Providence post game thread

[Palatine]

People hate on Aidan even when he doesn’t play at all

And he still looked better than Nowell.

 

[3rdbass]

The 5 spot is now golden for the rest of the year. Karaban will show up in March. As will Ball and McNeeley. The only concern now is PG. We need Diarra to get healthy.

He seems healthy. With 10 assists and greet game management. He just needs to stay healthy.

 

[3rdbass]

And he still looked better than Nowell.

Who?

 

[uh-no]

Guarantees the students show up.

there's nothing else to do...

 

[3rdbass]

And the bench to consistently give something, anything. I didn't watch the game and I will be going to sleep real soon, but looking at the box score I am pleased with the win, but really disappointed in Ross, Stewart, and Mahaney.

Ross didn't play.

 

[3rdbass]

And the 35 year old walk on finance major got his first point of the season.

You mean the Providence Friar Mascot. LOL!

 

[Huskyforlife]

And he still looked better than Nowell.

This hyper critical thing you do with Nowell after every game is strange. He’s a freshman playing his first real minutes of his career in the heart of Big East play. Shouldn’t the junior with major experience look clearly better if you’re going to suggest he play over our more talented freshman?

Theres no upside in playing Mahaney. You play Nowell because he might get better with the experience. Neither is bringing anything besides shaky ball handling at the moment, but giving up on Nowell means more to lose:

 

[SoFla Steve]

Ross didn't play.

He got 7 minutes. Zeroes across the box score.

 

[3rdbass]

He got 7 minutes. Zeroes across the box score.

Ok I must of missed that. Must of been all the zeros. LOL!

 

[dalydosehoops]

Reed flips switch as career day leads UConn over Providence

Tarris Reed, Jr. dominated Saturday, delivering 24 points, 18 rebounds and six blocks, all career highs as UConn defeated Providence. (Photo...

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[slepers]

Samson's two early fouls worked out, forcing Reed into the game.

Considering Providence actually has some decent size in Essandoko and Erhunmwunse, Reed's performance was especially impressive.

He nay had one when he left the first time

 

[NickDanger]

Let's hope he stays out of his slump and the law of averages kicks in and makes up for that slump.

There is no “law of averages” that says you will shoot better after you’ve been in a slump.
Thinking that there is such such a law that could “kick in“ leads to the gambler’s fallacy

 

[Dogdeacon]

Both Nowell & Mahaney are justifiably in ‘One mistake and you are out’ status which is totally justified as we’ve seen their mistakes multiply and create opponent runs. It was darkly humorous when Mahaney was about to be pulled, then as announced pointed out drew the foul which led Hurley to delay bringing back Hassan, but then Mahaney missed the front end of the 1-&-1 = Hassan back to scorers table. I do think Aidan has more offensive upside this season esp against non BE teams, yet also especially due to long term I’d rather see more Nowell.

Super hard to make the needed positive plays when they are each so worried about mistakes but that’s the mental toughness hurdle they need to get over to become viable UConn level players. Nowell almost had one with open court loose ball, yet somehow ended up PC ball and a layup. Hopefully next opportunity he makes that play.

 

[navery12]

The calendar has turned to March and UConn has now looked much better for 2 games in a row, which is something that's always happened with Dan Hurley coached teams.

I know the competition hasn't been great the last 2 games, but these are decent teams and games we would have eked out a 6 point win a few weeks ago

 

[DogMania]

We win, we get a handful of pages of posts. We lose, and War and Peace looks like a micro-novel compared to our post game threads.

Gotta love the Boneyard.

My game thoughts, PC is just not a good team. Reed Jr was a Kodiak Bear today. UConn played well. Solid contributions from most of our starters.

Let's keep on winning.

 

[storrsroars]

That second free throw....ouch LMAO

It was an intentional miss to the side to get a rebound and feed the other senior for a touch.

 

[FearThePups]

Samson's two early fouls worked out, forcing Reed into the game.

Considering Providence actually has some decent size in Essandoko and Erhunmwunse, Reed's performance was especially impressive.

It’s good to see Tarris is getting better staying out of foul trouble. With Samson, it is what it is. The big guy needs this to continue.

 

[Al Czervik]

Another Nowell sighting. He almost lost the ball the first time he touched it but was bailed out by a foul. He then has a TO. Truth be told, whenever he has the ball he is very shaky. Time to give those minutes back to Mahaney.

Have to respectfully disagree. Mahaney isn’t the answer especially if you have an eye on the future.

 

[Al Czervik]

This hyper critical thing you do with Nowell after every game is strange. He’s a freshman playing his first real minutes of his career in the heart of Big East play. Shouldn’t the junior with major experience look clearly better if you’re going to suggest he play over our more talented freshman?

Theres no upside in playing Mahaney. You play Nowell because he might get better with the experience. Neither is bringing anything besides shaky ball handling at the moment, but giving up on Nowell means more to lose:

Agree 100%

 

[UCLJ0211]

There is no “law of averages” that says you will shoot better after you’ve been in a slump.
Thinking that there is such such a law that could “kick in“ leads to the gambler’s fallacy

Looked a bit deeper into his stats and it’s been very encouraging. Karaban’s last 3 games: 15.7 ppg, 40% from 3 (6-15) - and he’s also made 89% of his FTs since he missed those 2 at ‘Nova.

 

[blkknight1]

That second free throw....ouch LMAO

You could tell he was juiced up after the first one went in. Hard to control that adrenaline

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The calendar has turned to March and UConn has now looked much better for 2 games in a row, which is something that's always happened with Dan Hurley coached teams.

I know the competition hasn't been great the last 2 games, but these are decent teams and games we would have eked out a 6 point win a few weeks ago

Beating Providence there is huge
As we list road games to Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier . . We also won at Creighton and Marquette.
If anyone predicted that pre season they would have laughed off the board .
If we wpn 2/3 of those room losses and were able to knock the Johnie’s off at our place when they really didn’t play well we would tied for first place . That’s how big those games were .

 

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And the bench to consistently give something, anything. I didn't watch the game and I will be going to sleep real soon, but looking at the box score I am pleased with the win, but really disappointed in Ross, Stewart, and Mahaney.

Ross just goes in there to play good defense and not mess things up on offense.

Ross never looks to shoot and Stewart never looks to put the ball on the floor.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

There is no “law of averages” that says you will shoot better after you’ve been in a slump.
Thinking that there is such such a law that could “kick in“ leads to the gambler’s fallacy

Good lord, this is so pedantic. You know what he’s saying, you know how that phrase is used colloquially, and it’s absolutely a valid point. We have 2.5 years of history showing that AK is not a 10% three point shooter.

 

[blkknight1]

We win, we get a handful of pages of posts. We lose, and War and Peace looks like a micro-novel compared to our post game threads.

To be a little fairer it is a Saturday afternoon and it was pretty nice around outside around gametime. I’m gonna guess lots of people were out doing what they had to do.