I agree CUSA was a lot of the problem...these guys were accustomed to playing nobodies...getting 30 wins...and making the tourney...I guess I expected growing pains.
Just wait until we lose a few conference games...our fans aren't used to it...we won't know what to do, lol
Smart is putting on an absolute show. Memphis looks like they always look, a lot of athletes playing streetball, I'm not a fan of Pastner.
I agree CUSA was a lot of the problem...these guys were accustomed to playing nobodies...getting 30 wins...and making the tourney...I guess I expected growing pains.
Just wait until we lose a few conference games...our fans aren't used to it...we won't know what to do, lol
really eyeing him vs hanlan. If he's superb in the bc game, I believe we have the real deal on our hands folks.I hope Bazz shows out on Thu/Fri, there's going to be alot of writers/TV guys in attendance
really eyeing him vs hanlan. If he's superb in the bc game, I believe we have the real deal on our hands folks.
Smart has everyone going gaga and deservedly so, he's killing. Goodman, Fraschilla, Rothstein, Dauster are just a few of the people in the house for the 2k Classic, Bazz needs to ball out and make his statement now.
Maybe, but the statement needs to be keeping on doing what he's been doing, not scoring 40 like Smart. As Breezy just posted, Bazz has a base with Bilas and that goes a long way. Best thing for him is to keep being Mr. Everything legit point guard and for the team to keep winning. He has enough love already to get where he wants to be by the end of the year if we keep winning and emerge as a major factor in the national scene. As Calhoun famously said, the team's success is what lets the individual players achieve their personal goals. Just win, baby.
I really don't care who is "balling out" whether it's Deandre or Omar or Niels or Boatright or Shabazz. None of our players should feel the need to "ball out" to impress talking heads or make a statement. Shabazz has done a great job this year of controlling the game without forcing anything and I hope that most of all is what he does Thursday and Friday.
I didn't say anything about scoring 40, just continue on his with overall excellence like he's been doing.
UConn needs to really upgrade its OOC schedule if Memphis is the best in-conference opponent we have. When there are only 3 credible conference opponents, and one of them has a down year like Temple is having, the SOS is going to be gruesome. Luckily we still have one more year of Louisville. South Florida will go from 3-15 in the OBE last year to probably around .500 in conference.
We are going to be sitting there on Selection Sundays in the future with a 26-5 record and hoping to avoid a 6 seed because UConn will only have 6 games against Top 50 opponents.