I don’t know what to make of this one

[WeAreUCONN]

Is our D that good or is DePaul just atrocious?

For awhile the announcers were saying how DePaul couldn’t handle our D, yet they were still winning. Eventually we took the lead, so we didn’t fall victim to the announcer hex.

Either way, heck of a road win. We gutted that out. We can win ugly too.

Uconn’s D won the game. Martin’s offense helped to win the game. They need a healthy Bouknight. Was a good team effort to get the W. Winning without Bouknight will help them a lot in the long run. That’s my take.

 

[Hankster]

I think the week off is actually good for us.

I mentioned this in a PM to some guys. We just won 3 road Big East games in 6 days with essentially nothing from Bouknight. If you can't be happy with that, I don't know what to say.

DePaul may suck, but I wouldn't want to play them in another month after they get more games under their belt.

I agree. But I don't think DePaul sucked tonight. Played three times better than the first. Their defense was very tough. I didn't see the stats but it looked like they rebounded well. I think we beat a good defensive team tonight.

 

[CTBasketball]

Depaul did a good job shutting down Polley. We missed so many bunnies. We missed so many foul shots. We made way too many stupid passes and turnovers. We are missing the future POY in college basketball.

Yet we win.....

As bad as it was watching, this was the kind of game to snap their egos back in place and motivate them that no win is given.

That’s a good point. This Bouknight injury was a blessing in disguise - we’re learning how to play as a team.

But when Bouknight comes back and hits his stride, Polley keeps hitting 3s, and Martin keeps slashing...the defense better pick their poison.

 

[Husk04ies]

Miss CV's guaranteed free throw makes

 

[Hoopcrazee]

PROGRESS!!!!..would have parlayed all those missed free throws into a very ugly loss 1, 2 and 3 years ago..Nice road win...3 in a row...Last time we had a 3 game road win streak was when??????

 

[SoCalCanine]

The most concerning stat to me is being outrebounded by 10 by DePaul. That is not part of our usual formula for success.

 

[Kitaman]

This is like surviving a bad car accident.

Forget about the car, we're alive.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

In 6 years in the aac we never won at SMU, although I think we only played in Dallas 5 out of the 6 years. We have just won 3 straight on the road in the NBE. I’ll take that any day.

 

[Sachem]

Did anyone hear them howling after they won at the end of the game like a bunch wolves??

 

[UCTitleTown]

We won the first DePaul game by 21.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I can’t believe Charlie Moore is the same Charlie Moore that played at Cal. I feel like I was in college when he was a freshman at Cal, and I’m 42.

 

[huskypantz]

The most concerning stat to me is being outrebounded by 10 by DePaul. That is not part of our usual formula for success.

I was surprised by that stat. It wasn’t really obvious during the game other than the offensive rebound putbacks when we were helping down low. Aggressive shot blocking can do that but 10 is a lot.

 

[QuickDraw]

We swept Depaul with the 2nd win being on the road in our first year back in the Big East. Winning twice is tough enough but the return game on the road without your best player shows how far they have progressed. Ugly or not I'm thrilled with the win & series sweep over any team in this league.

 

[mauconnfan]

It's a win, a good thing when you play like crap w/o your stud and find a way. Bad news is there was some things that scare the daylights out of you because we have had this streak with an awful half vs Marquette, a decent game vs Butler and an awful overall game vs DePaul. Don't get me wrong not complaining taking these 3 but won't happen against Nova, Xavier, Hall or even PC if we dare to take off halves or play a game like last night they will not be in the W column. While the defense was good last night it was only good, although they did make plays down the stretch. Part of that was DePaul having some clueless players trying to make plays also but I don't want to take anything from our guys.

