RichZ
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- I found a new level to add to my casual fan list last night. The guy who watches with no sound and doesn't actually pay much attention to the game for long stretches.
- Visited the chat room. That was more depressing than watching the game.
- I'm not sure I've ever seen a team start as poorly as UConn did last night. I AM sure that I don't ever want to see it out of our team again.
- What happened to the Brendan and Sid 2.0 we saw last week. They were right back in last season's form. Between them, they produced 5 points, 3 boards, 2 assists and a block. And Brendan managed to foul out in 11 minutes.
- Where was Polley in the 1st half? I mean where was the whole team, but Polley went from being a total non-factor to 4 for 4 from three in the 2nd half with 3 blocks and got a couple boards. Needs to find some offensive aggression on a steadier basis.
- Vital's shot was off. Way off. But he still puts in the effort, which is more than I can say for a lot of guys last night. He got himself to the line and made 13 of 14 there. And 16 boards? That would be impressive for a big, never mind a guard. Of course chucking up 21 shots when you're not hitting kind of offsets the good, but at least his effort is always there.
- Akok. Yay. 32 minutes for 9 boards, 12 points and 3 blocks. There's a ton of promise there.
- Carlton. Sleep walked through this one.
- Thanks to Gilbert, Vital and Akok, we had a good night from the foul line, going better than 76% as a team, to St. Joe's 57%.
- Except for that 4 minute flurry mid-second half, there was precious little to not be dejected and discouraged about last night. But that little flurry looked almost like UConn basketball. Between 12:38 and 8:22, we cut the deficit from 20 points to 3. Almost looked like we were going to sustain it. And then pfffft.
- Praying that last night was an aberration, and we won't see a lack of effort and commitment like that again.
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