I don't think the gesture was directed at Zuby. I like seeing Reed show some competitive fire. Zuby outplayed him down the stretch but all in all it wasn't a bad game for Reed. I wish Reed had stayed aggressive and tried to get Zuby in foul trouble. That would have helped down the stretch. Unfortunately it was the other way around.
Fair point. But if UConn made them pay for their pressing, they would have stopped. Our inability to do that is a problem. Did you see Pitino's comments in the Dom Amore article about the cumulative affect of the press? Only 2 turnovers resulted but it affected rebounding and passing late in the game (and free throws). Do you think Demary misses those free throws late if he was able to play less than 36 minutes?
Really feeling like you guys are onto something here. I don't study it like you guys do, but it sure makes sense. Think Malachi if handled right
Yeah, other than getting in foul trouble I actually think he defended Zuby really well. Zuby might be shorter but he's built like a freight train. Reed had 3 blocks and I think at least 2 of them were against Zuby. Maybe all 3.
I said this in another thread, but I like that he had some swagger, shows there’s a fire in the tank that I didn’t expect.
Why do they protect them? I just don’t understand that.
They'll get their wake up call in the tourney when they play non-conf teams again, sucks for the teams in conference that have to deal with this now though
It's almost like it's their style of play...
In conference. I made that pretty clear. Their own fans were claiming the refs were protecting them tonight but go on. Reading comprehension is tough for some I see.
Demary used a lot of energy getting inbounds.
It’s efficient because Stewart does the little things and makes extra passes. We can hide his defensive woes. Ball tends to look to shoot too much and doesn’t play defense. Having two inept defenders or more (Ross, Smith, Reibe, Ball, or Stew) on the court at the same time spells trouble.
We also wouldn't even been close if not for Silas play before the end. He was exhausted mentally and physically. It would be nice if we had a reliable backup to give him some rest. Presently we don't.
This is something that happens fairly often with the Huskies. We re not ready to inbound the ball at the start of the five seconds.
What coach tells our inbounder to bounce pass to the ref before inbounding? It's usually Alex who does this.
Are they? St. John's is a bad match-up for us. They have three guys between 6'7" and 6'9", all high level athletes, all skilled, all equipped w/ mid range ability and all good rebounders. Stew & Ross are what we have relative to athleticiam, but not sure whether we have the physicality against a St. John's or an Arkansas or Auburn.
