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Props to Tyler Polley

August_West said:
I got killed on this board for talking up Tyler in offseason. Luckily this board has searchable history and I have names.
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I got killed for even mentioning Sanogo's name in the same sentence as Okafors. Now you can't just go by stats because even though he had 30, 6 and 2 blocks the announcer noticed that often we rebound against each other as much as the other team. Sanogo is still in early sophomore year in development, not yet a finished product too.
 
August_West said:
I got killed on this board for talking up Tyler in offseason. Luckily this board has searchable history and I have names.
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I'd love to read that list.
 
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Jumpman62114 said:
Huge game deserves to start instead of Jackson
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Starting is not the most important thing. Let Coach Hurley use his players the way he sees fit.
They are developing winning roles for NATY 5.
 
He was awesome today and without him UConn loses today.

If UConn shoots well they will be hard to beat this year
 
tcf15 said:
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The Polley Trolley?
 
The first team comes in and beats guys up, tires them out.

Then Polley sneaks around during 2nd half and crunch time for quick hitters and capitalizing on the tired legs to find space.

It's a hell of a formula for daggers
 
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Agree. He’s streaky, ride the wave when we can. He’s an asset to the team. There’s other players that should be able to pick him up when he’s having an off night.
 
Polley's back. Just took a while but the experience seems to have given him a little confidence boost.
 


What I really like about T P is he does not hesitate to shoot the ball when the game is on the line. Sign of a confident shooter. Similar to Rashad Anderson.
 
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Polley was a total stud this game. So happy he stayed with us this year. We gonna need him if we want to make a deep run in the tournament.
 
When Tyler is dialed in he is an absolute game changer. His challenge is do do it more consistently. I hope he gets more looks from now on, Cole and Jackson shouldn't have trouble finding him if he moves well and uses screens. Fantastic job yesterday.
 
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superjohn said:
He was awesome, backs were against the wall and he refused to let us lose. He was also huge early in the first half coming out of the timeout when we were getting blown out. He stopped the bleeding and got us going.
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Chief was criticized by many for giving Tyler accolades earlier this season. He fills a much needed role as a shooter and people don’t appreciate how much we use him as a post defender because he has the ability to switch.
 
coloradohusky said:
He and Hawkins were deadly from outside today. I felt so bad for Hawkins when he turned it over. You could see how much it meant to him. Glad he is with us.
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This kind of stuff happens. Remember late when Jackson came down with that rebound the guy stripped him and made a layup? It’s getting like the NFL out there with players just trying to punch the ball out. Coaching has to address that but these players are quick and strong. We sometimes forget that because it looks so easy on tv.
 
uconnbill said:
He was awesome today and without him UConn loses today.

If UConn shoots well they will be hard to beat this year
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You would think so huh. If you told me we were going to be 15-26 from 3 prior to the game I would’ve said blow out city. Unfortunately we turned it over way too much and that needs to end. Sanogo will need to be better with the ball when not scoring today and honestly needs to rebound better. AJ better with his decisions and Gaff could use some confidence back. We probably won’t shoot 15-26 today so the turnovers need to be closer to 10 max.
 
mauconnfan said:
I can only hope you have zero complaints with how Whaley played. Minus his last 2 ill advised errors (stupid foul and not running the baseline on the in bounds) he was an absolute warrior in this game. The stat sheet won’t do him any justice but if you know basketball he was real good!
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His two free throws were things of beauty.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
No surprise for me. Tyler was playing like this prior to his injury. Took longer than many us wanted but the trajectory was always there.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!
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That's the way I see it also.

Seemed like just before the injury he made the transition from a catch and shoot three point specialist to someone who would also drive and rebound aggressively. Then he got hurt in practice, spent last year recovering, and now he is getting back to what he was becoming before the injury.
 
NJHusky said:
Regression to the mean
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Or in this case improvement to the mean. He regressed first and then improved to his average. Not sure if you can regress before you have a baseline, but you get the point.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Or in this case improvement to the mean. He regressed first and then improved to his average. Not sure if you can regress before you have a baseline, but you get the point.
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Ok. Let’s say his miss % regressed to the mean. ;)
 
Chin Diesel said:
Or in this case improvement to the mean. He regressed first and then improved to his average. Not sure if you can regress before you have a baseline, but you get the point.
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I remember waiting all season in 2014 for Giffey to "regress to the mean". Never happened.
 
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