Starting Lineup change: Gilbert/Jackson for Purvis/Facey
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Wow, that's way more direct and sudden than I was expecting. A real wake up call to the guys that the best players play, no more getting minutes just because you have been here longer.
And that is the first step to improving as a program.
And that is the first step to improving as a program.
Couldn't agree more, on all points. Hope it fires them up.
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I also concur. I tuned into the game with 13 minutes left in the game. Grabbed the controls and looked at channel info to make sure I was watching UConn. Only name I heard was Larrier. Rightfully so. Seems like he was into the game and always had the ball. Very hard to watch. I am sure it will be different tonight.
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Yeah but benching two Seniors after the first game is still ballsy and rare. Good for Coach!
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I watched the video again and its apparent Enoch needs minutes, for confidence, comfort understanding and production. The longer he stays benched the less experienced he will be and unready when called upon.
Let him play through his mistakes. I want to imagine and see a confident and 'unhinged' Enoch.
After re-watching and even taking notes (was planning to post them here, but no time with next game soon), Purvis was even worse than I remembered. He made a few nice plays, including a really nice box-out (one of our few), but in general he made bad decisions with the ball, committed far too many turnovers, took questionable shots, and lost his man on defense a few times.
Facey also played pretty lousy defense, especially guarding the pick and roll. He doesn't give you much on offense either, except one nice play where he actually dribble penetrated and found Larrier for an open 3.
Gilbert played great on both sides of the ball, so that makes total sense. Jackson didn't make much of an impact honestly, but Enoch was atrocious (they hit like 3 3's when they dribbled right by him in PnR and forced the rest of our defense to collapse to contain it), so I'm not sure who else you run out there if you're set on replacing Facey.
Facey also played pretty lousy defense, especially guarding the pick and roll. He doesn't give you much on offense either, except one nice play where he actually dribble penetrated and found Larrier for an open 3.
Gilbert played great on both sides of the ball, so that makes total sense. Jackson didn't make much of an impact honestly, but Enoch was atrocious (they hit like 3 3's when they dribbled right by him in PnR and forced the rest of our defense to collapse to contain it), so I'm not sure who else you run out there if you're set on replacing Facey.
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I would have just swapped Gilbert straight up for Facey, I mean unless Purvis is just more comfortable coming off the bench - and it seems like he is - we're just delaying the point where the best five players are on the court.
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Most likely KO watched the tape and saw what I saw, AB was not the main culprit in that loss.
Yep
His D was actually legit and most of the o-rebs weren't on him. Still somehow got 4 fouls, but a lot of that was tough spots on help D.
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Hopefully it doesn't backfire like Calhoun with Drummond.
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I can count the number of times I've agreed with you on one hand... but I was expecting to see more of Mamadou during our poor rebounding vs Wagner. Not sure why he didn't see the floor more. Hopefully that changes tonight.
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I don't like benching ur too returning scorer after one game. Unless u don't like something going on behind the scenes.
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The timing could not possibly be worse
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Still refusing to close out on 3's.
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Chin Diesel
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Brimah sucks again tonight.
How many times does he get called for a foul going for defensive rebounds?
How many times does he get called for a foul going for defensive rebounds?
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This is going to be a long season. I am not sure the starting lineup is going to matter. There is absolutely no toughness at all on this team. I cannot remember any uconn team this soft on offense and certainly never ever seen a team this soft on defense. And unfortunately, toughness is very difficult to coach. Get ready for many blowouts when the team starts playing real competition.
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