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BUHusky said:
How are you using the internet to check a message board but unable to check the score?
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Dude...sometimes the YArd is all the source people want. I have lived it. A score update should be expected now and then.
 
Is Cassell this slow? Or just reluctant. He needs to look for his shot.
Brimah got fouled on every offensive move. Even after he was bumped out of position, there was still contact and it went uncalled.
TSam is getting worse, totally spastic. Does Ollie have legit backup point this season?
 
The abundance of foul calls under the rim (some legitimate, some not) has got our guys playing extremely reserved, which is manufacturing a ton of easy looks for the other team. Purvis and Nolan each picked up 2 quickies, rendering them near useless on the defensive side of the ball. Look forward to the lap bar coming off in 2nd half, far more aggressive than the first half.
 
HuskiesAllDay said:
Exactly! He has no fouls because he doesn't even move towards them to attempt to defend. Simply lets them walk in. At least if he was fouling it would show that he was attempting to play defense. Re-watch some plays. He provides zero helpside d of any kind. Whether its a pass or a drive. Nothing.
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He has two soft fouls already. What are you talking about?
 
</3byBYNUM said:
The abundance of foul calls under the rim (some legitimate, some not) has got our guys playing extremely reserved, which is manufacturing a ton of easy looks for the other team. Purvis and Nolan each picked up 2 quickies, rendering them near useless on the defensive side of the ball. Look forward to the lap bar coming off in 2nd half, far more aggressive than the first half.
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For about 15 seconds until they get everyone to 3 fouls.
 
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Hamilton looks great on offense, but his defense is horrible. He got caught on back cuts on 3 out of 4 possessions late in the half there. KO needs to switch him off of Pollard in 2nd half.
 
so here are the stats after looking at the shot chart. They are 14-26 overall and 1-6 from 3. They have made a total of ONE shot outside the paint that is not a 3. I repeat ONE. They have only attempted 2 shots outside that pain that are not 3's. So overall they are 1 for 8 outside the paint and 13 for 18 inside the paint!

Its clear as day....pack the paint. Don't extend so far on defense. Back off the ball pressure and make them shoot outside the paint.

This all stems from our defensive philosophy IMO. With Brimah in there we have a rim protector and can play aggressive in your face defense. Even Nolan provides good help defense that allows us to play that style. With neither of them in the game we HAVE to adjust our defensive scheme and play more honest.
 
uchuskies14 said:
I really don't get how people think that last drive by Boat was a block other than bias. That was a textbook charge, and everyone needs to stop thinking that every time the whistle is blown the foul is on Dayton; stop pouting like Boeheim.
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The defender was still in the 'no charge zone" when boat went up. He slid forward while boat was in the air.
 
BS calls on Nolan are a big reason why he's not making the big plays on defense. If he does anything other than stay 5 feet away from the action with his hands in the air, he's hit with a foul.
 
Dove said:
Looks like all but one Dayton hoop is in the paint.
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Play a zone and pack it in...don't be like JC and stubbornly stick to man defense...we played lazy and got owned in the paint, let's give em a different look in the 2nd half
 
One of the things I liked last year on how KO managed a game was that he stayed with a hot hand. If someone (or some play) was working he stayed with it. This year he's moved away from that. Both in this game and the last, UConn was playing great toi start, built a lead, and rather than staying with the lineup, he sat most of the starters. The game quickly shifted, fouls, piled up and by the time the starters got back in the mojo was gone.

That's one of the things I never liked about JC's game management, he'd get a lead and (playing with house money) sub the players who got him the lead.

Hoping KO goes back to his NBA roots, plays that hot hand until it cools off. College coaches play not to lose, that's what made KO a breath of fresh air, he wasn't afraid to play to win. Don't auto sit players with 2 fouls, don't go away from the hot hand, etc.
 
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BUHusky said:
How are you using the internet to check a message board but unable to check the score?
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I'm periodically glancing at my phone.
 
one thing I noticed is our D is collapsing way too much on the inside leaving the opponent with wide open looks for 3 point shots... hopefully during this time out KO can get them to settle down and get more focus on the defensive end... That's UCONN basketball... slow this thing down and dig in on D... the fast break buckets will come....
 
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btw, thank God we're built the way we are... we're not gonna blow teams away but we fight until the end...
 
CallMeBruce said:
This is one of the more frustrating games I've watched.
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Definitely frustrating to see a mid-major bomb our defense. But these things take time. Have to teach the new guys the UConn system. Offensively UConn has probably played its best game of the season.
 
47-52 them.

13:50

Huskies with only 5 assists.
 
OMG... DHam... can't have lazy passes young man... and we just got outworked by one Dayton player around the glass... Not good... thank goodness we're still kinda early in the 2nd half
 
Offensively we are fine - playing this poorly on D against a team that struggles to score is alarming
 
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I'm pretty sure when Pierre blew the dunk and then came back to grab his own rebound, he jumped from out of bounds.
 
These refs are relentless with the cheap fouls.
 
ktuck911 said:
OMG... DHam... can't have lazy passes young man... and we just got outworked by one Dayton player around the glass... Not good... thank goodness we're still kinda early in the 2nd half
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three dayton players beat our guys down court. unacceptable.
 
We get a transition bucket and they beat us down the court - that can't happen!
 
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