100%. Andre for shutdown defense, defensive rebounding and pushing the break but he should be in that dunker spot, setting screens and rolling to the hoop. He should not be dictating the offense and shooting threes. We were so great last night because everyone played to their strengths, when we play to our strengths we're the best team around.
How silly of me. With that set-up, I thought you were going compliment Sanogo!
I'm not holding my breath. I get the feeling these guys are ready to go at a minute's notice. They didn't even wait for a loss last game.
I did in a previous comment. Guy was fantastic last night.
Sure. 7 more fouls on UConn, when PC probably committed 10 more fouls in the game. That was the problem. Grabbing, clutching, holding, bumping ball handlers, loads of uncalled moving screens.
On the Providence board posting that he’s discovered that one of them is really secretly a UConn fan, running a long con on all of them.
Last night they generally called fouls as they should. I do not understand why people are upset about last night. Yes we got to 8 quickly, but they generally were obvious fouls. As an example, no idea what Diarra was thinking on his. They were all obvious. Other teams bump more (which does lead to some frustration because they generally are uneven there), but we commit so many reach in fouls that are incredibly obvious that where all of the other fouls even out, those foolish reach ins tip the scale against us. I also feel a little dirty debating foul calls after a blowout. Seems small time.
I like Ed Cooley a lot as well, but his comments didn't sit well with me. A simple look at the box score, not any advanced analytics, and watching the first game at PC, it's easy to see why Hopkins scored so many points: Free throws 13-15. Did you he get fouled some sure, but I can tell you he and Croswell barrel into their defenders and created all the contact and the UConn players got called-it was ridiculous. I was at that game UConn got called for ticky tack stuff when the Friar players would collide with the UConn players and slip to the floor due to the condensation on the court caused by the unusually warm weather in Providence that day.
To me, this is the most important adjustment on offense that hurley has made. Well said.
It’s a foul if your Alex and you hip check Bryce with your hands in the air
Is it a foul if Bryce slips and falls in the lane and nobody touches him? Apparently yes.
Great post. You broke it down just for each player perfectly. Each of them played a crucial role last night regardless how large or small. This team is starting to put it all together. Assists were up, aggressive rebounding, excellent time management and very few bad shots (can’t name every great thing they did). Seems all nine are playing within themselves and contributing to the team what each of them do best. The time for experimenting is over, particularly with Jackson shooting threes, and they are peaking at the right time. Love this team!!!!
They have been calling that back down foul both for and against Sanogo all year, just a brutal buzzkill.
True and sad.
Totally agree. I think UConn's fanbase matches the expectation level of a championship caliber program no different than Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, etc etc. Also could you ever picture JC or even Hurley making those comments about ANOTHER fanbase? I was honestly surprised. Its not his place to call any fanbase spoiled. Its kind of like this...I can talk about my family, but YOU cant. Sorry Ed, you aint part of UConn family so keep your fanbase comments to yourself. I was shocked by his statements...especially for someone considered a "good guy".
You must have missed it - he played about 1m at the end, you could even hear the crowd chanting for him.
I’d give him a break. He’s just firing up his team and their fan base for the next meeting. It’s kind of old school BE actually. There used to be some real WWF style smack back then.
Providence punched us in the face and we took it, and then gave it back ten some. That was really, really nice to see.We’re good. Really good. Are the Negative Nancy’s going to allow us to be happy about this win?
Let's do this to St. John's.
forgot about that one!
Quite likely. Thanks coaches.
Yes interesting.... Why ruin a good moment? There were a couple of things that were less than ideal in the game, TOs, and Newton's lackluster shooting %...However, they did not negatively affect the outcome, so why bother to mention them?