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never been so embarrassed than tonight. Yes the Larrier and AG injury are an excuse but we don't look like we belong anywhere near a power conference let alone sniffing the tournament. This will be a long season, and I hope I'm proved wrong because I'll happily eat my words.

Terrible year for Uconn men's athletics
 
18-3 I was embarrassed but the kids showed heart and the refs did not help us either, though I don't blame. We were missing a lot seriously tonight, looked like a 30 point loss so
I can't predict anything but we'll watch them get experience and just see.
 
Embarrassed I'm not and not sure why anyone could be. Tough start add the Larrier injury, TO's galore and missed FT's who would've thought they would be down 4 with 16 seconds left? Impressed is a better word, with their heart. Adams was crazy good 2nd half and Rodney, Vital, Vance all showed some heart as did others.

1-3 is no fun but if this team somehow walks out of this event at 3-3 it will be impressive and the 2nd half showed they may get that.
 
Embarrased? lost to what looks like a Sweet 16 team of upperclasmen by 8. It was ugly at times, but if we play that hard the rest of the year, we'll be just fine. Calm down.
 
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Have we had a game in 3 years where we haven't had a terrible start??? Is this KO,s coaching style? What comes to mind is Gonzaga and Maryland last year, and the piss poor start and then a furious second half. Coulda been interesting to see if we started that way with those games and got those wins how the season would have progressed then.

But that's not KO. He likes to start out slow and methodical. Not cutting it.
 
I posted this before the end of the game so shame on me. I was proud of the way they finished but I would say 85% of the game did in fact have me embarrassed. It was a miserable showing but it did give me some hope especially JA's rebound from the first half.

Emotional post but as always I'll continue hope each game..
 
UConnfan8 said:
Have we had a game in 3 years where we haven't had a terrible start??? Is this KO,s coaching style? What comes to mind is Gonzaga and Maryland last year, and the piss poor start and then a furious second half. Coulda been interesting to see if we started that way with those games and got those wins how the season would have progressed then.

But that's not KO. He likes to start out slow and methodical. Not cutting it.
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Yeah that was him turning it over 14 times in the first half, 6 times in the first 5 minutes, then he tripped Larrier to injure his knee and missed all those lay ups and FT's - gotcha.;)

So in theory coming from you he was the best coach in the nation also then in the 2nd half right? Geezus
 
Krugs17 said:
I posted this before the end of the game so shame on me. I was proud of the way they finished but I would say 85% of the game did in fact have me embarrassed. It was a miserable showing but it did give me some hope especially JA's rebound from the first half.

Emotional post but as always I'll continue hope each game..
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We've all been there, good reply to your reactionary post well done.
 
mauconnfan said:
Yeah that was him turning it over 14 times in the first half, 6 times in the first 5 minutes, then he tripped Larrier to injure his knee and missed all those lay ups and FT's - gotcha.;)

So in theory coming from you he was the best coach in the nation also then in the 2nd half right? Geezus
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Even without the injuries it would have been a slow start. The amount of times over the last three years that we have had to come back from 10 or 15 before the 2nd half is atrocious and not UConn basketball.
 
If we stop screwing up inbounds plays and make some free throws, this is a different game. I think we know which two things Ollie needs to practice on next week.
 
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I'm proud..growing pains will make this a tough team a year or so down the road. Jalen especially needed this. Now he knows he's definitely an alpha dog. No time for him to whine. Show up or get embarrassed and he showed up. Vance got some experience as did Enoch and Durham. This was bad but good.
 
mauconnfan said:
Yeah that was him turning it over 14 times in the first half, 6 times in the first 5 minutes, then he tripped Larrier to injure his knee and missed all those lay ups and FT's - gotcha.;)

So in theory coming from you he was the best coach in the nation also then in the 2nd half right? Geezus
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UConnfan8 said:
Even without the injuries it would have been a slow start. The amount of times over the last three years that we have had to come back from 10 or 15 before the 2nd half is atrocious and not UConn basketball.
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But would it have been a slow start without the 14 turnovers?
 
HuskyFich said:
But would it have been a slow start without the 14 turnovers?
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That's all coaching man. Calhoun would have take Adams out after 5 turnovers and had him sit the bench for the rest of the half. You wanna turn the ball over? You ride the bench. Teach the kid a lesson he won't forget.
 
UConnfan8 said:
That's all coaching man. Calhoun would have take Adams out after 5 turnovers and had him sit the bench for the rest of the half. You wanna turn the ball over? You ride the bench. Teach the kid a lesson he won't forget.
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Who do you put in at PG instead? I'm interested to hear your answer.
 
mauconnfan said:
Embarrassed I'm not and not sure why anyone could be. Tough start add the Larrier injury, TO's galore and missed FT's who would've thought they would be down 4 with 16 seconds left? Impressed is a better word, with their heart. Adams was crazy good 2nd half and Rodney, Vital, Vance all showed some heart as did others.

