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UCTitleTown said:
Larranaga is a classy coach. I'm sure his friendship with Bob Hurley Sr. from high school coaching days was a factor, as was his friendship with Danny. He didn't turn the last 1:30 into a foul-fest and also pulled his starters. Some a hole coaches we faced pressed us until the end when we were up 15.
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And while there are many posts about the stunning margins of victory on this run, let’s not forget that Hurley has cleared his bench and let the practice squad have some time on the floor. He’a not pushing the score and has acted with class as well. Granted his son is one of those players, but he’s made the right moves and gestures for the moment. With Dan Hurley the olde school philosophies and antics are present and I love it.
 
DblCrossbar said:
And while there are many posts about the stunning margins of victory on this run, let’s not forget that Hurley has cleared his bench and let the practice squad have some time on the floor. He’a not pushing the score and has acted with class as well. Granted his son is one of those players, but he’s made the right moves and gestures for the moment. With Dan Hurley the olde school philosophies and antics are present and I love it.
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Yes. Our reserves have seen every game. Andrew Hurley has as minutes as Dukes starters and more than any BC or Syracuse guys.
 
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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It was surprisingly Croninesque- gush about the other team when your team wins and minimize credit to the other team when they lose. Most coaches are hyper competitive, so that’s not really a surprise I suppose (Cronin has always struck me as an extreme example). But I thought Jim L was above that stuff with his notoriously chill approach to coaching. His team was objectively outclassed out there per anyone with an operating set of eyes.
 
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DaveHuskiesFan said:
I think he stays, but this is probably the most respected NBA draft analyst out there..

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Tell me something we don't know. I've been thinking that since January, the talent is there and players are drafted on talent and potential.

I still agree that it is likely he is coming back with the hopes of being a lottery pick next year, maybe even a very high lottery pick Okafor style.
 
connVA said:
It was surprisingly Croninesque- gush about the other team when your team wins and minimize credit to the other team when they lose. Most coaches are hyper competitive, so that’s not really a surprise I suppose (Cronin has always struck me as an extreme example). But I thought Jim L was above that stuff with his notoriously chill approach to coaching. His team was objectively outclassed out there per anyone with an operating set of eyes.
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Yeah, this kind of thing always amuses me and could easily be an SNL skit.

Announcer: "Coach, your team just lost 226-4. Your thoughts?"

Coach: "Well, the bottom line is that we just didn't execute. We had a ton of open looks and just couldn't convert. We got them into the game we wanted, but we just couldn't finish."

Announcer: "Every player on the other team had a quadruple-double, which is the first time this has happened in the history of organized athletics, preceding Ancient Greece. Any thoughts on that?"

Coach: "We just let them get into their game. We didn't share the ball and play the game that we could have. Ultimately we just have to take responsibility for our performance. It was a clunker."
 
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UCTitleTown said:
On the third of three free throws after being fouled shooting the three it looked like he was about to hurl. I wasn't surprised he missed.
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Apparently he did hurl a few times courtside. Not sure if any if the articles picked up on that.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I thought Newton was very good tonight against a defender who was allowed to basically rag him with impunity. He’s as underrated a player as we’ve had in a while.
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We will need him to be solid with the rock. Also make good decisions on drives to the rim.
 
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DaveHuskiesFan said:
I think he stays, but this is probably the most respected NBA draft analyst out there..

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Two things can be true. 1) His stock has significantly risen the last few weeks and 2) the plan was always to have him play 2 years with him being featured more next season with Sanogo gone
 
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Apollo said:
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We go around and around on this subject, but seeing it in a single photo....yeah, this is it.
 
Alleyne reminding me a bit of Kromah.

Kyle Mann had a nice quote. “(The UConn) machine has been reset and recalibrated.” Discussing the talent we will bring back and bring in next season.
 
Kemba15 said:
Two things can be true. 1) His stock has significantly risen the last few weeks and 2) the plan was always to have him play 2 years with him being featured more next season with Sanogo gone
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We'll see if the plan changes.
 
I must admit, I was really down during the later Ollie years and I never thought I'd see a run like this again. Conference realignment and UCONN being below mediocre had my faith in the program down (really down). Now we're back in the Big East (where we belong), have a great coach and knocking on the door to #5. Simply remarkable to think where we were 5 years ago and where we are today.

....and Cuse can s u c k on this.
 
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