Jeff Goodman on Daniel Hamilton

[Leebo]

I'm not going to say we were overrated or that the championship run was a fluke, but let's not act like the team was a world beater all season. They had their rough patches, and were appropriately ranked going into the tournament.

The seeding on the other hand...

 

[upstater]

One thing people forget about last year's team is that Deandre Daniels had a big injury and missed games, and momentum. He played well tos tart the season, was very rusty when he came back, and he really rounded into form the last 8 or 9 games. People were not expecting what Daniels gave UConn. They weren't expecting what Boatright gave. Kromah and Giffey provided the seasoning on that lethal brew of Daniels-Napier-Boatright.

Looking back, people should not be surprised.

I also laugh when people like Stephen A. and Barkley and many others talk about Calipari's game-changing decision to go to the zone in the first half. Many of these analysts missed how Daniels and one other player left the game with 2 fouls, which quickly lead to a UK run.

Because UConn isn't scrutinized like other schools, people are simply not aware of which of our players was playing well prior to injury, or heck even in the NC, they didn't notice our stud PF going out of the game early with 2 fouls.

 

[Marat]

Goodman's new view of Hamilton:

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/dailyword141218/daily-word

"Jeff Goodman: Hamilton is the guy. Tremendous talent who has really matured in his overall game. I remember seeing him a couple of years ago and he was primarily a shot-taker (and not necessarily a shot-maker). Now he does everything, makes good decisions -- and has almost been too passive. If Duke finds a way to contain Boatright, Hamilton will have to be aggressive in looking for his own for UConn to have a chance to win."

 

[HooperScooper]

Goodman's new view of Hamilton:

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/dailyword141218/daily-word

"Jeff Goodman: Hamilton is the guy. Tremendous talent who has really matured in his overall game. I remember seeing him a couple of years ago and he was primarily a shot-taker (and not necessarily a shot-maker). Now he does everything, makes good decisions -- and has almost been too passive. If Duke finds a way to contain Boatright, Hamilton will have to be aggressive in looking for his own for UConn to have a chance to win."

Nice to see for once that Goodman admit he was wrong. So he couldn't have predicted that Hamilton's game would mature?

 

[AtlHusky]

Nice to see for once that Goodman admit he was wrong. So he couldn't have predicted that Hamilton's game would mature?

I'm not sure he admitted he was wrong. I think his point is that Hamilton has improved since Goodman declared him a chucker. This would be more along the lines of admitting to being wrong:

"Jeff Goodman: Hamilton is the guy. Tremendous talent who has really matured in his overall game, like young players are expected to do. I remember seeing him in one summer game a couple of years ago and he was primarily a shot-taker (and not necessarily a shot-maker that game), but it would be foolish to form, and repeatedly voice, an opinion based on one meaningless summer game. Watching him now, in games that actually count, he does everything, makes good decisions -- and has almost been too passive. If Duke finds a way to contain Boatright, Hamilton will have to be aggressive in looking for his own for UConn to have a chance to win. I have to admit, my initial take on Hamilton's game couldn't have been further from what I see from him now in a UConn uniform."