Should be the biggest test for us tonight, especially with the Ville waiting in the bushes. We need AB to be big, and our spacing to be clutter free in the middle, and NG to get a few good looks at the 3. Rebound by committee means box out by committee. We need to share the ball and reduce the bounces. I see DD having a monster game tonight.
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This has the potential to be a fast paced game. Memphis loves to run, with some very good guards who like to force turnovers - similar to UConn. Goodwin aside, I like this matchup. I think you will see the good UConn team, as Napier/Boat will be energized from the start. If our guards are into it from the tip, I expect great defense and better ball sharing resulting in better offensive execution. That previous game against UCF should reinforce some positives into the team. Looking forward to an exciting game.
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Tall, experienced, and bad. I get what you're saying, but I'm not inclined to take much from that game other than UConn played with some energy for the first time in a while. UCF followed up that game by losing to Rutgers last night.
Memphis is a really athletic team. They don't shoot well at all, but they get up and down and they've got some tough kids who seem to play with an edge. UConn has to show some composure when Memphis goes on a run because if they don't this one really has the potential to get ugly. Given that it's on the road and Florida was at home, I'm thinking this is their biggest test so far this season.
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Regarding game vs UCF - besides energy, what about the positives like better team ball sharing on offense, Brimah and outrebounding the best rebound team in the division by a huge margin? While UCF lost to lowly Rutgers last night, they still managed to grab 48 rebounds and were +12.
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UCF is a great rebounding team. UConn has struggled in rebounding with everyone this season. So I was thrilled that they out rebounded a sound rebounding team as opposed to a mediocre or poor rebounding team.
Early in the season UConn was winning with good shooting. Then it was defense and clutch shooting. The UCF victory was defense and rebounding. Maybe this team puts it all together. Maybe it doesn't. I just never thought UConn could dominate in rebounding not even against a women's team. So in that regards I'm cautiously optimistic.
Totally agree with you about maintaining composure. This is a tough road game, with a huge opposing and loud crowd and a team that goes on runs. This is a great test for UConn to find out if they can play against this type of team in this environment.
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Well I guess they can console themselves with that. If Connecticut beats Memphis tonight I don't care if they're -60 on the boards. All I'm saying is I'm not taking much more from the UCF game than UConn finally showed some of the energy they had at the beginning of the year, after looking flat for a couple weeks. UCF is bad. It's easier to share the ball against a team that can't stop you. Tonight is a huge step up in competition from that game and, while it was nice to finally beat a team by 20, it doesn't mean that the team has turned any kind of corner, it just means they beat a bad team comfortably. Now they need to beat a good one.
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Take it one day at time. It will come. It would help if UofMemphis were more like RutgersAL or better yet any West Virginia fan.
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What could be better? How about being one of those two recent champions?
Sorry, that was too easy. Hope your team shoots bricks all game tonight but good luck tomorrow and beyond.
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You might want to reconsider your respect. UConn gets to play this team at least once more this season. I'll wish them good luck against everyone else but UConn and UConn's best interests.
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We prefer to sit on our couches...not burn them.
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One game at a time.
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Definitely. I just don't wish the other team luck when I hope to beat them. So the poster I was responding to was wishing UofMemphis's team luck the rest of the season and I was reminding that poster UConn plays Memphis at least one more time at UConn and could meet up with Memphis tournament time. So I was recommending wishing Memphis luck only with regards it wasn't at the expense of UConn! I"m in the now even as I consider the future!
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