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BigErnMcCracken said:
Pretty cool to roll into Storrs for two seasons, win the whole thing twice and then bounce. Kind of an unassailable legacy. Unreal for Clingan as a Connecticut kid. The stuff of legends.
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Boomer Dad said, I think Clingan’s coming back, he needs to work on his offense.

I said, Dad, there’s as much chance of me playing center for UConn next season
 
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he says he ain’t leavin.

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BigErnMcCracken said:
Pretty cool to roll into Storrs for two seasons, win the whole thing twice and then bounce. Kind of an unassailable legacy. Unreal for Clingan as a Connecticut kid. The stuff of legends.
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Two of the best players who ever played for us. Edey was overwhelming for Clingan early and then he settled in and Edey became ineffective. Tristen just did what he always does on the biggest stage. Cam was also an absolute beast.

This whole team was just jawdroppingly great
 
auror said:
Someone has to hire him this offseason, right? Like, I'd love him back. But damn. You hope for his sake that not every AD is terrible at his job. I thought he'd get Fairfield, but they were too good with their interim.
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Someone should at least try and get him, he's really good and super young still.

Heck I might offer him a job at a lower power conference team if I were an AD with an opening. Something like UK.
 
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auror said:
Someone has to hire him this offseason, right? Like, I'd love him back. But damn. You hope for his sake that not every AD is terrible at his job. I thought he'd get Fairfield, but they were too good with their interim.
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When you go this far in tourney every year coaching carousel szn is over.
 
Clingan gave a very mature performance today. His guy scored on him - a lot more than he’s used to. But he took one for the team - made Edey work for his points, and everyone else got to stay at home. Other than the mistake biting on the fake and allowing the up and under for an and one, he forced Edey to shoot tough shots over him.

Edey put up a huge line - but he wore down in the first half, and only became effective again after the game was over and we were only worried about not fouling. I think his only two points in the middle 20 minutes (last 10 of first, first 10 of second) came on the goaltend when Clingan‘s hand got caught in the net. That was when the game was won, and Clingan contributed to that by naming Edey work straight up without help.
 
Gurleyman said:
Clingan gave a very mature performance today. His guy scored on him - a lot more than he’s used to. But he took one for the team - made Edey work for his points, and everyone else got to stay at home. Other than the mistake biting on the fake and allowing the up and under for an and one, he forced Edey to shoot tough shots over him.

Edey put up a huge line - but he wore down in the first half, and only became effective again after the game was over and we were only worried about not fouling. I think his only two points in the middle 20 minutes (last 10 of first, first 10 of second) came on the goaltend when Clingan‘s hand got caught in the net. That was when the game was won, and Clingan contributed to that by naming Edey work straight up without help.
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clingan got himself in foul trouble a bit out of frustration, and that made us adjust the game plan around to accomadate.....but IMO the POTG was clingan wearing him out and the small lineup ultimatley smashing the door closed in his face
 
Before Newton committed in the portal, I did a 2-part timestamped re-watch of his game against us his freshman year. It's the only time I've ever done something like that.

My last words:
"Bring him in Danny."

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So far we're recruiting a bunch of 6'2-6'6 guards. A couple are lead guards (Newton, Davis) and a couple are more the microwave scorer types (Shannon, Reeves). Competition is going to be fierce for all of them. Personally, Tristen Newton is definitely #1 on my list. Lead guard, great size, can...
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Gurleyman said:
Clingan gave a very mature performance today. His guy scored on him - a lot more than he’s used to. But he took one for the team - made Edey work for his points, and everyone else got to stay at home. Other than the mistake biting on the fake and allowing the up and under for an and one, he forced Edey to shoot tough shots over him.

Edey put up a huge line - but he wore down in the first half, and only became effective again after the game was over and we were only worried about not fouling. I think his only two points in the middle 20 minutes (last 10 of first, first 10 of second) came on the goaltend when Clingan‘s hand got caught in the net. That was when the game was won, and Clingan contributed to that by naming Edey work straight up without help.
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Great description of Clingan tonight.

