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JustbrewitMan said:
I've liked the looks of Ross's last 2-3 looks from 3...they just didn't go down. He also had that nifty put-back and reverse lay-up.

You can see the potential on offense is there. We saw it against the cream-of-tomato cans we played earlier as well.

We got really spoiled by last year's team...we need to have patience and trust the process.

Hurley's first 2 year's teams steadily & substantially improved throughout the entire season...but started from a much much lower level of talent than our current team. I expect the same kind of incremental improvements this year, but the ceiling is so much higher. It's a great time to be a fan of UConn basketball.
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Two years ago AJ did not make the starting lineup until Oklahoma State - eight games into the season. After the 6 game swoon in the BE conference play Hurley had to modify the half court offense after teams changed how they guarded AJ. All that season he utilized Joey, Hassan and Nahiem situationally. Of course this forum new better than Dan and was constantly giving their plug nickels how he was doing it wrong. It took almost 2/3 of the season until Tristen transformed into the role Hurley wanted. And we know how this forum predominantly felt about him.

But even that year was considerably different than this year experience wise. We had a senior and two juniors returning. One sophomore in Hawk who mirrors in many ways Solo. And four upperclassmen transfers who had a lot of college experience.

Last season was an aberration. The seven players who had the predominate minutes integrated quickly. Donovan picked things up quickly even though he was a sophomore. Stephon did as well in spite of being a freshman and had a delay from an early season injury. Cam probably developed as a basketball player in utero. What did he take - one or two games before he was fully integrated into our schemes and playing with new players? We had an experienced Hassan off the bench. And Samson did a really good job as a backup in spite of limited playing time prior to last season.

Hurley hyped up this season and people naturally got caught up in it because of the past two seasons. I felt differently. A lot of new parts to integrate and a lot of players who haven't yet reached their potential.

I'm happy to give Solo, Jaylin and Jayden more time before I start negatively nitpicking their play. I'll let the BMOTB have fun finding the flaws in these players games.
 
alphasigko said:
Including getting beat consistently off the dribble. Hard to believe that here we are, halfway thru the regular season, and he cannot figure out how to solve this defensive issue.
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I saw hope for Solo defensively in yesterdays game. He made positive defensive plays that he wouldn't or couldn't 3-4 weeks ago. Has the goods, just learning how to use them. Never going to be a Steph Castle lock 'em down guy, but will continue to improve.
 
Deepster said:
In the first half, the guy behind me was yelling to put Reed in on every possession. When they eventually did, he cheered. At that time, Samson was our 2nd leading scorer with 10 pts behind someone (Solo?) with 11.

The rotation with the two is set and not changing. They both have their strengths and roles and it's effective in total. I get it. Reed is more of a "beast" and imposing physically. And there were times 2 years ago that Donovan was "better" and flashier than Sanogo.

I know it's going to continue all season, but Samson is starting and that's that. Keep screaming at the clouds if you'd like.
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Not debating Samsons starting, but the use of the high hedge, which I hate in general. On a number of occasions, as Samson went out towards the 3 point line, one of our guards was getting beaten and PC turned the corner to find Samson staring him in the face. PC guy retreated, and dribble drive averted. Not sure exactly how many times he did this but I remember 3. Thinking I am a bit more of a High Hedge fan today.
 
Saw an interesting and revealing stat for PC game. Mahaney-Reed-Diarra scored 40 of their combined 44 pts in the 2nd half on Sunday.
 
Excalibur said:
I’m saying what you’re saying. You can’t have an over and back unless you’re in the front court, and you can’t be in the front court until both feet and the ball are completely over the line.
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I realized my mistake and posted a correction.
But the line acts like an out of bounds line: the heel of your foot can be in the air over it, and the front on the ground in the front court, and you’ve arrived in the front court.
 
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cellocgg said:
Gampel seemed quiet and it looked like there were a lot of empty seats for what should be a massive game
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We saw your post the first time and you couldn't be more wrong. There's a whole thread about it if you care to read it.
I watched it on TV and it was loud.
 
