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tzznandrew said:
I have thoughts about this. And have had thoughts about this since after Iona. But I cannot say them until after the game on Monday. can't mess with the mojo.
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I think im having the same thought. Hope to hear them after Mondays game and we hopefully pull of this great run.
 
Rocktheworld said:
I don’t get why 4 chased Newton to the baseline. Joey was also wide open
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Spitting their pants when someone gets to the baseline is a strategic flaw with a lot of old school coaches. If Miami had a decent defender, then they should have been worrying much more about the pass than the shot when Newton got to the baseline. The defender should have been able to keep Newton on the baseline and behind the basket without all that help leaving everyone else open.

A lot of old school coaches at all levels let their defenses freak out when someone gets to the baseline. I don't get why. The chance of that baseline driver scoring is pretty low relative to the damage he can do on the pass.
 
UConn's staff did a great job on two key aspects of Larranaga's game plan.

1) Miami dependance on 1-on-1 dribble penetration. "Missing" 14 layups does not happen by accident. UConn has a defense that makes hero ball basketball like this look stupid. A penetrator coming from 25 feet from the basket is one of the easier threats to defend at any level of basketball. Your defense has a lot of time to respond when a a driver comes from beyond the 3 point line, and your rim protector knows almost exactly where and when the shot is going to occur because the driver is coming to you as a defender and it is easy to time the shot challenge. The driver is going to take off around the block, which makes the defense that much easier. At any level, guards should be driving to dish rather than driving to score. Getting to the hoop to score is just too difficult against a good defense.

2) Miami's ball pressure in man-to-man. Hurley must have thought Larranaga was joking when he was pressuring AJax and Newton 30 feet from the hoop and leaving Sanogo 1-on-1 inside the 3 point line. Imagine if Hawkins hadn't spent the last 24 hours draining his pipes and was 100%, or even 70% for that game. I thought UConn left a lot of points on the table and still chewed Miami up on offense.

Great job by the coaches to game plan Larranaga and by the players to execute it.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
UConn's staff did a great job on two key aspects of Larranaga's game plan.

1) Miami dependance on 1-on-1 dribble penetration. "Missing" 14 layups does not happen by accident. UConn has a defense that makes hero ball basketball like this look stupid. A penetrator coming from 25 feet from the basket is one of the easier threats to defend at any level of basketball. Your defense has a lot of time to respond when a a driver comes from beyond the 3 point line, and your rim protector knows almost exactly where and when the shot is going to occur because the driver is coming to you as a defender and it is easy to time the shot challenge. The driver is going to take off around the block, which makes the defense that much easier. At any level, guards should be driving to dish rather than driving to score. Getting to the hoop to score is just too difficult against a good defense.

2) Miami's ball pressure in man-to-man. Hurley must have thought Larranaga was joking when he was pressuring AJax and Newton 30 feet from the hoop and leaving Sanogo 1-on-1 inside the 3 point line. Imagine if Hawkins hadn't spent the last 24 hours draining his pipes and was 100%, or even 70% for that game. I thought UConn left a lot of points on the table and still chewed Miami up on offense.

Great job by the coaches to game plan Larranaga and by the players to execute it.
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Can't understate the value of this staff. Dan trusts his guys like no other and they have shined this tournament. Especially Kimani!
 
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This article has some nice info on how good or run has been. First team to win the first five games by 15 or more, which imo is more impressive even than overall margin.
www.espn.com

March Madness 2023: Twitter reacts to Miami-UConn

Sports Twitter was quick to congratulate the UConn Huskies on making the NCAA tournament title game after they defeated the Miami Hurricanes.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
 
1999GoodSon said:
Clingan gives me goosebumps over how great he's going to be.
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Not going to be but is! Amazing how he has turned away driving players. It's not all about blocks but what he does to their head. Santago also has upped his defensive game.
 
Adama Sanogo is the best player in the tournament.

The defense continues to astound me. This is the team that got ran out of their home gym to St Johns, and has completely locked up 2 of the best offensive teams in America in the last week. Miami shot 12-12 on their free throws, and only scored 59.

I’m still convinced it’s a dream. 40 more minutes to immortality. We know SDSU is going to muck it up and try to bully out. Need to be ready for a new playstyle
 
auror said:
2 huge underrated plays.

1) They cut lead from 20->12. We got 2 orebs and used most of the clock and Jackson had ball in the paint with shot clock at like 4. He could have shot or panicked but he coolly found Sanogo for a layup. After this play they made 3 more straight shots and the lead would have been 6, but instead it was 8.

