Our Guards can't draw fouls

[SaeHusky]

This is becoming an obvious problem. Our guards have trouble going north/south and don't draw contact. Newtown is the only one who can remotely do so.

 

[shizzle787]

This is becoming an obvious problem. Our guards have trouble going north/south and don't draw contact. Newtown is the only one who can remotely do so.

The team isn't built for iso ball. It's built to play a European passing style, which is great when you have leads but problematic when you don't have a go-to guy when down 10.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I’m not sure the sentiment is right after this game specifically. They drew a lot of contact today.

 

[Mots010]

They drew a lot of fouls this season until they apparently stopped being fouls over the last 2-3 games.

 

[Chin Diesel]

They drew a lot of fouls this season until they apparently stopped being fouls over the last 2-3 games.

It's because they don't force the issue getting to the rim. They get in the lane and then get lost. Hawkins had a couple of nice drives with clean looks at the rim. Calcaterra isn't going to draw many fouls. Diarra avoids fouls because he can't make FT's. Newton is indecisive and doesn't force the issue enough.

PG play has been abhorrent for all the BE games. Newton is lost right now and Diarra isn't an offensive threat.

 

[Slappy]

So does Hurley have to be an angel for 3 years to get a fair shake...seems that way.

Gosh I don’t know…I hope not

 

[shizzle787]

They drew a lot of fouls this season until they apparently stopped being fouls over the last 2-3 games.

That happens when you play cupcakes. We have played one elite team (Alabama) and two others with a pulse (Iowa State and Nova). The rest of our schedule has been garbage (and don't give me UNC-Wilmington, who is a CAA-version of Butler).

 

[REB1094]

I don’t think our playstyle has changed much from our OOC playstyle which consistently generated 20+ FTA per game

But you’re right, Newton has looked lost in the paint recently. He should know now that he’s not getting the same calls he used to, so he’s just gotta go up strong and force a basket or a whistle. He’s playing a bit scared

 

[Drfla]

The team isn't built for iso ball. It's built to play a European passing style, which is great when you have leads but problematic when you don't have a go-to guy when down 10.

Thought we had a go to guy..the preseason player of the year. 0 points and 2 rebounds in the second half tonight. I say not only play Clingan more but start him.

 

[shizzle787]

I don’t think our playstyle has changed much from our OOC playstyle which consistently generated 20+ FTA per game

But you’re right, Newton has looked lost in the paint recently. He should know now that he’s not getting the same calls he used to, so he’s just gotta go up strong and force a basket or a whistle. He’s playing a bit scared

The level of opponent has though. Outside of Alabama and maybe Iowa State, Xavier and Providence are the two best teams we have played up to this point.

 

[Palatine]

We don't go hard to the rim. We turn the corner then look to pass or float backwards and throw up a shot.

Jackson did it once and they gave him a path to the basket. You have tom be willing to go hard and take the contact. I don't balme Hawkins because he did it early in the year and got destroyed.

 

[3RingsCT]

They are too busy taking 3’s.

 

[Forte]

Hard to draw fouls from outside the arc. Our offense mostly revolves around the top of the key weave and chucking up threes. When the ball is dropped down low it is to Sanogo who at times is more likely to draw an offensive foul.

 

[Drfla]

I don’t think our playstyle has changed much from our OOC playstyle which consistently generated 20+ FTA per game

But you’re right, Newton has looked lost in the paint recently. He should know now that he’s not getting the same calls he used to, so he’s just gotta go up strong and force a basket or a whistle. He’s playing a bit scared

Newton needs to Take the ball to the basket to score, not to pass. Must be much more aggressive

 

[3RingsCT]

We don't go hard to the rim. We turn the corner then look to pass or float backwards and throw up a shot.

Jackson did it once and they gave him a path to the basket. You have tom be willing to go hard and take the contact. I don't balme Hawkins because he did it early in the year and got destroyed.

That’s what I’ve been saying.

Same problem with Sanogo. He doesn’t go hard to the rim.

 

[uconntoatl]

Newton is not a good player.

Needs to be assertive. Don’t know why he’s not. Also needs to stop jump passing

 

[Drfla]

Hard to draw fouls from outside the arc.

UConn took 22 threes and Providence took 18. Shooting threes wasn’t the reason for the foul disparity. Simply big east home cooking, though Providence was tougher.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Hard to draw fouls from outside the arc.

