Not Impressed

[TheRick]

I know it's early but not impressed. All we do is shoot 3's. No real offense. Defense is so so. Prove me wrong

 

[HooperScooper]

If you hit threes everything is good on offense.. Have you watched the NBA the last few years?

Defense has been pretty putrid though.

 

[djct1999]

I know it's early but not impressed. All we do is shoot 3's. No real offense. Defense is so so. Prove me wrong

This is a glorified scrimmage. Offense looks ok to me. Defense is a little rusty. James Bouknight is really good. Sanogo giving a big effort on both sides of the floor. Not impressive but certainly an acceptable effort given the circumstances.

 

[Dove]

Are you William Shea?

 

[fatlucy]

We suck tonight

 

[UCDaveD]

It’s 20 minutes into a season where we were just sidelined for 14 days. Take a Xanax.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

One of these threads already? They missed 14 days of practice. Did you expect the globetrotters?

 

[UConn990411]

I know it's early but not impressed. All we do is shoot 3's. No real offense. Defense is so so. Prove me wrong

There’s a lot to not be impressed with so far, but it’s weird that you picked offense in a half where they scored 48 points.

Hurley’s teams tend to start seasons slow defensively, but the lack of effort has been noticeable. Pretty frustrating to see in a season opener.

 

[jibsey]

We have a lot of talent, Hurley just has to get them to D a bit.

 

[ucawn]

Offense has been good. The problem is defense. No rim protection, we are too slow to stay in front of our man. Too many open shooters

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Defense is awful right now

 

[Willbball]

Wow, struggling against Central Connecticut!!

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Defense is trash. You can’t let CCSU shoot 54% over a 4 minute span, never mind a half.

 

[LIuconn]

Coming off a 14 day period with no practice. Chill

 

[ucawn]

Coming off a 14 day period with no practice. Chill

Plenty of time to improve, but I expected some better defense that half

 

[Huskyforlife]

We're also potentially missing a starter.

 

[smoothcriminal]

Some individual players showing flashes but we do honestly look like a bad team ... that will change

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Defense is kinda ugly so far but we're moving the ball really well.

Bouk looks like he can take over whenever he wants.

BA I feel like is trying to do too much.

Put Josh in the 30-30 club (goes in when we're up by 30 or down by 30). Sanogo is the present and future. Scoring with his left? I'm drooling.

RJ is looking solid so far. Fluid jumper.

Free is running around the sideline more than any assistant coach I've ever seen.

Donyell coaching his heart out but probably thinking "if I were out here with these guys, I'd have dropped 30 by now".

Donnie Marshall hasn't aged a bit.

My kids are 45 min past bedtime and I don't even care bc I'm getting to watch Husky basketball. I may pay for it tomorrow.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

My guess is the progress with Defensive suffered the most from the 14d quarantine. Not worried.

Pumped to see our boys back in action. Lots to like so far!!!

 

[huskyinfl]

I'm going to echo my sentiment from the chat and say that if our cardboard cutouts were there it would make all the difference

 

[UconnFanNVa]

Half court defense and half court offense have been troubling. But it's early! And we already got hit with the zone. Let's give it a little time.

 

[ucawn]

I’m pretty sure Hurley is letting them hear it right now. We will see a different defense 2nd half

 

[SaeHusky]

Martin will be our best defensive player. Offense looks fine. 48 pts against a zone and we have had minimal fast break due to CCSU hot shooting.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Not a bad first half. Nice game to get the rust off.

 

[inWV]

Sanogo is a big fella with apparent skills. Nice body for the BE. Bouknight is doing what he can do. Dude took aver for a bit and got a lead. Cole can shoot. Also, there are lots of other players.