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DePaul Post Game Thread

Candyman said:
Look at the end of this game and then OT against Providence who dropped 97 on us. Thats why.
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We weren’t really metrics darlings before Providence game either - 6th in KenPom iirc. I really think it’s that we don’t pummel bad teams like others have
 
On a positive spin, it's darn scary to think that this team has lots of room to improve as GA pointed out:
If Solo and Silas can get their 3point shooting at their respective norm and Hurley can get the turnovers down as He is fully aware and working on it in practice, this team could very well be the chosen one.
 
This is 75% of UConn's remaining schedule. Spend 30 minutes building a 20 point lead. And opponents either fold or fight o the finish. DePaul chose to fight and UConn's bench chosr to not match intensity.

Another great game by Mullins, AK, and Demary. Nice to see Solo find his groove in second half. Yeoman's performance by Reed.
 
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UCFan1513 said:
How do we square having one of the best resumes in the country, but sitting 9th in KenPom? One spot below an Illinois team we manhandled. I have to think we’re better than metrics indicate

Good team that wins games, but doesn’t step on throats of opponents worse than us
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Yup. Should have pushed the 22 point lead to 30 not win by 12
 
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Dove said:
This team does not have to rely on an Alpha dog scorer. And that is dangerous to all opponents.
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That's what made our recent title teams so dangerous. We didn't reply on only 1 or 2 guys to score.
 
I like Stewart as we know he has offensive moves but he does almost nothing on offense in the last few games. He has to be more active like Ross is when he comes in. He doesn't have an urgent bone in his body and that hinders him on offense.
 
Depaul shot 47%. We just can't have a any team and especially DePaul shoot that well against us. Not our best defensive game after kind of bad defensive game against Providence.
 
I'm happy for the win but i missed when we used to step on teams throats. I hate the sloppy play that the last 5 minutes of our blowouts have become. It's just bad basketball. Period.
 
3rdbass said:
Depaul shot 47%. We just can't have an any team and especially DePaul shoot that well against us. Not our best defensive game after kind of bad defensive game against Providence.
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DePaul scored 60 pts and 10 of them came in garbage time. Many of their made shots were high-difficulty end of shot clock. Give them props for those. Our D was pretty stifling overall.
 
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Putting the starters back in was indeed sending a message. Just not sure who the message was sent to, the DePaul coach or the Husky subs? Probably a little of bath.
 
3rdbass said:
Depaul shot 47%. We just can't have an any team and especially DePaul shoot that well against us. Not our best defensive game after kind of bad defensive game against Providence.
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It only crept up that high because it f the last few minutes
 
Team needs to shoot better from 3. Solo
Had an efficient game. Defense was good until the last 3 minutes. Too many turnovers. We need more production from the bench. Seton Hall will be hard to beat.
 
SoCalCanine said:
Putting the starters back in was indeed sending a message. Just not sure who the message was sent to, the DePaul coach or the Husky subs? Probably a little of bath.
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In my opinion it was more being safe - lead was down to 14, and if we turned the ball over in the backcourt a couple more times, it could have led to some anxiety.
 
3rdbass said:
Depaul shot 47%. We just can't have an any team and especially DePaul shoot that well against us. Not our best defensive game after kind of bad defensive game against Providence.
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Defense was really good today. Box score watching at its finest.
 
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KingAG said:
Defense was really good today. Box score watching at its finest.
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I thought we gave them too many easy shots. They missed a lot of them but it caught up to us in the 2nd half. I wouldn't call it great D.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
DePaul scored 60 pts and 10 of them came in garbage time. Many of their made shots were high-difficulty end of shot clock. Give them props for those. Our D was pretty stifling overall.
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Well our defensive metrics will take a hit.
 
3rdbass said:
I thought we gave them too many easy shots. They missed a lot of them but it caught up to us in the 2nd half. I wouldn't call it great D.
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We’ll just agree to disagree. Our defense for the first 30 minutes was stifling.

Our offense was more so the problem today. I don’t think we’re playing fast enough
 
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We shot 40% from 3 today but only got up 15 attempts. We’re too good of a shooting team to only get up 15 attempts.

I think the issue is we play too slow. We need to run more in transition. I think this would benefit Solo, Alex and Braylon. A la the tempo change the 23 team could do.

This season when we take more, we make more. Speed it up!
 
Much better 2nd half from Solo. He needs to create his own shot & beat his guy off the dribble and establish a mid-range game if he has any hope of raising his play to the next level. Relying solely on a jump-shot, perimeter game wont work as teams are scheming against him. Hope he figures it out. or else this offense wont work with AK & Mullins as much better shooters.

Basically, this team went through the motions today and beat a team soundly they should have beat soundly. The final score was closer than the game played out in the 2nd half, but it may hurt ranking in March.
 
Leading rebounder was Mullins, the kid does everything well. He made two steals at the end of the game when we were pulling away. No disrespect to Liam or maybe even Castle, I think he is better than both as a freshman. Yes he is not the physical specimen that Steph was but he is a better basketball player.

I think he is going to be a superstar at the next level.
 
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