Don't know what NBC did differently but this was the first broadcast that I heard the noise from the fans. With a lot of the Fox broadcasts it seems they mute the background fan noise to minimize the impact on the announcers. Just an electric tv experience.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The 133 teams with better DRtg's than UConn's have somehow figured out how to guard the 3 and the 2 better than UConn does.
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Well, the one thing we do well is limit 3 point attempts, and that seems to be the goal. I question whether it should be, but it's clearly how we're playing with the guys we have.

We allow one of the highest 3 point % in the country on the second fewest attempts. We're 15th in 2 point % against, but we foul so much that it doesn't matter. The fouls come from tons of penetration, and the penetration comes from selling out to limit 3 point attempts. The numbers match what we see on the floor. We can't stop the dribble, at all.
 
mauconnfan said:
No doubt did I say anything to the contrary? He was awful in the first half and like it or not it’s the truth. He had a great 2nd half but was also a big part of the bad first half by all. He was as rattled as the rest of the team and it can’t happen at the point.
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No I guess not really to answer your question. I would not say that Diarra played awful in the first half I guess. I will add through that as much as I appreciate and like the way that Reed played as well as Mahaney’s contributions, the most important player on this team right now is Diarra. He does what I guess no one else can do for us. Not only does he facilitate but he attacks his defender in a straight line to get the ball up the floor and initiate the offense. Obviously i don’t think that we are nearly as good as we are McNeeley is on the floor but without Diarra doing his point guard stuff we got a ship with a lot of big holes in it.
 
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Excalibur said:
Well, the one thing we do well is limit 3 point attempts, and that seems to be the goal. I question whether it should be, but it's clearly how we're playing with the guys we have.

We allow one of the highest 3 point % in the country on the second fewest attempts. We're 15th in 2 point % against, but we foul so much that it doesn't matter. The fouls come from tons of penetration, and the penetration comes from selling out to limit 3 point attempts. The numbers match what we see on the floor. We can't stop the dribble, at all.
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As of today, we make and give up 3-point shots at 37%. The difference is we take 9.7 and give up 6.3 attempts per game.

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JustbrewitMan said:
You just keep beating your dead horses, my man…even if they are not true in the specific games you’re referring to.
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I suggest that you count the # of total points that have been scored since the start of the season because he could not stop his man from driving to the hoop.
 
Connecticut13 said:
Diarra, Reed and Mahaney. That’s why we won. Ross brings very little on offense. I prefer Stewart at the 4, not the 3. For now, I think our best bet is going small - Diarra, Mahaney and Solo playing together.
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Stop it. Mahaney and solo together on d would be dreadful against a good team. Good to see Mahaney have a positive game…but let’s relax
 
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navery12 said:
I watched the replay, the camera angle wasn't great but I thought the ball did bounce on the baseline before he grabbed it. But it was really close. They cut it just short in the highlight video above
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It was the correct call, the ball did bounce on the baseline before Reed Jr grabbed. You can't see it on TV, but it was clear for myself and the other fans sitting on the other side of the court, opposite of the TV cameras, with the baseline in front of us.
 
gsmooth said:
It was the correct call, the ball did bounce on the baseline before Reed Jr grabbed. You can't see it on TV, but it was clear for myself and the other fans sitting on the other side of the court, opposite of the TV cameras, with the baseline in front of us.
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I have to tell you your angle wasn’t as good as TV because it never hit the baseline I will find it as I haven’t deleted it as of yet. Wrong call! Not a big deal but I watched 2 times in slow mo, nope lol
 
Huskyforlife said:
Diarra is improving as the season goes along, adjusting to his new role. What's our record for assists in a season?
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in 03-04 Taliek had 253 assists. diarra is at 98 so he needs 155 more.

that's an average of 8.61/game over 18 remaining games (16 regular season plus at least 1 BET game plus at least 1 ncaa tourney game). he can do it if we make runs in both tourneys.
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Providence sucks, but hate when kids have injury issues like this:

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Looks like Bryce is on his way to a medical redshirt. It makes sense to hold him out at this point as it’s a lost season for the most part.

This Mela kid English pulled is coming along - had 15 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals and 10 points last night and looked great against us. He’s only 6’6” but super headsy. He just started getting big minutes a few games ago but looks to be the real deal. Natick, Mass kid.

It could make them interesting next year. Along with Pierre, if they can develop or find a big they could be interesting next year.
 
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