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I'd like to find out Clingan sought out Adams to offer condolences.
 
Karaban needs to find his game again. Cam was hurt but wasn't playing well before he got hurt. Clingan needs to get in shape but not sure what his offensive game is besides dunks and layups. Ball was not a negative on the floor. As I said in the thread about our best player Tristen was that today and the most important. Could have won that game. Should have won that game without Castle.

With that said guys played hard and didn't give up.
 
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Too damn late of a start, but no shame in that game. Close game despite Refs letting a lot slide for home cooking, Uconn ball movement frozen in 1st half, and two of 3 best shooters being cold as ice.

Newton needs that Charlie Villanova strength coach, because he could be of service in the NBA.
 
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Just not enough help for Tristen. Up 5 and Diarra dribbled the ball around for 20 seconds and fired a wild baseline 3 was a sequence we will regret. Cam injury and foul shots hurt. Can't wait for Stephon to come back. Hope Cam and Don are ok for UNC. We are banged up but will be aok. Alex fouling out hurt as well. Didn't love refs but what you get on road sometimes.
 
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What a freakin game! So proud of our guys on the road.

Even if Cam made that shot, Kansas would have hit a miracle shot tonight.

Losing a very close game on the road to the #5 team in the Nation is still UConn ball!
 
All things considered, a good shot with a chance to win and 2 seconds on the clock at the Phog? That's a great game.

We played a C- game. They shot out of their minds. With Castle on a neutral court and a healthy Spencer, we win by double-digits.

Hard to complain about this one.

Tristen played like a warrior.

Spencer toughed it out. I hope he's okay.

Karaban is totally out of sorts. Needs to see the sports psych and get his head right.

Clingan's experience today will be invaluable. Looked about what you'd expect playing a man 5 years older than him.

Solo is fitting in on defense but absolutely lost on offense.

Hass and Johnson got the job done and played their role.

I like the bit of zone we threw in, and how we looked to get Clingan in space in the second half. Did a nice job looking for some more cuts against the pressure too. We adjusted well and made it a tough one for them.
 
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I am not usually that guy but the officiating was brutal.

Still played horribly except for Newton didn’t have Castle and almost won at Phog Allen. We are good.
 
They didn’t bow after falling behind early and not playing well. Fought back and right to the end.

Newton was obviously the star but it was good to see Clingan play a lot of minutes and seemed to be back in shape. He really played well today. Played great D on Dickinson and altered other shots.
 
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husky429 said:
All things considered, a good shot with a chance to win and 2 seconds on the clock at the Phog? That's a great game.

We played a C- game. They shot out of their minds. With Castle on a neutral court and a healthy Spencer, we win by double-digits.

Hard to complain about this one.

Tristen played like a warrior.

Spencer toughed it out. I hope he's okay.

Karaban is totally out of sorts. Needs to see the sports psych and get his head right.

Clingan's experience today will be invaluable. Looked about what you'd expect playing a man 5 years older than him.

Solo is fitting in on defense but absolutely lost on offense.

Hass and Johnson got the job done and played their role.

I like the bit of zone we threw in, and how we looked to get Clingan in space in the second half. Did a nice job looking for some more cuts against the pressure too. We adjusted well and made it a tough one for them.
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Thought Alex actually was starting to play well at the end.
 
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Karaban needs to find his game again. Cam was hurt but wasn't playing well before he got hurt. Clingan nees to get in shape but not sure what his offensive game is besides dunks and layups. Ball was not a negative on the floor. As I said in the thread about our beat player Tristen was was that today and the most important. Could have won that game. Should have won that game withilout Castle.
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KJ Adams’ defense really took Karaban out of his game tonight.
 
Karaban not only not scoring he’s been getting cooked on d all year. Something seriously up with him or he’s just a high floor/ low ceiling guy.

Clingan is good but he’s not lottery pick good yet. He can’t great his own offense out of nothing.

Newton is a monster.

Spencer shot too much for a guy that hurt but we had nothing going offensively so he didn’t have much choice.

Not like we were expecting much but nothing offensively from Diarra/Ball puts a lot of pressure on everyone else.

It’s one game so it’s no big deal but this reveals some weaknesses. Against teams as athletic or more athletic than us we struggle big time to create offense and we can’t guard athletic wings/forwards at all.

On to UNC
 
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Out of all of the ways to lose (none are particularly good), but a chance to win with 16 seconds left on the road at a tough environment, speaks well of our team's toughness.

Multiple times where KU could have pushed the lead into double digits were thwarted.
 
Great game to watch. It's actually amazing that we had a chance to win it at the end with how poorly we played outside of Newton.

1) Biggest credit goes to Kansas defense. They totally disrupted the flow of our offense, that was the key
2) Free throws killed us
3) Newton was crazy good. His heroics kept us in a game we had no business being in.
4) They made threes and we didn't
5) A loss at Kansas in December is just a learning step
6) That environment there is why I love college basketball, just great. On to UNC at MSG!
 
Need more from Clingan. Perhaps the lack of previous high level experience is starting to show. Hopefully this will be the catalyst for a strong season.

I think it's fair to say that Tristen is our best player. Wonder if he can get close to the top 5 points scored in a season for us.
 
Guys showed a lot of fight. Craziest atmosphere we’ll see all year, a couple of our guys get dinged up and we were in this til the last tick. A lot we can improve on, not our best game by a mile, but tons that the team can learn from. Good early season test, wish we could hold on for the win but it was a hell of a game.

Congrats to Newton - just showed a ton of NBA scouts what we all know - he’s one of the best guards in the country.
 
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