Iowa State Post Game Thread

[TheChamps990411]

Again, quality depth. It doesn't matter who is on the floor they get it done.
Diarra coming in and running the offense with Hawk and Newton on the bench with fouls.
Joey comes in and sparks a run. Yea he got torched a couple of times but he should have had some help and makes up for it in other ways.
Clingan comes in with Sanogo in foul trouble and struggling some and changes the game.
Andre was just straight obscene. His passing, rebounding and defense were absurd and he polished that up by scoring as well.
All this against a great defensive team pressuring them hard the entire game.
There is a lot of games left and much will happen that we don't like.
There is also a lot to like here early.

Last years team was good but had a lot of questions. This years team has a lot of answers.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Big time prospect in the class of 2037.

 

[my2cents]

These games are against very good, big and physical teams . But we are the team that is the "bully". You have to see Clingan is person to realize how big he is, and what a presence in the lane. Totally takes away the other teams inside games. With Sanogo , not really rotating on defense, any time we did get beat, it was a layup. Not with Clingan.
It was easily Jackson's best game, and my son made me take back any criticism I had about his offense.
Storrs, at least for today, is once again the College Basketball Capital of the World.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Problably a recruit. Seems like they start the process earlier and earlier each year. #41 looks way to fired up for someone who sat all game lol!

 

[MilliniumPrince]

5-Star outta Kinda-Care Minneapolis. Sven "Bam-Bam" Jorgensen

 

[Jimdish255]

Nice game and this might be the deepest team we've ever had despite some guys getting their first D1 minutes. But Jackson grabbing that hand the last couple of games worries me. If it's not 100% we need to avoid making it something chronic that never gets healed completely. He's too talented to mess around with this and guys that age aren't going to back down.

UConn 2 - State of Iowa 0

 

[80shusky]

I hope Adama is having fun. He’s the pre-season Big East player of the year, but is being challenged for minutes by a freshman. It’s a great problem for us to have as a team, but I hope Adama can adjust to the role. Have we ever had two dominant big men on the same team?

Sanogo will be fine. He had an off night. Humans do that sometimes.

ATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Fri 11/25	vBama	W 82-67	28	9-16	56.3	1-4	25.0	6-8	75.0	4	2	2	0	3	3	25
PHIL KNIGHT INVITATIONAL
Thu 11/24	vsOre	W 83-59	23	5-7	71.4	2-2	100.0	0-0	0.0	6	1	1	1	4	2	12
PHIL KNIGHT INVITATIONAL
Sun 11/20	vsDSU	W 95-60	23	10-13	76.9	1-1	100.0	5-6	83.3	8	0	1	2	4	0	26
Fri 11/18	vsUNCW	W 86-50	27	8-12	66.7	0-2	0.0	8-8	100.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	24
Tue 11/15	vsBUFF	W 84-64	22	4-11	36.4	1-1	100.0	2-2	100.0	6	0	0	2	3	2	11
Fri 11/11	vsBU	W 86-57	27	12-15	80.0	2-3	66.7	1-2	50.0	15	2	1	1	2	3	27
Mon 11/7	vsSTO	W 85-54	19	8-11	72.7	0-0	0.0	3-4	75.0	6	1	1	1	3	2	19

 

[Jimdish255]

I wish we had a really special ballhandler. We seemed to get caught in a lot of traps. A lot of weird passes.

They were super physical up top with bumps and hacks and grabs. A lot that could have been called but these refs ended up calling stuff they could have let go. A really strange game by the officials. They called softies while letting guys get mugged.

 

[Icehawk]

Was just looking at some stats, wow I didn't realize Karaban was in for 38mins tonight! Kid has some stamina.

 

[Northbound]

Is there a link anyplace for both teams post game pressers? I’ve looked but no soup.

 

[uconnfan68]

Was just looking at some stats, wow I didn't realize Karaban was in for 38mins tonight! Kid has some stamina.

He’s vital with Samson out and Springs not ready for prime time, although I might have tried him tonight.

 

[Waquoit]

Dumb. The point is our offense looked ugly relative to the way it has previously because Iowa State makes you look that way. Unless you thought the backcourt violations looked cool.

And we still won by 18 because we have a ton of weapons.

I'm putting you down for YES. So good we give credit for losing by triple the spread.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Lot of things went right this weekend.

Today our defensive was close to perfect. Also, there's no reason Clingan needs to play 2 years of college ball. Dude has the physical gifts and he knows everything he needs to know. All he needs is another 6 months following whatever workout routine he's currently following.

 

[auror]

Was just looking at some stats, wow I didn't realize Karaban was in for 38mins tonight! Kid has some stamina.

Yeah he had to play the whole game because Jackson had to play the 3 pretty much full-time, because Hawkins was mostly not available and Alleyne was a liability. And this was a game where Karaban couldn't really get hurt on D because their 4s weren't threats or overwhelmingly athletic.

 

[auror]

Bench outscored starters 40-31…wow

Wowee-zowee.

 

[RichZ]

Tuned in late. Why didn’t hawk play in the last 13 min?

4 fouls 20 seconds into the 2nd half.

 

[EnochRoot]

Was in Vegas last weekend and managed to get UConn NCAA Tourney Champs at 60/1. Don't think we'll see odds that long for UConn for another couple of years.

You got a freakin steal.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

This team plays D like Calhoun teams played D. Giving up nothing, challenging every shot. Think of the lockdown Butler got in the championship game. That kind o D.

Thatll win championships.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Hopefully he is here 2 years at least. He is a special big man! WOW!

Shows too that Hurley can coach big men as well. Hopefully UConn becomes a destination for centers.

 

[husky429]

Something I've noticed is teams are scheming to force us to feed the post from the top of the key instead of the wing. Seems to be effective in limiting Sanogo's ability to go down lown (and we turn it over a lot there)

 

[g_smith]

Problably a recruit. Seems like they start the process earlier and earlier each year. #41 looks way to fired up for someone who sat all game lol!

Every good UConn team has its walk on hype man!!

 

[polycom]

When we switch from the high edge to drop coverage in PNR Iowa state really had no answers for that.

 

[NotADime89]

Joey is going to eat into Alleyne's minutes. Joey got burned for back to back layups in the first half but he competed like crazy on D in the second and was mixing it up for rebounds. He just brings a lot more offense and energy than Alleyne has this season and he seems to have really good synergy with Donovan.

Donovan's dad was on UConn twitter spaces last night said he and Joey C spend almost every minute together off the court. Could have something to do with how comfortable they are playing with each other!

 

[awfuldan]

Joey is going to eat into Alleyne's minutes. Joey got burned for back to back layups in the first half but he competed like crazy on D in the second and was mixing it up for rebounds. He just brings a lot more offense and energy than Alleyne has this season and he seems to have really good synergy with Donovan.

The most absurd stat for this UConn team is that Joey leads the team in the 2-point field goal percentage. He is shooting 75% from two!!! Higher than Donovan! He has had some really sick finishes through traffic, full speed and high off the glass. Obviously he is also obscenely efficient from 3 to start the season.