Official Silence the Shocker Game Thread

[UConnStats]

We're down 6 and they have made 10 more threes than we have. Glaring defensive issues, recruiting and player development mishaps, and the inability to adapt to the new school college game.

Yeah, so even if we were below average at shooting 3s rather than pathetic, we’re probably up 3 points. How many go-ahead threes have we taken that turned into a 3 for the other team this year alone? 15? We need shooting and we have almost nothing in that department.

 

[SaeHusky]

we covered the spread!

 

[husky429]

Didnt even bother to run back after the defense failed. No heart.

 

[HuskyFich]

Not that we were winning this game anyways, but how did the ref not give us that foul call?

 

[Tenspro2002]

The final minute was never in doubt, basketball-wise, but was an emotional rollercoaster for some interested observers.

 

[Bomber36]

Once again, a horrible last 5 minutes.

 

[SaeHusky]

shooting does nothing if you can't get your shooter open.

 

[Hi-Low]

CV is a selfish player.

CV is a bad player.

 

[BugsyCT]

Just a good team doing what they do down the stretch against a lousy team with no clue how to play offense. Good effort to hang in there for awhile but that's it.

 

[Jaker]

shooting does nothing if you can't get your shooter open.

they had plenty of open looks, no one can throw it in the ocean

 

[superjohn]

:: Angel of death enters thread ::

Dude, I'm your biggest fan. If you don't see how incredibly broken this is, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Forte]

Shockers may have fallen back a few spots in the rankings seeing as how bad they were against our terrible team.

 

[BugsyCT]

I'm out, let the vultures feast.

 

[Candyman]

Keep playing Larrier, Anderson, Adams and Vital together that will work except it hasn’t all season. Cobb doesn’t play a minute in 2nd half for no reason. Why not try Williams can’t be worse than DO.

Larrier 3 rebounds and played 40 minutes most at the 4.

 

[Offhegoes]

Yes this falls on Ollie w recruiting, but we literally have only 3 guys who can play right w Gilbert out. Overall talent disparity is staggering right now.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Very good game plan and effort. We just were out talented. I can accept that. Overall this was a very good game by UCon . We stayed very competitive with the #8 team in the country. We’re just not as talented as the upper 4 teams in the American Conference.

 

[shizzle787]

It's pretty simple. We went like 3 of 15 from three. That's the difference. They shot it at a 40/45% clip from three.

 

[Jaker]

the talent gap is huge

 

[Brochacho]

A ten point loss to a top ten team at home isn't too bad until you realize that its the high point of the 17-18 season. Bye Ollie.

 

[B1GEast]

Dude, I'm your biggest fan. If you don't see how incredibly broken this is, I don't know what to tell you.

August has a fan club? What is this, the Cesspool?

 

[HuskyFich]

CV is a bad player.

He is the ONLY one who plays hard all game. This is my most hated take on this whole team.
Okay, he has his athletic disadvantages, but we lose by 20 without his defense, FTs, and ability to get in transition

 

[UConnStats]

All in all, I like the fight the team showed, and I even liked Ollie’s decisions today. But the team is bad, and it’s offensive sets just do not work. They are a bad team in almost every sense of the word. It’s hard to find a bright side at all. This program needs big change.

 

[Forte]

the talent gap is huge

Just who did Ollie recruit off our national championship 3 years ago?

 

[tentoes4rings]

Wichita State had 3 good shooters, I guarantee we never recruited any of them.

 

[BlueDogs]

the talent gap is huge

The basketball skill gap is huge. The basketball team unit play is nonexistent. 100% on coach.