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DogMania said:
Both are high energy teams on both ends of the floor.

I hope Hurley and his staff are watching this game. Both move the ball up court quickly and look for early offense before the D is set. If nothing is there they pull it out and run their sets. I've been asking for weeks now for UConn to play like this, but instead we see a lot of slow motion sets that are too often not creating good shots. I just want more balanced attack and for them to run their multi-action sets more quickly and precisely. Just not sure they have the BBIQ to do so this year. I hope they do.

Now ISU runs some nice half court offense. Lots of hard screens and quick rolls to the basket. And a lot of quick drives to the paint. While Houston doesn't really run much of a complex offense, but tonight has been streaky hot from beyond the arc. They attack and pass and attack some more. Their aggressive offense would be problematic for UConn. They're a team I'd rather not have to face in the tournament.

Defensively Houston does a lot of quick trapping in the half court. You have to be careful to take care of the ball and space well or be decisive with your offense to avoid the hard traps. When the ball is in the paint they swarm quickly to it.

Reed would likely draw a croud and would need to be more decisive or quickly find the open man, which could generate some open in rhythm 3s. He's been glacierly slow with the ball this season. Maybe it's my misremembering but didn't he look more decisive last season? Note he did pass out of the post well a couple games ago, but that looked like an anomaly, but he seems capable. I would like to see more of that. Either a decisive attack or kick out and shot or a reset. I don't like the stand there and slow move to the basket I'm too often seeing from him.

ISU plays some tough man D staying in front of their man. Solid D but not as aggressive as Houston's.

Both are talented solid physical teams that, as some have pointed out, would be tough matchups for UConn.

These refs are allowing a lot of contact as long as the offense player maintains the ball, but are calling the contract that results in a turnover or impacts shot. I wish our BE refs called the games this way.
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Nice write up.

We'd have to sedate either one of these teams to hold court, at a pace no higher than 50-60 points.

This Houston team looks like a real one seed.
 
RuffRuff said:
Nice write up.

We'd have to sedate either one of these teams to hold court, at a pace no higher than 50-60 points.

This Houston team looks like a real one seed.
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I bet we would look real good vs these teams. Their D is tough but allows for sets to flow.
 
sdglast said:
I agree wholehearted with your last point. It's night and day different the way this game or other Big 12 games I have watched have been called v. Big East games. The amount of contact they allow makes the game so much more watchable. No way UConn would have the fouls called on them with these refs. They are letting you be handsy, play with physicality, and not calling these cheap touch fouls. So refreshing to watch. Forget UConn watching this game, Big East refs should be.
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Not a shot at you, but I thought the general theme was that Big East refs didn’t call enough fouls and the conference was way too physical?
 
JustbrewitMan said:
The thing that’s striking about watching Houston-ISU is the freedom of motion & movement. The defense is tough, but little to no clutch-grabby BS that plagues BE play.
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There is so much more flow.
JustbrewitMan said:
I bet we would look real good vs these teams. Their D is tough but allows for sets to flow.
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We'd definitely look better than what we look in the BE, but there is no way we can run with a team like Houston. We'd have to slow it down and test their discipline. They're so much more athletic.

Houston can bring a body like this kid Saakho off the bench, a big brawny kid that can eat time in the paint. Why can't we can kids like this anymore? We feel so delicate relative to a team like Houston.
 
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It's fun to watch these teams play. They are both relentless at attacking the basket. I hate admitting this, but this is a lot more fun to watch compared to our slow motion offense and BE slug fests.

Don't get me wrong. When we run out sets quickly with purpose that results in good looks inside, open cutters, open midrange and 3s, it's fun to watch. It's we just don't see enough of that.
 
DogMania said:
It's fun to watch these teams play. They are both relentless at attacking the basket. I hate admitting this, but this is a lot more fun to watch compared to our slow motion offense and BE slug fests.

Don't get me wrong. When we run out sets quickly with purpose that results in good looks inside, open cutters, open midrange and 3s, it's fun to watch. It's we just don't see enough of that.
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We become a lot more fun to watch when we aren’t playing BE games with blood sport rules
 
RuffRuff said:
He had zero HC experience prior. That alone says bad hire. I don't know why anyone goes that route. He won with Bruce Weber's players - goes to show you how that first year in with another coaches kids, does not mean you are a good coach (Ollie).

As far as I see it, 2014 was Calhoun's title.
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Your takes just get stupider. Tang is going to get his entire payout, and he should sue for defamation, because he would win that too.
 
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KingAG said:
And if what he said is true, where are all the other Kevin Ollie’s?
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High D1 programs signing on Assistant coaches with little to no HC experience that bomb? You know that list is long, right? Kyle Neptune, Kim English, Red Autry to kick off the list.
 
RuffRuff said:
Nice write up.

We'd have to sedate either one of these teams to hold court, at a pace no higher than 50-60 points.

This Houston team looks like a real one seed.
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You're so sure we'd have to pull off a miracle against anyone, yet we've hung with every big time team we've played.
 
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KingAG said:
Everyone out of conference is always supposed to give UConn fits….until it’s time to give UConn fits.

I’ll believe it when I see it.
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These two teams specifically though. I can’t recall a team we’ve played recently that pressures like either of them, and we don’t have an excess of ballhandlers.
 
Oh Sampson is pissed at not getting a rebound off a FT. Have to box your guy out before anything.
 
That was a fun game to watch.

Flemings is very good. But he is a freshman.

How many teams play Mr. Brightside at their games? Geeze, come up with something different.
 
That was a competitive game with an awesome atmosphere, it wasn't a well played game.
 
sdglast said:
I agree wholehearted with your last point. It's night and day different the way this game or other Big 12 games I have watched have been called v. Big East games. The amount of contact they allow makes the game so much more watchable. No way UConn would have the fouls called on them with these refs. They are letting you be handsy, play with physicality, and not calling these cheap touch fouls. So refreshing to watch. Forget UConn watching this game, Big East refs should be.
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I saw very little holding in that game. And the little that happened was called a foul. That said, neither team had much off ball movement, so it's hard to say how they would ref that.
 
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Unreal they got the missed FT and then Houston of all teams can’t get the rebound. Big mistake. Houston should have won that game.

17-4 run over the final 7 minutes. Houston blew that.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
These two teams specifically though. I can’t recall a team we’ve played recently that pressures like either of them, and we don’t have an excess of ballhandlers.
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No you are giving a rational take.

I just have come to believe we are our own matchup nightmare for every team who hasn’t seen us yet. We aren’t exactly easy to game plan for. Especially in a tournament setting. I think that’s some of the reason why Hurley has been so dominant in OOC the last 3 out of 4 years.
 
HW611 said:
Oh Sampson is pissed at not getting a rebound off a FT. Have to box your guy out before anything.
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Some very unKelvin like stuff there - Flemming falling, missed box out. That wouldn’t have happened with last years Houston as this team still plays a little young.

Good outcome for the Huskies.
 
KingAG said:
No you are giving a rational take.

I just have come to believe we are our own matchup nightmare for every team who hasn’t seen us yet. We aren’t exactly easy to game plan for. Especially in a tournament setting. I think that’s some of the reason why Hurley has been so dominant in OOC the last 3 out of 4 years.
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Our best road would be against teams that have never seen us.

Hurley’s dominant runs in 23 and 24 were because those teams were that much more talented and better. Not the case this year.
 
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