34 of their points were in the paint and nearly 2/3 of the shot attempts were 2 pointers. This is a weird take on this game specifically.

 

[Forte]

34 of their points were in the paint and nearly 2/3 of the shot attempts were 2 pointers. This is a weird take on this game specifically.

Outside of forcing it down low to Sanogo...Who's guards drove more?

 

[Slappy]

Oh.

9 deep, he’s underutilized. When hawk and jax were out I thought we looked a little more put together and he was the lead dog.

That said. Go duck yourself

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Outside of forcing it down low to Sanogo...Who's guards drove more?

This is a bit of a straw man. I’m not saying PC didn’t force the issue more, but UConn drew a lot of contact today. Newton and Hawkins both took it to the hoop multiple times with contact. Hawkins was fighting through a ton of contact and holding off ball. Sanogo played through a lot of contact. The point you’re making was much more valid against Xavier than against PC.

 

[Palatine]

They are too busy taking 3’s.

Did you watch the game? We took 22 threes. Pee Cee took 18. That doesn't explain annything.

 

[my2cents]

Tonight our guards drove to the basket, got fouled, but they were not called.
That being said, its pretty obvious they have no "Off hands" and really can't finish at the rim. The scout is definitely out that they will pass it from 3 ft. Jackson sometimes is wide open in the lane at 6-7 ft and tries to pass to Sanogo under the rim, turnover.
Its also pretty obvious that its much easier to get the ball to Clingan than Sanogo in the lane, bigger target and better hands.

 

[UConnSwag11]

This is becoming an obvious problem. Our guards have trouble going north/south and don't draw contact. Newtown is the only one who can remotely do so.

They are getting fouled. Just not called

 

[uconnever]

Scared to throw it inside to our bigs lately. At least consistently so that and maybe they can get fouled because it ain’t gonna happen with our guards not driving.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Newton had 4 drives in the first half where he got hammered and didn’t get a call.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

34 of their points were in the paint and nearly 2/3 of the shot attempts were 2 pointers. This is a weird take on this game specifically.

It's the narrative about why "we suck" that matters to the malcontents...Only the narrative.

I wonder if they even watch the games sometime. Or even look at the box score.

I swear they have a MSWord document with canned posts ready to copy-paste into threads.

For laughs, I always like to watch the progression of "likes" and "thumbs down" responses to these kind of posts. It's the message board equivalent of "Mean Girls".

There are some that must have notifications on for when their ilk drop a post...and if they haven't liked the post within 10 minutes, I worry for their health (because they are almost always "old guard" fans). I'm not being facetious here.

 

[Conndog]

We don't go hard to the rim. We turn the corner then look to pass or float backwards and throw up a shot.

Jackson did it once and they gave him a path to the basket. You have tom be willing to go hard and take the contact. I don't balme Hawkins because he did it early in the year and got destroyed.

This needs to be an emphasis with coaching, how to take it to the rim more often and draw contact. Even if we don't have the bruising physical kinds of players, I don't see why they can't do what Xavier and Providence did to us- we still have good players even if right now they are just thinking shoot the 3. Man, do I miss Tyrese Martin. It is hard to overcome being outscored on the line by 15-20 points and hope somehow you'll still win against a good team. But it isn't all offense- the defense strategy is letting these teams drive at will and allows them to create one-on-one opportunities. Hurley isn't know as a great offensive coach, his reputation is of being a defensive coach, so I'd like to see him come up with better defensive schemes that eliminate so many chances for opponents to drive to the hoop (and get fouled).

 

[jibsey]

Tonight our guards drove to the basket, got fouled, but they were not called.
That being said, its pretty obvious they have no "Off hands" and really can't finish at the rim. The scout is definitely out that they will pass it from 3 ft. Jackson sometimes is wide open in the lane at 6-7 ft and tries to pass to Sanogo under the rim, turnover.
Its also pretty obvious that its much easier to get the ball to Clingan than Sanogo in the lane, bigger target and better hands.

Solution?

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Newton needs to drive more. He drove in the first half and got a foul call and or made a basket, toward end of game he drove again. Between that though, not enough. Jackson needs desperately to be more aggressive on offense. He should be driving more since he is so athletic. Feel like one play he drove resulted in a dunk and the other he wasn't 100% if he was going to pull up for a mid range shot or try and 1 hand lob it in but didn't hit. The problem though with driving and kick outs though again was guys missing open shots.