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Message: [QUOTE="sdglast, post: 5189437, member: 9195"] AK cannot get his own shot. He can't take anyone off the dribble, cannot play with his back to the basket, and now seems to lack confidence. He's a one trick pony, and teams have figured that out. I don't want to hear anyone suggest he is an NBA level player. He needs a ton of work on his game. I know Solo is a great shooter, but he's another player who just can't turn the corner and explode to the basket. The last 2 years this team had Newton who, whenever they were struggling, could get to the basket and score. Those are the critical baskets a team needs to inject some confidence back when they are struggling. Not this team, it's a bunch of guy passing the ball around the perimeter with no one (except McNeeley) putting the ball on the deck and creating their own shot. Late in the game, McNeeley got to the basket twice, hitting the lay in and getting fouled on the 2nd drive. That needs to happen more during the game, but not just by him. Solo, Stewart, hell even Karaban have got to start getting to the basket and stop living on 3s. St. Johns is certainly a touch matchup with lots of height (Hurley is going back to the bigger guards with next year's recruiting class), but you gotta be able to turn the corner on them and get to the basket. I thought defensively UConn was good tonight. They rebounded the hell out of the ball as well, but turnovers, missed free throws, and just plain bad offense did them in. [/QUOTE]