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REB1094 said:
I have way too many thoughts so I’ll keep them condensed as much as possible
  • 5 point game with a few minutes left and we won by 7. I’ll take it
  • (Mostly a first half comment) Andre giveth and Andre taketh away. That was the best 20 minutes of his career. He OWNED the half entirely
  • Not sure why Newton came off the bench but it seemed to be effective. Stellar game
  • Sanogo was very effective without stuffing the box score
  • Hawkins nearly another 20 piece despite 3-9 3P shooting
Now the bad…
  • WOW. That was almost the worst implosion I’ve ever seen. That was really really bad.
  • Shaka would be wise to press and trap all game tomorrow. We got beat up BAD during the last 10 minutes

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it forever. Players should adjust as the game goes on. Coaches should adjust as the game goes on. Referees should never adjust as the game goes on. There’s NO reason you should let bully ball go for half of the game, and then call every touch you see for 10 minutes, and then let bully ball play for 10 minutes. You set the tone early, you stick with it

I should be cracking champagne for a 20+ point win against Providence, but instead I’ll have a beer because UConn beat a really good PC team. Credit to them, they made some tough shots down the stretch and gave themselves a chance to win with high energy

But at the end of the day, UConn advances!
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was January and February in one game.
 
REB1094 said:
Bad. Always bad. Gives Shaka a clear scout of what made UConn fizzle tomorrow, puts miles on key guys legs instead of letting them rest, and it’s a 50/50 of will this motivate them to go out and kill tomorrow, or will it shake their confidence and break them tomorrow? We’ve seen both happen in the last 2 months
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Then what would you qualify Marquette having to go to OT to beat St Johns?
 
husky429 said:
I think Hurley needs to take some blame too... He needed to take a couple TOs during that run and tried to wait for the TV timeouts instead. Not particularly thrilled with that.
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It was strange he didn't take a TO right before the Calcaterra turnover when he wasn't looking and the pass just went off him. I think Calcaterra wasn't paying attention because he thought it was such a good time to take a TO that Hurley actually was taking one.
 
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In case you’ve been wondering like I was why Hassan Diara started instead of Newton , here is what your head coach had to say…



Message received loud and clear, Newton brought his A game today especially at the closing minutes.

 
HobokenHusky said:
Takeaways

1) We can be the best team in the country in spurts. We need to figure out how to sustain it.
2) Karaban is the guy, Hawkins is not the guy. Hurley realizes thank goodness.
3) The team is palpably nervous in tight situations. Was at the game and could literally see the anxiousness and fear on the guy's faces (particularly Sanogo) when the game got to 5 and Providence fans got into it).
4) Providence fans are obnoxious. Every one of them thinks they are God's special Rhode Island Christian baby. Nauseating.
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The second point is actually comical.
 
uconngb said:
Bad. 100% bad. Nothing good about that at all. You could see the fear in the eyes and the body language. This team's margin of error is very slim. Forget teaching moments.......it's too late for teaching moments. We obviously do not thrive in close, tense, pressure situations. There was 100% nothing good about the way that 2nd half transpired other than the final outcome.
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That's one way to look at it. The team was far too lax with the ball once they went up by 26 and we got too much into prevent mode draining the clock but Hawkins and Karaban looked pretty darn confident knocking down those threes and Newton looked pretty darn confident knocking down those ft's to seal the win.
 
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HobokenHusky said:
Takeaways

1) We can be the best team in the country in spurts. We need to figure out how to sustain it.
2) Karaban is the guy, Hawkins is not the guy. Hurley realizes thank goodness.
3) The team is palpably nervous in tight situations. Was at the game and could literally see the anxiousness and fear on the guy's faces (particularly Sanogo) when the game got to 5 and Providence fans got into it).
4) Providence fans are obnoxious. Every one of them thinks they are God's special Rhode Island Christian baby. Nauseating.
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Edit: 19 pts on >50% shooting 'tf are you talking about.

But yes Karaban is $$$.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
Our press break needs to be set up/performed better. Lofted passes horizontally from Newton and AJax is too predictable, and neither uses up fakes or dribbles enough. Our OOB plays have been pretty scary for a while now.
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Providence probably presses as well as anyone in the country
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
He needs to have the balls to either take out Andre, or somehow refocus him. He killed us down the stretch, and played poor defensively on Locke.
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I’m all in on Andre. He does many things to help the team. It’s not all on him. We let up and then tightened up and gave them a flicker of hope and they grabbed it. We will learn from it.
 
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superjohn said:
That's one way to look at it. The team was far too lax with the ball once they went up by 26 and we got too much into prevent mode draining the clock but Hawkins and Karaban looked pretty darn confident knocking down those threes and Newton looked pretty darn confident knocking down those ft's to seal the win.
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It was shocking to see them play to kill the clock with so much time left
 
We need to learn to not take our foot off the gas. Biggest positive is that this is the second time in a week we played a perfect half of basketball. Just got way to sloppy with the ball. Better team still won the game.
 
ElGreco said:
I’m all in on Andre. He does many things to help the team. It’s not all on him. We let up and then tightened up and gave them a flicker of hope and they grabbed it. We will learn from it.
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Of course it’s not all on him, he was tremendous in the first half. But he’s a Junior, he’s too lax with the ball and forces far too much.
 
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Ratso said:
home court feel @ MSG is anyone’s dream, but there’s business to be taken care of. i’m sure Andre is gonna let everyone know it
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He’s our emotional leader.
 
HobokenHusky said:
Takeaways

1) We can be the best team in the country in spurts. We need to figure out how to sustain it.
2) Karaban is the guy, Hawkins is not the guy. Hurley realizes thank goodness.
3) The team is palpably nervous in tight situations. Was at the game and could literally see the anxiousness and fear on the guy's faces (particularly Sanogo) when the game got to 5 and Providence fans got into it).
4) Providence fans are obnoxious. Every one of them thinks they are God's special Rhode Island Christian baby. Nauseating.
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Hawkins isn't the guy? lol
 
The theme of not burying teams with large leads hopefully ended today. We can’t allow that to happen anymore if we want to make a run
 
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