UConn’s Vulnerabilities Heading To Postseason

[Rico444]

On the flip side, I’d also be nervous of a team with firepower that could bomb you out of the tourney with threes. Kentucky doesn’t defend - but catch them on a day when they’re all hitting and feeding off each other and they could be scary since I’m not sure we have foot speed 1-5 to lock down the perimeter. And once you’re behind and start feeling the pressure, it gets harder. You can’t necessarily depend on Cal to screw it up.

Anything is possible, but I don't see how Kentucky keeps us from putting up 100. Their defense is truly awful; we would get whatever we want offensively.

 

[Jbirdp5]

Eh... The last time SJ gave us 8 or more was when he was starting. The last time Ball gave us 8 or more was against Xavier which is in the middle of an 8 game streak where he has been scoreless 6 times. Diarra has had some moments but I don't look him as a guy who can give us a scoring boost off the bench. The main point is that we do not have a guy like Naheim or Joey C that you know can come off the bench and make shots. Nor do we have DC of last year who would consistently get you 6-8 in dunks and garbage points a game.

Bench scoring last 7 games:
Butler - 12
SJU - 6
Prov - 4
Xavier - 36
Nova - 9 (DC = 6)
Creighton - 11
GTown - 9

Bench scoring is an issue.

Is bench scoring an issue when you are always going to have at least 3 starters in the game that average double figures? The balanced scoring from the starting unit is so rare that I think you’re miscalculating the importance of bench scoring. In most years your right those numbers would be troubling over a 7 game stretch. With this team it isn’t.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Physical "muck it up" type teams that rely on the refs not calling every foul.