Temple Post Game Thread

[temery]

Not sure if this is worth doing here, but it's worth a try.

 

[Tucker]

Hey the chat room was kinda fun....who knew?

 

[Robertelamin]

Nice to see the departing players finish on a high note at home.

 

[noeynox]

Great to get the win.

Ollies struggles as a coach continue. Hell bent on 3 guards plus Larrier which ALWAYS leads to getting killed on the offensive glass.

Good minutes from Diara. No minutes for Kwintin.

 

[UConnStats]

I was watching Jalen like a hawk as time wound down and after the game. He didn’t do anything to indicate it was his last game, for the little that is worth.

 

[BugsyCT]

Nice effort by the guys tonight for the W.

 

[3rdbass]

Great game by Jalen! I will really miss him if he leaves. He really is our only consistent offensive weapon who leaves everything on that side of the ball. Anderson helped him today which was nice to see and Diarra playing the second half was huge on defense making Temple change their shots inside most of the time.

 

[uchusky32]

Happy for Jalen. Carried this team with some help from Anderson. TL went out with a wimper..

 

[3rdbass]

I was watching Jalen like a hawk as time wound down and after the game. He didn’t do anything to indicate it was his last game, for the little that is worth.

I hope you are right. Watching the Cincy game a in the tourney in '16 just showed me how great of an offensive player he truly is and how he will be missed by me if he isn't here next year. He seem to always love UCONN and that means something during this down time for us.

 

[3rdbass]

Happy for Jalen. Carried this team with some help from Anderson. Larrier went out with a wimper..

CV was a chucker too who missed everything. That one 3 pt shot he took early in the shot clock when we were up by 3 would have gotten him pulled by Calhoun if he was still here.

 

[gtcam]

Happy to have a victory against a team that has broken our hearts too many times in the last few years
I really have no animosity against Temple or Fran D but it's nice to rain on their parade for once

 

[Huskybass]

Jalen was really good tonight. Glad to see Diarra get some minutes and play well.

Vital really needs to learn to not take bad shots early in the shot clock, especially when Adams is shooting well.

 

[Palatine]

Polley is showing he may have much more upside than Larrier. He play some defense. And has that nice little move from the arc. Instead of just firing up the three, he drives to the basket. He didn't finish it tonight but as he gets a little stronger he is looking like he wants to have an inside game. The "wants to" is the big part.

 

[UConnDad]

Jalen was really good tonight. Glad to see Diarra get some minutes and play well.

Vital really needs to learn to not take bad shots early in the shot clock, especially when Adams is shooting well.

I agree. He was a rebounding machine tho.

 

[Captbluefin]

Polley is going to be a really good player down the road..

Diarra is a man inside considering his height. Altered many shots..

The ball movement was much better tonight and made the difference.

 

[intlzncster]

I wish MD had been playing all season. I get that he would have fouled out of many games, but the experience would have helped him. The energy he brought, like KW the other night, is infectious.

 

[tcf15]

I was watching Jalen like a hawk as time wound down and after the game. He didn’t do anything to indicate it was his last game, for the little that is worth.

 

[intlzncster]

B0ner time.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

B0ner time.

He loves KO. It is what it is but its true...

 

[3rdbass]

Well if Jalen comes back and we can pick up another bonafide guard even if he is only as good as Anderson for depth I might be fine for next season. The thing is we can't count on Gilbert so we need another guard to run small ball at times for depth.

 

[intlzncster]

He loves KO. It is what it is but its true...

This is gonna be one hell of an offseason. Haven't been this much tension since.....well, last year.

 

[80shusky]

Great game for Adams obviously. I liked the energy from Diarra. Still would like to see more minutes for Carlton and for him to get the ball more on offense. Vital despite a poor shooting night had 12 very needed rebounds. Late in the game though, Vital had sort of a hang-dog look on his face. I didn't get a good feeling about it. He looked sad.

 

[intlzncster]

Late in the game though, Vital had sort of a hang-dog look on his face. I didn't get a good feeling about it. He looked sad.

I'm not gonna speculate either way, but this is reading way too into things.

 

[80shusky]

I'm not gonna speculate either way, but this is reading way too into things.

I agree with you. It just stuck out to me for some reason when he was at the free throw line near the end in particular.

 

[Stainmaster]

I agree with you. It just stuck out to me for some reason when he was at the free throw line near the end in particular.

He played poorly and wasn’t happy with himself. I don’t think it’d be more than that.