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The reality is that many teams RIGHT NOW are pretty much equal to us, especially after losing NBAer's Cam, Clingan and Castle and our All American Newton. We are still under construction with freshman, new starters with our All American Karaban.

Memphis was ready and we seemed rusty and out of synch. Typical of new players learning to play with each other facing a talented D1 team. I did not see failure, just uncertainty and executional mistakes (both fixable).

Just saying, this is not our February Team. I just hope fans didn't miss the preview late in the game. Championship DNA was still on display tonight.
We need 1 guy that can go get his own. We don’t really have that right now. Nowell has attacked the rim nearly as much as most the perimeter guys and he has played a fraction of the minutes. That’s why I wanted Meleek or Acaden. I think Braylon and Adams will be great, but they aren’t really guys that will break down their guy off the dribble. Tristen and Cam were so crafty and Steph was so explosive. We need that guy bad on this team.
 
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I love Hurley but goddammit.

Why was Stewart sitting all second half and OT after killing it in the first? Mahaney should have been riding pine a lot more too.
Mahaney was glued to the bench the final 10 minutes and OT, that was telling. Danny sees what we all see. We'll be fine at the 5, Samson just needs ot go back to what he did last year. Hoping Nowell can contribute, other wise we're in a bit of trouble against any backcourt like Memphis'.
 
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Remind:

Two straight Nattys. Our cup is overflowing.

This team is not the team of the last two seasons, not close. Sooooo much inexperience. Who knows what the ceiling and the floor will be....it's a real mystery box. Maybe we become one of those squads that's truly positionless and just throws waves of wing players at you. It's worked before and might again.

And other teams don't stand still waiting for us to get our dookie together; there are more than a handful of title competitors that are better than we are right now either due to cohesion, talent, or both. Just let Hurley cook. If it happens it happens if not......eh. As long as we don't fall off a la 'Nova or UNC back in the day. And I don't think we will.

Another thing:

Memphis is an OLD TEAM. That's been a running conundrum in college basketball-do you go heavy High School and development, or heavy portal and experience? Hurley's preference is the former, at least for most of the roster. If we want to shift field we probably need to get a different coach and I will never be in that boat. Never. I hoped he would blow off the Lakers and when he did I was very happy. Still am.
 
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May be in the minority after that huge shot, but I still need to see a lot more from Solo. Against good comp he reverts back to catch and shoot only. He has little depth to his game.
lacking wiggle and creativity off the bounce, I would at least like to see him try to get to a midrange spot for a pull-up and/or floater since I don't think he has the ability to get all the way to the rim and finish in traffic. He's shown he has the pull-up in his game.
 

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We need 1 guy that can go get his own. We don’t really have that right now. Nowell has attacked the rim nearly as much as most the perimeter guys and he has played a fraction of the minutes. That’s why I wanted Meleek or Acaden. I think Braylon and Adams will be great, but they aren’t really guys that will break down their guy off the dribble. Tristen and Cam were so crafty and Steph was so explosive. We need that guy bad on this team.
I think Adams may have some of that breakdown game. I see a lot of Devin Booker in his game, but there’s a chance he can play like a Kentucky Booker where he’s more of a spot up guy as a freshman.

I agree we need to get and or develop those guys. Stewart is that on the roster currently. We just need to use him more.
 
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Sucky part about losing first round is we might not get to face any ranked teams via Auburn, ISU, or UNC on the consolation side of the bracket to redeem ourselves in Maui. We need the boost for metrics.
After Colorado We should play the loser of tonight’s ISU v Auburn game
 
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Memphis made a lot of threes and played gritty physical defense, give them some credit. Going from playing division 2 patsies, to a rugged physical team was a tough adjustment. UConn made a great comeback and made a lot of clutch shots. The main thing I didn’t like was when Reed was on bench we had no interior defense, and no rebounding.
SJ 0 rebounds and 5 fouls. Can’t win w against good team with starting center doing that.
 
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Felt weird to me, but heck, Danny has two more nattys than I do.
Depth is a blessing and a curse I guess, particularly when there might not be a pronounced difference in skill between players 3 through 7 on your roster.
 

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Alright…we lost…for reasons…I’m out. See yall tomorrow.
 

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Felt weird to me, but heck, Danny has two more nattys than I do.
It’s one of the few faults he has IMO, he doesn’t seem to ride the hot hand. I love his passion but he’s got to cool it with the insults.

