Joey California

[Puertorock43]

Did I miss something? Why didn’t he play?

 

[uconnfan68]

Dnp-cd

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Looked healthy on the bench. Thought he should have gotten some time given the lack of effective outside shooting today, particularly with Clingan in and with Jackson off the floor.

 

[Hi-Low]

Out of rotation I guess...wtf knows

 

[Palatine]

Maybe a rules thing? He looked fine on the bench and we went 8 minutes without scoring, that would seem to be Joey time.

 

[king conn]

DH strategy.

If you can put a 55% ft shooting guard out there to protect a lead when they will be fouling you, you do it.

 

[HeGotGame]

Considering how much he struggles against physical on ball defense this isn’t the game best suited for him. Much rather have Diarra out there and it was the right call given how Diarra was able to get into the lane and score.

 

[Palatine]

Considering how much he struggles against physical on ball defense this isn’t the game best suited for him. Much rather have Diarra out there and it was the right call given how Diarra was able to get into the lane and score.

Did Diarra get in the lane and score. He had 3 points.

 

[UConn990411]

They’ve needed to shorten the rotation, and unfortunately for Joey C, his minutes are easiest to cut.

I still think he’ll have his moments on certain nights, but his shot has been off for a while now and he just doesn’t bring enough defensively.

 

[oshkosh]

He is missed. Team was at its best when he had consistent minutes.

 

[REB1094]

Diarra's box score wasn't great but him and Andre played great games overall and were key for our run to put it away. Hawkins was our main (and only) scoring threat. Not many minutes for Joey C when your PG-SF are the guys winning you the game

 

[caw]

Refs were letting them play for the most part. Not the type of game he does well in. I think he will get in games where his offense/spacing is needed.

 

[Matt1010]

Joey is going to have a really hard time getting minutes with the way the Big East refs let guards hand check and drape themselves all over offensive players.

 

[Puertorock43]

Even though these team are physical he should get some run in the first half and see what he can do. If not then sit him. Give him some opportunity

 

[EastConn'er]

We struggle to shoot today (again), but keep our leading 3 Pt shooter on the bench? I guess DH prioritized guys with poor shooting and passing instead today.

 

[Colin G]

As someone noted a week or so ago looks like our rotations are set with spot minutes going to Diarra or Cal depending on matchups and definitely playing a defensive-minded player like diarra makes more sense against seton hall. I'd expect him to play against lower quality defenses

 

[Fishy]

He’s a mid-major guy who got exposed in conference play.

Played really well against Georgetown in December and is like 25% on three point shots since. I don’t think he’s gotten to the free throw line since like Christmas and his perimeter defense is notably bad on a team where perimeter defense is already pretty lousy.

 

[upstater]

Joey is going to have a really hard time getting minutes with the way the Big East refs let guards hand check and drape themselves all over offensive players.

Seton Hall had 40 points with 6 minutes left. Hard to understand how the commissioner thinks this is an attractive style of ball.

 

[Fishy]

Joey is going to have a really hard time getting minutes with the way the Big East refs let guards hand check and drape themselves all over offensive players.

The officiating is so inconsistent.

You can absolutely maul Sanogo and you can hand check the crap out of Hawkins.

But neither of those two can stick out a hand or they will get whistled.

Refs left SH do whatever they wanted for most of the game…and then a switch flipped and Seton Hall started to get quick whistles. Not sure how players are supposed to play when the line moves so suddenly mid-game.

 

[joelerg87]

Did Diarra get in the lane and score. He had 3 points.

Do you think Diarra played poorly?

He was a dog out there on defense once again. He deserved every minute he got today.

 

[husky429]

He didn't play because his weakness is defending the dribble-drive... and SHU drives the ball ALL the time.

 

[mauconnfan]

The officiating is so inconsistent.

You can absolutely maul Sanogo and you can hand check the crap out of Hawkins.

But neither of those two can stick out a hand or they will get whistled.

Refs left SH do whatever they wanted for most of the game…and then a switch flipped and Seton Hall started to get quick whistles. Not sure how players are supposed to play when the line moves so suddenly mid-game.

Davis never took his hands off of Hawkins when guarding him totally agree. Hand checks are king with the Hall and somehow allowable. Big time inconsistency going on.

 

[EastConn'er]

Do you think Diarra played poorly?

He was a dog out there on defense once again. He deserved every minute he got today.

You thought Diarra's pounding the ball into the floor for 20-25 seconds only rush a last second shot was productive? Then he wasn't pounding the ball, Jackson was.

 

[mauconnfan]

You thought Diarra's pounding the ball into the floor for 20-25 seconds only rush a last second shot was productive? Then he wasn't pounding the ball, Jackson was.

That’s was our half court offense to put away the game yep. Impressive. But we burnt clock right? Lol

 

[upstater]

The officiating is so inconsistent.

You can absolutely maul Sanogo and you can hand check the crap out of Hawkins.

But neither of those two can stick out a hand or they will get whistled.

Refs left SH do whatever they wanted for most of the game…and then a switch flipped and Seton Hall started to get quick whistles. Not sure how players are supposed to play when the line moves so suddenly mid-game.

I don't know what to think about all this. A few years ago they said they would not impede movement any more and they would call these fouls.

Now, I don't like to see games with a lot of fouls, but it's clear the BE refs allow a lot of stuff not called in other conferences.

Im convinced this is the disparity in UConn's success out of conference.

We now have defenses preventing our ball handlers from getting spots they need to get to in order to get into their offense.

The only counter would be to drive, but we can't seem to do that