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 Dan Hurley 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 Dan Hurley 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 Dan Hurley isn’t used to coaching talent

 

[87Xfer]

I feel like Dan Hurley 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 Dan Hurley isn’t used to coaching talent

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

 

[mussels]

I feel like Dan Hurley 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.

 

[husky429]

I feel like Dan Hurley isn’t used to coaching talent

Yeah not quite sure what it is. He trusted Akok early... but when to Gaffney and Bouk way too late last year. And put far too much faith in Rique and Carlton despite blowing games for us.

I think there are signs that Sanogo should get plenty of run. Jackson too if he stays out of foul trouble?

My biggest concern is 100% the offense. I absolutely believe our D will get back on track--that's Hurley's staple. But we just don't seem to move, screen hard off the ball or aggressively attack mismatches.

I expect we'll see some new offensive wrinkles on Thursday. Looking forward to it

 

[Hoophound]

Yeah not quite sure what it is. He trusted Akok early... but when to Gaffney and Bouk way too late last year. And put far too much faith in Rique and Carlton despite blowing games for us.

I think there are signs that Sanogo should get plenty of run. Jackson too if he stays out of foul trouble?

My biggest concern is 100% the offense. I absolutely believe our D will get back on track--that's Hurley's staple. But we just don't seem to move, screen hard off the ball or aggressively attack mismatches.

I expect we'll see some new offensive wrinkles on Thursday. Looking forward to it

Hopefully, JC is talking to Dan about playing the talent and making them grow quickly. It isn’t outrageous to say that Dan Hurley isn’t experienced juggling all these great pieces. He’s never had this problem before. JC would probably be very helpful with this group. My buddy has a round about connection and says JC loves this roster.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Is this really a thread trying to use the transitive property to compare margin of victory in an early season game against a cupcake during a pandemic.

 

[husky429]

Hopefully, JC is talking to Dan about playing the talent and making them grow quickly. It isn’t outrageous to say that Dan Hurley isn’t experienced juggling all these great pieces. He’s never had this problem before. JC would probably be very helpful with this group. My buddy has a round about connection and says JC loves this roster.

Not surprised. JC with this group back when he was running that 221 press would've killed teams. Bouk up front with some other guard. Jackson/Martin trapping the sidelines and Whaley or Akok cleaning up breakdowns at the rim? Not even fair.

No one runs that any more of course. But if you transplanted this group to the early 2000s or late 90s... unstoppable.

 

[auror]

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.

They've all got tree trunk legs.