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Moving on to Arkansas.....

Ewekon said:
Because we should be a top 5 or 10 program. Duh. And getting excited about next year's class of 80 to 125 recruits isn't buzzing me. Right now, the ship be sinkin'
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This statement is typical - if you are so damn disgusted just leave the sinking ship - don't take the raft with the hole in it
 
Id experiment with starting Cobb at the 4 and Carlton at 5 with TL, JA and AG. Id let these guys practice more and more to see what chemistry they can develop. I like this in practice against Polley, Whalley, ONourough, Vital and Anderson.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Id experiment with starting Cobb at the 4 and Carlton at 5 with TL, JA and AG. Id let these guys practice more and more to see what chemistry they can develop. I like this in practice against Polley, Whalley, ONourough, Vital and Anderson.
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No. Our offense struggles enough without putting an additional limited player on the floor.

The 4-guard + Larrier lineup should see more time than any 2-big lineup. This is 2017, not 1987.
 
Not everyone is going to have 6-11 260 pound athletic PFs like MSU. We don't need to send 2 centers out there at the same time with most teams we play, although I do admit it might have been a decent option last night if Cobb ws around. Then you can have Larrier, Gilbert and Adams do what they were already doing anyway
 
Brochacho said:
Arkansas is another team that we can beat that should be a top 100 RPI or so team. Like Oregon, and UConn too, they'll likely be much better in February and March than they are right now. Crucial game. The MSU game showed us that we are not quite ready to compete with and beat the elite teams on our schedule, and unfortunately most of our big time opportunities are against elite teams (Arizona, Villanova, Wichita, Cincy). Of course, no one knows the rate at which UConn will improve. We might be ready to beat a top team in December, maybe February, maybe next season. We have our top 3 players set. Hopefully 3 or 4 of our guys take that next step so we can start beating these teams.
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Probably the most rational take I’ve seen today
 
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Letsgohuskies11 said:
Michigan State looks a lot better than Duke right now despite losing to them. I'm not sure why there is so much negativity on the board over a loss to a top 5 team. I'm glad we played this game to figure out where we stand. Bottom line, you cant have poor shooting nights against quality teams.
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They are some of the same people who overreact to a win.
The truth is we have 1 returning starter and it is going to take some time but you don't see much patience around here. Every game is a must win otherwise our season is over. It is really dumb but this is The Boneyard.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
No. Our offense struggles enough without putting an additional limited player on the floor.

The 4-guard + Larrier lineup should see more time than any 2-big lineup. This is 2017, not 1987.
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Cant argue that. Would be a good way to go as both have their pros and cons.
 
Ewekon said:
Because we should be a top 5 or 10 program. Duh. And getting excited about next year's class of 80 to 125 recruits isn't buzzing me. Right now, the ship be sinkin'
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Jump off please you're not needed to keep it afloat I promise.
 
In my eyes this will be another game in where whoever gets the loose ball and scraps more will come out the victor. Really whoever plays harder will win this one, similar to the Oregon game. The good thing is this team seems to play extremely hard, the bad thing so does Arkansas.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Id experiment with starting Cobb at the 4 and Carlton at 5 with TL, JA and AG. Id let these guys practice more and more to see what chemistry they can develop. I like this in practice against Polley, Whalley, ONourough, Vital and Anderson.
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Like the idea unfortunately our guards drive/create better than they shoot and the middle will be completely clogged on the offensive end with the 2 bigs hanging around, the defense not that concerned about them. Neither of these guys can step out to a wing although Cobb can pass and screen off the post. Especially not good for Arkansas who will be on full HP at all times.
 
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Wordbomar said:
I really think a big W today, leaving with a 2-1 record in the PK80 with two good OOC Major conference wins and a loss to a top 5 team, would be absolutely huge heading into next couple of weeks. Big big game
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Agree, very big game today for these kids.
 
Arkansas is high pressure run and gun. Could be a great track meet game. They are a top 10 team so Uconn will need their "A' game and "true grit/no quit" game. Fingers crossed.
 
dennismenace said:
Arkansas is high pressure run and gun. Could be a great track meet game. They are a top 10 team so Uconn will need their "A' game and "true grit/no quit" game. Fingers crossed.
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Could be a track meet but shouldn't be. They prefer that so our guys need to pick and choose when to and when not to run with them. 70's area game is better for us in this one, 90's for them.
 
