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Message: [QUOTE="caw, post: 3417788, member: 563"] Let’s not go crazy here, it was Temple, a bad Temple team. We will see if things are actually better after the next few games. Was today’s game bc Temple couldn’t turn UConn over because Temple is bad, or because UConn has fixed that part of the game. Was Whaleys play something that can be counted on? Adams? I will say UConn did seem to attack the rim more and got calls bc they didn’t try and avoid contact. I personally believe Gilbert isn’t necessarily the problem but rather Vital and Gilbert are just a very bad combination. I think having either one off the bench would have been an upgrade. Their skill sets just don’t mesh well, and was particularly bad at the end of games. A team can handle playing one player that takes bad shots on the court at a time, not two who do at the volume they do. Problem Hurley has/had is that both are seniors who play hard and are pretty good defenders. Not to mention their backups were freshmen (one who was suspended to start the year and one who was recovering from a leg injury). Overall, this season is still going in the right direction. I would hate to think what some recent teams would have done this year. The defense has been solid all year and it appears the system is being put in place. Regardless of record this is a good step for year two of a program rebuild. [/QUOTE]