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gsmooth said:
That is true and Ball, no matter what people say about his defensive deficiencies or deficiencies in other areas of the game, the guy can flat out shoot. He is UConn's best 3 point shooter and playing off the ball is what he does best and like you said there are other players on the team that do that well.
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Yeah, we know he’s a talented scorer, I’m just not sure where he fits in a backcourt of smaller guards. Maybe it is just spelling Ball for stretches once Nowell is back. Just hard to have Mahaney, Ball, and Diarra/Nowell on the court together from a defensive standpoint. Staff will have to get creative.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Out of curiosity, if in early November we were told that between Maui and the Baylor/Texas/Gonzaga stretch we would finish 3-3 but the fans could pick the three games we'd win would anyone have chosen differently than what did happen?
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Of course we want the last three. Maui was a bizarre aberration we hopefully all look back on when we cut down the nets again
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I think it’s beyond idiotic to write off a kid who was an all-American last year and a first team all WCC player
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He wasn’t an all American and there’s 10 guys on the WCC “first team” so if they did it like any other conference he woulda been on the second team with Adama Alpha Bal, Jon Mogbo and Marcus Williams whoever they are
 
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Well, the Maui losses are not looking nearly as bad as they were now. I also believe these last 3 huge wins have rewritten the story of the entire season for the team.

My question is: if we win the BE regular season with 16+ wins and the BET, could we play ourselves back into a 1-seed conversation come March?

I don’t think it’s out of the question now. Especially if we can stack some wins against teams like Marquette, Creighton, St. John’s etc.
 
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blkknight1 said:
The fact that he stayed face down and seemed motionless for a few seconds then was immediately brought to the locker room makes it seem like it was at least semi serious.

The fact that he was ruled out immediately makes it seems like he was definitely concussed.
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The positive is that he came back to the bench and stayed involved in the game. With no earplugs or sunglasses.
 
The scary thing about McNeeley is:

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I think a 2 seed is realistic

Last year marquette got a 2 seed after going 14-6 in the BE and losing in the BE tourney final

We can do better than that in conference play but I don’t see us climbing back into the top 4, we just won’t have the opportunity for any more big wins other than against Marquette
 
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jorge34 said:
He’s in concussion protocol per Borges
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“He is going to go in the (concussion) protocol,” Hurley said. “He was screaming at the end of the bench, ‘I’m good, I’m back’ but we’ve just got to see where it goes from here. But he’s definitely in the protocol now. And it’s a shame, because he started that game in just electrifying fashion… Offensively, we were humming when he was in the game."
 
bendm said:
I think a 2 is realistic

Last year marquette got a 2 seed after finishing the season ranked 11, going 16-4 in the BE and winning the BE tourney. We can still do all those things
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Marquette went 14-6 in the BE last year and did not win the BET. UConn did. Assuming you are referring to 2 years ago? They went 17-3 that year.
 
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We are deep. If Nowell was healthy I think we would have seen 10 ten players with more than a few minutes.

Our wings are a strength. We knew that.

Go back and watch the second half and see how many times Nemhard scored when Ross was guarding him…..the answer is exactly what we needed.

Stewart is an even better shooter than I thought.

Reed has crazy upside. He missed a few bunnies today but 3 blocks, he can get up for being so big.

Johnson is looking better every game him and Diarra are figuring it out. Hope he will recover quickly. I heard it is concussion protocol and I am hopeful that we kept him out in an abundance of caution. If his head was hurting and his ears ringing don’t think he would have been on the bench as crazy loud as it was in the Garden tonight.

Liam is as advertised. He is our best creator with the ball in his hand. He can play point forward and we can play him with Solo, Stewart, AK and Reed/Johnson. He may challenge Steph for most BE Freshman of the week awards.

AK well, they defended him well and he was just off. It happens. The really bad pass worries me more. He never let an off shooting night effect other parts of his game and he did ok with that tonight, but that pass that late in the game …yikes never thought I would see that. But he will win games for us this year.

And finally a big shout out to UConn nation. Watching on tv the place sounded every bit as loud as any Knick playoff game last year.

Good win. Would be nice to string together a little run. Schedule very favorable over the next six games.

As Hurley like to say we have shown championship DNA with our response to the Maui debacle.

It is what it is but if Hurley does not get that T we might be top five. Margin for error is just a lot smaller than it has been.

We beat a school many have said was a final four team. And we did it without our starting center out with injury and AK our captain having one of his worst games of his career.
 
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gsmooth said:
opposing players are in his shirt and right up in his face trying to take away his 3s and AK's response to that has been to shoot them further away from the 3 point line. If you look at the 3s he took today, they are about 5 feet or more behind the 3 point line. I know people will say he has been doing that for a while, but I think he did that even moreso today.
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Pretty much a copy of the Colorado game, when the shot isn't falling he's gotta put it on the floor and get into the lane, he's more than capable
 
El Obrero said:
Reed was a beastly presence in several stretches tonight. I seriously think he’s going to be unstoppable to most teams by tournament time
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Husky Alien said:
Beside the obvious Liam, Singare was very good on D and setting screens and some important rebounds. Hats of to him, looks like he will be getting some minutes now. Ross played better for those that think he does not belong. Good game for him. Stewie, what can you say he stepped up big time tonight. He's still has more in him. Oh, Mahaney did not look to happy on the bench in the 2nd half. We are playing better each game. Reed is a monster and getting better. Big East, next.
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Not sure what Mahaney would be unhappy about. He sucks and belongs on the bench.
 
aceboon said:
I thought Hurley was tripping when Ross was subbed in at the under 8 minute mark and he then had a steal->transition layup and then a nice pass down low to Reed for a basket, he was much more composed tonight.
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Something I just happened to pick up on: Karaban was at the scorers table ready to check in, and after the steal, Hurley pulled him back. Clearly he was going to go in for Ross, but Hurley wanted to give Ross a little more run after he made something happen. A couple minutes later, AK came in for someone else and Ross stayed out there. He was only going to get a quick minute or two to spell AK, but then he earned more.
 
UCLJ0211 said:
Marquette went 14-6 in the BE last year and did not win the BET. UConn did. Assuming you are referring to 2 years ago? They went 17-3 that year.
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Wow brain fart, fixed it
 
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There were a couple times McNeeley grabbed a rebound and then pulled out and dribbled to lead the break almost all in one motion (one of which ended in his three to put us up 10). It’s sort of a simple thing - but there have only been a couple frontcourt guys at UConn that would do that regularly. Andre Jackson and Daniel Hamilton spring to mind. It is a good weapon.
 
Gurleyman said:
Something I just happened to pick up on: Karaban was at the scorers table ready to check in, and after the steal, Hurley pulled him back. Clearly he was going to go in for Ross, but Hurley wanted to give Ross a little more run after he made something happen. A couple minutes later, AK came in for someone else and Ross stayed out there. He was only going to get a quick minute or two to spell AK, but then he earned more.
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That's awesome.
 
Gurleyman said:
There were a couple times McNeeley grabbed a rebound and then pulled out and dribbled to lead the break almost all in one motion (one of which ended in his three to put us up 10). It’s sort of a simple thing - but there have only been a couple frontcourt guys at UConn that would do that regularly. Andre Jackson and Daniel Hamilton spring to mind. It is a good weapon.
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Rip, Butler also
 
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