I have watched Seton Hall a lot this year. I am sure you will see me say that in other future scouting reports, "I have watched [insert Big East team here]", LOL.
pressure breaking
Dogmania made a good point in an earlier part of this thread and that is Hurley and the staff not only need to have their pressure breakers practiced and set up to be on point, but break the pressure to score, not simply to set up offense. Teams that full court press usually get discouraged and stop pressing when the other team is getting dunks, lay ups, and open 3s consistently off of them. UConn does not have to look to score all the time from breaking pressure but they should do it more.
"We can play defense, too"
As rough and tough as Seton Hall is on defense, their offense can be hard to watch and they can really struggle to score, even moreso if Budd Clark gets in foul trouble. Don't get in the mud with Seton Hall, but if UConn does find they are in the mud, that's okay. Seton Hall at home will foul a lot and not get called for it while UConn will get called for some touch fouls, accept it, but the mantra is if Seton Hall makes it tough on UConn's offense, then UConn can play better defense and make it tough for Seton Hall. In fact the best counter to Seton Hall's full court pressure defense might be UConn's own half court defense-Seton Hall won't be able to set up their full court press if they can't score baskets themselves where UConn has to inbound the ball.
extra tid bits
Silas doesn't need to have the game he had against PC and most likely won't but he can shoot over Clark. Clark has had issues with foul trouble in some games and Seton Hall struggles mightily when he is out. On defense, look at position defense and focus on staying front of their man even if it means backing off a little. Staton-McCray is really the only player they have that shoots off the dribble from anywhere on the floor. Clark is great at pushing the ball up the floor so it's imperative UConn gets back on defense quickly. Clark struggles to finish near the basket due to his size and he really isn't much a 3 pt shooter. His go to shot is the mid range pull up.
turnover minimization
Seton Hall thrives on and needs live ball turnovers to score. If UConn doesn't give them those, Seton Hall will struggle to score. UConn can live with the mid range shots because Seton Hall doesn't shoot them efficiently enough anyways. As long as UConn's players have good positional defense and stay in front of their man and force them to shoot over them it will minimize the need for Tarris to help out which leave Stephon Payne and Najai Hines open for offensive rebounds, another way Seton Hall scores there points.
