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Florida didn’t look physically overmatched. They got smoked by a team that shot 55/48/91, executed pretty much perfectly, and didn’t have their weaknesses completely exposed.
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Florida didn’t look physically overmatched. They got smoked by a team that shot 55/48/91, executed pretty much perfectly, and didn’t have their weaknesses completely exposed.
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Vandy had a ton of points off turnovers.
Very - they just play no defense, so it looks even better. I'd love to see some SEC teams in the tourney as they haven't seen a real defense in ages. Lot's of top defenses in the B12.
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Watching VCU and I wonder if Nowell moves on again after this year, basically out of the rotation and gets minutes if VCU has a sizeable lead, Nyk Lewis is their starter in the present and future if he stays there and is only a freshman. Nowell with 2 years of eligibility used up where he played very little.
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We didn’t look physically overmatched.
We looked sped up by their pressure due to our lack of ball handling. We were plenty big enough.
We did miss Stewie though.
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Pennsylvania TJ Power just taking over the ivy championship willing Penn
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Just as I predicted. I'll tell the story when our season is over about UConn's recruitment of Power and Karaban. It's kind of interesting but I didn't want to post it until Karban's college career is over.
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Kid is an absolute stud. I wonder how many SEC POYs were freshmen?
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Off memory I saw a comment going around when Acuff was announced that Anthony Davis and Brandon Miller were the others
Disagree. Solo, Mullens and Karaban were all man handled by the physicality of St John's and all 3 caved in to it.
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I've poked - it's almost boring they're such lunatics. They want him out already and posturing for all the best coaches out there as though they all want the pressure of that crazy fanbase. They make Uconn fans look normal.
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Arkansas is a team I would not want UConn to see in the NCAA Tournament. They have high level athletic players all over the roster. Their best players are relatively young and there's the Calipari factor, but keep them far away from the Huskies.
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In all actuality Taris was the biggest physical advantage on the floor
We’ll disagree. Yes Mullins looked over matched playing out of position trying to guard Hopkins because of no Stewie. But other than that we looked fine physically. It was the 17 turnovers that did us in specifically in the first half. We out rebounded them and matched them in points in the paint. It was literally the turnovers an points off turnovers matched with our inability to make open shots.
In all actuality Taris was the biggest physical advantage on the floor
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I've had them as a sleeper all season given their talent level. They have a very good starting five, although lack size as Brazille is basically their big. Florida manhandled them. They have zero chance of beating some of these top teams because of that and because they don't defend much. It'll be about matchups for them - I do think Cal turns it up a notch once tourneys begin.
They and StJ are on that 5/4 line so they'll probably get paired up in a 1 seeds side of the bracket. We wouldn't see them until an Elite 8 in all likelihood and I'll take them over a top 4 team, so bring em.
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You really do watch a different game than most people.
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I don’t. The numbers back up we weren’t physically overwhelmed. How many turnovers were just because our guys had a short circuit in their brains. We were sped up because of our lack of ball handling. We beat them on the boards and matched them in points in the paint. The only issue we had physically was no Stewie to match some of their wing size. But that isn’t at all why we lost.
And in the end Dylan Darling put us away lmfao. Such a physical specimen.
The fact of the matter is they had 24 points off of turnovers. That was the game. We played them even every where else. We were just throwing the ball away.
We have been all year. Against teams who weren’t physically impressive. It’s the ball handling and passing. IQ problems.
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They ran Calipari out of town and have yelled that Pope is far better than Hurley.
Hope Ark can wear their SEC champ shirts for their next trip to Rupp.
It's possible I was watching a different game. The only player who seemed to hold his own physically was maybe Tarris and that's being pretty (very) generous.
We do disagree. Karaban was matched up with Hopkins for the most part. Hopkins totally outplayed him. Mullens was matched up with Mitchell mostly. Mitchell’s physicality and quickness completely took him out of the game and Solo looked scared the whole game. Our only players who were not intimidated were Silas, Ross and Reed who was outplayed by Ebijor.
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The quintessential Calipari player.
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I think they all held their own outside of the Hopkins matchup when Alex sat. We had no one to check him with no Stewie. Where are the numbers that backup something different?
Again we beat them on the glass by a good margin. Beat them on offensive boards, and matched them in points in the paint. Darling, Sellers, Sanon, and Jackson did not physically overwhelm our backcourt. Ross did more than hold his own against Mitchell. Taris and Ejifor were a wash. You’re referring to minutes where Mullins or Ross had to check Hopkins down low.
They played more aggressively than us which sped up our decision making. And we have a team who struggles to make high IQ decisions. If I had the time I’d go through every turnover and ask you to show how it had anything to do with a physical advantage.
If you’re referring to the blatant grabbing and holding that was allowed that’s a different conversation.
Regarding Taris, he was such a physical advantage we spammed him in the 2nd half and it worked lmao. It was just too late. So how is saying Taris physically held his own being “very generous”?
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