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We aren’t running the table. And when we lose, this place will be worse than the Syracuse board for like 6 hours.
Our Next Tight Game
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Stay away!
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Meh, we’ve been there, done that. I expect us to do it again. Only multiple injuries would derail us.
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I was concerned that the 9pm start in Gainesville against a new SEC coach wanting to make an impression was a trap game, until shortly after the game started.
Saturday night at 7pm, after a week off, with Thad Matta debuting in Big East play as head coach of his alma mater in Hinkle gives me a similar pause. I'd like play on the court to clear things up as they did in Florida.
One game at a time.
It's really no big deal, but if you start with one word and then switch to another, doing so is more likely to be seen as a word game than what you've claimed in somebody else.
Your second sentence fully makes your point, and gives others room to agree or not.
You never lnow when you will have clunker. UCONNis much better than everyone on their schedule. But losing 1 to 3 games is possible, heck even probable
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I'll be the only one to stick my neck out in saying they will go undefeated. Creighton away is their only threat. It's the plane ride. As soon as someone is having an off night Hurley will replace them. It's not like last year. Each game someone new steps up and delivers. It will be Hawkins more often than not. There's no stopping this train.
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Lots of people sleeping on Marquette. 8-3 with some big wins and three very tight losses.
Big wins:
-Georgia Tech at home by 24;
-Baylor (#6 at the time) at home by 26;
-ND away by 15
Three losses:
-at Purdue by 5
-Mississippi St at home by 3;
-Wisconsin at home by 3
You can argue that we're undefeated, blah, blah, blah, but we'll find out in the next 3 months if we can keep the mentality that's been so important thus far while avoiding injuries and some team having their game of the year.
UConn holds the OBE record for regular season wins with 17 but no one has gone undefeated in the years we've been in the league and I'm too lazy tonight to see if anyone did it before we joined the NBE.
After watching some of the better teams it would seem the best are Xavier, Marquette and maybe Villanova with their injured players back. Creighton has no depth and we should handle them twice.
Big wins:
-Georgia Tech at home by 24;
-Baylor (#6 at the time) at home by 26;
-ND away by 15
Three losses:
-at Purdue by 5
-Mississippi St at home by 3;
-Wisconsin at home by 3
You can argue that we're undefeated, blah, blah, blah, but we'll find out in the next 3 months if we can keep the mentality that's been so important thus far while avoiding injuries and some team having their game of the year.
UConn holds the OBE record for regular season wins with 17 but no one has gone undefeated in the years we've been in the league and I'm too lazy tonight to see if anyone did it before we joined the NBE.
After watching some of the better teams it would seem the best are Xavier, Marquette and maybe Villanova with their injured players back. Creighton has no depth and we should handle them twice.
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I agree. Marquette road game will be our toughest conference test of the year. Shaka teams always bring the energy and physicality as well.
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If playing at Hinkle in front of that crowd doesn't get the Huskies up and snap their minds in to conference play, I don't know what will.
No let downs and no overlooking Butler.
They'll be ready.
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I don't see Georgetown, Providence, Depaul, or even a pretty solid Butler team as having enough horses to derail us. I've seen great defensive games by St Johns, Seton Hall, and Marquette, with significant on ball pressure which I think is the key to preventing us from exploiting our dominance at center. Of those 3, I believe only Marquette has the firepower to score enough to win. Xavier and Creighton are heavyweight fights if they are healthy. The outcome could be a romp or a single digit loss. We should dominate the Nova tha t played in November, but they are getting better. I like our chances but don't discount them. Their 3 point shooting and our 3 point defense will decide. In the end, anything between 20-0 and 17-3 seems actually on the table. Even if we slip due to injuries or bad Karma, I don't think anybody else does better than 15-5, so we should be the leader in the clubhouse for the Big East #1 seed.
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Post/handle. Also, doomed.
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Regarding post/handle: Bouk and Tyrese
Regarding "doomed," I am uncomfortable with the optimism of your prediction, and I felt the need to counteract the hubris with some pessimism.
T-Rank (the only analytics site that actually saw Marquette possibly beating Baylor) sees the following as the 3 closest games for the Huskies. After these 3, the margins grow pretty wide. But this is just analytics, and the ball still has to go through the hoop.
Closest games:
January 11, @Marquette 56% win probability
December 31, @Xavier 58% win probability
February 11, @Creighton 59% win probability
The next closest is @Butler at 70% probabilty
However, the analytics sites have not yet caught up to a healthy Villanova. They'll definitely become a force as the season progresses.