A really mature performance. He was a bit blindsided early. Edey was pulling stuff out of his butt a bit and Clingan came back in the game after the first foul and things got pretty miserable for Edey for a good chunk of the game. They couldn't even shoot a three because of Clingan's 1 oh 1 D.
 
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auror said:
Someone has to hire him this offseason, right? Like, I'd love him back. But damn. You hope for his sake that not every AD is terrible at his job. I thought he'd get Fairfield, but they were too good with their interim.
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Shut the hell up with this crap
 
Gurleyman said:
Clingan gave a very mature performance today. His guy scored on him - a lot more than he’s used to. But he took one for the team - made Edey work for his points, and everyone else got to stay at home. Other than the mistake biting on the fake and allowing the up and under for an and one, he forced Edey to shoot tough shots over him.

Edey put up a huge line - but he wore down in the first half, and only became effective again after the game was over and we were only worried about not fouling. I think his only two points in the middle 20 minutes (last 10 of first, first 10 of second) came on the goaltend when Clingan‘s hand got caught in the net. That was when the game was won, and Clingan contributed to that by naming Edey work straight up without help.
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The fact that Clingan is a sophomore in his first season starting and played so well against a 4 year, two time national player of the year can not be credited enough. Clingan was great in this tourney and hes only scratching the surface of what he will be.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
The fact that Clingan is a sophomore in his first season starting and played so well against a 4 year, two time national player of the year can not be credited enough. Clingan was great in this tourney and hes only scratching the surface of what he will be.
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He was legit shocked by Edey early and a bit winded coming off the court, things changed when Donovan came back out on the court. Edey's stat line looks amazing, watch the film. After the early flurry where Edey pulled several long hook shots put of his butt and drop stepped Clingan his night got rough, and Purdue shot like one three. It worked.
 
nomar said:
Boomer Dad said, I think Clingan’s coming back, he needs to work on his offense.

I said, Dad, there’s as much chance of me playing center for UConn next season
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Tons of people on fbook groups spouting this.

Amazing run, good luck to these young men moving forward!
 
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auror said:
Loved seeing him get real thinking about his decision to come to UConn 2 years ago.
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Great kid, humble as hell. Does anyone else notice the Champs hats they are wearing are Purdues's black and gold?
 
98Uconn said:
In a way, Clingan was somewhat unheralded in this game… he was phenomenal… if he didn’t defend like he did, Edey could kick out for open 3’s. He completely took that away.
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I was thinking this morning, it's pretty cool that Hurley and Clingan were both OK with the strategy of letting Edey put up a ton of points on a guy who every NBA scout is watching. Winning comes first.

And, incredibly, we can all say today that Clingan did a heckuva job on a guy who ended up with 37. He did his job: staying on the floor and thereby allowing our perimeter guys to blanket their guards.
 
uh-no said:
clingan got himself in foul trouble a bit out of frustration, and that made us adjust the game plan around to accomadate.....but IMO the POTG was clingan wearing him out and the small lineup ultimatley smashing the door closed in his face
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This reminded me of a famous quote when a player, or coach, was asked, how do you try to stop George Gervin (the Iceman)? Answer: You just hope that his arm gets tired after 40 shots.
 
Edward Sargent said:
Great kid, humble as hell. Does anyone else notice the Champs hats they are wearing are Purdues's black and gold?
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I was of course looking for swag and noticed the weird gold coloring too.
 
auror said:
Before Newton committed in the portal, I did a 2-part timestamped re-watch of his game against us his freshman year. It's the only time I've ever done something like that.

My last words:
"Bring him in Danny."

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The recent events(Cole/Sool) have made the path to PT clearer to portal guys. Now that they have happened--Progress should be made at PG/CG-ballhandlers.
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So far we're recruiting a bunch of 6'2-6'6 guards. A couple are lead guards (Newton, Davis) and a couple are more the microwave scorer types (Shannon, Reeves). Competition is going to be fierce for all of them. Personally, Tristen Newton is definitely #1 on my list. Lead guard, great size, can...
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Who were the players named Floyd and Gaffney you were referring to?
 
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