Fatigue

[cowboysnation]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned about yesterdays game is Fatigue. Hurley's style of play requires alot of energy. Its a fantastic way to play but our guards probably expend double the energy than opposing teams. I think playing back to back is not ideal to this style of play. That said...I think this style of play will work very well for us the rest of the season. Opposing teams will get worn down playing against us. I wonder if we played Iowa on Thursday and had fairer refs what the result would be. 2 bogus travel calls and 1 bogus out of bounds call and 3 horrible fouls calls....shifted the game by 12 points. Add a couple more threes from fresh legs and I think we win. Gilbert and adams were short on their shots. Clearly a sign of fatigue. The good news is...we won't be playing too many back to backs this year.

 

[CL82]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned about yesterdays game is Fatigue. Hurley's style of play requires alot of energy. Its a fantastic way to play but our guards probably expend double the energy than opposing teams. I think playing back to back is not ideal to this style of play. That said...I think this style of play will work very well for us the rest of the season. Opposing teams will get worn down playing against us. I wonder if we played Iowa on Thursday and had fairer refs what the result would be. 2 bogus travel calls and 1 bogus out of bounds call and 3 horrible fouls calls....shifted the game by 12 points. Add a couple more threes from fresh legs and I think we win. Gilbert and adams were short on their shots. Clearly a sign of fatigue. The good news is...we won't be playing too many back to backs this year.

Refs took us out of our game plan which looked to be have our guards dribble penetrate. Would have like to see how neutral refs called that game, but in the end you have adjust.

 

[Ts5034]

I honestly think it was more mental fatigue. I really dont feel that upset about how the Iowa game turned out. Beating Syracuse the night before was probably very emotional for everyone involved. When I first saw the schedule, I was hoping for a split in the 2K Classic. It stinks how we got blown out, but I think this can be used as a learning tool. What happens on Tuesday vs Cornell and how they bounce back will tell us a lot about their mental toughness.

 

[husky429]

I think Tarin and Jalen were tired physically. It takes

Rique looks like he could run forever. He was all over #3 last night on D.

It's only been a few months with a new strength coach, and the season is young. They will learn.

 

[Huskygamble19]

I agree with this assessment. to win an emotionally draining game against a former Big East rival and playing the very next day would cause a bit of a letdown. the energy expended against Syracuse was unbelievable. this loss does not bother me as it will be a learning tool for the future and really how many games will be played back to back nights?

 

[UConnJim]

I think this observation is spot on. UConn has some talent, but they need to play with high intensity and energy to beat good teams and maintaining that intensity all season is very tough. They had the energy for Syracuse, but had a short turnaround and didn't have it for Iowa.

 

[iskideeppow]

Not buying into the fatigue. The team stayed at 500/night hotel room and I can assure you it came with a plush bed and pillows. These guys are division 1 athletes and if they can't play games on back to back days then they need to hop on the bike. This is the new system, get used to it

 

[Palatine]

They're 20 years old. When they get tired, they take a sip of water and are ready to play another half an hour.

 

[superjohn]

I think Tarin and Jalen were tired physically. It takes

Rique looks like he could run forever. He was all over #3 last night on D.

It's only been a few months with a new strength coach, and the season is young. They will learn.

Jalen always looks tired.

 

[DALTX]

Not buying into the fatigue. The team stayed at 500/night hotel room ...

Not that fatigue.

 

[zls44]

In some ways, that outcome should've been one we saw coming. Iowa is good and UConn poured so much into the first game. It'll be interesting to see how they're able to bring this energy in tournament settings because it's hard to think they can go full out multiple days in a row.

That's my rational analysis.


My real analysis is that @Fishy spent Thursday night freezing to death on the Taconic and it got us a win. Meanwhile the selfish bastard decides to spend Friday with his family and you see what happens. Hate when people don't think of the bigger picture.

 

[browndog319]

Not buying into the fatigue. The team stayed at 500/night hotel room and I can assure you it came with a plush bed and pillows. These guys are division 1 athletes and if they can't play games on back to back days then they need to hop on the bike. This is the new system, get used to it

They also likely had a hard time getting to it after the game because of gridlock in the storm.
You can be too keyed up to sleep, too.

