Official Bounce the Buffs Game Thread

[tzznandrew]

We can talk about officiating and rebounding, which have been questionable, but the real problem is shooting:

CU 52%
Uconn 33%

The bolded is important.

Colorado's shooting percentage is inflated because they haven't had to shoot all that much. They're always at the FT line.

 

[amory]

It's just 9. Could be a lot worse.

We'll come back.

 

[Marat]

Weren't we down by 9 to Cincy at the half last week as well?

 

[mcs333]

Too many fouls, 12 and poor shooting33%, 27 from three. Also Col. shooting 50%. Need better D.

 

[SaeHusky]

This isn't Ollie's fault. We are missing too many open looks

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Brimah useless at offensive end - never a rebound and can't make anything but a dunk. Hamilton overrated and a poor shooter. Purvis . . . paging Mr. Rodney Purvis. Facey, Cassel, Nolan . . . seriously NCAA tourney caliber? Adams? More Tate George than Shabazz Napier or Ryan Boatright or Kemba Walker.

 

[tzznandrew]

CU point guard returning. We lost an advantage there.

Their PG stinks.

Getting aggressive Purvis and Miller back is a huge win for us.

 

[KemBuckets21]

6 O rebs for CU. First shot defense has been solid, but we allow layups or foul on the second shot. sux.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Get Coach Calhoun in the locker room and dig into these guys

 

[4in16]

Weren't we down by 9 to Cincy at the half last week as well?

I believe so.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Brimah useless at offensive end - never a rebound and can't make anything but a dunk. Hamilton overrated and a poor shooter. Purvis . . . paging Mr. Rodney Purvis. Facey, Cassel, Nolan . . . seriously NCAA tourney caliber? Adams? More Tate George than Shabazz Napier or Ryan Boatright or Kemba Walker.

Go back to the chatroom, seriously. Literally no one wants to read this at this point. You got plenty of company in there.

 

[King Jonathan]

too many missed shots. And CU is getting too many easy close buckets and getting to foul line

 

[Kitaman]

Their PG stinks.

Getting aggressive Purvis and Miller back is a huge win for us.

A point guard can stink but if he's a leader the team doesn't.

 

[Connecticut]

And I thought AAC Refs were bad...

 

[Peacefrog]

The one egregious call was Miller's second. A great block and just an awful call and happened to be a very impactful one. That said, we make one or two more of the many missed layups and 3's and this thing is tied.

Need a little more composure in the second half and hope the lid is removed.

 

[Chelo]

Reminds me of UConn vs St Joe's in 2014 first round game. Let's not worry, we will make a run in the second half.

 

[mauconnfan]

Adams looks nervous and he talks back too much.
Shonn got another crappy call.
DHam is fine.
Our bigs gave up way too much baseline.
Brimah had 2-3 balls with putbacks in his hands, can't catch.
Facey lost sight of Scott, have no idea how and didn't block out on a FT.
Gibbs finally made one.
Scott is Michael Jordan in this one.
Omar gave up baseline.

other than that may be a great 2nd half!

 

[SubbaBub]

Played like crap. Only down nine. If they get I together and make some better shots they are better than this team.

Need to put up some resistance on the boards.

 

[Paesano]

Can't touch the 40 year old neanderthal without being called for a foul. Meanwhile that guy could move a rhino across the floor with one arm bent and make it look like he is walking through a field of daiseys. He is a freak.

 

[tzznandrew]

A point guard can stink but if he's a leader the team doesn't.

Give me Miller/Purvis over their PG. Who, again, stinks.

Call me crazy, but watching the first half I came away feeling like that team isn't very good. They may very well win, and they may very well be the better team today. But they aren't impressive. Part of basketball is not fouling. If we can not foul and hit FTs, I think we got this game.

 

[caw]

A point guard can stink but if he's a leader the team doesn't.

He's very J/H type player. He is also fairly TO prone. 50-50 on if he will be a plus or a minus for them.

 

[3RingsCT]

If we just hit our shots, we'll be fine. Not sure why we are not driving the lane to draw fouls. Settling for jumpers is not working.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Bitching about the refs - especially with Miller - is old at this point. He's constantly in foul trouble and he has been since November.

Doesn't change the fact that that poor anticipatory call was made and likely has significantly changed the game

 

[Stinger92860]

We had 3-4 shots roll off the rim and we missed some open looks, we clean that up and we can come back

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Doesn't change the fact that that poor anticipatory call was made and likely has significantly changed the game

It does. Because you're the one saying it was a "poor anticipatory call" when all evidence to the contrary indicates that the kid just cannot avoid foul trouble.

 

[HooperScooper]

So much for Colorado being turnover prone. 5 turnovers for each team.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Get a quick run in the first few minutes to cut it to 2 or so and we'll be alright, just gotta get it back close

 

[Dribbles]

THE REFS SUCK!!! So may fouls underneath Brimah was clobber, GO HUSKIES! COME ON BOYS WE ARE MUCH BETTER THAN COLORADO!!!

 

[tzznandrew]

It does. Because you're the one saying it was a "poor anticipatory call" when all evidence to the contrary indicates that the kid just cannot avoid foul trouble.

He probably would have picked up another foul.

Also, that was a particularly bad call that changed the tenor of the game.

Mostly, though, we sucked. We missed open looks and allowed a Colorado team to go on a huge run once Miller came on the floor.

 

[kemba]

It does. Because you're the one saying it was a "poor anticipatory call" when all evidence to the contrary indicates that the kid just cannot avoid foul trouble.

What are you talking about? He clearly got nothing but the ball and they called a foul. Has nothing to do with foul trouble in previous games.