1-3 is no fun but if this team somehow walks out of this event at 3-3 it will be impressive and the 2nd half showed they may get that.
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Unfortunately, best we can do is 2-3. Chaminade I'd D2 and does not count as a win or loss.
 
UConnfan8 said:
That's all coaching man. Calhoun would have take Adams out after 5 turnovers and had him sit the bench for the rest of the half. You wanna turn the ball over? You ride the bench. Teach the kid a lesson he won't forget.
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So who should bring the ball up and run the offense...?

I'm Already laughing at your response...
 
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UConnfan8 said:
That's all coaching man. Calhoun would have take Adams out after 5 turnovers and had him sit the bench for the rest of the half. You wanna turn the ball over? You ride the bench. Teach the kid a lesson he won't forget.
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Watch what Calhoun did with Taliek his freshman year. Way different than what you are saying. They had no one else.
 
I'm really just hoping that these previous few seasons aren't the start of a serious downturn for this program like UCLA or GTown. I know this year is rough due to the injuries and all the new players, but at some point we should at least have a kick ass regular season given the conference we play in.
 
If we lose today we can call ourselves the worst d1 team in the nation and Ollie will have to do some soul searching
 
our first half was filled with turnovers and poor play. we scored 64 points in the second half. 64 points in a half. this wasn't a slouch of a team we played. they shot well and defended well. if the team that came for the second half comes for the rest of the season...we're going to be just fine. especially when you add Larrier and Gilbert back into that mix.
 
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The front court is awful, total contributions of 12 of the 90 points for the 4-5s (Kelis Fisher, AB, JD, Enoch).

I thought Enoch and Kelis Fisher looked decent at times. The one AB call was bad, although he swung his arm down and hit the player.

Puts way too much pressure on perimeter players.
 
Point6 said:
I think we will hear Jay Bilas pointing to the 2nd half of the the Oklahoma State game as the turning point for this team when we making our run in March.
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The Husky Run is in September.
 
JA was not good in the 1st half but some of those TOs were on his team also - roared back in 2nd half
RP was in his funk the 1st 12 minutes and he responded
Larrier went down and the young kids, for the most part, responded well - Vital and Vance in particular
IF AB didn't get that bogus 1st half foul call and was forced to sit when UConn was making a run - that was the turning point in my mind
The refs didn't help - not saying the reason for the loss- but OSU was slapping and holding on every play and even Bilas was amazed at the calls
To be blown out by nearly 20 pts in the 1st half, lose questionably your "best" player and to be within 4 pts with less than 1 minute remaining - for this team, that is amazing.
Some here make it a game to blame KO on everything from the ceiling tiles at Gampel to AGs injury. I am most convinced that he had a lot to say to RP on the bench in the 1st half to JA when he was sitting and the whole team in the half time locker room. That's on KO as James loves to say
I for one am not convinced that this team is dead. I am not saying that they are sweet 16 or even tournament bound - yet............................
Get Larrier and AG back, hopefully RP and JA have returned to form, the kids will all grow, need to get into SE's head a little and keep AB on the floor as much as possible.
This team showed a big heart - now it needs to keep pumping
 
Amazing? This was supposed to be a top-15 team. They lost to Northeastern and Wagner at home with a healthy AG and Larrier.

Ok State was never in doubt, UConn couldn't make any stops in the last 5 minutes.

gtcam said:
JA was not good in the 1st half but some of those TOs were on his team also - roared back in 2nd half
RP was in his funk the 1st 12 minutes and he responded
Larrier went down and the young kids, for the most part, responded well - Vital and Vance in particular
IF AB didn't get that bogus 1st half foul call and was forced to sit when UConn was making a run - that was the turning point in my mind
The refs didn't help - not saying the reason for the loss- but OSU was slapping and holding on every play and even Bilas was amazed at the calls
To be blown out by nearly 20 pts in the 1st half, lose questionably your "best" player and to be within 4 pts with less than 1 minute remaining - for this team, that is amazing.
Some here make it a game to blame KO on everything from the ceiling tiles at Gampel to AGs injury. I am most convinced that he had a lot to say to RP on the bench in the 1st half to JA when he was sitting and the whole team in the half time locker room. That's on KO as James loves to say
I for one am not convinced that this team is dead. I am not saying that they are sweet 16 or even tournament bound - yet........
Get Larrier and AG back, hopefully RP and JA have returned to form, the kids will all grow, need to get into SE's head a little and keep AB on the floor as much as possible.
This team showed a big heart - now it needs to keep pumping
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JSM1970 said:
Amazing? This was supposed to be a top-15 team. They lost to Northeastern and Wagner at home with a healthy AG and Larrier.

Ok State was never in doubt, UConn couldn't make any stops in the last 5 minutes.
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Comical as to why you're even here, this is for UConn fans not Cuse?
 
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