 

[ASweet3781]

Jalen always looks tired.

Yup. Not exactly an imposing image for our opponent to see our senior guard gassed.

 

[Peacefrog]

Fatigue? What are we, Rutgers? Was that Mike Rosario I saw out there?

 

[ZenConn]

Fatigue? What are we, Rutgers? Was that Mike Rosario I saw out there?

Mike Rosario was the next Jordan. At least according to RutgersAl.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

There are things our guys could have done better. The fatigue factor probably had a role. But Iowa played a really smart, nearly mistake-free game, and we had tough matchups with Garza and Cook. The Hawkeyes should get most of the credit. That’s a solid team this early in the season.

 

[Blaneylover]

Fatigue, along with a natural emotional letdown were factors. The attempted threes were evidence of fatigue.

 

[Mokum]

Front rimming foul shots is an indicator of fatigue, and that happened several times. It was pretty obvious they did not have the energy they showed against the fruits.

 

[UconnFanDC]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned about yesterdays game is Fatigue. Hurley's style of play requires alot of energy. Its a fantastic way to play but our guards probably expend double the energy than opposing teams. I think playing back to back is not ideal to this style of play. That said...I think this style of play will work very well for us the rest of the season. Opposing teams will get worn down playing against us. I wonder if we played Iowa on Thursday and had fairer refs what the result would be. 2 bogus travel calls and 1 bogus out of bounds call and 3 horrible fouls calls....shifted the game by 12 points. Add a couple more threes from fresh legs and I think we win. Gilbert and adams were short on their shots. Clearly a sign of fatigue. The good news is...we won't be playing too many back to backs this year.

I agree. I felt that this was the case 5 min into game. They looked drained. I also believe they spent energy celebrating the feel good of finally getting a good win after all this time. So it all aided to the flatness! Just my opinion from what i observed

 

[UConnDad]

Idk. Hurley didn't look fatigued. Maybe needs to share the coffee. At 18 to 23 I was playing every night going out after that plus school and work. And Cobb didn't look tired.

 

[Kitaman]

Physical fatigue is when my old arse finishes cutting the lawn or goes shopping with my wife for 3 hours. Young men in their late teens and early 20s don't have the right to be fatigued, running up and down a court for 30 minutes. Hurley has them in shape, Cobb is exhibit A.

However Iowa spanked us, perhaps they were fatigued from the butt whipping, I would agree with that. Especially from a long, dragged out butt whipping.

 

[QDOG5]

Was Iowa fatigued? If not, why. They were unranked and had a significant win over a ranked opponent on Thursday. That might have had them geeked up and unable to sleep. They had the shorter turn around because they played the late game. Excuses suck and blaming fatigue and the refs are two of the weakest. Why don't we go with Iowa is a good team with plenty of size, a dynamic forward and decent guards. They out rebounded UConn by twelve and made 14 more free throws than UConn attempted. I'm excited about the direction of the UConn program under Hurley but expecting 25 wins this year is unrealistic. We are just not athletic enough. We are four games into the season and it is fairly obvious this is an under the rim team. Fatigue, meh.

 

[smoothcriminal]

They weren’t fatigued. the crowd at the garden just wasn’t electric like Thursday night - half the arena was empty - so the entire vibe was different. We had less opportunity to run, given our opponent wasn’t cuse throwing up bricks, and the game became about half court fundamental basketball, where Iowa outclassed us

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Not buying into the fatigue. The team stayed at 500/night hotel room and I can assure you it came with a plush bed and pillows. These guys are division 1 athletes and if they can't play games on back to back days then they need to hop on the bike. This is the new system, get used to it

You had your whole life to get ready for your first post, and this is the best you could do? Step it up...

 

[Ewekon]

I agree with this assessment. to win an emotionally draining game against a former Big East rival and playing the very next day would cause a bit of a letdown. the energy expended against Syracuse was unbelievable. this loss does not bother me as it will be a learning tool for the future and really how many games will be played back to back nights?

We aren't as good as Iowa