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Fouls
UCONN 13
Georgetown 27

Free Throws
UCONN 29-36
Georgetown 7-8

A 22 point difference in free throws, that's the ball game.
 
They had a real commitment to going inside. That always makes a real difference.
 
Reminiscent of the 2008-09 squad.
 
BigEast said:
Fouls
UCONN 13
Georgetown 27

Free Throws
UCONN 29-36
Georgetown 7-8

A 22 point difference in free throws, that's the ball game.
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Foul differential was a huge factor, but not too far behind was the turnover advantage (+5) and rebounding (+1) against a bigger team.

We may not have shot well, but we didn't beat ourselves either, which is a great sign!
 
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That goes hand in hand with taking 31 threes out of 59 FG (with a good number of deep twos mixed in there as well).

Trying to think of a play where Gtown was complaining about a foul they didn't get. Only one I can think of was a wild fast break layup attempt where we more or less backed off and I thought it was a good no call - which turned into a Hoyas three off the offensive rebound anyway. The charges we got were pretty clear charges. We only blocked 3 shots - one of which was the very shot of the game, so there weren't a lot of contested shots in the paint that you could argue about. I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

At the other end, maybe we were fortunate a couple times. Gibbs got a bit of a break when he got a touch foul when he missed a putback, but we had the next offensive rebound anyway. The other ones Gibbs had were mostly when he did a good job drawing them on the drive. Hamilton earned all five of his when guys landed on him. Nolan earned his two when a guy tried to run through the screen and not around it. Miller was undercut when he earned most of his. But we maybe caught a break with the tight whistle early in the 2H which got us in the bonus quickly. If the tables were turned, I'm sure I would have been annoyed at the foul count escalating quickly.
 
BigEast said:
Fouls
UCONN 13
Georgetown 27

Free Throws
UCONN 29-36
Georgetown 7-8

A 22 point difference in free throws, that's the ball game.
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If BE teams would stop sucking so bad, maybe then you wouldn't foul
 
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BigEast said:
Yeahhh you suck! I'm an interwebs king!

Sigh...I'm not Georgetown. I didn't foul anyone.
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Your mother is calling you

Gtown simply did nothing to draw fouls
To be honest this stat is an anomaly in UConn basketball
 
I appreciate that we drove it and they chucked 3's but if we were on the other end of this playing away our screens would be on fire right now calling for the refs heads. Thrilled with this win but we made 4 baskets in the second half. We've had our own share of lopsided reffing.
 
1) Loser's lament. Better team won.
2) It was the latest bit of evidence that JTIII ain't a rocket scientist.

You're playing a team that is notable for sending the opponent to the free throw line...so you ignore that and hoist up an ungodly amount of threes.

C+ effort from UConn, but good enough.

Grown isn't particularly good, but they're in second place in the Big East, so it's a good enough entry on the resume.
 
Fishy said:
Grown isn't particularly good, but they're in second place in the Big East, so it's a good enough entry on the resume.
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I think that's probably temporary. They did beat X getting hot from three, but their other four wins are Depaul twice, SJU, and Marquette. They will slide back shortly.
 
BigEast said:
I think that's probably temporary. They did beat X getting hot from three, but their other four wins are Depaul twice, SJU, and Marquette. They will slide back shortly.
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Considering the level of insight you've shown on this board, there's a good chance they win the league. They did play UConn pretty tough.
 
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I don't know.

They just kicked Xavier's ass on the road and hung in with the only truly good team in the conference against Nova. UConn was down a starter, but they didn't disgrace themselves in losing today.

Everyone was pretending Butler was good, but after losing tonight to a marginal Creighton group, they're 13-6 and 2-5 in conference - Georgetown is better than they are, so they just might be the second or third best team in conference.
 
jibsey said:
I appreciate that we drove it and they chucked 3's but if we were on the other end of this playing away our screens would be on fire right now calling for the refs heads. Thrilled with this win but we made 4 baskets in the second half. We've had our own share of lopsided reffing.
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I remember games where UConn could get the field goals but missed the foul shots--and lost. That this team could win despite an icy cold spell says a lot for their determination and discipline. They did what they needed to do to win, and today it was to draw fouls and make the free throws.
 
BigEast said:
Fouls
UCONN 13
Georgetown 27

Free Throws
UCONN 29-36
Georgetown 7-8

A 22 point difference in free throws, that's the ball game.
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We played probably our worst offensive half of the year and still beat your Big Least team. Cry about it somewhere else.
 
huskiesnyc said:
We played probably our worst offensive half of the year and still beat your Big Least team. Cry about it somewhere else.
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Not sure where I cried about anything. It's a statistic.
 
another trend changing in the last 3 games, a very good thing
 
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BigEast said:
Not sure where I cried about anything. It's a statistic.
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Instead of coming here on a Saturday night you should worry about your own team being a 13 point underdog today
 
BigEast said:
Not sure where I cried about anything. It's a statistic.
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Since you like statistics, how about his tidbit: Georgetown averages 21.8 fouls a game and ranks 307th Division 1 in that statistic!
http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/286/p7

This game was not an anomaly- Georgetown plays poor defense and very foul prone. I don't know whether its a problem with the coaching staff not teaching proper defensive principles or the players not having the quickness to stay with penetrating guards (which was primarily the case today against us).

It would have been coaching malpractice for us not to exploit this and I am glad Ollie did precisely that.
 
BigEast said:
Not sure where I cried about anything. It's a statistic.
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The only reason you would mention it (and not mention the difference in style of play) is to cry about it.
 
Jerry1714 said:
Instead of coming here on a Saturday night you should worry about your own team being a 13 point underdog today
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Well, swung and missed again"Jerry". Nice effort, though. Stick to the topic and quit your junior high insult game and that won't happen so much.

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