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With all that being said, I’ve seen enough.
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Impressive win against a very good team. 18 assists vs 6 TOs (on the 2nd day of a back-to-back no less) is the key stat that stood out for me. This shows me this team knows how to execute and is fundamentally sound. Slightly below average shooting night, struggled from 3. But, outrebounded Texas and made free throws!

What's up with DC?? He needs to pick it up if he wants to be a Lottery Pick.

Top 3 ranking next week!
 
caw said:
I would say it has more well rounded players with fewer holes. Perhaps not as fear inducing though.
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No one strikes fear into teams like Hawkins and Sanogo yet I agree. Hoping Castle can be that when he comes back.

But yeah it’s so much more well rounded. Everyone can shoot, take it to the rim, and pass. The offense looks so good and hard to guard.
 
Clingan has been a disappointment as others have said: he looks slow, unathletic, and having difficulty rebounding butterfingers on plays against smaller players. He had no impact on the game. For a guy that's projected to be a lottery pick, he is not looking the part. The team looks better with Samson in at center. Clingan needs to play way better.

Samson Johnson was great and is showing that he is one of our better players. Karaban and Johnson were the reasons we won this game.

Texas's team athleticism/speed affected us a bit.
 
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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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He played until he threw an ill advised alley oop when they were up 14
 
JMick said:
Clingan for whatever reason clearly isn't in game shape. Whether he was sick or is still catching up from missing time, it was obvious.
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I too am curious if Clingan had some sort of undisclosed injury which kept him out of practice for a month leading up to the start of the season.
/s
YHGTBSM.
 
EricLA said:
Seems a couple of players really stepped up - ones that fans have been critical of at times (Johnson and Diarra). Really great to see I think. Texas battles back in the 2nd half but UCONN (Spencer) was clutch with FT's to ice it. Strong game without Castle. And Karaban - wow...

BTW Johnson with all around better numbers than Clingan - even more blocks. Not trying to infer anything - just great to see such a solid performance from the backup center...
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Don’t be surprised about Johnson, he was a starter early last season, until he got injured.
 
caw said:
I would say it has more well rounded players with fewer holes. Perhaps not as fear inducing though.
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I have to say I am starting to feel better after seeing the show tonight with Diarra and Samson. Spencer brings so much to the table besides being a sniper. Doesn’t get flustered, great passer, and automatic from the foul stripe. Looking forward to seeing Castle live up to the talk. Need another younger player to step up and establish as I had been really concerned about bench depth. But things are looking up.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
No one strikes fear into teams like Hawkins and Sanogo yet I agree. Hoping Castle can be that when he comes back.

But yeah it’s so much more well rounded. Everyone can shoot, take it to the rim, and pass. The offense looks so good and hard to guard.
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Agree on Castle. He is special.
 
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Rico444 said:
My main takeaways? We're really good. Barring injury, we're not going to lose many games. Barring injury, we're a top 2 seed.

Clingan played a B- game and we still won by 10. We have 5 guys that would be the best or 2nd best player on the vast majority of UConn teams of the past. We are scary good and have a legit chance to repeat.
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I’m guessing you haven’t been a UConn fan very long to make the statement that we have 5 guys that would be the best or 2nd best player on the vast majority of UConn teams.
 
caw said:
I would say it has more well rounded players with fewer holes. Perhaps not as fear inducing though.
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We're not going to have the automatic big man bucket that Sanogo became by the end of the season, we're not going to have the contested three point sniper Hawkins became running off screens, and we won't have Jackson setting up everyone but this will be an even better passing team than last year. All 5 starters are excellent passers and we're going to have 5 and possibly up to 7 guys who are capable of scoring 20 points in a game. This team can be an offensive juggernaut and I always believe in Hurley's defense. If the team is healthy they can be special.
 
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I do think this version of Samson could’ve reasonably beat Alex last year for the starting PF spot. Alex proving he was an NBA player after the fact made people doubt him. The potential he has is through the roof. He also makes free throws.
 
With Solo looking better and better, the last piece of the puzzle is figuring out which backup wing gives us the most in their limited minutes. It might be Ross with his defensive potential if Stewart doesn’t start looking for his offense.
 
jojipoji said:
If you watched the game you could see clingan coughing. I’m pretty sure he’s sick
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Yep. At one point there was a close-up of him on the bench and he was motioning like he needed an asthma inhaler. I was a little concerned...
 
Two things:

1) The crazy thing about Alex's clutch makes, is that he seems to be a push shooter, yet the shots he made where fade away jumpers. Maybe because he is a lefty, or whatever, but kudo's.

2) You know you have a good team, when opposing teams fans describe a 10 point loss to UConn as "feel good", "encouraging", "in the right direction" etc.
 
LIUCHusky said:
I’m guessing you haven’t been a UConn fan very long to make the statement that we have 5 guys that would be the best or 2nd best player on the vast majority of UConn teams.
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I'm not interested in dragging this thread into the mud arguing who is right. Let's just agree we have 5 really, really good players.
 
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Lot of good
Imagine when we get castle back and clingan up to speed.
Sampson and ball will be X factors no one equated
 
A few thoughts:

1. Samson was way better than Clingan tonight- best game of his career.
2. Diarra and Ball played great as well - really solid contributions from both.
3. Karaban just has a knack for hitting those buzzer beater, dagger type shots.
4. The Texas head coach could moonlight as Gustavo Fring from Breaking Bad.
 
One of my concerns coming into the season was center fouls. Both Samson Johnson and Clingan had high foul rates last season. Clingan had 3 fouls in 13 minutes tonight, but Johnson only had one foul in 27 minutes. Good job by Samson. Hopefully he can keep it up.
 
Devland said:
One of my concerns coming into the season was center fouls. Both Samson Johnson and Clingan had high foul rates last season. Clingan had 3 fouls in 13 minutes tonight, but Johnson only had one foul in 27 minutes. Good job by Samson. Hopefully he can keep it up.
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I swear most of his fouls this year have been questionable as well. But I’m a Samson homer.
 
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