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Reibe and Furphy at FIBA U19s

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M.S.G. said:
I watched the entire 2nd half yesterday, my wife was displeased.. Very impressed that he’s willing to get his nose dirty, he’s always in the middle of everything.. I see a lot of Cam Spencer qualities there, I’d wager that he got tired in the 2nd half and OTs, got flat.

Still can’t believe the kid from Cameroon scored in the wrong basket, haven’t seen that in a while.
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Played 80 minutes in 2 days. Bet he's sore today
 
Dogdeacon said:
I can't believe people are arguing over plus/minus for a single game?! And a FIBA game at that.

I thought we'd long got over the fact that this is a very indirect stat and much more a product of who you are playing with and against vs how you performed.
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Welcome to the off-season on the Boneyard!!
 
It looks to me like Furphy makes others around him better. If you ignore him, he can hurt you. If you focus on him, he positions himself in such a way that others get better looks. The way you play off the ball is as important as it is playing with the ball. That fits nicely with the UConn philosophy.
 
FreeKlaiber said:
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if this is what you got from watching 2 games, I think I can safely not put any confidence in your opinion, respectfully. He is the type of player who makes everyone else better. Does the little things, the proper cuts, the extra pass, the pointing out where to be on the court, being the best help defender out there. He is a stabilizing force, the coach on the floor. Baby Samoan Barkley never passed and tried to Bald Bull himself through the lane every possession, not to mention Furphy seemed tired with so much usage. Sorry if this came off salty, but Im baffled thats what you came away with as a player assessment. And I agree he didnt play well today, but you can see the type of player he is.
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Fair enough. This is one of those cases I fully expect and hope to be proven wrong in time, maybe even against France. Regardless, once he’s in a system with teammates he’s practiced with for a while, it should be different. Knowing where the next pass should go more intuitively.

I also need to re-evaluate, since I was wrong about something that impacted my observations. I thought that this was a game they realistically had to win to get out of pool play (thinking the top two move on), but all 16 teams advance. So there wasn’t really much at stake. I was watching the fourth quarter and OT thinking their tournament was on the line and it felt like he was deferring and not playing with nearly enough urgency in a must win game and it was frustrating me. But there actually wasn’t anything on the line - and if he was tired and didn’t have his legs, then there was nothing wrong with deferring in a game they didn’t actually need to win.

Moving forward, I said after the USA game that I was very impressed with his scoring, especially at all three levels, but that I also wanted to see a little bit more of a well-rounded game out of him. So far, in a limited sample size, he hasn’t seemed like a good enough passer or playmaker to run many things through, and not a good enough rebounder/physical presence to see significant time as a 3. His creative scoring ability has been impressive and he’ll see time on that alone. But I am hoping to see him be more of a Swiss Army knife type of perimeter weapon who can do a little of everything, since Solo and Mullins are already here as score-first 2s, and that Tristen-Cam-Castle versatility that made us so tough to defend has been missing. Hopefully it’ll come. But there’s a long preseason to develop more facets to his game in Werth too, and some of the ways he can score are hard to teach.
 
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husky429 said:
All of the games are on Youtube streamed for free. Gonna be amazing experience for these guys and help prepare them for what's in Storrs.

Australia: Plenty of good competition with them playing in the group phase with France and USA. Some real talent on the team. A few D1 players, Dash Daniels who is playing NBL and may go first round in the draft next year. Team probably isn't going to have a great record (and will be crushed by USA), but it should be fun to see him against the guys we want him to be dominating this November.

6/28 @ 11:15vs USA
6/29 @ 1:30 vs Cameroon
7/1 @ 11:15 vs France


Germany: Christian Anderson from Texas Tech will probably be leading the team. Kid playing for UW, some other D1 guys and a bunch of guys playing in vairous European pro leagues. Reibe is going to have to EARN his playing time here for sure. Reibe needs to prove himself to me now...he's been hit or miss and way too soft over the past couple years. I need to see him play tough and aggressive to have faith he can be the backup 5 we need.

6/28 @ 8:30 vs Slovenia
6/29 @ 5:45 vs China
7/1 @ 8:30 vs Canada


Figured I'd start a thread for anyone watching games or highlights here.
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Furphy looked really good against Team USA
 
All I needed to see is him putting a guy, not on his hip, but on his butt and score. Yes like Cam. Scrub players don't do that. And yes I know what that sounded like, grow up!
 
How is Dash Daniels a lottery pick in next years draft? He doesn't start for this team or play starters minutes. What am I missing - potential?
 
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Furphy got 2 steals each game and looked good on defense to me. He also seemed to handle team USA’s ball pressure and handled the ball under pressure against larger athletic defenders. Shot form looked good, and seemed to be able to drive to hoop and create his own shot. To my eye he looked like one of the best players in the tournament.
 
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I am excited about Eric. Just would like to see more rebounds and move up his foul shooting %. But, I think we have the beginnings of a good back up center this season and a starter next season. That was the role on the team I was most concerned about - so while others lower their preseason rankings I am increasing mine.
 
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Chief00 said:
I am excited about Eric. Just would like to see more rebounds and move up his foul shooting %. But, I think we have the beginnings of a good back up center this season and a starter next season. That was the role on the team I was most concerned about - so while others lower their preseason rankings I am increasing mine.
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As long as he is functional, just his ability to come in and give teams a different look is going to be big. Freshman year Clingan was a lot closer to Sanogo and the adjusting back and forth between first and second team drove teams nuts.

His results will likely be up and down, but the ability to disrupt the flow of the other team will be important all on its own.
 
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