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I must admit I was afraid to even venture anywhere near the Boneyard the last couple of games.
I'm sure many are saying the sky is falling. We're just two games into the season, so there's a lot of ball to be played and time to improve. With that said, this is the worst UConn team I've seen in a long time. I'm not saying this team won't be good at some point this season. They have a lot of talented players, but they're just a bad team right now. I could see there were going to be problems right from watching the first couple of preseason games. They're a terrible rebounding team. They're not defending well. They're not shooting well. I could go on and on. I'm sure everyone else here has had similar observations.
What alarms me most about this team, is an all-around lack of basketball instincts. We are being outplayed by lesser teams that are simply executing better and playing smarter basketball.
I can't put my finger on it, but I don't think it's simply blaming the coaching, the overall level of talent, the lack of improvement by the upper classmen, bad chemistry, lacking at any given position or lack of talent with the newcomers.
I knew they'd have some early bad losses, but this is worse than I anticipated. Let's see if they can begin to execute better and play with a level of desperation that will set this season back in the right direction. This team can be a tough out come tournament time. Let's hope they get the opportunity to prove it to all of us.
I've not given up on them. I've seen some bad early losses by some past UConn teams that finished well. There's still a lot of time to finish well.
I'm sure many are saying the sky is falling. We're just two games into the season, so there's a lot of ball to be played and time to improve. With that said, this is the worst UConn team I've seen in a long time. I'm not saying this team won't be good at some point this season. They have a lot of talented players, but they're just a bad team right now. I could see there were going to be problems right from watching the first couple of preseason games. They're a terrible rebounding team. They're not defending well. They're not shooting well. I could go on and on. I'm sure everyone else here has had similar observations.
What alarms me most about this team, is an all-around lack of basketball instincts. We are being outplayed by lesser teams that are simply executing better and playing smarter basketball.
I can't put my finger on it, but I don't think it's simply blaming the coaching, the overall level of talent, the lack of improvement by the upper classmen, bad chemistry, lacking at any given position or lack of talent with the newcomers.
I knew they'd have some early bad losses, but this is worse than I anticipated. Let's see if they can begin to execute better and play with a level of desperation that will set this season back in the right direction. This team can be a tough out come tournament time. Let's hope they get the opportunity to prove it to all of us.
I've not given up on them. I've seen some bad early losses by some past UConn teams that finished well. There's still a lot of time to finish well.