Dan reverts back to Danny while being out coached by McDermott.
The team plays tight and continues to rush shots without opponents forcing them to do so. And doesn't sustain defensive intensity which leaves the other team unrattled and more poised.
Alex and Hassan show the stresses of either deciding or being expected to do too much, and other players decline to step up and step into new roles with greater confidence.
People wail about the loss of Liam, but also claim he won't make enough of a difference when he returns, and Danny agrees, calling the team soft and unfocused.
The team is prone to acting like they don't trust themselves, and the coach is doing so too, but won't more accurately state this. That's fine, so long as he addresses it. And he knows he has to. And we know he has.
It's mid-January, and the things to work on aren't a mystery. Some people are still posting like a trade deadline is looming and we need new players. Once again, this is our roster.
Nova & Creighton were winnable, and both were losses, and too many keep jockeying for the best, "I knew it" and, "I told you so" takes.
And we end up with an invitation to weigh in on Alex Karaban's legacy, as though we can't refuse a post that would be trolling if offered by somebody who doesn't like UConn, but instead is just an ill-timed and ill-advised idea pitched by an egotistical forum veteran who wants to raise an unhelpful question for spritz & wiggles.
So who's having fun?
2 years ago when the board's collective opinion was similarly organizing around flaws, opponents started to press 'the team that didn't have a point guard.' It was rattling, until DH settled on freshman Alex being the guy who inbounded the ball. It worked.
Yesterday, Alex had a better end-of-game shot when he caught the ball, and then he moved to the left, and, off-balance, he launched a much worse shot.
Yes, it starts with defense (which keeps lapsing), but we don't currently have a composed offense.
Stick to the next opponent and the next game.
