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uconNYC said:
Team looks very undisciplined

Very unhappy with RJ on defense. His man is blowing by him EVERY time.
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Not just RJ. It's everyone. And why is there always a free shoot in the corner against us?
 
Is it too much to ask to have one half where we play well? We looked great for ten minutes against Michigan State and since then, we've done just enough to win -- which is obviously paramount. I expected some rough patches this season, but I also thought maybe we'd have some, you know, games where we looked good too.

I realize this sounds whiny. We're in the championship game. Not exactly Maui competition or quality of play, though. I'm looking for more than 25 points a half, though. I don't think that's too much to ask.
 
My first criticism of Kevin this year is that he needs to call a timeout here and there. Yeah, we're not really giving up big runs. But there have been many good opportunities to cure issues.
 
nomar said:
Is it too much to ask to have one half where we play well? We looked great for ten minutes against Michigan State and since then, we've done just enough to win -- which is obviously paramount. I expected some rough patches this season, but I also thought maybe we'd have some, you know, games where we looked good too.

I realize this sounds whiny. We're in the championship game. Not exactly Maui competition or quality of play, though. I'm looking for more than 25 points a half, though. I don't think that's too much to ask.
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Have you taken a look at our roster? Our bigs? There's gonna be a lot of this play at times this year.
 
A couple of things...

They're killing us from the free throw line - 11-11.

Wolf and Olander have seven shots and zero rebounds. No disrespect to those two, but if they're not rebounding, they are as useful to us as someone sitting in the stands. Actually, less useful, because they should never, ever SHOOT THE duck*ING BALL FROM 20' OUT.
 
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nomar said:
Is it too much to ask to have one half where we play well? We looked great for ten minutes against Michigan State and since then, we've done just enough to win -- which is obviously paramount. I expected some rough patches this season, but I also thought maybe we'd have some, you know, games where we looked good too.

I realize this sounds whiny. We're in the championship game. Not exactly Maui competition or quality of play, though. I'm looking for more than 25 points a half, though. I don't think that's too much to ask.
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Yeah, honestly, you sound whiny as ****.
 
It'll probably take Napier going gonzo to win this one. NM is getting too many good looks - blowing by us too easy. Their D is better on the ball, and they bring help more effectively, so we're forced into high degree of difficulty shots more often.

And their big goofy white guy is making shots better than ours. The BGWG factor can change games. The under-publicized factor in the Dream Season was that Cyrulik gave us the BGWG edge most nights.

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I might've expected too much out of Boatright, it's obviously very early in the season but I expected a leap that just isn't there yet
 
uconnfan68 said:
Not just RJ. It's everyone. And why is there always a free shoot in the corner against us?
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RJ, Boat and Bazz, all playing OLE' defense, very disappointing..........Bazz starting to stay under control on the offensive end but was being too pretty early as was Boat - too loosey goosey - just play basketball, if you have a fastbreak make the best pass to score not the prettiest one!......bad decision making by so many people and Omar has had a couple of ill-advised passes, Giffey threw a 3 up without having a good handle on it.........want some solid possessions, run some offense and move, move, move..........the bigs don't look great but reality is if the guards continuously get beat they are in for trouble......pretty much 3 ugly halves in a row.........see what happens....all in all only down 3 see what their made of soon again!!!:eek:
 
aceboon said:
I might've expected too much out of Boatright, it's obviously very early in the season but I expected a leap that just isn't there yet
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You have to understand, he's not used to playing the first couple weeks of the season. This is new.
 
mauconnfan said:
RJ, Boat and Bazz, all playing OLE' defense, very disappointing..........Bazz starting to stay under control on the offensive end but was being too pretty early as was Boat - too loosey goosey - just play basketball, if you have a fastbreak make the best pass to score not the prettiest one!......bad decision making by so many people and Omar has had a couple of ill-advised passes, Giffey threw a 3 up without having a good handle on it.........want some solid possessions, run some offense and move, move, move..........the bigs don't look great but reality is if the guards continuously get beat they are in for trouble......pretty much 3 ugly halves in a row.........see what happens....all in all only down 3 see what their made of soon again!!!:eek:
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That behind the back pass to Daniels on the break absolutely sucked.
 
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upstater said:
That behind the back pass to Daniels on the break absolutely sucked.
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I disagree. Daniels ankles were wide open. Not Napier's fault that his ankles couldn't handle it.


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We are not even trying to get boards or cover shooters

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nomar said:
My first criticism of Kevin this year is that he needs to call a timeout here and there. Yeah, we're not really giving up big runs. But there have been many good opportunities to cure issues.
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A TO about 2 minutes ago might have helped.

Hey, we've got UNM right where we want 'em, right?
 
I guess this is the game where we break out the "40 Minutes of WTF" strategy that Fishy sagely foresaw.
 
I'm going out on a limb. The guys are assuming the shot will be missed and are positioning themselves for the break. 3 straight uncontested 3 point shots.

Play defense guys.
 
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Revrat said:
We are not even trying to get boards or cover shooters

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Yep. We've gotten flat-footed. NM is just having a shooting drill with us playing the role of cones.

Boatright cost us 2 possessions so far - not getting the ball to a wide open Napier and fumbling it out of bounds, and not shooting an open three on a kickout. We're not getting good shots, so we can't pass them up when they come.

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Bazz might as well just start trying to force things at this point, it would be nice if Boat showed up to help him out
 
As much as I lower my expectations, I just can't stop myself from wanting to put a fist through my TV screen when we don't play well.

Nice, Shabazz. Let's make a run now.
 
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