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Message: [QUOTE="jake14mw, post: 4488852, member: 12344"] Until we lost, the consensus seemed to be that our depth was our strength. I kept saying how rare it was to be able to have stars have an off night, and just have others step up to make up the points. It has definitely been strange to see that not happen for two games in a row. The exception has been Clingan. Sanogo has had a rough stretch, and Clinghan has been good. Strange though to see Hawkins, Newton, and Jackson struggle (and Karaban defensively), and JC, Alleyne, and Diarra provide no help. UConn is a good shooting team, but sometimes shots don't fall. We obviously couldn't make threes, and we were even crappy from the line. That won't happen very often, but when it does you have to come up with defensive stops and find other ways to score. The main other ways are dribble penetration (we simply don't have guys that are good at that), and feeding it inside. Sanogo hasn't been good, and we for some reason don't make a point to feed Clinghan. I do think that Hurley needs to be quicker to sit Sanogo when he's not playing well. Then play the hot hand. But the 5 position has not been the problem. Guarding quality active 4 men is definitely a weakness. We have to figure that out. The other side also is that Providence played great at home. They made a lot of tough shots. Hats off to them. [/QUOTE]