If Amidah Brima ...

[mauconnfan]

Ties his shoes in the locker room with no one around him, is it a foul?

Four years of phantom calls against this guy that no one else in the history of basketball has gotten so consistently.

Love the Brimah lovers, please... 4 were fouls. #5 wasn't but it was his fault on how awful he played the pick off of it by 6-8 feet and never moved his feet to contain the driver never mind never thought of hedging at all. The early bad defense and foul, as well as the rebound and travel must have annoyed KO an awful lot huh? He and Rodney killed us, can't lose that game. Rodney had so many empty possessions it was really on of his worst performances I can remember.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I disagree with all of you on the blame for the loss. Brimah is the king of the phantom. I didn't see a foul on #5. That hip check was about as bad a foul as he could have committed.
I also agree that Purvis continues to make freshman type mistakes, particularly on that charge in the 2nd half.
But, I'm going to Ollie for blame. Great first half with ball movement, multiple screens and people getting in the paint and kicking out to open shooters. The 2nd half I saw very little of that. I think that's why Jackson had a silent 2nd half, because he benefited from the driving and kicking. It seemed that the offense returned to the mode they had before we won 2 in a row. Since we have only Adams who can consistently beat his man off the dribble, and to a lesser extent Jackson lately, we need to get in the lane and kick it back out again. We cannot keep letting the shot clock run down to 8 and then pray Adams can do something. For years now we often seem to change our offense once we get a lead in the 2nd half instead of continuing to do what got us there. To me this was just another example of that.

 

[Pudge]

My reassignment of the reason WE lost?

We failed to box out well enough particularly when we played Zone. Repeatedly. Repeatedly ... a Georgetown kid grabbed an easy offensive board. And scored.

Yes; I hate Purvis losing the ball in crucial times up the court. And Brimah is a leading indicator of when things are going to go bad; he just often gets this team out of whack with early foul trouble. Enoch? He's easily criticized. Roams to far away his primary D responsibility. But I sensed that merely bodying an opposing player would have been a 10 point swing. That's fundamental.

 

[mauconnfan]

My reassignment of the reason WE lost?

We failed to box out well enough particularly when we played Zone. Repeatedly. Repeatedly ... a Georgetown kid grabbed an easy offensive board. And scored.

Yes; I hate Purvis losing the ball in crucial times up the court. And Brimah is a leading indicator of when things are going to go bad; he just often gets this team out of whack with early foul trouble. Enoch? He's easily criticized. Roams to far away his primary D responsibility. But I sensed that merely bodying an opposing player would have been a 10 point swing. That's fundamental.

This and the fact we didn't get ANY of the "team" rebounds which bounced on the floor, even the 1st half when they played well. I know it's bad bounces sometimes, but people need to stick their nose in and make a play!

 

[Hamms30]

I was watching the game with a G'Town friend and I turned and looked at him and said how is it possible in the 2nd half that G'Town is in the bonus and doesn't have one team foul against UConn? He agreed completely. And almost on cue, G'Town rattles off 5 team fouls in like 45 seconds and then another trip up and down the floor and it was 6. The foul calls were just egregious and head scratching.

I've got nothing against Purvis, but why does it seem like every time he shoots a 3, it's always while nobody else is in the paint to crash the boards? I guess it may be a result of the offense we run that brings our big men to the perimeter and high post, it just seems like that's always what happens and I like the kid, but he doesn't have the jump shot to warrant that type of confidence.

Jackson really looks like he's getting more comfortable. I like the spin moves in the paint, but really looked like a foot shuffling today on his part and probably should have gone the other way. Facey had a great close range shot working and Jalen had a monster game too. Tough to stomach a squandered 14 point lead.

 

[huskyrob1]

Ties his shoes in the locker room with no one around him, is it a foul?

Four years of phantom calls against this guy that no one else in the history of basketball has gotten so consistently.

If they gave him a foul for every chippy he missed, he'd foul out of every game.

 

[jleves]

If they gave him a foul for every chippy he missed, he'd foul out of every game.

You decided to post this almost a month later after a game he went 4/4 from the floor and 4/4 from the line for 12 points, 8 boards and 4 blocks with only 1 foul?

The only thing more ridiculous than the post is the timing. I suggest you find a good friend to review your typing and decide whether hitting 'Post Reply' is a good idea or not as you obviously have no ability to determine correctly.