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Game #1 - Maryland

kobebeanbryant said:
height on perimeter = bad for cole
switchable defense = bad for bouknight

i agree that we likely will need to exploit down low.
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To this point I have a very good friend who is a UMD fan/expert and he basically said that the entire team is solid but unspectacular with no one really being all that consistent on the offensive side, but the huge weakness is post play on both ends. Sounds like Adama should feast.
 
bmayuc said:
To this point I have a very good friend who is a UMD fan/expert and he basically said that the entire team is solid but unspectacular with no one really being all that consistent on the offensive side, but the huge weakness is post play on both ends. Sounds like Adama should feast.
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...if he can stay out of foul trouble...
 
bmayuc said:
To this point I have a very good friend who is a UMD fan/expert and he basically said that the entire team is solid but unspectacular with no one really being all that consistent on the offensive side, but the huge weakness is post play on both ends. Sounds like Adama should feast.
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Seems like the type of lineup where Josh and his height could be a valuable asset as well.
 
pound it inside and open up the perimeter for the shooters on the team.

Should be a fun game and I hope it is in the evening not at noon
 
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we are way, way too pretty for maryland. plus, she got crabs, and rotting crabs smell to high heaven. they gonna stink up the gym. we are way, way too pretty for them. sunoco-agogo gonna make them feel like they spent a whole day at a fred astaire dance class.
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silly derps, perps, burps, or whatever they're called, don't they know that the World Headquarters for the Fred Astaire Dance Studios is just down the road from UConn, at enfield?
 
MTBingNinja said:
Anybody got the time on the game yet?!
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Somebody on one of the Terp Twitter threads mentioned 1 ET on Saturday but CBS and ESPN's schedule pages still show TBDs across the board
 
ClifSpliffy said:
we are way, way too pretty for maryland. plus, she got crabs, and rotting crabs smell to high heaven. they gonna stink up the gym. we are way, way too pretty for them. sunoco-agogo gonna make them feel like they spent a whole day at a fred astaire dance class.
Fred Astaire Dance Studios Frederick | Dance Lessons & Classes | Frederick
silly derps, perps, burps, or whatever they're called, don't they know that the World Headquarters for the Fred Astaire Dance Studios is just down the road from UConn, at enfield?
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One good spliff. That’s all it takes apparently.
 
connVA said:
Officially just announced- 7:10 PM ET Saturday night. So much for Terp Twitter threads.
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prime time. we just too pretty to play in the afternoon, and the tv people know it.
twerp fans got lucky playing us- 'contact highs' and all that. we should send them a bill for basking in the shadows of our wonderfulness.
 
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Let’s see what Hurley draws up. They are smaller and play slow. We aren’t good in a low scoring, slow half-court game mode. If we end up in that kind of game it will be a dog fight. We have been very successful pushing up court and shooting early in the clock and hitting the boards. We have to run and dominate the glass.
 
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upstater said:
What do we know about Maryland?

We know we owe them for Caron Butler's last game, they have a deranged fan named JaCkSoN, and they will cry about Rudy Gay until the end of eternity.
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And sweaty Gary Williams...
 
WestCoastHusky said:
Definitely. Polley has not been shooting well. Lately, he seems to hurry his shots before the defense collapses on him, which is causing him to miss some shots he normally can make. I hope he figures this out before the tournament. This is his final year, and I really hope he has some huge games since he is our X-factor.
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We haven’t lost a game where Polley has scored 8 or more points
It seems we‘re at our best when Cole and Polley are scoring at least modestly .
 
kobebeanbryant said:
height on perimeter = bad for cole
switchable defense = bad for bouknight

i agree that we likely will need to exploit down low.y
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Agree. We're going need to have AJ and possibly play Gaffney to match up against the bigger guards if Cole can't guard. They are going to spread us out, draw Sanogo outside and start posting us down low or a dribble drive. If we can't stop that, it'll be like the St John's game all over again.

If we play tough man and keep the guys in front of us until help comes on the dribble drives, they won't be able to match up with Sanogo on the defensive end and may need to counter with a bigger lineup. It's going to be a gritty game IMO.
 
kobebeanbryant said:
we really need him at 100%

gaffney running point under the pressure of the tournament would be a complete disaster
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I have to admit he took a few crazy shots last game. But to say he will be a disaster? I don't think so. Plenty of time for Dan Hurley to sit him down. Talk to him. Remember Gaff did have a great game dropping 20? Also Bouk and him came in together. He will talk to Gaff also.
 
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We were going to be in Md. Saturday anyway. Watching down there is going to be awesome. Packing a dozen Husky T-shirts for the trip.
 
Respect your opponent and control what you can control. You have no control over brackets and future opponents.

Win the game in front of you if you want to play in future games.
 
Maryland has two good guards. Tournament is guard centric. If UConn doesn’t play their “A” game it’s going to be a long evening.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
There's a bit of circularity to the rankings.

If a lot of B1G teams are ranked highly, then all the other teams look better by beating them, garner high rankings, lose to other teams who then get inflated rankings, etc.

The B1G will either dominate this Tournament (I'm talking like 6 Sweet 16 and 3-4 Elite 8 teams) or they will be badly exposed. I don't see much middle ground.
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I usually pick the B1G to get exposed in my brackets and will probably do so again.
 
Soooo...Maryland. Going back a ways, anybody remember the Terps online poster "Smokefree" with the Steely Dan "Aja" avatar?
He was the world's #1 Jim Calhoun hater and went ballistic on one of the Terrpain forums (I also seem to remember him showing his face here) for months after UConn "$tole" Rudy Gay away from Gary Williams.
 
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