Nova Annihilating Hartford

[kansashusky]

Up thirty in the second half.

I don’t love the theory of comparing results of similar teams, but nova looking impressive and showing their veteran prowess and competitive nature, two things I think UConn lacks currently.

Thursday can’t get here soon enough.

 

[Hoophound]

Their 3pt shooting is so much better than ours. 42 of their 67 points are from 3s.

 

[UconnU]

Their 3pt shooting is so much better than ours. 42 of their 67 points are from 3s.

Hartford is letting them shoot open 3s on a lot of these possessions. Early in the game they were getting killed inside.

 

[ucawn]

This would’ve been the result if we played with some intensity for the middle 20 mins

 

[Ajs120102]

Also they have played 3 games in a bubble without any covid quarantine with a mostly senior squad. UConn had 1 game after 5 days of practice and mixture of new players. Apples and oranges.

 

[CTBasketball]

Nova wants to destroy them after losing their last game.

 

[Jimdish255]

Nova looked pretty stale last time out. Today is revenge.

 

[BrassBonanza]

Nova also looked bad early vs a BC team that let St Johns score 97 the other day. Different days, different games.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Stuff like this is beyond meaningless. Nova has looked pretty mediocre at times this year.

 

[Umami Zen]

Hope DH is taking notes on Nova's ball movement and offensive sets.. UConn has talent to mimic them.. Need our shooters to step up.. We have the scorers and slashers and Big dudes....

 

[87Xfer]

from the legends thread. i was sorta close

'Nova by how many? I say 29

 

[auror]

Nova would beat the last 2 games version of us by 15 so this is not surprising.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

Meh...if you can defend the 3 well you effectively shut down about 30% of their offense. They don’t have the size to compete down in the paint with teams like ours.

 

[Hoophound]

They have plenty of size. The announcers have been marveling at how big and strong they are.

They also hit more than half their threes in transition. Pull up 3s aren’t easy to guard. They are just good shooters.

 

[UconnFanDC]

Their shooting, rebounding and defense was all better then what we displayed. But, hopefully, we've improved with more practice

 

[superjohn]

They have plenty of size. The announcers have been marveling at how big and strong they are.

They also hit more than half their threes in transition. Pull up 3s aren’t easy to guard. They are just good shooters.

The whole team is like 6-7 but they don't have any big men, it's all about ball movement and threes for them.

 

[mauconnfan]

Defense much better than ours early on for now. Still don’t see how we won’t match up with them. Dixon a nice added space eater for them we just need to move him a little. Good match up for Sanogo when he enters.

They’re good, as mentioned above nice combo of experience and overall size.

 

[87Xfer]

well, you've got 'nova, a team who was a lot of people's pick for another chip and clearly top 4 in national rankings, then they get beat by VT and are punted to #12! who wants to be in hartford's shoes the next game? couldn't be much more different than their game with us.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Hope DH is taking notes on Nova's ball movement and offensive sets.. UConn has talent to mimic them.. Need our shooters to step up.. We have the scorers and slashers and Big dudes....

I feel like DH isn’t used to coaching talent

 

[87Xfer]

I feel like DH isn’t used to coaching talent

well, of course, he can't be used to coaching this kind of talent, because, when else has he had it? let's see what he does with it.

 

[BGesus4]

I feel like DH isn’t used to coaching talent

Definitely feel like this is the biggest learning curve for him.

 

[mussels]

I feel like DH isn’t used to coaching talent

J R Smith? Tristan Thompson?

 

[gtcam]

Meh...if you can defend the 3 well you effectively shut down about 30% of their offense. They don’t have the size to compete down in the paint with teams like ours.

I could have sworn UHart beat UConn up on the boards for a good part of the game

 

[navery12]

I could have sworn UHart beat UConn up on the boards for a good part of the game

We outrebounded Hartford in both the 1st and 2nd half

 

[Hoophound]

Nova has 4-5 guys 6’7”-6’9” and everyone else is 6’3” or above with the exception of one 6 footer that doesn’t play. They all have skills and they are jacked. Great S&C program.