It’s on Hurley for playing him
Because you have exhausted your eligibility .... Obviously
Yes. But the margin was much more slim than it had to be. Josh was awful early in the 2nd half and shouldn’t have been on the floor. Yes we needed him later and he was serviceable. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that we wouldn’t have needed OT if Dan Hurley has a quicker hook for Josh early in the half.
Would be a pretty boring board if we ignored all the negatives and only talked about winning. Winning is great but always things to improve on
Great. That’s the coach’s job. Few games are perfect and damn if we aren’t watchable now in ways we weren't for 4 years. We beat Tulsa and someone wrote we haven't shown we can win a close game after we broke open a close game. Yesterday we win a close game and I guess that was a flop because we didn’t break it open. So now if we had played other players during the first 4 minutes it wouldn’t have been close. We’ll never know.
A good heart. Why rag on the players? There's no reason for it. If you can't be positive I don't want you around me. In every sport I played I was always the loud positive one. Just who I am. Not to say everything Carlton does is great, but he's had some great moments this season and has contributed in ways in their big wins. Can't fret on the bad, it just brings everyone else down.
I'll tell you mine - enjoy anything positive - even in a loss. As a fan, I support my team and players no matter what. They play for UConn and love the program as much as me. They all work hard and want what we want - to be successful. Why rip them? They are kids playing a game that I love watching. They are human and doing the best they can.
Haven't seen that from a big in a while. Play physical, don't back down. Doesn't hurt to play angry sometimes. Hit em where it hurts so to speak. Play with a nasty streak. Deter them from thinking they can walk all over you inside. I loved his toughness inside on defense. He fought hard for every rebound. He blocked some shots and altered others. You can see things changing with this team. I was so pumped after yesterdays game. Haven't had that feeling in a LONG time. It really feels like the teams of UConn past. It's impossible not to be optimistic about the remainder of this season. They deserve everything that they're accomplishing right now.
I was sweating and shaking jumping up and down in my seat. I've got knots in my shoulder blade from clapping so damn much yesterday. It was freaking exciting!! The crowd was into it and you could tell the players on the court were as well. I think they fed off the crowd. That's what home court advantage can do. It hasn't been like that in a while. This team has a full head of steam right now. Wednesday's game at SMU should give us a better indication of just where this team is currently. UConn coming off a big win against conference leader Cinci and SMU coming off a tough loss to Temple. One game at a time!!
I commented on this from my seat a number of times during the game. He spent a lot of time way up at the top of the key, way too far from the basket for him to be affective. He can't put the ball on the floor and drive the line. Too dicey. I agree he needs to be down low. Akok and Whaley are more suited for the high screen hand offs, etc.
You are about 2 seasons premature. Right now it’s competing and winning. Next year it will become winning and becoming dominant. The year after that, start worrying about why we didn’t win by more points.
