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ThabeetDown said:
Had Wichita on one of my smaller TV's during our game. Really impressive showing for them today. Other than Houston, they scare me the most.
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And they will have a home court advantage as they are close by Fort Worth and their fans travel well. But first UConn has to get by Tulane-that is not a guarantee. One game at a time.
 
We were tired today and got it done. I think we will beat them more handily on Thursday. I feel great about the 5 seed. I agree that Witchita may be the toughest test so I would rather get them early than after a few days of soreness and fatigue.
 
g_smith said:
We’ve gone on to beat the top of the AAC in our current streak. Every team we lost to originally, we’ve won the rematch. This year we didn’t play in Kansas, so this would be our rematch with Witchita. There’s mojo potential there.
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UConn has been good on the rematches no doubt including a win at Tulsa. But let's not pencil a win over Tulane-that is far from automatic. Both times Tulane played UConn close. Bouk and Gaff have to play better than today. IMO, Vital, Gilbert, and Whaley were the best players today for UConn. Vital and Christion Thompson were the two best in the game.
 
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AntG168 said:
We just didn’t play well. We’ll dust them next time. I’d put money on it
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I suspect you are correct, but they've got a few guys that are awkward to play one-on-one. It'll take much better team defense. Hightower, Lawson and Thompson are pretty good at getting to the rack.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
We played like the game after our most important game of the year. It also was less than 72h after said game and included a fairly long plane trip.

We looked tired, a step slow, and a little emotionally drained. All game.

Kudos to them for holding it together enough to grind out an important win!

I expect a completely different team next Thursday!
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exactly. I wasn't thinking this game was going to be a cakewalk by any means. Tulane beat SMU on this court. I know road teams have not been good in the American games, but beating SMU and the other factors which you mentioned in your post had me thinking this would be a tough win, which it was.
 
The travel sucks but it shouldn’t be a factor by game two. I found this quote Hurley had in his postgame about our conference finish quite interesting:
“The way the conference schedule was set up and loaded up to try to break us early, but it didn’t happen.”
 
I was gonna ask @tcf15 for a spoiler free link to a rewatch for Thursday but I see that's already a thing. How soon do you think that replay would be up?
 
JustbrewitMan said:
We played like the game after our most important game of the year. It also was less than 72h after said game and included a fairly long plane trip.

We looked tired, a step slow, and a little emotionally drained. All game.

Kudos to them for holding it together enough to grind out an important win!

I expect a completely different team next Thursday!
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That was an important win and although a step back from recent games teams need to win these type of games to do well in a tournament. I hope we play better. I don't like our chances of beating Tulane two in a row playing like today. Let's just hope Thompson has the let down next week.
 
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The team was probably due for a clunker and we saw that today. Perhaps its an illustration of the improvement that they could win a road game on an off night. I bet we lose this game last year. Heck, I bet we lose this game 6 or 7 weeks ago.
 
JimHurley said:
Crazy but the 7 seed would’ve been better. We get Wichita second round if we win and then Cincy after that. Playing Cincy for our 3rd game in 3 days is not ideal.
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If we beat Wichita, they might not make the NCAAs. Same with Cincy.

Let's get to 20 wins, though, and go from there.
 
crazyUCfan23 said:
where are the times for the game posted?
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tzznandrew said:
If we beat Wichita, they might not make the NCAAs. Same with Cincy.

Let's get to 20 wins, though, and go from there.
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Yeah playing teams that either win or miss the tournament. Not ideal. But that’s where we’re at. There’s no way around it.
 
A five seed is fine, but I'm with Doctor Hoop; let's just get past Tulane first. To me, although we were active on the boards, we looked a little jet-lagged or a step slow on defense. The good thing is we won a game we easily could have lost. This Tulane team may be in the basement of the AAC but closer inspection reveals a team that has been in nearly every game this season and has beaten some good teams, including Cincinnati. Not a team to be taken lightly, not that you should ever take a team lightly. That said. I expect the Huskies to be better prepared for the Green Wave on Thursday.
 
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g_smith said:
Plus there was that odd situation where it was senior night for the Tulane player. Hurley’s an emotional guy and if you watched URI senior night before we picked him up, they lost their Senior night. He chalked it up to him being too emotional. With that behind us, I like our chances.
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He better be able to shut out the senior night sentimentality for a former player while coaching his current team in a game with post season (NIT) implications
UConn looked like they did today because the two freshmen - Bouk and Gaff - had horrid games and the bigs deserted the team in the 1st half
If Whaley hits his 1st half shots as he has the past 5 games - UConn leads by double figures at the half
I hate blaming the refs but they were horrid and too many calls went against UConn at the most unfortunate times
But the officiating throughout college hoops has been real bad
If refs were made to face the press and answer some tough questions after a game - IMO the quality would improve
 
FatHank said:
Can't wait to be off ESPNU and CBSSN.... It has been a Head bang getting games on in my household this year. Streams have been a fight for me recently and my network package is not gonna change. At least FS1 and the BE will be available. :)
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Yeah, I've never had an issue streaming games but it's been a nightmare this year. I've ended up just watching ESPNU games on my tablet and not even trying on my TV
 
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JimHurley said:
Crazy but the 7 seed would’ve been better. We get Wichita second round if we win and then Cincy after that. Playing Cincy for our 3rd game in 3 days is not ideal.
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Come this time of year, you have to worry about everyone. There are no guarantee games now. With that said, unless you are getting a first round bye, the seeding does not matter. Id rather have a seed with an easier route to the championship game.
 
First game is at 1 on Thursday so even though our start time is listed at 3, looks like we won’t actually play until around 3:30
 
BugsyCT said:
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Starting a new job next week so Luckily I have Thursday and Friday off can watch. Need the young bucks to play big here. It’s the type of tournament where two players can really take over (CV & Bouk) and we’ll need it. One game at a time....

also for those saying they’re struggling with streaming, I’ve had zero issues with YouTube Tv. They’ve had every game including the dreaded espnu and cbs sports games. They have fs1 for next season too, I’d suggest it.
 
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