And then, up 8:
2) Karaban missed a 3 and Clingan just went up and was too tall and got the oreb and layup. Lead back to 10. Hawkins hit a 3 next trip and it was 13 again and we were back in control. They get that rebound and score in semi-transition and get lead to 6, it could've been a game.
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Clingan is the X factor and a worst matchup for other teams. What's a mother to do????? Love how he holds the ball so high as in the above description and layed it back in.
 
BGesus4 said:
This article has some nice info on how good or run has been. First team to win the first five games by 15 or more, which imo is more impressive even than overall margin.
www.espn.com

March Madness 2023: Twitter reacts to Miami-UConn

Sports Twitter was quick to congratulate the UConn Huskies on making the NCAA tournament title game after they defeated the Miami Hurricanes.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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It’s even more amazing that we are doing this as a 4 seed. These huge margin of victories are usually started off by a 30-40 point win by a one seed over a 16 seed. We never got that easy first round game.
 
HooperScooper said:
I was thinking the same. Don't they all have more than 1 pair of sneakers in their gym bags? Was just a really strange sequence.
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All that NIL and they only have one pair of game sneakers. Equipment manager might be polishing his resume today. That kid was leaking oil going back and forth to the locker room, especially after he had to go a 2nd time after he grabbed the wrong size.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Spitting their pants when someone gets to the baseline is a strategic flaw with a lot of old school coaches. If Miami had a decent defender, then they should have been worrying much more about the pass than the shot when Newton got to the baseline. The defender should have been able to keep Newton on the baseline and behind the basket without all that help leaving everyone else open.

A lot of old school coaches at all levels let their defenses freak out when someone gets to the baseline. I don't get why. The chance of that baseline driver scoring is pretty low relative to the damage he can do on the pass.
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Miami's defense has tended to play the ball all year. They've had the quickness and agility to do that, and it was good enough to get them to the FF.

The major problem with Miami last night was they got away from their offensive identity. They do play 1-on-1 more than we do, but they also utilize a lot more ball movement than they did last night. Coach L mentioned it a couple of times, and apparently one of the players wrote "share the ball" on the whiteboard at halftime. But it fell on deaf ears.
 
caw said:
So if UConn wins Monday, does that mean Karaban can't shave until next year?
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gsmooth said:
They better because SD St is in the finals and have left a trail of good teams in their wake including our Big East brother Creighton
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We my friend are running in 12th gear right now. We really decimated Miami in yet another style of fast and ugly without our most important player and our best shooter under the weather. Danny had this running like an old news paper press right now. It’s just chugging.
 
REB1094 said:
The defense continues to astound me. This is the team that got ran out of their home gym to St Johns, and has completely locked up 2 of the best offensive teams in America in the last week. Miami shot 12-12 on their free throws, and only scored 59.
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The D has been amazing. I was not happy when Larranaga blamed his teams lack of execution for the low scoring. It was our D execution, strategy, and preparation.
 
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Stinger92860 said:
The D has been amazing. I was not happy when Larranaga blamed his teams lack of execution for the low scoring. It was our D execution, strategy, and preparation.
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Larranaga was classy in defeat for the most part, including calling off the dogs down 13-15 with a minute to go, but I didn't like how he (and, seemingly the CBS broadcast) wanted to attribute their loss to an uncharacteristically poor shooting night near the rim without crediting our excellent on-ball defense.
 
He won't get the headlines, but Joey C's underrated contribution last night needs to be mentioned. 18 minutes holding down the fort for an obviously gassed Hawkins, solid ballhandling, no turnovers, a couple of buckets, really good 1-on-1 defense (he really has come a long way in that department). Not to mention the joy and fire he brings every game. Gonna miss that kid.
 
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gsmooth said:
I don’t know about more, but the UConn 2004 team and the Villanova 2018 team’s run were dominant. Both of those teams were dynamite.
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The 2004 team was stacked with two All Americans in Okafor and Gordon, along with Boone, Rashad (did anyone ever call him “Anderson”) Villanueva, Armstrong, da Browns. So deep their B team had a chance to win it all but they weren’t dominant against Duke in the FF. Clutch and fortunate to move on with Emeka in foul trouble and down 8 with 3 min to go. The blew out Georgia Tech for the banner, but the title wasn’t a forgone conclusion in the semis.
 
bendm said:
Way too harsh. 6 pts on 3/4 2 rebs 4 asts 2 stls makes up for 3 fls and 2 TOs. His worst game of the tourney but He was not hurting the team
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His defensive presence was unseen but felt.
 
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