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Tarris Reed Jr Out vs Arizona

RuffRuff said:
Sure, but these OOC games are huge and we have a tomato can coming up. If he can even limp through this one, would be better than the alternatives. If it was announced until now, was likely close to playable. Kind of thing where back in the 90s, kids would play. Today's mushy types don't have the grit.

This game is huge. Hopefully our 6th man (crowd), is something and we get some suprisingly magical performances from the unsuspected.
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Ridiculous take. You have zero idea as to extent of the injury and it’s lame to suggest that Reed, who just came back from a different injury, doesn’t have sufficient grit to play.
 
RuffRuff said:
Their big hasn't been the difference maker so far, but that's a lot of vertical. I'm gonna be really curious as to the creativity Hurley is gonna have to pull out for this one. How many minutes can Reibe even go? You got to wonder if the Turk gets some run in this one.
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I think the Turk does get minutes in this consider Motiejus Krivas is 7'2 and is solid player. The other option might be to go small and spread out the Zona defense. Doing this though means UConn's small lineup will have to work hard for rebounding and on the double teaming on the defensive end. This game would've been good for Reed, not perfect for him, but good. Arizona doesn't have a lot of outside shooters so Reed wouldn't have felt more pressure to step up on ball screens or to hustle to the 3 point line to alter 3-pointers.
 
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Do we need to switch to Adidas? Solo is going off tonight!
 
Can we play one freaking game at full strength?

This feels like the 57th time over the past couple of years where we get blindsided by some kind of injury news right before a game.

Also, shoot the trainer on general principle.
 
Excalibur said:
This place will be really fun tonight 🙄

People won’t understand that this game has been rendered meaningless.
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Pretty damn meaningful if we win without our two most talented players.
 
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gsmooth said:
I think the Turk does get minutes in this consider Motiejus Krivas is 7'2 and is solid player. The other option might be to go small and spread out the Zona defense. Doing this though means UConn's small lineup will have to work hard for rebounding and on the double teaming on the defensive end. This game would've been good for Reed, not perfect for him, but good. Arizona doesn't have a lot of outside shooters so Reed wouldn't have felt more pressure to step up on ball screens or to hustle to the 3 point line to alter 3-pointers.
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Krivas is very solid but he's not going to beat you by himself, he's not that type of player from all the games I've watched of his. The problem is the rebounding. Reed is UConn's best rebounder and Zona absolutely crashes the glass.
 
The Viking said:
He was playing thru it in the byu game- adrenaline- thing probably blew up in the past few days
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This is our Kansas game from 2024 with a very hobbled cam. Let’s go!!!!!!!! Just show out. Reibe can be an issue. His Clingan moment as well.
 
If AK can guard Zach Edey in the National Championship, he can guard this 7’2” guy from Zona for a bit. I expect we’ll go small for stretches. It sucks on defense, but could help open the floor on offense if their big man is forced to come out and guard AK.
 
Looks like I am watching Survivor tonight after all. I predict Arizona is getting blindsided!!!!
 
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Hurleyman216 said:
If AK can guard Zach Edey in the National Championship, he can guard this 7’2” guy from Zona for a bit. I expect we’ll go small for stretches. It sucks on defense, but could help open the floor on offense if their big man is forced to come out and guard AK.
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AK couldn't guard Edey at all, he dunked right through him whenever he got the ball.
 
Biggest key tonight is just having our bigs not give fouls away. A made basket is often better than them fouling with our lessened depth. I think they can be “ok” and hold the line for a game, they don’t need to do more than that and play outside of themselves. Doubt we see the Turkey kid, he’s not anywhere close to ready. Think we see some AK at the 5 if needed and some Furphy minutes to get some extra size out there on the wing.Going to need a huge shooting night & get this game into the 80s on offense, prolly our best chance to win is that way.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Sure, but these OOC games are huge and we have a tomato can coming up. If he can even limp through this one, would be better than the alternatives. If it was announced until now, was likely close to playable. Kind of thing where back in the 90s, kids would play. Today's mushy types don't have the grit.

This game is huge. Hopefully our 6th man (crowd), is something and we get some suprisingly magical performances from the unsuspected.
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Based on how he refused to leave against BYU and limped it out for the W I’d bet this wasn’t Tarris’s call.
 
superjohn said:
AK couldn't guard Edey at all, he dunked right through him whenever he got the ball.
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And AK drew him away from the basket, drove on him at least once and hit a three. This guy on Zona ain’t Zach Edey. We also won that game fairly comfortably. It’s not the #1 option, but if Reibe gets in foul trouble which I suspect he might, we can do it in stretches of 3-4 minutes.
 
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