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...once they upped their intensity in the second half.
Hamilton is the real deal. He has a great handle for a kid his size and can shoot, pass, rebound...he can do it all.
It's clear that this is Boatright's team and is making his mark as UConn's next great guard. Reach-around-bandit II.
SC Jr gives this team a mature guard who can knock down 3s.
Facey continues to have a knack for finding rebounds. He needs to get a tad stronger and gain some confidence in his offense. I like what I've seen from him.
Samuel who doesn't love this kid. Plays hard all the time, is a very smart lead guard and has worked really hard on his J which has steadily improved from day 1.
I'm not going to go through the entire roster, but did want to end with one player that I had high hopes for, had hoped he'd have a hot start, but hasn't. That's Phil Nolan. We heard a lot of good things about him during the off-season and he looked good during the First Night's scrimmage. He simply hasn't done much offensively thus far and I'm concerned that he's struggling with his confidence offensively. It's obviously early, but the fact that KO gave the majority of the 4-5 minutes to Facey and Amida, 24 and 28 respectively compared to just 7 for Nolan, granted he had 3 fouls, tells somewhat of a story. Now maybe he's struggling with some injury that I'm not aware of, but I thought he'd be getting the majority of the PT at the 4 and slide over to the 5 when Amida needed a blow or when in foul trouble. Since he and Brimah are the only two that can play the 5...maybe the Rock can fill in a few minutes if needed due to his girth...I can see KO trying to manage his minutes to make sure the team has both of them available down the stretch in the 2nd half. Getting back to my point, I'd like to see Nolan get more scoring opportunities and make good on them. Having a few bigs that can finish in the paint keeps defenses honest and getting high percentage baskets is always a good thing.
With that said, the heaving offensive lifting is going to come from the guards and Hamilton. That's clearly no mystery. There's a ton of offensive firepower from Boat, Hamiltion, SC Jr, Purvis, Calhoun and Samuel. Getting points from our bigs off of nice set-ups will simply make this team out very tough team to defend.
Hamilton is the real deal. He has a great handle for a kid his size and can shoot, pass, rebound...he can do it all.
It's clear that this is Boatright's team and is making his mark as UConn's next great guard. Reach-around-bandit II.
SC Jr gives this team a mature guard who can knock down 3s.
Facey continues to have a knack for finding rebounds. He needs to get a tad stronger and gain some confidence in his offense. I like what I've seen from him.
Samuel who doesn't love this kid. Plays hard all the time, is a very smart lead guard and has worked really hard on his J which has steadily improved from day 1.
I'm not going to go through the entire roster, but did want to end with one player that I had high hopes for, had hoped he'd have a hot start, but hasn't. That's Phil Nolan. We heard a lot of good things about him during the off-season and he looked good during the First Night's scrimmage. He simply hasn't done much offensively thus far and I'm concerned that he's struggling with his confidence offensively. It's obviously early, but the fact that KO gave the majority of the 4-5 minutes to Facey and Amida, 24 and 28 respectively compared to just 7 for Nolan, granted he had 3 fouls, tells somewhat of a story. Now maybe he's struggling with some injury that I'm not aware of, but I thought he'd be getting the majority of the PT at the 4 and slide over to the 5 when Amida needed a blow or when in foul trouble. Since he and Brimah are the only two that can play the 5...maybe the Rock can fill in a few minutes if needed due to his girth...I can see KO trying to manage his minutes to make sure the team has both of them available down the stretch in the 2nd half. Getting back to my point, I'd like to see Nolan get more scoring opportunities and make good on them. Having a few bigs that can finish in the paint keeps defenses honest and getting high percentage baskets is always a good thing.
With that said, the heaving offensive lifting is going to come from the guards and Hamilton. That's clearly no mystery. There's a ton of offensive firepower from Boat, Hamiltion, SC Jr, Purvis, Calhoun and Samuel. Getting points from our bigs off of nice set-ups will simply make this team out very tough team to defend.
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