix things. Cool. Our coaching staff is really good. And remember, we have a team that plays down to their competition but also plays up to the competition. I guarantee you the top teams want no part of playing us come March.
 
uconngb said:
You realize the difference between 3 and 4 years?? Good god you are thick. It’s over 500 points for the level of player we are talking about. AK wouldn’t even make the top 20 in scoring if all of our players stayed 4 years
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I don't feel like investing the time into explaining this to you. But there are many players who stayed 4 years. They all don't end up top 10 in scoring. There are a few who did. Bazz, Boat, Chris Smith, Corny Thompson, tony hanson. They are all UConn greats. The others stayed 3 Rip, Ray, Kemba. Staying 4 years doesn't guarantee you will compile stats. Being great does.

So yes, great players who stay in school compile stats land build there legacy. Its the perk of staying in school lmao. Good work here buddy.
 
KingAG said:
You have first hand knowledge of this? I hate when boneyarders claim to know things they cant possibly know. See what I did there?
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Do you know that he was a sure fire first round pick? See what I did there?

I have no idea, but it’s my opinion he never goes in round 1. I’d like to be wrong.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Do you know that he was a sure fire first round pick? See what I did there?

I have no idea, but it’s my opinion he never goes in round 1. I’d like to be wrong.
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I have no clue. Much crazier things have happened
 
amishboy said:
No, I read this as his being upset that people regard him as the next coming of Larry Bird.

AK is a fine basketball player, but his strength is his versatility; he’s one of those guys who can do many things well, but none great (and some not very well), so he’s a complementary player, rather than a prospective POY candidate.

We would've had a three-peat (or three in four years) only if Reed had been DC, if Solo had been Cam, if Liam or Braylon had been Steph, etc., and if AK had again been able to complement & support them.

In sum, let’s appreciate him for what he does do, rather than dream that he’s “the guy.”
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STRAWMAN
 
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amishboy said:
Just to be clear, you're not saying that Hurley duped him into remaining these past two years, are you? Because that seems like a very 20/20-hindsight sort of view.
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No. I don’t think AK got any guarantees he was going first round so they made a deal, as Hurley was punch drunk off B2B and possible Threepeat. He went on to construct a porous attempt at it hoping AK could be the man and Mahaney his PG. I’m honestly starting to question whether the run was a bit more luck than intentional (Timberlake).

What he does with this team in March will be telling. The only move he’s made that is a slam dunk these last two cycles is Silas.
 
Chiming in on the Ross starting over ball theme. Everyone saying we sacrifice offense for defense but has Danny ever given Ross the total green light to shoot on every open look like Solo does? Jayden is shooting 40% and has taken 142 fewer 3PA than Solo.
 
For those complaining about how we have to shoot more FT's in practice etc. and our coaches need to do a better job teaching them blah blah blah.. Let me tell you that it's not on the coaches. Some guys just suck at foul shots and they will always suck. Steph Curry can spend a summer with Reed and he will still suck. Karaban, Mullins, Ball and Demery are all shooting over 79% and the rest of the team is terrible and it's not going to change.

The only thing that can change is getting the right players on the line more often and that comes down to how we run our offense. We are a jump shooting team and jump shooters don't draw fouls. For the first time this year Mullins was aggressive going to the basket which was great to see but he's shooting 1 FT a game. As long as we continue to go to Reed most of the game then we're going to get the same results. I would hack-a-Reed if I were the opponent. Give Reibe more minutes and spread the floor and run as much as possible.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
AK is all-time for us. Not sure how DeAndre Daniels and Oriakhi are even mentioned as near him.

This discussion has been going for like 10 pages. Games like this, which happen somewhat often with AK, are why I am frustrated. As a Senior who has won everything twice, he can’t be this inconsistent at this point. Adding little-to-nothing to games is rather inexcusable at this point.

That doesn’t take away from any of his accomplishments.
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Hurley said he is playing hurt
 
Alex was just named as one of 30 players to the Naismith Trophy Mens College Player of the Year Late Season time. Along with Silas. Another L for Ruff.
 
Everybody all running off the dock with their hairs on fire in here.
 
There seems to be a lot of really hot and really cold takes on Alex.

End of the day, it's hard to blindly clap along for a 5th year senior that repeatedly puts up 0-4 pts in the first half of big games when you're trying to be a title contender.

If he left after the 2024 title and went pro, ended in the G League or Europe at this point, he'd be a full blown Husky icon with no detractors whatsoever. We're counting on him though and he's just not delivering.
 
