Jacobs Article: UConn Men Must Be 'Bigger And Badder' Around The Rim

[intlzncster]

Nolan WAS Nolan. Certain people around the Boneyard wanted PN to get no minutes; I think Phil more than showed his value this year ... at key moments. This is where interior defense and footwork is ignored by those who didn't really play the game at any level; PN didn't score, rebound or block to your number's mindset. All he did was defense a interior guy better than the other 3 guys.

Uh, I agree with all of that. My point was that Phil was noticeably slower (maybe more lethargic) his second year than his first. He put on, what like 15 pounds of muscle? I forget what then number was. Either way, it appeared to shift back the other way in the back half of his career.

 

[David 76]

I think it is sad that Shonn came here to play in the tourney, got there and had what may have been his worst 2 games while at UConn after being our most consistent player all year.
Kansas' bigs were a good reason for half of that.
Too bad. I like Miller

 

[intlzncster]

I think it is sad that Shonn came here to play in the tourney, got there and had what may have been his worst 2 games while at UConn after being our most consistent player all year.
Kansas' bigs were a good reason for half of that.
Too bad. I like Miller

Shonn, with his makeup, could compete against both size and skill, but not the two together. Unfortunately, Kansas had multiple bigs with both qualities.

 

[jibsey]

I went back to read the roster stats on Kansas players that Shonn was going against and if you believe them he was in the ballpark but the eye test he was giving up bulk. Same story all year with him many times going up against bigger players. I applaud what he gave us and thank him for being so committed. For next season we have to stop fooling ourselves, Jacobs is not wrong and so far our roster does not have the full answer.