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husky429 said:
Karaban, Clingan, Newton, and Spencer did about what you'd expect in a game that was over before tip off. Especially loved Karaban driving with both hands. He didn't have that last season really.

Hack-a-Cling is about to be a thing all year.

Castle looked a little deer in the headlights early with iffy passes but settled in. Great passer, great demeanor, worked hard on defense. He should draw a ton of fouls this year, he's so poised in the lane. FOY runaway favorite IMO.

Johnson was awful on defense first half. Looked much better 2nd half. The big alleyoops won't come so often in Big East play, but he can defend, rebound and rim run. Need 2nd half Samson every game. CANNOT foul at that rate any more.

Diarra looks to be 7th man. Did about what you'd expect.

Solo needs to slow down or his shot will never fall. Set his feet before the pass.

Ross seemed ahead of Stewart in the rotation already which surprised me. Had a nice pass, good effort on defense. Not much else.

Stewart had a couple nice defense stands and some IQ plays on offense. Still see a high IQ guy. Needs to get stronger to play the 4 right now but he'll get there.

Greek and Youssuf seem to be deep bench.
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I thought you expected Ross ahead of Jaylin in the rotation?

They both got 9 minutes and Jaylin got in the game before Ross. They'll both play.
 
I've missed UConn basketball! My favorite parts -
  • Karaban is looking a lot more offensively polished. Lots of perimeter drives under control with good finishes at the hoop. New career high in scoring!
  • Hurley sent a message to Castle by starting Diarra in the second half, and I love the idea to let Steph play late in the 2nd. He gained confidence in real time and that will carry over
  • Samson had a great dunk, a great block, then 2 fouls in 2 minutes. And then another dunk. And another. And another. Still looked a little out of place on defense, and needs to cut down on the fouls. But man, he could be so good for us..
  • Newton was aggressive getting to the hoop and to the line. Hope he keeps that up all year
Things I didn't love -
  • Clingan still looked pretty clunky in the post early in the game. It's looking like most of his offense will be from pick&roll and cleaning up the boards
  • Love that we got to the line for 37 free throws, but shot 65% on them. Clingan 44% and Castle 63%. Clingan's form still looks pretty decent. Castle's not so much..
  • Early in the game there was a lot of passing (which is good) and a lot of fluid offense (which is good), but nobody was really looking to score and it led to some awkward possessions. Obviously it fixed itself as the game went on
But how much can I complain about a 43 point win? Go Huskies!
 
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ElGreco said:
Same here. Zero problem for me. We are so fortunate to have a legend involved with our program. Much thanks to Dan for making the program a family affair.
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This was the game to do it. A blowout.

They aren't doing this for conference games or the big non-conference games.
 
Team balled. Looked really good. Active. Ball moved. Need to make free throws at a higher clip.

Excited to see what they can do this year.
 
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Spencer needs to take more shots. Donovan will need to improve his foul shooting since he will be at the line a lot. Ball will play better. Johnson gave the fans a glimpse of what he can do. Alex is a polished star now. Very efficient player. Castle will gradually improve and fill the boxscore. Tristen helps the team win.
 
When first turned on the game, I saw Castle with his hair tied up. That was the first time I saw him like that and was immediately wondering who the hell is this guard for UConn!
 
Sadly the Greek and Singare were the only two who didn’t get a jack a 3
 
Chief00 said:
Spencer needs to take more shots. Donovan will need to improve his foul shooting since he will be at the line a lot. Ball will play better. Johnson gave the fans a glimpse of what he can do. Alex is a polished star now. Very efficient player. Castle will gradually improve and fill the boxscore. Tristen helps the team win.
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He deferred to Clingan the first five minutes passing up multiple open shots.
I'm almost certain watching the way the players played coaches wanted to get Clingan going early and then they could put him on the bench.
 
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Greathusky said:
When first turned on the game, I saw Castle with his hair tied up. That was the first time I saw him like that and was immediately wondering who the hell is this guard for UConn!
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I was doing screen in screen on my laptop (game and chat) and couldn't tell Castle from Ball when I couldn't see the #s
 
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Hope the team has enough outside shooting. After Alex and Cam, who else will be dependable shooters especially from outside? Who will be this year's Joey C and Nahiem Alleyne?
 
Ricker said:
Did Fanta, Donny Marshall, and Jim Calhoun just break Bill Walton's record for longest talk-a-thon during game play without ever saying anything about the game we are watching? A fan like my wife hasn't got any idea who the new players are. First game of the year, maybe at least identify the players, and maybe who a foul is called on. That was terrible.
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I'm with you Ricker. Hire a crew to do play-by-play and analysis, I expect play-by-play and analysis....... of The Game while In Progress. The history lessons are appropriate during stoppages in play. It's almost as bad as the director cutting the camera to the crowd/bench/cheerleaders during play. Please let us listen to, and watch, the game as it is being played.
 
Mister P said:
Like what I saw in Samson. If he slips that fast off of every screen he’s gonna have a lot of dunks this year.

Donny had a good comment that Samson didn’t do much his first 2 yrs. because of injuries but that he “ finally looks like a basketball player “
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What i liked was that Samson looked more and more comfortable as the game went on. Get comfortable then get confident and he`ll be off and running.
 
I don't really read the beat writers as much as I used to so I miss all the background pieces on the players, I had no idea Jaylin is a son of one of the Stewart Twins until it was mentioned on the broadcast. They used to get alot of hype in Slam magazine in HS before they hit USC.
 
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