Samson has no chance with Dainja. I would think Reed, Jr. starts and hopefully Dainja and Reed, Jr. swap fouls and when they both have 2 they sit, and Johnson comes in and does have a good chance on Cisse. That also opens up Karaban and McNeeley for some post play.
Who is out best on-ball defender? While Hurley doesn't mess with the starting lineup other than from weekly practice effort/results, he did put Castle on different position players.
"We suck at winning close games"
Agree that this is a game where AK and LM are gonna feast - that’s where the mismatch is.
I don't see a reason why Ball can't guard Haggerty, as far as size, physical tools, and athleticism. He just has to show us he can do it.
But a lot lighter in the wallet over the past two tourneys lol
There is a lot of things that make me scratch my head as to why Solo doesn’t do more of it. Needs to find some inner dawg, as he would be a beast if he could surface a little. But with you in that give him the chance and see what he can do, as I’m waiting for him to breakout in areas other than threes. You see small glimpses here and there and has the physical traits, but not a consistent across game or game to game.
How do you figure that? They beat a good Missouri team. We haven't played anybody as good as the worst team they've played. I would not touch -8.5 until I see UConn play a legitimate D1 team. Maybe we win by 16. Maybe we struggle facing actual defense for the first time and win by 3.
Totally agree with this. This game is a very very tough bet as I could see playing out a number of ways. If Memphis tries and can slow this one way down, hits threes like they have, I can see a grinder keeping it close. So who is able to dictate pace will be key.
Some PC fans, according to their posts on Friar Talk,who we know for the most part hate UConn, were happy with last year's team as they made $. One post I remember said, "UConn winning it all was easy money in the bank.".
Because neither Memphis nor Missouri are great teams and that matchup was sloppy and foul laden. Memphis has 2 bench guys they play with any decent minutes and their starters are prone to fouls.
Concerned how much more battle tested they are than us. Also our first time away from home.
Haggerty is 6'3". Really doubt Alex gets him.
Memphis takes a BPI seat well below UConn and we have a 73.7% win prob.
Once we play this game, maybe. But right now we haven't played a team that wasn't truly awful and yet still didn't look all that crisp. I have very high hopes for this team. Maybe a threepeat. But there's a risk this team never really lives up to that. I did not feel that risk the last two seasons. So, first game against a real opponent, that's one I'll sit out. I bet on both the last two teams to win it all before the season started. I didn't this year.
My comment was partially in jest but Danny's hyperactivity doesn't necessarily lend itself to the daily, two to three 25-30 minute meditation sessions recommended by TM followers. He also may not be a fan of the lack of productivity during that time.
He's mentioned it many times that he starts his day doing meditation as a way to help with his mental health issues. Search for all those shows and podcasts he went on this past offseason. He mentioned it in most of them.