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Now defending without fouling has been a problem all season even in their wins, but two themes have been clearly evident in most of their losses:

1. Inability to knock down their open and lightly contested 3s.

2. Inability to finish in the paint and at the rim.

There were so many shots last night that were just a smidgen off, that just didn't go down. Last couple seasons more times than not, those were going in, especially during winning time.

They can score in bunches, but their draughts and inconsistency has been a constant sorrow.
 
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Now defending without fouling has been a problem all season even in their wins, but two themes have been clearly evident in most of their losses:

1. Inability to knock down their open and lightly contested 3s.

2. Inability to finish in the paint and at the rim.

There were so many shots last night that were just a smidgen off, that just didn't go down. Last couple seasons more times than not, those were going in, especially during winning time.

They can score in bunches, but their draughts and inconsistency has been a constant sorrow.

No 1 is the thing I never would have predicted. I knew our D wouldn't be the same without Castle and Clingan but with AM coming on board along with Alex, Solo and the rep that Liam had coming in, I thought we would be able to just out score other teams. I was expecting scores in the 80's or 90's most games. shows what I know.
 
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Now defending without fouling has been a problem all season even in their wins, but two themes have been clearly evident in most of their losses:

1. Inability to knock down their open and lightly contested 3s.

2. Inability to finish in the paint and at the rim.

There were so many shots last night that were just a smidgen off, that just didn't go down. Last couple seasons more times than not, those were going in, especially during winning time.

They can score in bunches, but their draughts and inconsistency has been a constant sorrow.
Pretty much all of players that drive to the basket play below the rim and are not very long or super athletic. Tough to finish against Kalk or anyone with those qualifications. Pretty much all of our shooters outside of Solo are very streaky or prone to slumps.
 
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The D problem. Lack of foot speed and lateral movement.

Missing at the rim. We play below it. Even LM. Has LM dunk in a game?
 
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LM makes a lot of smart plays. He makes the right move in the lane, but he can't finish. Not strong enough to finish in big east play. Needs to put on some muscle too.
 
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We as a team are slow. That is a big part of our defensive issue. We tried to drive it but AK and LM are not going to rise over most defenders. Yesterday we again wound up with multiple shot clock violations which goes to players passing up open shots and too much passing it around between the key and halfcourt before we attack. Liam tried to generate offense when we stalled but he puts his head down and rarely passes so everyone just watches him. These are common themes when we struggle, plus the team wide poor 3 point shooting nights. Empty possessions.
 
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Now defending without fouling has been a problem all season even in their wins, but two themes have been clearly evident in most of their losses:

1. Inability to knock down their open and lightly contested 3s.

2. Inability to finish in the paint and at the rim.

There were so many shots last night that were just a smidgen off, that just didn't go down. Last couple seasons more times than not, those were going in, especially during winning time.

They can score in bunches, but their draughts and inconsistency has been a constant sorrow.
Now defending without fouling has been a problem all season even in their wins, but two themes have been clearly evident in most of their losses:

1. Inability to knock down their open and lightly contested 3s.

2. Inability to finish in the paint and at the rim.

There were so many shots last night that were just a smidgen off, that just didn't go down. Last couple seasons more times than not, those were going in, especially during winning time.

They can score in bunches, but their draughts and inconsistency has been a constant sorrow.
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It has to be our defense and specifically the inability of UConn to play 1 on 1 defense. Hot players go off and there is no one for UConn that is able to stop them. Creighton game first half is a perfect example.

Having said that, if you look at the box score of all our losses, the key stat is FTA disparity and turnovers and they seem to be correlated in some way.

TeamFTM-FTAUConn FTM-FTAUConn turnovers
Memphis29-4019-24103 out-of-conference losses
Colorado18-2810-139FTA disparity is 98 vs 48
Dayton27-307-1158 TO avg/game
@Villanova
12-132-413
Creighton14-155-58In 7 BE losses
@Xavier17-2413-1713FTA disparity is 129 vs 102
St John's 12-1614-221813 TO avg/game
@Seton Hall13-1616-2116
@St John's 21-2723-2918
Creighton13-182-46

Overall FTA disparity 224 vs. 150 in all 10 losses. When UConn does not turn it over, they tend to send the other team to the line. When the FTA disparity is more even, the problem seems to be UConn TO's. IDK. Also UConn turns it over much more in losses in-conference than out-of-conference. Below, the high-major wins.

TeamFTM-FTAUConn FTM-FTAUConn turnovers
Baylor 12-1926-337FTA disparity is 62 v 70 UConn
@Texas 15-2411-16149.6 TO avg/game
Gonzaga 15-1918-218
 
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