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Picking up the pace​

Hurley has said that he wants to play faster, especially on offense. He has the talent to do it and time to experiment, assuming COVID-19 doesn’t wreak havoc on the practices and the early-season schedule. UConn has four games against mid-majors — Central Connecticut, LIU, Coppin State and Binghamton — between Nov. 9-20, so the competition for roles is likely to extend that far into the season. There is enough time this year — where there wasn’t last season — to work out the kinks.

Will this actually happen?

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Replacing James Bouknight, settling on starters, here are five storylines to follow as UConn men’s basketball begins practice

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HooperScooper said:

Picking up the pace​

Hurley has said that he wants to play faster, especially on offense. He has the talent to do it and time to experiment, assuming COVID-19 doesn’t wreak havoc on the practices and the early-season schedule. UConn has four games against mid-majors — Central Connecticut, LIU, Coppin State and Binghamton — between Nov. 9-20, so the competition for roles is likely to extend that far into the season. There is enough time this year — where there wasn’t last season — to work out the kinks.

Will this actually happen?

www.courant.com

Replacing James Bouknight, settling on starters, here are five storylines to follow as UConn men’s basketball begins practice

The UConn men’s basketball team begins ramping up for the season on Tuesday, and there are a few things that can be taken as givens for the first official practice. The freshmen will be exhau…
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Quite frankly, I didn’t even know those 4 schools rose to the level of “Mid Major”. We might as well just play the “Beltway Ballers”.
 
HooperScooper said:

Picking up the pace​

Hurley has said that he wants to play faster, especially on offense. He has the talent to do it and time to experiment, assuming COVID-19 doesn’t wreak havoc on the practices and the early-season schedule. UConn has four games against mid-majors — Central Connecticut, LIU, Coppin State and Binghamton — between Nov. 9-20, so the competition for roles is likely to extend that far into the season. There is enough time this year — where there wasn’t last season — to work out the kinks.

Will this actually happen?
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Unsure. We probably won't be as slow as we were last year, but we were incredibly slow last year so that's not a high bar.

Coaches saying they are going to play fast paced when they're hired or inbetween seasons is a meme at this point.


It's generally a pretty sticky stat for coaches year over year, but...Hurley has shown some flexibility in his pace over the years, He had seasons with top 100 paces at both RI and Wagner. They went from 89th to 328th and back down to average 2 years later.

I tend to trust Dan to not just give lip service and he means what he says, so it's possible.
 
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Hurley on AJ: “no one spends more time in the gym”. That’s good, maybe AJ wants to make a lot of money in the future and figured this out.
 
Chief00 said:
Except they are the headliner this time
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They’re one of our early-season cupcakes. How are they “the headliner”?

I agree re overuse of “mid-major.” Just because you’re not a high-major program doesn’t make you a mid-major.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly, I didn’t even know those 4 schools rose to the level of “Mid Major”. We might as well just play the “Beltway Ballers”.
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Ah the good old Beltway Ballers, our indirect way of making a payout for the signing of Rudy Gay.

I miss the days of elegant rule bending :)
 
nomar said:
They’re one of our early-season cupcakes. How are they “the headliner”?

I agree re overuse of “mid-major.” Just because you’re not a high-major program doesn’t make you a mid-major.
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IDK - Binghamton, CCSU, LIU, Coppin - I understand cupcakes but a full OOC home schedule of them is totally unacceptable - whatever order you want to put them in. I am not going to argue the order because my point is we need an elite National OOC home opponent.
 
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I really like playing fast on offense in today’s game. It’s akin to playing an uptempo offense in football. The defense can’t get set properly, become disorganized and foul a bunch. Hopefully watching team finals frantic pace offensively rubbed off a little. We played far too slow and methodical last year.
 
Chief00 said:
I understand cupcakes but a full OOC home schedule of them is totally unacceptable...I am not going to argue the order because my point is we need an elite National OOC home opponent.
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Objection noted. And noted. And noted, and... Look, the schedule is the schedule. We all would like to see more good OOC home games. Maybe next year. Enough already. Find something else to knock Hurley for. Meanwhile I'm hoping god grants you the serenity to accept the things you cannot change.
 
I’d rather have this schedule than have 1 or 2 non conference great games and play in the boring AAC ….. Big East or bust baby !!!!
 
Waquoit said:
Objection noted. And noted. And noted, and... Look, the schedule is the schedule. We all would like to see more good OOC home games. Maybe next year. Enough already. Find something else to knock Hurley for. Meanwhile I'm hoping god grants you the serenity to accept the things you cannot change.
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Respectfully, our disagreements often come down to the chess vs. checkers thing. Of course, Chief fully understands this season’s OOC schedule is set and published. Chief criticism is building the case for next season and putting the pressure on for Dave and Danny to step up their game in the Home OOC schedule aspect. I have not heard Danny once talk about the schedule with that filter on. Perhaps, he views it as outside the coach’s scope to initiate those conversations with other schools as Jim would sometimes do with other elite coaches. I honestly believe he doesn’t even thinks about it. Dave should, especially since his coach doesn’t, since the Seat Donations pump some decent money into his department despite the overall deficit. Just another example of not listening to the customer on things that matter.
 
nomar said:
Back before I was a casual fan, I wouldn't miss a minute of the radio broadcasts of those games.
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Marty Glickman: "So and so races out of the backcourt................................!!!!"
 
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jibsey said:
Hurley on AJ: “no one spends more time in the gym”. That’s good, maybe AJ wants to make a lot of money in the future and figured this out.
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There’s a video Borges posted of Hawkins showing his shooting from practice. Ironically, AJ was in the background. Went 4-4 beyond the arc. Shot looked a little funky still but at least he was making them in an open gym from top the arc
 
MDHuskFan said:
There’s a video Borges posted of Hawkins showing his shooting from practice. Ironically, AJ was in the background. Went 4-4 beyond the arc. Shot looked a little funky still but at least he was making them in an open gym from top the arc
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Not to quibble, but to my memory Jackson went 3-5 in the clip. Wanted to double check, but couldn't find the video in the few seconds I devoted to searching.
 
Vancat said:
So creative with your condescension.
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As others observed, a very measured response, if you read my entire post. I start with “Respectfully” which is generally considered a better starting point for a constructive conversation than “your condescension”.
My checkers vs. chess line was an ask for a particular posters not to always jump to a criticizing position as a reflect, as one jumps their opponents checkers, before obtaining a better understanding of a posts content. Understand the strategy, as a good player does in chess. Of course, Chief realizes this year’s OOC schedule is set but these home and home series are sometimes committed to far in advance. So now is the time to make the point, if you want positive future change, starting next season.
This “knocking Hurley” is exactly what Chief didn’t do. It is an emotional response to nuisance that perhaps the poster can’t or doesn’t want to process. All Chief has said is that I don’t believe Danny filters OOC schedule by home, away or neutral games. Therefore, he is satisfied with it. A season ticket holder has a different filter - more emphasis on Home games, assuming they are looking for entertainment value per dollar.
I hope this helps.
Best Regards, Chief
 
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nomar said:
They’re one of our early-season cupcakes. How are they “the headliner”?

I agree re overuse of “mid-major.” Just because you’re not a high-major program doesn’t make you a mid-major.
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If there's high-majod and mid-major, there really has to be low-major, which would be defined reasonably as either the lower-ranked teams or conferences. It's easy enough to figure out.
 
CL82 said:
Meh, it's a measured response to a guy who took a potshot at him. Don't fan the flames.
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Drop the first sentence and you would be right. The first sentence reeks of condescension, which is an integral part of the schtick.
 
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