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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4158292, member: 1414"] Solid post, agree on key points. Will add, Seton Hall is a very experienced team. Loads of grad students, junior and seniors in key roles. Sanogo needs to know they are pushing him out and not take the long hook. He's not Kareem. I'd like to see him with a few more face up shots, he should be drawing more fouls. He doesn't get foul calls on the baby hooks. He would if he just attacked the glass. As for Jackson's passes, it's partly on him and partly on the team needing to expect the unexpected when he has the ball. There is room for improvement in the passes and the readiness. I've griped about Hurley's defensive adjustments for 3 years now. I don't think I've ever seen a more stubborn coach at this level. I don't get it. Most good college teams and NBA teams are playing soft semi-zone with their center on a regular basis. Man inside a certain radius from the rim, but not outside it. Vary the radius based on the player's ability to recover. Embiid ranges pretty far, but even he isn't doing what we ask guys with less recovery ability to do. Obiagu was certainly staying within a short radius and it impacted UConn's scoring inside all game. It's madness. Cole has to stay on the floor and watch the fouls. I know he had a tough matchup, but again the lack of defensive help was an issue. Aiken is slick with the ball and doubles would help. I'll add again, pulling the 5 from the paint causes these one on one situations for our perimeter players and leads to more fouls. Martin had a bad game. He's been a rock, so let's hope it was a one game thing and he finds himself again. I don't like that his wrist is still taped/braced. He had problems catching the ball, and that's new. [/QUOTE]

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