Trying to be optimistic

[BNich]

I thought Carlton played great. We were asking him to show up for big games. Now he isn't doing enough? People are too hard on this guy. He is becoming the rock of our offense. Unfortunately our guards decided to take the night off.

He needs to finish around the basket with consistency and regularity. And AUTHORITY. He's too big a dude to miss countless layups and shots close to the basket. He's got no strength to finish among the other big bodies.

 

[cohenzone]

Josh is our only serviceable big who can bang in the trenches, which I love. However, he misses some easy layups that cost us

Josh was not the problem. He made a number of aggressive baskets. This game was lost on lousy offensives performance by the veteran guards and on Hurley for not reading the riot act to them after two bad possessions in a row in the last 6 minutes of the first half, repeated toward the end of the game. Obviously Vital missed some big FT he doesn’t often miss, but that’s just one of those things that happens and had nothing to do with playing smart.

 

[Onions]

Akok was the only guy who came to play. Everyone else played awful. Bad shots. Tons of turnovers. Couldn't grab a rebound to save our lives. No offensive flow outside of a 2 min stretch early. No breaks from the zebras all night.

And yet we had a chance to win the game, somehow. That has to be a positive, right? Right?....

The rebounding was even: (offensive+defensive) 10+27 for Uconn, 11+23 for Indiana. It was the turnovers and shooting that cost us, nothing else.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

He needs to finish around the basket with consistency and regularity. And AUTHORITY. He's too big a dude to miss countless layups and shots close to the basket. He's got no strength to finish among the other big bodies.

Next on his list, then free throws.
Still growing.

 

[superjohn]

He needs to finish around the basket with consistency and regularity. And AUTHORITY. He's too big a dude to miss countless layups and shots close to the basket. He's got no strength to finish among the other big bodies.

Our starting four year guards are 17-82 shooting in our losses and you're going after our big for not finishing after he went 9-14 last night. Smdh

 

[AntG168]

It’s really not hard to be “positive” about this. They’ve shown far more positives than negatives. The boneyard and it’s over reactions are ridiculous

 

[BlueDogs]

Can’t take anything positive out of this game besides Akok. Indiana is not a good team. Very disappointed in our guard play and Hurley needs to work on our half court offense because it was putrid.

That high screen rotations at the top of the key kill us. They eat time with the ball nowhere near a scoring position and a lot of useless motion. Time ticks down and we get forced penetration or a forced 3. We have to get the ball moving in and out of corners and using more low post screens with passes in and kick outs. The NBA high screen shake and drive is for A+ playmaker PGs off the dribble. We don’t have those guys.

 

[tower1]

He needs to finish around the basket with consistency and regularity. And AUTHORITY. He's too big a dude to miss countless layups and shots close to the basket. He's got no strength to finish among the other big bodies.

Josh needs to get off his feet, Tell him he is allowed to jump in basketball. He would be a much better player.

 

[David 76]

C V is streaky. Hurley has to sit him when he is both cold and out of control. We need A G because, appearently, he is our only guard who can get the ball across mid-court without a turnover. But he has to sit also when he starts forcing shots.
Hurley can wait for them to change or he can sit them. They ain't changing. Period!

 

[Doctor Hoop]

C V is streaky. Hurley has to sit him when he is both cold and out of control. We need A G because, appearently, he is our only guard who can get the ball across mid-court without a turnover. But he has to sit also when he starts forcing shots.
Hurley can wait for them to change or he can sit them. They ain't changing. Period!

Vital is a double-edged sword. Offensively he can get hot from 3. But his ball handling, decision making and shot selection are more-often-than-not poor. On the other hand, the guy plays hard on the defensive end, and wants every rebound. Hard to bench that guy. Now if Adams can be that guy ...

 

[BNich]

Our starting four year guards are 17-82 shooting in our losses and you're going after our big for not finishing after he went 9-14 last night. Smdh

Have you watched the games? Please. You're the one that wants Boukinight taking every last shot 10 games (7 due to suspension) into his college career. You're seriously hell bent on pulling Vital and or Gilbert. Get over it dude.

 

[Waquoit]

I think we're gonna get it together for conference play.

 

[Waquoit]

You're the one that wants Boukinight taking every last shot 10 games ...into his college career.

Is that wrong?

 

[superjohn]

Have you watched the games? Please. You're the one that wants Boukinight taking every last shot 10 games (7 due to suspension) into his college career. You're seriously hell bent on pulling Vital and or Gilbert. Get over it dude.

Never said anything about pulling Gilbert, Alterique is the most important player for us out of necessity just wish he could rein himself in, when he does we can be a really good team. Of course I want Bouknight taking shots when it matters over Vital.

I assumed it was the booze talking last night with you but it seems not.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Never said anything about pulling Gilbert, Alterique is the most important player for us out of necessity just wish he could rein himself in, when he does we can be a really good team. Of course I want Bouknight taking shots when it matters over Vital.

I assumed it was the booze talking last night with you but it seems not.

If he looked to drive and dish first instead of doing his drives to nowhere routine in the middle of the lane, yup, we can be really good.

 

[AdamaNation]

I was happy with Josh minus the flagrant.

The moving screen from Indy added to it.

 

[Husky25]

I thought there was a lot to be optimistic about in that game. There were quite a few head-scatchers too, but if you have to try that hard to be optimistic after the Indiana game, I question whether you experienced any of the last three seasons.

 

[JB75]

Just so hard to be optimistic when we easily could have won that game. If just one thing went right (cv not having worst game ever , cv making a few more free throws, jb getting 6 points, Ag making a couple jumpers, Adams giving us something -anything) it was such a winnable game. Really bothers me. Such a fine line this year between us being 6-3 and 9-0. We re continuously shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

[Husky25]

Just so hard to be optimistic when we easily could have won that game. If just one thing went right (cv not having worst game ever , cv making a few more free throws, jb getting 6 points, Ag making a couple jumpers, Adams giving us something -anything) it was such a winnable game. Really bothers me. Such a fine line this year between us being 6-3 and 9-0. We re continuously shooting ourselves in the foot.

That right there is reason enough to be optimistic. In the latter Ollie years the fine line would have been between 6-3 and 3-6. 9-0 would have never been a consideration.

 

[mauconnfan]

Wasn't really a flagrant. He got shoved from behind when he already had an arm out.

Awful missed call on the hip check that led to the whole play as it was.

 

[mauconnfan]

I thought Carlton played great. We were asking him to show up for big games. Now he isn't doing enough? People are too hard on this guy. He is becoming the rock of our offense. Unfortunately our guards decided to take the night off.

He was good not great. 4 TOs are killer better decisions out of the double team need to be his priority and not bouncing the ball when 15 feet away. Other than that I agree he was very active and solid.

 

[Sphinx]

Excellent point, except that Indiana is not a west coast team, and, last I looked, Bloomington, IN is in the eastern time zone.

 

[Husky25]

Excellent point, except that Indiana is not a west coast team, and, last I looked, Bloomington, IN is in the eastern time zone.

An excellent point that doesn't apply at all...okay...I suppose...

 

[Get a Job]

Excellent point, except that Indiana is not a west coast team, and, last I looked, Bloomington, IN is in the eastern time zone.

Lol epic fail.