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Kemba15 said:
Michigan’s better. Are you holding every UConn team to the standard of it being a disappointment if they’re not the #1 team in the country?
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Oh, here comes the Pom Pom brigade.

You and your straw man can go sit in a corner.
 
RuffRuff said:
It's basically last year, plus Demary. Is Mullins better than McNeeley?
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Reed is better than last year, though he didn't have a great game tonight. I thought Reibe was better then Sam Johnson but lately not sure. I wouldn't say Mullins is better than McNeeley, but close. I like Mahaney better than Smith. I think in general the team plays better defense than last year. Maybe that is Demary's influence, but everyone seems to rotate better on defense than last year. Overall I credit Demary, defensive cohesiveness and Reed's improvement for the difference from last year.
 
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3rdbass said:
No Reed still start. He is still a physical beast. I love how fans like to pile on players who have 1 or 2 bad games. Reed might need a shorter leash. Calhoun did say Reibe should get more minutes than he has as it will serve us in the big game. Let's keep the 2 headed monster.
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Reed is the most frustrating player we have had in an age.

He has two speeds - good and genuinely awful. It's way too late in his career to still be getting the horrible from him. Just a puzzling dude.
 
I am glad they won and wins should always be celebrated. However, that game didn't inspire much confidence. This team has a lot of flaws and I am not sure it's going to figure them out. Besides Reibe, the bench really didn't give them much.
 
superjohn said:
There's things that just aren't making sense like what you pointed out. Lewis is their best player, why on earth was he Solo's assignment? AK has been horrible at inbounding the ball for 4 years, why is he still inbounding the ball? What's with the substitution patterns? Why is Solo allowed to launch so many difficult contested threes? Why does it seem like team IQ is getting worse as the season goes along?

You are your record but this certainly doesn't feel like a 24-2 team.
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The Solo threes are happening because there’s no Cam Spencer or Tristen Newton to make a cerebral pass or dagger shot and get us out of a situation. We’re left with Solo scrambling to get himself open off the dribble for three. It all comes back to a lack of ability to create off the dribble. Same as least year.
 
What did you think of Calhoun's comment about giving "the German kid" more playing time? I think Reibe looks better when he gets more minutes. Reed did not have a great game tonight. His foul trouble gave Reibe more opportunity by default and he looked better. Neither of them are good from the line.
 
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superjohn said:
We got incredibly lucky tonight. We don't look anything like the team we were in those big out of conference games earlier in the season and I don't know why. It certainly isn't all on the refs and style of Big East play.

If we don't play a lot better @Nova and St. John's at home they will both be losses.

Not writing them off or anything but we're running out of time to figure things out.
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If we’ve learned anything about this team it’s that they play up and down to the competition. SJ and Nova don’t worry me. It’s some 8-9 seed team we overlook taking us out that does.
 
Teams are hunting solo on defense. It's getting harder to hide him, can't play Mullins and ball on the floor at the same time so we lose offensive fire power.

The team played better with Reibe in the lineup as he was much more active on the glass and in the offense. His defense was also better.

Mullins I understand he has a green light but sometimes that quick trigger gers the team in trouble with long rebounds and run outs.

Solo shooting improvements over the last couple of games are great to see but like I said earlier teams are hunting him on defense.
 
Donyell 360 said:
What did you think of Calhoun's comment about giving "the German kid" more playing time? I think Reibe looks better when he gets more minutes. Reed did not have a great game tonight. His foul trouble gave Reibe more opportunity by default and he looked better. Neither of them are good from the line.
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I’ve been saying it too. However, he struggles against better teams. I was a huge Reed supporter, but man, he just isn’t stepping up. He’s huge and talented but he just doesn’t show up 2/3 of the time.
 
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Free throw shooting is not good. Ball, Demary, Reibe, Reed, they all missed shots. Thankfully AK came through in the clutch. Demary hit some big ones too, but they said his percentage was down to 70%? That's not great for our point guard.
 

Over/Under​

Reaching the Sweet Sixteen and losing in that round.
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
Start Reibe. Get Reed outta here.
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I'm just as frustrated with Reeds lack of focus in games however we really need him to start and finish games. We have no one with that type of physicality on our team. Hurley needs to reel him in to stay focused. Reibe will be a good one for the future, but to start is very questionable.
 
KingAG said:
If we’ve learned anything about this team it’s that they play up and down to the competition. SJ and Nova don’t worry me. It’s some 8-9 seed team we overlook taking us out that does.
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Agreed. I don’t think tonight is any way predictive of any tough matchup going forward. Just like beating Creighton on the road by 30 wasn’t either. We’re an enigma—can’t put away bad teams for some reason
 
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UConn is getting very little from the bench. Ross was alright but he was getting beat a lot and still loves to fall for those upfakes. Smith is just guy who gives Demary a few minutes off the court to breathe. Stewart is playing his worst Basketball of the season and is supplying no help-defense when in. Only Reibe is giving us something off the bench. Glad to see Ball have a good first half shooting but he needs to learn to drive when teams play him tight like they did in the 2nd half. Mullins is starting to look a little one dimensional out there as a gunner. He needs to expand his game and not settle for the outside shots. Problem is without Demary and to some extent Karaban we have nobody who drives to the basket with any regularity which makes defending us much easier. I like this team but just wonder if we are missing one really good creator on offense from being a final four team. Also, the defense is starting to look like last year with too much dribble penetration being allowed the last 3 games. Big Props to Alex, The UConn all-time winningest player, for bailing us out after making that horrible inbound pass.
 
Donyell 360 said:
Inbounding the ball continues to be a problem. I'm not sure it is AK's fault though. Guys got to get open. Coaches need to set up plays to get them open. It is a problem and it almost cost us.
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Yeah I don't think it's AK's fault either. This coaching staff is the best staff in the country, IMO, but I think the hole they have in their skillset is designing good inbound plays. Maybe they should have Sean McVay, the LA Rams coach, design some good football style formations for the inbound plays.
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
You can't just say 24-2 and act like everything is great. GT is not a good team, should never have been this close at home. Not feeling very confident right now.
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Forget about not being a good team. Georgetown is worse than almost every team in the SEC, Big 10, and Big 12 conferences.
 
Fishy said:
Try watching a few games, snowball.
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I've seen plenty of games to know we have plenty of parts that simply need to all be great at same time. Not easy.

Tonight was date night, like always for 25 years. Missed the game.

Huskies won. If we play Michigan, the Wolverines will be in a rock fight.
 
Palatine said:
I have no complaints. We really controlled the entire game. G'town played way over their heads and it still wasn't enough. It's just an ugly win that looks good in the W/L column. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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But kills our KenPom lol.
 
Hoophound said:
I’ve been saying it too. However, he struggles against better teams. I was a huge Reed supporter, but man, he just isn’t stepping up. He’s huge and talented but he just doesn’t show up 2/3 of the time.
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He has had some good games but he is not dominating like I would like to see. We need him to be great to have a chance at a title.
 
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