Hurley's First Half Turd

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Buddy looked like Steph Curry.

Only taller snd stronger

 

[UCfor3]

Whaley was a 5 playing the 4 and Martin is a 4 playing the 3. It sucks because we needed Whaley’s Defense and Adamas scoring but they just didn’t gel together on offense. Every team doubles Adama or Bouk and let Whaley shoot. They knew Martin is no threat either and laid off him. Jackson as well. So when Whaley sets the high screen his guy always doubles Bouk and they just didn’t care about Whaley.

Yep. Just not enough offensive threats made us easy to defend and prepare for. Stop Bouk and Sanogo until Sanogo inevitably gets in foul trouble. Then just stop Bouk. Nobody else can beat you on a consistent basis.

 

[TheRealPuck]

This loss isn’t on Hurley. This was our worst shooting night of the year. Can’t let the other team shoot 75% from 3 in the first half and go cold at the same time. Hurley can’t take the shots for the team. At the end of the day we didn’t have a leader on this team that had swagger. Cole had it in spurts, Whaley had it in spurts, but just lacked the player with the killer instinct who wants to hit big shots in big games.

If you don’t understand that this was on Hurley than you need to take a lap.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Chin - Go to bed!! You made your point. Don't be a drunk poster like me.

 

[formerlurker]

I'm not interested in reading 3 pages but has the fact that there's enough blame to go around for everyone been mentioned?

Agree with Chin, Dan Hurley got outcoached all game. Then again, he didn't miss a single layup or free throw.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

That's why the BE coaches named him sixth player of the year. But what do they know.

You're right, a 6'9 player who doesn't rebound well. We should have gave him 10 more minutes a game.

 

[Travelman6]

That was a really ugly game, no other way to say it. Maryland won ugly and they won because they dictated the tempo and forced UConn to play the same style.

But that is how a lot of those B10 teams win. They turn the game into a slugfest and control the tempo, especially if they aren't as athletic or skilled. UConn was clearly the more athletic team, but this kind of team can't grind it out like a B10 team like Maryland and let the Terps control the tempo.