It's happening again
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It really is terrible. How do they make the same mistakes over and over again. They are not good enough to deflate the basketball. They should just ignore the clock and run offense. Feed Miller. If they are doubling him or fronting him, figure out a way to get him the ball. Give him a off ball screen to free him up. Give him the ball at the free throw line so he can isolate. He is the most efficient player on this team.
Great win. But I am still discouraged.
Great win. But I am still discouraged.
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The Boneyard in a nutshell.
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I'm as positive as they come. But how can you not cringe when you saw our strategy to finish the game? Honestly?
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Why would anyone be discouraged? We didn't play our best D, but it was against arguably a top-10 team in the nation(I know they are ranked 21 but the ban has alot to do with that IMO) and we won. Brimah played one of his best games in a UCONN jersey, Jalen was electric in the second half, and Calhoun played great as well, just to name a few. C'mon, we've been through ALOT worse this season to feel any discouragement about this win.
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If you are discouraged I strongly suggest to stop watching UConn basketball. That win essentially assured us a spot in the tourney. Really discouraging.
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The same way you can be encourage after some tough losses. If you want to read my comment as black and white then go ahead. I am just trying to have a real discussion about our end game strategy. There were no obvious changes that I saw. Temple made the open 3's off rebounds SMU did not.
It was a great game. Great win. I want this team to play better to finish games.
It was a great game. Great win. I want this team to play better to finish games.
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No it didn't, not in this conference
hahahahahah really? maybe if we go 2-4
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You can be upset they didn't beat Temple either time especially the 2nd one. But this is a good win - really good teams make runs and SMU is just that. Held them off and fought hard to do so - you have to smile about that.
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Very happy!
Agree we suck on killing the clock and wish we din't do it.
But you have to expect a team like SMU to come back at you after we had our run. This wasn't Temple.
And we did enough that even with a questionable call or two, we never lost the lead.
When did we learn to rebound like that? Great game. AB, Shonn, OC and JA get game balls. We did this with sub-par offense from DHam, Gibbs & Purvis? Normally that is death for us. Great game!
Agree we suck on killing the clock and wish we din't do it.
But you have to expect a team like SMU to come back at you after we had our run. This wasn't Temple.
And we did enough that even with a questionable call or two, we never lost the lead.
When did we learn to rebound like that? Great game. AB, Shonn, OC and JA get game balls. We did this with sub-par offense from DHam, Gibbs & Purvis? Normally that is death for us. Great game!
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Hey i'm incredibly happy they won. So discouraged wasn't the ideal word choice. I was trying to agree with the OP that our end game offensive philosophy is not effective with this team. We do not have Bazz, Kemba or Boat to bail them out.
They need to start their offense with 20 seconds left and take the best shot available even if there is 12+ seconds on the clock. They need to feed Miller. And if he is doubled or fronted then use him as a decoy to get a better look. I was hoping to see a change this game regarding that.
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I'm not at all discouraged and very happy with the win, but I do have to echo the sentiments about the stall ball. This team just is not good enough to execute late in the shot clock to keep going to that well. This isn't the 09, 04, or the 90 teams that can run an efficient offense while simultaneously milking the clock, and there is no Bazz or Kemba to bail them out in a expiring shot clock situation. Just keep running the offense man.
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Um, yes it did.
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Yeah you know maybe ever in all reality. I thought it out, against a high ranked team with some tough bigs on the interior - YES I believe you are correct and probably fairly easy.
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Great team win. Great game by Brimah! I was starting to get that feeling again at the end when they settled for jump shots. Hamilton took a few really bad contested threes in the game and went 4-11 I think. As others stated I didn't like that they stopped playing their game late. I think they need to keep the foot on the gas. As John Wooden said be quick but don't hurry.
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I think you guys are being purposely tough if you don't see what giddy up is saying... He clearly isn't being negative, but everyone else isn't "happy but was worried for 2 game minutes" as he was? Please, be honest rather than ripping him by taking his words out of context.
I'm thrilled they won, and ultimately they made enough plays. But I was neeeeerrrrrvous.
I'm thrilled they won, and ultimately they made enough plays. But I was neeeeerrrrrvous.
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Yeah all good on that. Only thing I'd say that maybe "discouraged" is the wrong word tonight. Still concerned on a couple things? Yeah I hear ya, that's all. But I hear both of you but prefer to get some sleep with a positive smile on the face. Good win no matter.
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Seems like SMU's game plan was to take away the easy baskets on transition by getting back on D throughout the game. SMU played pretty well defensively IMO.
It really looked like playing for a good percentage shot rather than just hoisting up threes as the shot clock ran out. No transition baskets, play for the good shot.
Considering the defense SMU put up that was not so easy. UConn was well into the second half without a turnover.
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You guys are wrong to be jumping on Giddyup. It's a great win with a ton of positives, the last 4 minutes are not one of them. We had the game locked up if we just played normally. The place was rocking and we were coming off an awesome play and Ollie burned a timeout for some reason. We came back out and started running 30 seconds off the clock and settling for some desperation shots. We won but that's not how you close out games, it's burned us several times this season and just isn't a winning strategy. Great win though, if we can figure out how to remedy this we will be a really tough out.
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