I just don't see Hurley sitting Ball, even if I think it's worth trying. I don't know how the staff will fix the issues we have. But our non-conference showing was good enough that I still think the ceiling can be championship level. Just need to figure things out quickly. Gotta finish strong.
 
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Jaydumo20 said:
Believe it or not, the best thing to happen to this team will be this loss. Less of a target, more playing uphill. I'm not trying to sugar coat it. I think they'd start playing better if they weren't waiting to fall off that tight rope theyve been walking.

(P.S. this season has been like 5 years long with a twilight zone feel to it)
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The best thing was losing to St. John’s. Let not rationalize that it’s ok to lose to Creighton at home. This team has regressed we can only hope to see the 2nd weekend.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
Let me provide some much-needed perspective. I was on a date last night with my wife. I didn't even follow the score on my phone. After reading six pages of this thread I can already tell you that this is another BY overreaction. If this game was rock bottom, then this is a good thing, isn't it? Unlike last year, we did see this team win and/or compete against the best teams in the country: Kansas, Florida, BYI, Illinois and Arizona. That's the 4th, 8th, 10th and 12th currently ranked teams. That is not nothing. So we have to fix things. Cool. Our coaching staff is really good. And remember, we have a team that plays down to their competition but also plays up to the competition. I guarantee you the top teams want no part of playing us come March.
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Yes, we have those out of conference wins and it's still why we were in position for a 1 seed before last night but we haven't looked anything like that team in a long time and those teams all look like they've inproved a lot minus BYU who isn't deep enough and lost their second best player...

If this was just some one off game against a bad Creighton team we could chalk it up as just being an awful night but we've all seen the way we've been squeaking out wins against bad teams for a while. We've all seen our defense go from looking great to looking horrible...

We're at the point where we need a lineup change and some adjustments in how we play defense because we look like a team that was figured out like a month ago and as other teams are surging we're regressing. If we don't make changes and change our approach we're looking at three more losses before we even get to the NCAA tournament.

We're scoring the ball but as Hurley said our defense is dreadful and a joke. It's all about fixing the defense, if we don't start playing D again the season is lost. He's not a lockdown defender and not the answer but Ross can be some sort of answer to addressing the joke of a defense we've been seeing. Hurley needs to start him and have Solo off the bench as our microwave scorer.
 
FearThePups said:
The best thing was losing to St. John’s. Let not rationalize that it’s ok to lose to Creighton at home. This team has regressed we can only hope to see the 2nd weekend.
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I agree. But nothing is black and white. This wasnt a forgivable loss, but the St.Johns loss, nor any of the too close games leading up to this, resulted in any real lineup changes. It's a last ditch effort, I know, but the guys who are gonna get less minutes now have every right to be upset...but they cant be surprised. I do believe that Ross and Reibe starting will give us better D to start the game off.
 
Marat said:
Hurley has a few tough decisions to make, if we want to improve our defense. Defense wins games.
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Is the high hedge part of the winning games or losing games at this point. Perhaps we are an easy defensive read at this stage of a second run against our conference? We seem to wash, wash again, repeat. It might help to introduce new material into both sides of the ball.
 
Fishy said:
So, here’s the argument for either Stewart or Reed over Solo with the starting lineup.

Solo commits his third foul and goes out with just under four minutes left in the first half - we’re down 37-34. He’s out until about 16 minutes left in the second half. Stewie and Reed cover that span in his place.

UConn outscores Creighton 21-11 with Solo on the bench. We’re winning 55-48 when he returns. He comes back in and misses two threes as Creighton immediately goes on an 11-2 run to take the lead.
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Took me 3 times reading this over to realize you think Jayden Ross is Jayden Reed.
 
RuffRuff said:
Are we even sure Alex makes the first team all BE team this year? Silas will be the first Uconn rep, that I know.


Goes to show you UK's talent recognition and willingness to pay. We should have let him go, let Mullins play the two and picked up a big on ball 3 that could defend. I wonder what UM paid Yaxel. We make that move, we are NC fav.
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Yaxel got at least 3. He withdrew from the draft and was being mocked in the mid 20's. UM's offer matched that at a minimum.
 
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freshler40 said:
Is the high hedge part of the winning games or losing games at this point. Perhaps we are an easy defensive read at this stage of a second run against our conference? We seem to wash, wash again, repeat. It might help to introduce new material into both sides of the ball.
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We are so so at hedging, and terrible when we don't.
 
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