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NCAA Tournament, Rd 3 - Friday

Surprising how many calls that Duke gets down low that we don't...

oh wait, no it isn't. All it is really is typical. The next big man we have that gets away with that aggressive push off that Carlos Boozer (and historically Collin Gillespie) uses constantly will be the first time. Sorry, but in 40 years I've never seen us have a big man who gets away with that move to the point that it is one of his "go to moves" like it is for Boozer. And he NEVER gets called for a foul doing it, no matter how far he pushes the guy with his shoulder and arm. In fact, he often gets the defender called for a foul, like he just did. It's rather ridiculous.

Just saying....
 
Refs havent figured out how to call this one yet. they are cherry picking fouls. evenly but what goes is kind of a mystery. Boozer is allowed to push off at will
 
This may get ugly - StJ's offense is being exposed here. Once stifled they get confused and play really dumb.

As I write, another favorable Duke call on Brown. Duke beating StJ to balls though.
 
St Johns offense struggles without Hopkins
 
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I can't help but notice the physicality of both teams in this game. I know many complain about UConn not having enough athletes, but I think our Achilles heel is not having a lot of physical players. Granted our shooting and finishing at the rim bites us in the ass some times.

Reed Jr is considered our grizzly bear but more often he plays like a teddy bear.

To get past the Spartans and beat either of these two teams we need to execute and shoot at a high level. Also limit dribble penetration which both these teams excel at, and we struggle preventing.
 
They’re leaving Prey wide wide open for that corner three. It’s there every time down the floor if they want it
 
Prey has become a dangerous weapon that keeps the Johnies in games when their starters get into foul trouble.
 
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I duckk*ng hate dook. The foul calls are just absurd. SJ John's will be in deep trouble in the second half.

The refs set dook up for the win.
 
KingAG said:
Think we have to kill the narrative that St Johns is a bad shooting team at this point
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…except that the guys who are supposed to be the bombers (Sanon, Sellers & Jackson) give them nothing. It’s the big guys and Darling
 
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lateralous said:
…except that the guys who are supposed to be the bombers (Sanon, Sellers & Jackson) give them nothing. It’s the big guys and Darling
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They’re about to have 3 straight NCAA tournament games of double digit 3’s
 
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Duke and St. John’s are both really good. I told y’all I had a dream. We play Duke. Stay tuned for more.
 
aceboon said:
I have to begrudgingly give StJ credit, I thought their improvement was a mirage and just a product of the Big East, they're legit very good now. Early in the season they would have got smoked by Duke
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StJ is doing this with smoke and mirrors so far - 9-18 from 3, 27 of 40 points. Is that their high on the year? They won't sustain that - let's see what Ricky schemes up, because they'll keep getting 3s to shoot.
 
Bol Bowen can't waste fouls on illegal screens, Bama doesn't have enough bigs to give away cheap fouls
 
RuffRuff said:
StJ is doing this with smoke and mirrors so far - 9-18 from 3, 27 of 40 points. Is that their high on the year? They won't sustain that - let's see what Ricky schemes up, because they'll keep getting 3s to shoot.
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They’re made 11 and 10 the last 2 games
 
RuffRuff said:
StJ is doing this with smoke and mirrors so far - 9-18 from 3, 27 of 40 points. Is that their high on the year? They won't sustain that - let's see what Ricky schemes up, because they'll keep getting 3s to shoot.
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They've made more than enough 3s through 2.5 games now
 
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