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Excalibur said:
The constant pining for the two bigs has been amusing, but I‘d consider it for this one. Arkansas will attack the boards relentlessly, and they can’t shoot. With four days to prep, I’d be cool with putting it out there for a few minutes.
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Their 2nd most popular lineup is Devo Davis, Nick Smith, Ricky Council, and Anthony Black at the 1-4. A 6'3" guard plus 3 NBA caliber penetrating guards. Sanogo wont be able to stay in front of any of the 4 in ISO.

Sure, they wouldn't be able to guard Sanogo either, but they could front (Black is 6'7") and gang up on him.

I think we can just play our standard 1-4 or probably a lot of Jackson at the 4 and just be better than them. This will be a tough game for Karaban. Likely will sub him out when Walsh goes out.
 
mike012 said:
Their message board is an interesting bunch. Say UConn has good defense but lacks offense Also have Arkansas ranked 3 of the remaining 16. UConn’s was 12 on there list.
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Do they have themselves above Alabama? And not the team that beat Alabama by double digits?
 
Huskiefan23 said:
I saw that. Had to let out a little laugh after reading that one.
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Arkansas wasn't even the 3rd best team in the SEC. They don't do divisions anymore, but if they did, they weren't even the 3rd best team in the SEC West.
 
giddyup said:
The big mistake is playing extended M2M and high hedge. Now is not the time to prove toughness. It’s time to play tough D protecting the paint. A good dose of zone with Adama in it critical. Use DC in a compact man to draw them into the paint to take bad contested shots.
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High hedge keeps their ball-handler from turning the corner and getting into the paint on PnR, preventing penetration.

St. Mary's tonight was getting into paint 1v1 without a screener, using their quick guards to just drive by Jackson, Hawkins, and Newton. Arkansas will try the same thing. High hedge not relevant in that scenario.
 
Very athletic team that can beat anyone and also lose to anyone. They're dangerous since they have a high ceiling.

The 2nd half against against Kansas, who I thought had the best overall team, was a thing of beauty. It should be a fun game to watch with all the dynamic players. UConn wins a close one.
 
Unfortunately for Arkansas, Corliss “big nasty” Williamson is not walking through that door. Lol

They are very talented. Looked just as talented as Alabama last time I saw them. Uconn by 7
 
They embarrassed us in the 2017 pk80 tournament. I'll never forget how bad I felt after watching that game.

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Kenny11 said:
Unfortunately for Arkansas, Corliss “big nasty” Williamson is not walking through that door. Lol

They are very talented. Looked just as talented as Alabama last time I saw them. Uconn by 7
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Wouldn’t matter.
 
AntG168 said:
He has. I’m nervous about his ability to stay in front of Arkansas’ guards
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Yes this matchup may be a problem. I have no idea why. Why?!? I’m thinking more zone and possibly some Samson. Doesn’t make sense. But I’m seeing this even if it’s just 4-6 minutes.
 
August_West said:
It might as a possession by possession change of pace , but I like hurleys credo “play to your identity”. Zone isn’t that.
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I get that, but that was our identity against St Johns, too, and that was a disaster. I'm not a huge fan of it, myself, but if a team can't shoot, sometimes that's the way to go. I'm all for straight man to man, just give them all a cushion and beg them to shoot jump shots.
 
No one on the Arkansas boards mention donovan or Andre. They definitely don't watch uconn basketball.
 


Basically the shot chart that was posted before the first round tells the story of Arkansas:

They take and make a ton of bad shots. Watching their two games this past weekend affirms it. Man in the face...15-19 foot pullup sounds good. Hard to defend to be honest because they already take bad shots. They take what Hurley wants them to take.

Just keep them off the boards and watch for backcuts. Don't make silly live ball turnovers. Those should be UConn's keys to the game.
 
I'd take their backcourt over ours.But our front court and bench is better. The game will be tight.
 
Ripper32 said:
No one on the Arkansas boards mention donovan or Andre. They definitely don't watch uconn basketball.
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They DEFINITELY don't. They have a thread on there where one of them ranked the S16 teams and had us at 13 while giving us the description "tough on def, but lack scoring punch", meanwhile we're 3rd in the country in offensive efficiency lol. Funnily enough the description he used for us is the exact one I would use to describe Arkansas.
 
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wingsfan055 said:
Very athletic team that can beat anyone and also lose to anyone. They're dangerous since they have a high ceiling.

The 2nd half against against Kansas, who I thought had the best overall team, was a thing of beauty. It should be a fun game to watch with all the dynamic players. UConn wins a close one.
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This whole statement is irrelevant when you said you thought Kansas was the best overall team. This tells me you haven’t watched closely enough this year. Thanks tho!
 
AntG168 said:
We just need to stay in front of our man. This will be a Jackson, Alleyne, Diarra game on defense for me. Diarra has his first chance to make a real impact on this tournament. Joey C might not be playable by the second half in this game. We have to keep their guards out of the paint
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Agreed Ant. Will say this. Joey C's D has been way better lately and night and day compared to PK1. His D has been way better than Hawks lately, especially the outright effort.
 
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