Pretty easy to sum this one up

[jleves]

Alex and Andre - 6 points on 3 for 16 shooting in 54 minutes. They aren't going to win any games with those stats. Lamb didn't have a good game, but not nearly as horrific as that. That and the lack of attention to the three in the first half.

So close to being a really good team. I'm still thinking we get there.

 

[uconngb]

Alex and Andre - 6 points on 3 for 16 shooting in 54 minutes. They aren't going to win any games with those stats. Lamb didn't have a good game, but not nearly as horrific as that. That and the lack of attention to the three in the first half.

So close to being a really good team. I'm still thinking we get there.

half of our losses have come w/o Boatright....we really could have used him tonight. NCAA....when did UConn become UNLV??

 

[TheChamps990411]

the whole boatright situation is rediculous and i dont even get into it because it really ticks me off! i hate the N C double S!

AD had a horrible game tonite and made some really dumb mistakes. AO went back to being AO of this season after a solid effort against ND. what i dont understand about AD is his spin move is so fast and explosive to the basket he can pull it off at will yet rarely tries it. while i was disappointed with these two tonite i gotta say the bright spot is NG. nice game.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

Not sure if anyone saw it, but Drummond just tweeted out that he is sick as a dog. Who knows what is really the case

 

[Dann]

amen jleves

 

[Huskybass]

Not sure if anyone saw it, but Drummond just tweeted out that he is sick as a dog. Who knows what is really the case

Drummond looked sluggish in warm ups, which is never the case. He may very well be sick. Tough game for him against a seasoned veteran in Gates.

 

[Huskies2324]

Gotta take the bad with the good. They need to show up against Tennessee on Sat with a nationally televised game on CBS though. None of this slow start stuff... I'm lookin at you Jeremy >:/

 

[cohenzone]

Folks have to remember a few little things. While we were great at the end of last season, even with Kemba, we struggled a lot during the season and the returning crew was pretty young. Second, this was a game where RB not available was big problem. UConn is not set up to play D against a team going 4 guards, and even less so without RB. It really compromises at least one of the big guys on D if not on O, even though you would hope them defending us would be a big problem, too. But when big guys have to defend in ways they normally don't, meaning defend all over the court, it usually doesn't work and it also means the team that plays bigger sacrifices some of what makes them tick on O in order to try and adjust on D. Hard to do when your bench is one small guy short to begin with. Bad match up against a hot and more veteran team. I don't follow Tenn,, but if they have a more conventional team, it should be a little easier on D. Even though he was pretty heroic, SN playing 1 on 5 on O was a bit more to be concerned about.

 

[DogMania]

half of our losses have come w/o Boatright....we really could have used him tonight. NCAA....when did UConn become UNLV??

I'm with jleves on this one. Unless RB can play the post, I don't think he would have fixed what was broken tonight. Don't get me wrong, Ryan might have been the difference tonight out our bigs simply couldn't finish in traffic. If they had converted just two more FGs they win the game. Add to that, Lamb had a quiet game and they defended the 3 pt line poorly in the first half, and it added up to a 3 pt loss.

 

[Excalibur]

AO went back to being AO of this season after a solid effort against ND.

Remember that, other than Maui, the game vs. Texas, and the postseason last year, AO was pretty much what he's been this year. Perhaps good production from AO is the exception rather than the rule?

 

[johnhuskies95]

Remember that, other than Maui, the game vs. Texas, and the postseason last year, AO was pretty much what he's been this year. Perhaps good production from AO is the exception rather than the rule?

Except that even if you take out those games, he had 5 double doubles and about 6 more games where he was 1 or 2 rebounds short.

 

[sledog]

More than once this year, a team that's shooting the lights out with 3s is not guarded well. And Cinc plays 4 guards! What were they thinking?? And with 4 guards, they couldn't pound the ball to the rim?? There's something fundamentally wrong with 3-D.

 

[huskyhal]

I'm with jleves on this one. Unless RB can play the post, I don't think he would have fixed what was broken tonight. Don't get me wrong, Ryan might have been the difference tonight out our bigs simply couldn't finish in traffic. If they had converted just two more FGs they win the game. Add to that, Lamb had a quiet game and they defended the 3 pt line poorly in the first half, and it added up to a 3 pt loss.

To me, the way having Boat would have fixed last night was that Napier clearly appeared to be trying to pace himself to be able to play the whole game. I believe that's why his defense was less-than-stellar, and why, in some cases, he over-dribbled. With RB there to take some of the PG minutes, Bazz can be more aggressive in staying with the 3-shooters, which would have made more of them contested 3's. When the game goes down to the last seconds, a couple of missed 3's that were makes would have been the difference, despite the relatively poor games from JL,
AD, and AO. We also would have been able to run more if Bazz doesn't have to pace himself.

Bazz was trying to do what Kemba did last year: coast some, then pick his spots to deliver what the game needed to pull it out. And he damn near pulled it off. With Boat available, Bazz would not have had that burden.

 

[ctchamps]

I'm with jleves on this one. Unless RB can play the post, I don't think he would have fixed what was broken tonight. Don't get me wrong, Ryan might have been the difference tonight out our bigs simply couldn't finish in traffic. If they had converted just two more FGs they win the game. Add to that, Lamb had a quiet game and they defended the 3 pt line poorly in the first half, and it added up to a 3 pt loss.

I'm with you and jleves on this. The problem was the front court.

 

[ctchamps]

To me, the way having Boat would have fixed last night was that Napier clearly appeared to be trying to pace himself to be able to play the whole game. I believe that's why his defense was less-than-stellar, and why, in some cases, he over-dribbled. With RB there to take some of the PG minutes, Bazz can be more aggressive in staying with the 3-shooters, which would have made more of them contested 3's. When the game goes down to the last seconds, a couple of missed 3's that were makes would have been the difference, despite the relatively poor games from JL,
AD, and AO. We also would have been able to run more if Bazz doesn't have to pace himself.

Bazz was trying to do what Kemba did last year: coast some, then pick his spots to deliver what the game needed to pull it out. And he damn near pulled it off. With Boat available, Bazz would not have had that burden.

Pretty good assessment. Add to this that Jeremy was not handling the ball well this game and Shabazz pretty much had to handle the ball all game. Last season, to give Kemba rest, SN came in and Kemba was moved to the two. This season RB was able to provide this for Shabazz, but without RB there is no opportunity.