Obviously The Nattie Is A Lock

[PacoSwede]

Huh? What game did you watch? UCONN outrebounded Fort Hayes 53-33. El Alfy, Strong and Ice had 9/8/5 respectively.

i watched a game in which some players didn't once try to box out -- perhaps didn't know how even-- and there were some who ... ummm, displayed lack of desire and intensity in pursuit of rebounds. of course, it only was an exhibition.

as for the stats: fort hays is a decent team, but their Div 2 players don't match up talentwise to uconn's, who additionally generally had a good height/size advantage. the 3 you cited particularly had a significant edge there. it would be very surprising and disturbing if uconn didn't rack up decent numbers, especially when so many opportunities were available thanks to poor shooting by the foes.

my post was in reply to someone's observation that a prime purpose of exhibitions is to detect shortcomings in order to address them. i think issues relating to rebounding is worthy of attention -- at some time. i acknowledge that players probably had priorities other than rebounding in their first game, but it did show room for improvement.

 

[CL82]

Please, stop bumping this thread and let it die a reasonable death.

 

[Steelerone]

Why limit ourselves to facts when imagination offers unlimited possibilities?

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Why limit ourselves to facts when imagination offers unlimited possibilities?

Imagination is funny. It makes a cloudy day sunny. But the reality is that it's still a cloudy day.

 

[CL82]

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Imagination is funny. It makes a cloudy day sunny. But the reality is that it's still a cloudy day.

Is it though if no one believes it to be?