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Fun to watch UConn play vs an old BE foe, makes you miss those days as Palantine said
Phil - not much more to say. He was excellent on the defensive end, especially in his help defense. Made 2 big FT's also as well as a nice put back. Not winnable for us without him stepping up in the this game.
Sterling - Wow, missed 3 FT's in a row in an otherwise very good game all around. Got to the rim, made some shots did well managing the team since he was the only actual "pg" out there most of the time.
DHam - Rebounded well, made a couple 3's early, still in love with the lob too much even without AB and played decent D. But we really will improve offensively just when he starts making some 5-12 footers, huge slump and he will be out of it soon. Cincy would be the right pick for that
Shonn - He's our inside presence and we still need to get him more looks. He played solid both ends in coming into his own, toughness is huge.
Omar - Got a start, guessing he's been practicing well. Made some nice drive n'dish low plays, threw a God awful pass to GTwon for a dunk. Missed his 2 open looks for 3 but played hard and rebounded a little and scrapped. Maybe a few too many minutes for my liking but it worked.
Rodney - great first half on both ends. The guy is strong and drives hard to the hoop but there's no doubt with a little more concentration he can finish more, even on the "and 1's" - seems to get lost after the whistle. While he was off 2nd half played hard on D and grabbed a couple big boards.
Kentan - Didn't get a lot of time due to Phils success but was okay. Glad he took that baseline jumper without hesitation although he missed (it was in) he looks good shooting it. Also got a couple boards but was not a physical threat for Hayes and Govan.
Jalen - husky magic must have taken him out for dinner, drinks and dancing last night. We need him to be more consistent although in reality he got lost on the bench and I thought still deserved more minutes. He was a threat to catch a seam and make a play as he is always so we need him to do that more often.
Steve - Love just seeing the little things that make you say "he's getting it" - the charge was a rwat read off the ball for him, an area he's struggled with. And he got a nice offensive rebound and fought for a couple others. On a team that doesn't off rebound that well he's going to bring that presence.
KO and Staff - Into the game, high passion visible. Some weird line ups at times but they had a handle I guess. No matter, KO did a nice job keeping the bigs fresh and the defense up at all times.
GTown - Weird team, obviously talented coming off a win over Xavier. I think our defense was so good at times we took them out of their sets. They have a talented perimeter but need Rivera and #1 to shoot it better - thought our guys did a good job getting out to contest. Also Cameron can shoot it but doesn't really like to put it in the floor so he was forced to a few times and couldn't get the shot off. Hayes gets away with murder but the refs were really good overall so I won't go there.
GREAT WIN
Phil - not much more to say. He was excellent on the defensive end, especially in his help defense. Made 2 big FT's also as well as a nice put back. Not winnable for us without him stepping up in the this game.
Sterling - Wow, missed 3 FT's in a row in an otherwise very good game all around. Got to the rim, made some shots did well managing the team since he was the only actual "pg" out there most of the time.
DHam - Rebounded well, made a couple 3's early, still in love with the lob too much even without AB and played decent D. But we really will improve offensively just when he starts making some 5-12 footers, huge slump and he will be out of it soon. Cincy would be the right pick for that
Shonn - He's our inside presence and we still need to get him more looks. He played solid both ends in coming into his own, toughness is huge.
Omar - Got a start, guessing he's been practicing well. Made some nice drive n'dish low plays, threw a God awful pass to GTwon for a dunk. Missed his 2 open looks for 3 but played hard and rebounded a little and scrapped. Maybe a few too many minutes for my liking but it worked.
Rodney - great first half on both ends. The guy is strong and drives hard to the hoop but there's no doubt with a little more concentration he can finish more, even on the "and 1's" - seems to get lost after the whistle. While he was off 2nd half played hard on D and grabbed a couple big boards.
Kentan - Didn't get a lot of time due to Phils success but was okay. Glad he took that baseline jumper without hesitation although he missed (it was in) he looks good shooting it. Also got a couple boards but was not a physical threat for Hayes and Govan.
Jalen - husky magic must have taken him out for dinner, drinks and dancing last night. We need him to be more consistent although in reality he got lost on the bench and I thought still deserved more minutes. He was a threat to catch a seam and make a play as he is always so we need him to do that more often.
Steve - Love just seeing the little things that make you say "he's getting it" - the charge was a rwat read off the ball for him, an area he's struggled with. And he got a nice offensive rebound and fought for a couple others. On a team that doesn't off rebound that well he's going to bring that presence.
KO and Staff - Into the game, high passion visible. Some weird line ups at times but they had a handle I guess. No matter, KO did a nice job keeping the bigs fresh and the defense up at all times.
GTown - Weird team, obviously talented coming off a win over Xavier. I think our defense was so good at times we took them out of their sets. They have a talented perimeter but need Rivera and #1 to shoot it better - thought our guys did a good job getting out to contest. Also Cameron can shoot it but doesn't really like to put it in the floor so he was forced to a few times and couldn't get the shot off. Hayes gets away with murder but the refs were really good overall so I won't go there.
GREAT WIN