Source: https://barttorvik.com/teamcast.php?&team=Connecticut&year=2023
Closest games:
January 11, @Marquette 56% win probability
December 31, @Xavier 58% win probability
February 11, @Creighton 59% win probability
The next closest is @Butler at 70% probabilty
However, the analytics sites have not yet caught up to a healthy Villanova. They'll definitely become a force as the season progresses.
Source: https://barttorvik.com/teamcast.php?&team=Connecticut&year=2023
This backs up the post above. Especially since it even downplays Marquette's record, as GT and Mississippi State were neutral site games, MU was leading Purdue for 35 min and the loss to WI was in OT.
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Because we aren't playing or coaching, and what we're focused on doesn't impact the games at all.
ctchamps
We are UConn!! 6 >>>1!
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My absolute mental powers are pushing for going undefeated in the BE Tournament, going undefeated in the NCAA tournament and winning enough games in the conference regular season to be regular season champs (undefeated or not).
I want this team to get enough buzz that it helps us with endorsements, recruiting (transfers), attractiveness of UConn as a destination for other things, conference contracts and so on (including be able to wear my UConn gear with a puffed chest around my Syracuse neighbor friends). He and his wife always had to deal with me and my wife but incredibly another UConn fan moved in on the other side of him this year. No other sports fans in our 12 unit cluster.
I don't want it to be a circus around UConn such that the players get pulled off their goals. So I'm a little reticent going into tournament play undefeated since that is so extremely rare the circus atmosphere is more likely.
The probability of going undefeated the entire season is extremely low, almost as low as winning an NC never mind winning multiple NCs. I feel confident we will lose at least one BE game and very likely up to 4 losses. And if that last number happens I'm great with that because that should be enough to be regular season champs this season and it was not long ago I was happy with a 3rd place finish as the ceiling.
I want this team to get enough buzz that it helps us with endorsements, recruiting (transfers), attractiveness of UConn as a destination for other things, conference contracts and so on (including be able to wear my UConn gear with a puffed chest around my Syracuse neighbor friends). He and his wife always had to deal with me and my wife but incredibly another UConn fan moved in on the other side of him this year. No other sports fans in our 12 unit cluster.
I don't want it to be a circus around UConn such that the players get pulled off their goals. So I'm a little reticent going into tournament play undefeated since that is so extremely rare the circus atmosphere is more likely.
The probability of going undefeated the entire season is extremely low, almost as low as winning an NC never mind winning multiple NCs. I feel confident we will lose at least one BE game and very likely up to 4 losses. And if that last number happens I'm great with that because that should be enough to be regular season champs this season and it was not long ago I was happy with a 3rd place finish as the ceiling.
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I’d also expect some home cooking at away games, I hope the coaches have the guys not give 110% effort for blocking shots the first few drives. Sometimes you notice Sanogo just lets someone take that hook shot rather than trying to block it, and that’s what I want. So easy to get a touch foul on defense, and then get a bad foul on a flop on offense.
I know we have Clingan on the bench, but given that we “should” win these games, I’d like us to have a gameplan for bad refereeing off the bat
no but it leads to over reactions on this blog from irrational people when expectations aren't met - like people who wanted Hurley fired in March. Then again you were probably one of those.
Looks like you're new here, let me help.
1) Overreactions here will happen in 95% of threads, the other 5% are deleted.
2) You're not going to stop people from posting irrational exuberance, irrational doom and gloom, or anything in between.
3) Don't throw shade when you
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LOL @ guy on message board policing others' behavior in the middle of the day, but then refusing to back up his own bull---- because he "doesn't have time".
You're similarly unimportant here @ValleyGuy, nobody cares what you want them to worry about.
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This team better take the one game at a time mentality because there is a lot of youth and inexperience in NBE play on the squad. Conference games are a completely different animal. If UConn goes 15-5/16-4 in the NBE they will still be a top 3 seed in the NCAAs
You seem to care, you're the only one who responded to my post. So that makes at least one person...
they certainly do sometimes. They split with Creighton last year and probably should've won at Creighton. They played Providence tough both times even though they lost both games.
And before last year, they played Nova tough as well at Hinkle.
very true about the conference games. Even stellar championship teams from past years going back to the 80s (when I first started watching college basketball) when you look at their schedule or watched the games themselves, had some ugly and less than pristine looking wins on the road where the attitude was "let's win this anyway we can even if we get lucky and get -- out of here". As good or great as UConn has looked this year, they will have a few of these road games-take it to the bank.
In fact we as fans thinking big picture should welcome and appreciate those games although we won't during the games themselves. These type of games will sharpen and toughen the players.
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