Mullins is legit. Every shot off his hands looked good and when they fell it felt like daggers. He also just has very natural basketball instincts to find the ball in his hands. Whether it’s a rebound, steal, loose ball, whatever the case may be. It’s a skill to know how to find the ball in your hands and he has it.
Also showed the ability to get to the rim and make layups. Effortless scorer. Could be the best freshman scorer we’ve had under Hurley.
The coaching staff is once again doing a great job of developing a center. Reibe is growing game by game and could be our best offensive center yet. He came and soft and you can see him getting tougher and tougher every game.
Wish Smith would focus more on being a playmaking guard than scoring. The team needs him to make plays for others.
Solo with another great plays bad plays game. He’s the guy for better or worse right now.
Karaban continues to be great when we don’t ask him to do too much. Let him get his in the flow and he’s probably the best role player in UConn history.
Ross seems to have found his flow. Loved the decisions he was making tonight offensively and actively wanted the ball in his hands to make those decision. Out of our wings he’s the best at finding others. Now that he’s actually looking to attack and be aggressive the skill can actually be useful to go along with his great defense. Nice to see him pull down a couple of boards too. Game is finally slowing down for him.
Mullins is going to start. I still love lineups with him and Mullins or him and Ball on the floor together as he is the wing defender that gives them less pressure defensively and on offense he knows how to create for these guys in ways that Stew can’t.