We had TWO coaching techs, that shouldn’t happen. Johnson’s was bad too, we got lucky there.

Upside is Reed is looking good, like real good and Diarra did all he could, he had one bad T/O early and then hit his FTs all night.
 

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Some of yall gotta log off the internet during games and give yourselves an hour or two to logically think after the game before you start posting nonsense on the internet.
I think it is called therapy. Keeping it in for two hours would not be healthy. No one is threatening any one, we are releasing our frustrations with written words. I think that is what makes the internet the perfect place to share your frustrations with those experiencing the same feelings.
 

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I mean, people posting in this thread were calling Newton “unplayable” in the Final Four last year. The same Final Four he was MVP of. We’re not exactly a measured fan base. It’s the program’s first loss since February.

Props to Memphis. They played great, shot the absolute hell out of the ball, and outcompeted the guys in white. They deserved it.

There was a lot of “be patient - it’s gonna take a while for this team to gel with all the new pieces” stuff on this board in the fall. It’s gonna be interesting to see how many people actually meant it.

The T was bad. Just can’t happen. The officials were also brutal. But make no mistake this would have been a theft of a W if they took it.

Reed was a stud. Thrilled to see Stewart break out. Karaban played well. Beyond that I’ve got pretty much nothing. Foul trouble killed Solo. McNeeley hit those big 3s in the last 2 minutes but was a ghost for 35+. Same with Hassan, for the first 35 or so minutes I thought it was the worst he’s looked in probably a year but he was tough at the end.

Long season. Lots to work on. They’re going to get better. Coming off 2 straight national championships I’m cool with enjoying the process.
We’re in alignment. It’s not championship or bust for me personally. I’d just like to see good adjustments made and giving our guys the best chance to win.

Next game definitely needs a shakeup in the lineup. Putting Reed in by himself would help our slow starts tremendously.
 
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It’s one of the few faults he has IMO, he doesn’t seem to ride the hot hand. I love his passion but he’s got to cool it with the insults.

We had TWO coaching techs, that shouldn’t happen. Johnson’s was bad too, we got lucky there.

Upside is Reed is looking good, like real good and Diarra did all he could, he had one bad T/O early and then hit his FTs all night.
Yeah like instead of them going apes—t on the sideline about calls that won’t be changed, figure out the defense, or draw up some more offense. Focusing on the Refs as coaches does no good at all.
 
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I think Adams may have some of that breakdown game. I see a lot of Devin Booker in his game, but there’s a chance he can play like a Kentucky Booker where he’s more of a spot up guy as a freshman.

I agree we need to get and or develop those guys. Stewart is that on the roster currently. We just need to use him more.
He’s super slight though, not to say he won’t put on muscle, but he isn’t ready for college contact yet.
 
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It’s one of the few faults he has IMO, he doesn’t seem to ride the hot hand. I love his passion but he’s got to cool it with the insults.

We had TWO coaching techs, that shouldn’t happen. Johnson’s was bad too, we got lucky there.

Upside is Reed is looking good, like real good and Diarra did all he could, he had one bad T/O early and then hit his FTs all night.
He also probably wanted to see how guys like Liam would react after sitting with the foul trouble for most of the first half. I’d imagine that he views this time of the year as invaluable to find the right lineups and situations to put guys in. A November loss hurts, but not as much as one in February or March.
 

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Will be interesting to look back on this in a few months, but immediately after the Memphis game here is my ‘optimal’ lineup:

  • Diarra
  • Ball
  • McNeeley
  • Karaban
  • Reed

+Stewart as 6th man (maybe? Had a breakout game today)

Hindsight will correct me, but from my couch today (Nov 25) this seems like the best mix. Thoughts?
Maybe some hope that nowell can find the floor.
 
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Yeah like instead of them going apes—t on the sideline about calls that won’t be changed, figure out the defense, or draw up some more offense. Focusing on the Refs as coaches does no good at all.
Who was responsible for the first T? Don't think they ever showed anything, unless I missed it.
 
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rewatch the game - Memphis came in with a plan to flop - not just #4 who did about 20 Kemba head throws but also their bigs.... falling down all game - it was done with the plan to get samson out and it worked and they got so many weak calls.

It was all that I hate about basketball.

Also UConn's D is far off championship level.l
The D definitely is my bigger concern. After the game, we moved up to number 3 in Kenpom for adjusted offense, but fell more than 20 spots in D to 30.
 

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