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Another article from Friday's practice. The Register milking it for as much content as they can produce. Lol

Part of the Huskies' defensive issues came from simply fouling too much. UConn committed 639 fouls last season, a full 76 more than its opponents. It was perhaps never more stark than at the Maui Invitational, where Memphis, Colorado and Dayton combined to take a whopping 50 more free throws than the Huskies — and UConn lost all three games.


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Dan Hurley knows why UConn was passive on defense last season: 'I didn't do a good job'​

 
superjohn said:
I don't think we could. We play two centers, that's it. Singare played 40 minutes and then 47 minutes his next season. The year before that Samson played 47 minutes.

If Reed or Reibe is in foul trouble or hurt we're going to go small.
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Seriously. Karaban played center against Zach ___ing Edey in the championship game before we went to a 3rd center. Come on, people lol
 
I realize that I am going back a bit here, but Rod Sellers was 6'9" and he went toe to toe with taller, better, stronger dudes all the time. And he did not have an outside game. Koroma and Alex at 6'8" will play center this year when foul trouble happens. But that is okay for brief periods. Alex playing 5 means that he will present huge offensive mismatches. And Koroma has 5 fouls to give and dude finds a way to get open under the basket for easy dunks. I think we are fine, so long as Bear can give us 25 to 28 minutes a game.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Another article from Friday's practice. The Register milking it for as much content as they can produce. Lol

Part of the Huskies' defensive issues came from simply fouling too much. UConn committed 639 fouls last season, a full 76 more than its opponents. It was perhaps never more stark than at the Maui Invitational, where Memphis, Colorado and Dayton combined to take a whopping 50 more free throws than the Huskies — and UConn lost all three games.


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Dan Hurley knows why UConn was passive on defense last season: 'I didn't do a good job'​

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Dan can't play the games for his guys but I respect him taking responsibility for the D last year. Taking the heat for his guys and putting the focus on him. Sign of a leader.
 
This is probably the potential international big.
 

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To win a national championship you can’t lose vital starters, but we have depth at wing. God forbid our starting center Reed goes down then Reibe can’t do this by himself as a freshman and we go “small”. Would that hold up against elite competition in the tourney? I don’t know. Are our 6’8 guys strong enough to do that?
 
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jibsey said:
To win a national championship you can’t lose vital starters, but we have depth at wing. God forbid our starting center Reed goes down then Reibe can’t do this by himself as a freshman and we go “small”. Would that hold up against elite competition in the tourney? I don’t know. Are our 6’8 guys strong enough to do that?
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This is a great point that I don’t think I’ve seen here before re:injuries… if you lose a vital starter, then championship hope is all but lost no matter how good everyone else is. The UConn women in all but Paige’s final year is a prime example of this. I’m sure there are great counterexamples, but those would be the exceptions to a fairly strong rule.
 
thekollieman said:
This is a great point that I don’t think I’ve seen here before re:injuries… if you lose a vital starter, then championship hope is all but lost no matter how good everyone else is. The UConn women in all but Paige’s final year is a prime example of this. I’m sure there are great counterexamples, but those would be the exceptions to a fairly strong rule.
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I could be wrong but our wing situation is so strong we could lose a player as long as it’s not Solo, Alex or Mullins. We also can’t lose our lead point guard.
 
And one more article from the New Haven Register (Hearst Media). I think they've now taken every little thing Hurley mentioned last Friday and turned them all into articles. Not that I'm complaining but it's kind of funny that a 20 minute session with Hurley spawned 6 articles.

“I like Silas’ size at that position and his ability to get into the paint and the fact that he has shown the capability to shoot well from three,” Hurley said. “He is getting used to the system here.

“We look at him a lot like we looked at Tristen (Newton) that first summer. There is a learning curve that is going to go on throughout the year. By the time we got to March of Tristen’s first year, he was an awesome player for us come tournament time. He flashed his junior year and then eventually we got consistency and won the championship.”


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Why Dan Hurley is pleased with UConn men's basketball team's point guards: 'We have a lot of answers'​

 
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jibsey said:
To win a national championship you can’t lose vital starters, but we have depth at wing. God forbid our starting center Reed goes down then Reibe can’t do this by himself as a freshman and we go “small”. Would that hold up against elite competition in the tourney? I don’t know. Are our 6’8 guys strong enough to do that?
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Couldn't you argue that the loss of any starter would put stress on the team?
 
Iluvsuebird said:
I realize that I am going back a bit here, but Rod Sellers was 6'9" and he went toe to toe with taller, better, stronger dudes all the time. And he did not have an outside game. Koroma and Alex at 6'8" will play center this year when foul trouble happens. But that is okay for brief periods. Alex playing 5 means that he will present huge offensive mismatches. And Koroma has 5 fouls to give and dude finds a way to get open under the basket for easy dunks. I think we are fine, so long as Bear can give us 25 to 28 minutes a game.
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Willis Reed, Wes Unseld, on and on. I have a feeling Koroma is going to give us more than many expect. A little creativity in situations where Reed takes a seat, and we won't miss abeat, we'll be different, but effective.
 
jibsey said:
I could be wrong but our wing situation is so strong we could lose a player as long as it’s not Solo, Alex or Mullins. We also can’t lose our lead point guard.
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I feel like this could always be the case. The 2-4 can be so interchangeable in profile, you can probably always find ways to get guys minutes there off the bench. The 5 and 1 are highly specialized.
 
jibsey said:
I could be wrong but our wing situation is so strong we could lose a player as long as it’s not Solo, Alex or Mullins. We also can’t lose our lead point guard.
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Key portion of that response from the perspective I endorsed: “we could lose a player as long as it’s not…” (insert names of three projected vital starters). Thinking more about this reminded me of the 2009 final four loss and how we’ll never get to know how it would’ve ended if Dyson was with us all the way through. Of course we all know here it would’ve been another UConn championship, but the world never gets to know that.

Edit: your* point, which I endorsed. I don’t disagree about the potential depth we’ve got giving us a cushion, but like you said, there are those guys whom clearly we cannot lose.
 
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husky429 said:
Love Hurley asking usnto stay off the message boards in the summer lol
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I thought he was saying he wants the players to stay off social media. I don't think he expects the fans not to discuss the team on message boards, social media, etc. At least I hope not! Lol
 
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Waquoit said:
And free throw shooting
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2014 National Championship Game:

Free throws:

Kentucky 13 of 24

UConn 10 of 10

Score UConn 60 Kentucky 54

Sometimes after all is said and done, after all the great and terrible plays and calls by refs, it does come down to making your free throws.
 
Husky68 said:
2014 National Championship Game:

Free throws:

Kentucky 13 of 24

UConn 10 of 10

Score UConn 60 Kentucky 54

Sometimes after all is said and done, after all the great and terrible plays and calls by refs, it does come down to making your free throws.
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Obviously, some truth to this. But that wasn't some kind of aberration. Kentucky, as a team shot 68% for the year. If they just shoot their season average, they still lose by 3. But it also matters who is shooting them. Randle was 4-7 and shot 70% for the season. That's just one less make than his average would suggest. Hawkins and Johnson were the only other guys to shoot more than one and they were 49% and 39% FT shooters on the season, and went 1-6 in that game.
 
Husky68 said:
2014 National Championship Game:

Free throws:

Kentucky 13 of 24

UConn 10 of 10

Score UConn 60 Kentucky 54

Sometimes after all is said and done, after all the great and terrible plays and calls by refs, it does come down to making your free throws.
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That game wasn’t about free throws. KY never had the lead. FT guys think you can just add what was missed when it doesn’t work that way.
 
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