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It’s Oklahoma (3/21/25 @ 9:25p on TNT)

deedougie said:
Like UConn's success against New Mexico State in the West first round game in 2022?
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That was before Hurley realized offense was a key to winning in the tourney. ( too bad he forgot about defense thid season though)
 
uconntoatl said:
If we get past Oklahoma—-Florida’s guards are going to take us to the woodshed. I’d be happy to keep it competitive but UConn does not have the offensive or defensive consistency to roll with Florida
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Two posts up
 
caw said:
OK had a very good OOC overall. Not a ton of top teams by they won every game OOC. The games against decent teams were all pretty close except the one against their rival.

OOC wins were PC by 2, UL by 5, Mich by 1, OKST by 15 and Zona by 5. So they beat a four, five and eight seed OOC.

In the SEC they beat Arkansas (10 seed), and Texas on the road and SC, Vandy (10 seed), Miss St (8 seed), Missouri (6 seed) and UGA at home.

SC, Missouri and Vandy were a blowout victories.

They play a deep bench with 10 players playing 10+ minutes and playing in most games.

The good news:

They have one of their players as questionable (Sam Godwin). He is one of two guys who doesn't shoot the rock from deep but he is also one of their biggest players. They play three guys over 6-10 and Godwin is their best statistically though the other two played well against UK in the SEC tournament when he was out.

They also turn the ball over a good amount and don't block a ton of shots. They also are pretty bad at rebounding the ball. They also struggle defending the paint.


The bad news:

They are pesky and small. They average near 8 steals a game with three players 6'2 or smaller, two at 6'4 and two at 6'6/6'7. Fears is their star but Jalon Moore is a player. They have three very good shooters and two more who are very solid. They also make their FTs and take a ton. Their True Shooting Percentage is top 12 in the country at 59.5% (UConn is 20th at 59.1%). Their 3PT defense is also very good.

Overall:

In terms of pace they play at a relatively fast one overall, rated in the top 70 in the country at 70 possessions per 40 minutes. UConn is near the bottom at 64.7 possessions per 40. (The national spread is 59.7 to 76)

I don't think they have played a team who runs an offense quite like UConn does. UK is the closest in terms of good passing and cutting off the ball but they play at a much higher pace and usually go for a shot much earlier in the shot clock. They did lose both games to UK but they were both by a single point.

In terms of teams UConn has played, I guess Memphis is the closest comparison, though Memphis is better down low.

They do play to UConn's weakness, but UConn also plays to theirs. It's an interesting matchup.
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Thank you
 
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dvegas said:
From my OK State buddy "OU very average. If you shut down their freshman PG (Fears) they have a hard time scoring"
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True - and with all our lock down perimeter defenders it should be a piece of cake.
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
Two posts up
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Our only chance with Florida would be to slow it down to about glacial pace as possible, and try to pull the whole execute our sets approach to 25 seconds and try to numb them into a stupor. Take as many tips from their loss against Tennessee as we can.

Man for man straight up at a high pace they would throttle us.

And for the fanboy comment - I was calling them out months ago and they just ran through the best conference tourney in hoops. When you actually watch teams and appreciate great players and teams, you learn a lot.
 
I look at Oklahoma and they really don't do the things that teams who beat UConn do. Yes, they have quick guards, but they are small, and their best player is a freshman. Yes they beat the middle of the SEC, but they were freight trained by the big boys--blown out in many of those games. I would fear them more if they played them close, but they did not. They will have their struggles against our bigs, and we can go small with Karaban at center if need be. I think bigger guards and very physical defensive teams give UConn fits. Oklahoma does not seem to have that recipe for that type of basketball. Now, UConn will have to shoot the ball much better than they have lately, but I think they match up exceptionally well with this team and frankly should win.
 
sdglast said:
I look at Oklahoma and they really don't do the things that teams who beat UConn do. Yes, they have quick guards, but they are small, and their best player is a freshman. Yes they beat the middle of the SEC, but they were freight trained by the big boys--blown out in many of those games. I would fear them more if they played them close, but they did not. They will have their struggles against our bigs, and we can go small with Karaban at center if need be. I think bigger guards and very physical defensive teams give UConn fits. Oklahoma does not seem to have that recipe for that type of basketball. Now, UConn will have to shoot the ball much better than they have lately, but I think they match up exceptionally well with this team and frankly should win.
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With you - I think we match up pretty well in this one. They play small. As a comparison they may feel a little like Xavier. They are a terrible rebounding team. If we can keep pace on our side, leverage our size inside and play our game, stay decent defensively on the perimeter, it’s a very winnable game. If they run out and we let their guards loose, could be a loss. This is the kind of game I think we can push our style.
 
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Gutter King said:
Ok back to the drawing board. How'd they not get the #1 overall?
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I think the one order was firmed up early. They may be the hottest and most complete of the one seeds. This team just ran through 3 ranked teams and the SEC tourney by an average win of 15.
 
RuffRuff said:
Our only chance with Florida would be to slow it down to about glacial pace as possible, and try to pull the whole execute our sets approach to 25 seconds and try to numb them into a stupor. Take as many tips from their loss against Tennessee as we can.

Man for man straight up at a high pace they would throttle us.

And for the fanboy comment - I was calling them out months ago and they just ran through the best conference tourney in hoops. When you actually watch teams and appreciate great players and teams, you learn a lot.
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FfldCntyFan said:
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Heck yeah - we’ve seen 16 seeds beat 1s. Crazy things happen in March and in a 1 and out format. The one thing our team does have is tourney experience. That matchup would put Hurley’s coaching chops to the max test. I want to see that.
 
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Let’s beat the Sooners somehow. Haven’t seen them a lot but a couple times I saw them they don’t shoot it well but get to the rim a lot and attack. Love to see some zone and make them shoot because we can’t guard them, just being honest. It would be a good year to get to the Gators. They’re a whole nother story lol, yikes. They offensive rebound like mad and are huge. Guards are real good, they will win it all!!
 
dvegas said:
From my OK State buddy "OU very average. If you shut down their freshman PG (Fears) they have a hard time scoring"
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Guarding a penetrating guard hasn't exactly been our strong suit this season and no Clingan to cover up for missed assignments.
 
Jimdish255 said:
We've played guys like Ashworth who initiate contact at every opportunity. Eliminate those goofy reach ins 30 feet from the basket and we'll be okay. I'd like to see us start by feeding Tarris and work on an inside out game. It was easier with Cam and Tristen creating for Donavan but I think we can make it work then mix in perimeter and motion. They won't know what hit them at that point.
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That’s the wildcard to me… maybe the biggest one…

We appear to be the target of BE refs who call everything and then make sh@t up when they need to and call very little on our opponents.

Interesting to see us now play 5 on 5.

That doesn’t mean were suddenly transformed into top 5 team but we may be pleasantly surprised by the end of next week.
 
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A win vs OU ties is with Duke for second most consecutive NCAA wins of all time, behind UCLA, who no one is ever catching. Tied for most consecutively in the modern era, field of 64. I’d like to have that.
 
jdb50 said:
I think it was ESPN analysts that said OK plays 3 point guards and that is bad for us. They also really like Florida to make the Final 4 so a tough draw for us.
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Brandon goodyne fairfield transfer starts, he is a 3 point specialist so they are incorrect
 
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