Hurley’s Offense

[auror]

I’m reminded of Coach John McKay’s famous quote:

Q: “What do you think of your offense’s execution Coach?”
A: “I’m all for it”

we simply need to be better on that end. Every time we’ve played the other teams game, we’ve lost (St Jon’s, Prov, Seton Hall, Nova). Note to Dan Hurley: it ain’t working. So try something different. ANYTHING

What is our game and how could we have executed it against Nova's 2nd half D? Specifically.

 

[navery12]

 

[uconngb]

What is our game and how could we have executed it against Nova's 2nd half D? Specifically.

We had a distinct height advantage. I don't know, maybe try and exploit that? Or maybe get into our offense faster like we did the last two games where we had tremendous success. Or anything other than what that was we saw today? I'm not the coach making millions to figure this out. I just expect that our guy should have a little better of a plan than what that was today.

 

[mauconnfan]

Here’s the deal if anyone actually believes we can beat GTown or anyone else we have left with a 2nd half performance like that they will b disappointed. We didn’t lose today because Villanova is ranked 10th it’s because we were awful. Lots of things need to get more consistent or the dance is just a Dream yet again.

 

[Icehawk]

Isn't that specifically his job?

 

[UConnSwag11]

No, we already move the ball a lot above the three point line. We have no one besides Bouk who can drive and score or kick it out. Stop bringing the bigs past the three point line

 

[navery12]

No, we already move the ball a lot above the three point line. We have no one besides Bouk who can drive and score or kick it out. Stop bringing the bigs past the three point line

I actually disagree with your last sentence, kind of. If we're going to play Whaley and Sanogo together I think you have to at least try to get that defender out of the paint. In an ideal world we run a real offense with 1 big and then we don't have to bring that big up all the time

 

[navery12]

Isn't that specifically his job?

Part of it, but there's only so many times you can tell players to move off the ball and not watch Bouk before it's on them

 

[Hoops91]

A few thoughts..

This team without Bouknight might really struggle next year. This is a big game tonight and they need to win 4 in a row to have a shot at the tourney, or win the BE tourney outright which is a bigger ask.

Why does Cole inbound the ball under the basket on the offensive end

They need a pass first guard that can knock down 3's, when they need it
THEY NEED A SHOOTER
They need more set plays in half court offense
Defense has been pretty solid all year
They should press and push the ball more

If Donovan Clingan doesn't commit to UCONN that tells me it's more about what he thinks about playing for Hurley then anything else. We'll see..

 

[freshler40]

We’re 319th in tempo and 326th in Avg Possession length per Kenpom.

Sad stat but that sure is supported by watching most games with the exception of Providence. We are doing a better job of getting over half court but then allow the defense to get well set. Is all this to keep the score down? Keep it close and hope to knock one down and win. Seems like we need to revisit that approach as it's led to many losses this season.