Dayton Post Game Thread

[navery12]

I'm not disagreeing with anyone who says we don't have a PG, because I'm not convinced we do right now either. I'm just not really sure what to make of this stat given the above statement. We're currently 8th in the country with assists on 67.3% of FGs (last year was 5th at 63.6%). And it's not a cupcake thing skewing this. We were at 68.6% in Maui

 

[TheShot1990]

Leadership starts from the top. We all love Danny, but he needs to settle down. His antics and constant berating of the zebras was borderline unhinged. Losing sucks, but he made it worse with his actions.

We DO have a point guard BTW, Ahmad Nowell. We will see more of him very soon.

 

[Northbound]

For someone so athletic he is also very uncoordinated while catching and rebounding the ball.

I’ve thought to myself many times “son it’s a ball not a porcupine, grab it when you see it, it’s not going to hurt you”

 

[BigTenFan]

My man! Now how do I tell her?

Tell her they are defective parsnips

 

[Vancat]

Previous to now, we had freaks on the team. Clingan was a freak. Andre was a freak. No one knows how to beat a freak.
Mere humans on this team.

 

[BigTenFan]

Baylor game next week should tell us a lot.
Flight home from HI must have been brutal

 

[305Husk]

My wife wants me to add carrots to the stuffing. Do carrots go in stuffing? I’m afraid.

Don't do it.

 

[Ct Dog]

Time for DH and Staff to prove they deserve the bag they got this year

They have proved that twice already, they will right this ship!

 

[Tiamat7]

Time to swap out my pumpkin for some HUMBLE PIE.

My child and wife keep asking me, "What's wrong with UConn?". Offense, defense, roster construction...where does one begin?

The highs wouldn't be nearly so high if not for experiences like Maui '24. I feel for the Husky fans out there. Hope they can find zen in the surroundings.

Turn the page, back to work. Need to secure "upsets " vs Baylor, Texas, and Gonzaga.

MD Eastern Shore...on Saturday, not Sunday. Jetlag game, beware.

 

[ctbro1999]

Karaban had to go to the hospital after the game. Yeesh, when it rains it pours.

 

[Big Loubowski]

Any post game quotes from Danny/players?

 

[JerseyAlum]

Can we at least all agree that we hope Alex is fine and can travel back home safely?

Happy Thanksgiving all!

 

[OLDDOGFAN]

Thought this was interesting:

UConn is the first AP Top 5 team to lose to an unranked opponent on 3 consecutive days since Louisville did so at the Great Alaska Shootout to open the 1986-87 season.

Louisville was also coming off of an NCAA title.

 

[Husky Alien]

For those of you that have not seen it. Coach Hurley at the 29 minute mark. Nothing exciting, very humble.

 

[UCONNFAN179]

When/ Will Danny see that we don’t have athleticism overall or height at guard to defend no help man in your face which Hurley wants to play. He needs to tone down HIS defensive identity and get it to fit our roster construction. Mahaney was able to play defense for 2 yrs at St marys.

You have to adjust as a coach. We can get taken 1 on 1 at every spot every game if we leave lesser athletes on island without Clingan behind them. We arent a defensive man lockdown team and wont be this year with our roster. Press some? Sag off our men? Play help D? Zone some? If you give up athleticism for BbIQ you have to fit your personnel. Concerns me with next years recruits athleticism as well if we don’t adjust.

100% accurate about next year's recruits... all are individually super talented with shooting skills and high bbiq's, but like our current roster, lacking athleticism. As we're seeing, you can't have an entire team of unathletic players like that and expect to be competent in man to man defense. Let's hope he recognizes this oversight and develops Nowell, Abraham & Stewart this year plus uses the portal so that the penalty is only this one lost season.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Went to bed early last night, so watching the replay. I knew the outcome before I started, but at no point this game did it feel like UConn was the better team.

 

[jorge34]

Just start over Saturday.

Not gonna change what happened, so move on.
They have their work cut out for them, but as has been stated enough this week…..everything starts with defense.

No idea how they fix it. Wasn’t going to be fixed over the course of 3 consecutive games.
But gotta start Saturday

 

[CheshireCat]

The season seems to have turned on one moment--Hurley's T in the Memphis game. (He just could not hear me screaming at the TV for him to siddown.) I thought that he was more restrained during the last two seasons, despite his cartoonish facial expressions.

Might be time to see a Buddhist. I would like to see what would happen if the assistants didn’t hold him back when he has these toddler tantrums. He looks like an absolute buffoon. He was more restrained because things were going his way. Toddlers don’t show restraint when they don’t get what they want.

 

[UCONNFAN179]

How did Hurley and staff get this job? They. Clearly have no ideas what they are doing or how to assess talent vs role and need. Blah. Blah. Blah.

They realized they needed some shooters/offense to take the next step and the results spoke for themselves the last 2 years. Unfortunately, they took it to an extreme with this team and I'm afraid with next year's recruits as well because we are sorely lacking quickness and athleticism at every position. I'm sure he realizes this mistake by now. I love all our recruits for next year individually, but collectively, the team will lack quickness and athleticism again unless he finds a way to address this. A start would be getting the players we have with some athleticism some experience ASAP... i.e. We know Karaban & McNeeley will get their minutes this year, but beyond that, play Nowell, Abraham, Stewart and Reed this year as much as we can and be ready to hit the portal. This is a lost season. Come to grips with the fact that long term, Ball is a 2nd unit/perhaps 6th man on a good team due to his elite shooting. Ross, Mahaney, & Singare are not UConn level talent.

 

[UCONNFAN179]

Went to bed early last night, so watching the replay. I knew the outcome before I started, but at no point this game did it feel like UConn was the better team.

true of all 3 games in Maui

 

[FreeKlaiber]

No idea how they’re teaching the guards to defend on the perimeter.

They overplay and deny, all over the half court. Which is stifling with an athlete like Castle or even a lineup like Memphis.

But if you have the speed disadvantage as the defender, you should give a step or 2 or get blown by. (we don't).

Then if someone gets beaten, your shell defense helps out, with a teammate leaving their man and you stop penetration. (we don't)

We stay with our man, don't stop penetration, and still give up the open 3 when our rotation quickly goes to hell, with high hedge on. Or samson tries to principle of verticality and he has his first foul 3 minutes in.

Danny is an EXCELLENT defensive coach, but his drive can turn into stubbornness. Most "all man" coaches are stubborn in my experience. I guess he thinks he can get this roster to play the style of man to man that he wants eventually. It takes some time to get good man D rotations down, but you need the right type of athlete to play so far up on their men to start. AK, Liam, Mahaney won't ever be able to D up in isolation 35 feet from the hoop & in ISO's, all our PG can be posted up.

Seeing a 2-3 and 1-3-1 late in 2 games is the start of his realization and hopefully adapting our X's and O's to our jimmys and joes. Just need to tone down the man to man overplay is a start but I dont think its gonna happen.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Hurley thought we can just out shoot teams from three

A lot of people on this board thought the same

 

[Lambeau]

Excellent analysis by Klaiber. Your move, Dan.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

• Nobody wants to score. We run great sets, great screens, great movement, then suddenly there’s 7-10 seconds left and nobody has even looked at the rim. No Newton or Cam to bail us out this year

We full way too much in love with this offense to the point it seems more important to run it than develop real offensive skills that help rise above the Xs and Os and score.

I’m hoping we push Solo as the 1A guy and have him get aggressive overall and live with the growing pains that come with it.