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Chief00 said:
Quite frankly, very simple - out goal is to win championships. Given that, a loss to a top 5 team is not something to celebrate or accept without regret. I hope this helps.
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Believe it or not, there is a universe that exists between negativity and celebration/acceptance.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly, very simple - out goal is to win championships. Given that, a loss to a top 5 team is not something to celebrate or accept without regret. I hope this helps.
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Here is the issue at hand. This year should not be about "championships" per se but instead about improvement in players, recruiting and the future. We were too far behind the expectations to jump as far as some would expect NC's and anyone who does, well never mind. We all hate to lose and by 20 is worst but there's a lot of games to play with a lot of young guys. To me how they adapt and improve is much more important than championship hopes this year. I've seen championships and I want those thoughts back, for now reality is they aren't but I like what I see.
 
dennismenace said:
Arkansas is high pressure run and gun. Could be a great track meet game. They are a top 10 team so Uconn will need their "A' game and "true grit/no quit" game. Fingers crossed.
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Arkansas isn't a top ten ranked team, they aren't ranked.
 
8893 said:
Believe it or not, there is a universe that exists between negativity and celebration/acceptance.
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At the same time, there is a certain value in playing a top team like MSU in November, instead of having to wait until December to play Arizona. Gives us a month to figure out how to get better vs these teams instead of five days from Arizona to Wichita. Just another reason the Oregon game was paramount.
 
Brochacho said:
At the same time, there is a certain value in playing a top team like MSU in November, instead of having to wait until December to play Arizona. Gives us a month to figure out how to get better vs these teams instead of five days from Arizona to Wichita. Just another reason the Oregon game was paramount.
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No doubt.

Just like playing a team as experienced and talented as Providence for our first exhibition--as ugly as that was--helped us be better prepared for the games that followed.
 
This is a huge game. 5-1 goes a long way to meeting what I believe is an important threshold of 10 wins before conference play. Between Syracuse, Auburn, and Arizona (who isn't good right now), we should have a good chance to get to 10-2.
 
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UCONN needs to win this game. Arkansas is not even a top 30 team in the nation and its an important game for us with regards to making the NCAA tournament. It takes pressure off the team with the rest of the non-conference games especially against Nova or Zona.

There is no reason we should not win this game. The day we start worrying about Arkansas is the day we don't have a national profile anymore. Arkansas isn't loaded with talent either like some other SEC teams.

#PICKANDROLLADAMS
 
Huskymagic said:
UCONN needs to win this game. Arkansas is not even a top 30 team in the nation and its an important game for us with regards to making the NCAA tournament. It takes pressure off the team with the rest of the non-conference games especially against Nova or Zona.

There is no reason we should not win this game. The day we start worrying about Arkansas is the day we don't have a national profile anymore. Arkansas isn't loaded with talent either like some other SEC teams.

#PICKANDROLLADAMS
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If you're not worried about Arkansas today because we used to have a high national profile then you need a reality check magic. We are Arkansas for now and while I agree this is a big game if you expect we should win this game you really haven't paid attention for the last year and a half. Watched Arkansas the other night and thought they were very talented, wasn't watching close enough to know if they were deep or anything but there's trouble in them hogs for us if our guys aren't ready.
 
We need a Coach who knows how to change momentum. 2nd half sat am Calhoun would have called TO long before ollie. When they outscored us 6-2 at beginning of the half Coach C would have called TO and changed some players/ Ollie waited till we were down 10. too late. As for last years players who left via transfer. Good riddance we don't need malcontents who don't bleed UCONN blue
 
jayfromfla said:
We need a Coach who knows how to change momentum. 2nd half sat am Calhoun would have called TO long before ollie. When they outscored us 6-2 at beginning of the half Coach C would have called TO and changed some players/ Ollie waited till we were down 10. too late. As for last years players who left via transfer. Good riddance we don't need malcontents who don't bleed UCONN blue
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Ok who is that?
 
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