Anyone notice that there were a lot less screens involving Whaley's man especially in the first half? Expect more of that as coaches have now acknowledged he disrupts a ton and makes plays. But he also didn't play great D off the screen last night as he was looking to make plays and was out of position not only for his man but for rebounding. IW was good, but he wasn't the really good IW last night. Our rotations weren't as solid as they were in prior games but still the aggression was there. This team really needs Bouk back with the upcoming schedule, badly. It will help with the guard rotation as too much Gaff and Cole can drive me batty. But also it will help ease the pain Polley gets now that he has that hue target on his back. I'm ok with Tyler coming off the bench but these 2 in the lineup together can only make it tougher on the opposing defenses. Add the way Martin is getting to the hoop the Huskies can create some tough matchup. Now if only they could feed the big guys and play a little in and out they'd be really tough.

Long way to go but I really hope Bouk is fine and the hyper extension is all it is.

 

[Waquoit]

We covered

Our 3rd straight conference road win. The pearl clutching this morning is unreal.

 

[phillionaire]

Our 3rd straight conference road win. The pearl clutching this morning is unreal.

Without the our best player who leads the conference in scoring!

 

[Palatine]

DePaul is like the majority of D1 teams. When their offense was in rhythm they broke us down and got a ton of good shots. When their offense became disjointed, they didn't know how to fix it. We're like that some times. They don't have that one player or dynamic duo that can carry a team when nothing else is working. We have multiple guys you can turn to when things are not going well plus a superstar who can get points one-on-five when desperately needed.

 

[Waquoit]

Miss CV's guaranteed free throw makes

I don't miss his selfish play in close games. He blew the Xavier and Wichita State games last year to name two. They wouldn't have the team play attitude they have if he was on the team.

 

[87Xfer]

I can’t believe Charlie Moore is the same Charlie Moore that played at Cal. I feel like I was in college when he was a freshman at Cal, and I’m 42.

And somehow he still looks like he's 14 years old

 

[freescooter]

I think the week off is actually good for us.

I mentioned this in a PM to some guys. We just won 3 road Big East games in 6 days with essentially nothing from Bouknight. If you can't be happy with that, I don't know what to say.

DePaul may suck, but I wouldn't want to play them in another month after they get more games under their belt.

If we could play DePaul 15 times in the next month we’d be somewhere between 14-1 or 15-0. They can play 50 games and they will still be awful. At the end of the day lack of talent is lack of talent.

 

[BlueMAB]

I don't think Depaul is getting enough credit for their effort last night. They are not a good team. They are not a good team. They are not a good team. However, they played really good defense most of the game. They played with passion and energy and their effort deserves respect.

The game was ugly because both teams were playing really good defense. We're a much better offensive team, w e made more shots and fewer mistakes, but I'm not concerned at all over an ugly win.

We played our third straight road game without our lottery pick, against a team that was motivated by our top 25 ranking and 21 point win over them earlier this season, and ground out a win.

 

[Waquoit]

I don't think Depaul is getting enough credit for their effort last night. They are not a good team. They are not a good team. They are not a good team.

I don't know the need for saying this 3 times. They are a Top 100 team.

 

[freescooter]

I don't know the need for saying this 3 times. They are a Top 100 team.

That is true but only because they play in the Big East. Put them in the A10 and they are still a bad team and they are not top 100. The SOS element really helps bad teams in good leagues and hurts good ones in bad leagues. It is one factor that contributes to NCAA tourney upsets. We get more credit for beating a pretty bad DePaul team than we would for beating an equally bad A10 opponent or even a MV team. But it ensures that Power conferences get more bids than mid-majors.

 

[Waquoit]

That is true but only because they play in the Big East. Put them in the A10 and they are still a bad team and they are not top 100. The SOS element really helps bad teams in good leagues and hurts good ones in bad leagues.

No buts, do we go by computer data or don't we? It says DePaul is a Top 100 team. I don't want anyone saying DePaul is bad today, KenPoming me or anyone else about something else tomorrow.

 

[BlueMAB]

I don't know the need for saying this 3 times. They are a Top 100 team.

See the response immediately following your post, as well as the long history of people on message boards reading "the sky is blue" and responding as if the poster said "the sky is green".