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Not worried about Clingan not scoring. Our guards are elite that we don’t need him to score double digits each game to win.
 
navery12 said:
I thought he barely played because I don't remember seeing him out there. But apparently he played 10 minutes in the 2nd half
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I too was pretty shocked that he played 28 total minutes tonight. Very quiet for a long stretch.
 
i have been a hass skeptic at various points this season (and last) but he was incredible tonight. seemed to take the matchup with abmas personally.

and karaban is just my favorite player on the team. he and samson were electric tonight.
 
Winning ugly?

That was beautiful.

Big win against a relentless high level athletic team.

I said it in the chat, Senior Testiculo needs to mail his balls to AK.

The pick and roll between AK and Clingan in the second half was the best Clingan has looked this year. Nothing mechanical, he moved smoothly.

Teams like this are ideal games for Diarra and Johnson.

When Castle comes back, minutes for Stewart and Ross will be sparse. Ball, Johnson, Diarra are the core bench players.

Ball was great in first half and then the moment caught up to him. No worries. He can play.

Texas seems like they are a fun team to watch and root for.
 
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Could be any player on any given night.

What a game by Johnson. This was his coming out.
Diarra a great all around game and another study night from Spencer.

Karaban agains proves how valuable he is. Hitting the first half 3 from Yonkers, his Larry Bird esque turn around baseline jumper as the shot clock expired then his other shot clock beater by the wing.

The team stayed tough when a good Texas team kept fighting back and showed their maturity till the end.
 
We don’t have a big to play through this year. We were spoiled with Sanogo. That said, we don’t need one. We have a perimeter of weapons. Let Clingan clean up and Johnson run the floor.
 
Rocktheworld said:
I think that was mostly first half. He was looking pretty good to me, maybe missed something defensive assignments during their initial second half run and got pulled for Diarra who definitely came up big on D as always
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That was just the 2nd half, 28 minutes for the full game
 
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It’ll be interesting to see how these games impact Clingans draft stock in the short term. Regardless of how well Samson was going to play this year I felt we were fortunate that he didn’t transfer. Lots of players in his position and with his prospect ranking would have bolted. Says something about his trust in Hurley and his own character, He’s definitely earning his minutes.
 
Game balls to Johnson and Karaban.

Johnson simply played fundamental basketball with a lot of energy. Glad to see a breakout game, a real confidence building game.

Karaban was a killer today. Whenever we needed points, he supplied them and with flair, several last second shots went down.

At the start of the second half Hurley should have left Clingan on the bench and eased him into the game.

Johnson was having a good game and I think the flow of the game was disrupted. Just my two cents. You have to go with the hot hand IMO

Spencer couldn't buy a shot today when it mattered.

My only complaint, if you want to call it one, was when Spencer was driving to the hoop, Johnson was out of position and Spencer should have kicked it back to reset and he continued to drive with no result.

Newton and Diarra were gritty at times fighting for shots.

Texas came back with solid shooting on the perimeter, but they couldn't get any stops defensively.

Good game, nice to get some more hardware for the trophy case
 
Karaban showed up big. And always when needed. Cam played well. Diarra played well. Sampson played well. They were all needed. Tristen off but still contributed. Clngan off. Tough match-up defensively for him. Ball showed some promise.
 
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Empire Classic Champions!! Let's go UConn!! Credit to Texas, they played really tough perimeter defense and made a lot of tough shots. They win that game against most other teams, and they'll crush guys when they get healthy. This win will age very well for us

How about Alex Karaban!? Clutch play after clutch play. He's a sophomore that plays like a senior. Cold blooded

Diarra and Samson played the games of their lives. They deserved every minute. Fantastic fantastic games from both of them

Felt like we should have been up 20 after the first half but we made some bad plays including missing a few open threes and getting flustered by their zone. I'm sure our gameplan wanted them to take tough twos, but it felt like they made a hell of a lot of them and we struggled staying ahead of their ball screens

Solo was quiet after a hot start, but man that hot start was great. Two putback dunks and a rhythm three. As always, these reps are VERY important for his development and I think he's doing a great job considering he was thrown into the fire as a starter
 
temery said:
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I think we have found our Rotation of players. 7 now and 8 when Castle returns. Really solid team. Maybe a little thin on Frountcourt depth but the college game is one of guards. I don't see anything from Stewart and Ross that makes me thinks they break into the rotation.
 
Great team win and responded to adversity well late. Mitchell was a really tough matchup for us and has a beautiful game.

Diarra showed why he is so important for us. Brings a different aspect on both sides of the ball and likes to get dirty. Such an asset to have him as our 7th/8th man.

Samson was incredible. Most impressive was his defense without fouling, and his traffic rebounding. Our 1-2 punch is obviously a lot different than last year but still looks to be great.

Karaban saved us down the stretch, those were pro shots. Him and Cam are very reliable, they will start to make their 3s at a higher clip.

Clingan 5 games in has really disappointed me. I understand its a huge uptick in usage and the injury. But he looks slow, unathletic and not confident. I really want @superjohn to be right, and I know Clingan is significantly better than he’s shown, but it’s time to show it. He has a good 7-8 inches on Cunningham and was getting moved a bit on the block. Also, DUNK THE BALL. You’re 7’3. Show that ability we all know you have.
 
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B1GEast said:
At the start of the second half Hurley should have left Clingan on the bench and eased him into the game.

Johnson was having a good game and I think the flow of the game was disrupted. Just my two cents. You have to go with the hot hand IMO
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I was fine with how Hurley handled it, Clingan is a starter and has earned the benefit of the doubt. Once Samson sparked a huge run again in the 2nd half and Clingan immediately sparked a huge run for Texas around 8 minutes left, he made the right call and kept Samson in
 
Chin Diesel said:
Winning ugly?

That was beautiful.

Big win against a relentless high level athletic team.

I said it in the chat, Senior Testiculo needs to mail his balls to AK.

The pick and roll between AK and Clingan in the second half was the best Clingan has looked this year. Nothing mechanical, he moved smoothly.

Teams like this are ideal games for Diarra and Johnson.

When Castle comes back, minutes for Stewart and Ross will be sparse. Ball, Johnson, Diarra are the core bench players.

Ball was great in first half and then the moment caught up to him. No worries. He can play.

Texas seems like they are a fun team to watch and root for.
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Apart from the 3-point shooting, it was pretty enough for me. We took care of the ball and were +11 on the boards. We withstood a run and locked it down.

Resounding win against a good opponent in the Garden. What’s not to like?

@Ricker Your boy came up big today!
 
Superb win. I was thrilled to finally see the Samson Johnson I’ve been expecting to show up. As he gets comfortable we will see more good things. I didn’t expect what we got from Diarra, his hustle and D are usually great but he really stepped up on the offensive end.

Alex remains our most dangerous offensive player. when teams key on him, Tristen has to pick it up as he did yesterday. Today, UT focused on Newton, so Alex and Cam had to score. Once Castle is back we get harder to defend. Donovan didn’t look 100% out there, like somebody with a respiratory infection or something.

Getting Solo, Diarra and Johnson big minutes against high quality teams will pay dividends. I think Johnson is one of our 6 best players, including Castle.
 
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