UConn men’s basketball center Adama Sanogo ‘ran out of gas’ last season. How Donovan Clingan can help (Hearst) | Page 2 | The Boneyard

UConn men’s basketball center Adama Sanogo ‘ran out of gas’ last season. How Donovan Clingan can help (Hearst)

Hungryhusky99 said:
What proof is there to suggest the offense is better with Whaley at the 5? That worked out real well against PC.
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August_West said:
I was quoting Hurley
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You should have quoted him then. Adama got plenty of rest. He played less than the other big time centers I can think of- Kofi, Oscar, Dickinson, Kalkbrenner...
 
Tenspro2002 said:
And how many minutes did each of those lineups get? Probably a small sample for the 1st one, and definitely the 4th one.
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efficiency calculation. How does it work? Lol
 
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Chief00 said:
The opponent couldn’t have devised as effective a strategy to stop Adama as Hurley did in 2021/2022 season. At this juncture, let’s learn from it, put to bed the center in the High Hedge scheme and start 2022/2023 with fresh thinking and shooters.
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Do you think Jamie Dixon wishes he had used the high hedge in the 2011 Big East tournament rather than switching? The high hedge is very effective. You need players that can switch if you are not going to use it and next year with taller guards we should be able to switch.
 
ucp990411 said:
Do you think Jamie Dixon wishes he had used the high hedge in the 2011 Big East tournament rather than switching? The high hedge is very effective. You need players that can switch if you are not going to use it and next year with taller guards we should be able to switch.
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It is but we use it too much, it works against most inferior opponents but when you get to the really good teams and really good offensive coaches they exploit it. We're too much of a one trick pony with it, Carlton couldn't do it effectively at all and Clingan won't be able to either.
 
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navery12 said:
Roughly 75 possessions for both Whaley lineups, 120 for just Sanogo, 530 for the one with both. The takeaway should not be Whaley was better than Sanogo, it should be we needed to play 1 big
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Definitely. If Sanogo stays around a couple more years it will be interesting to see how they bring Clingan along.
 
superjohn said:
You should have quoted him then. Adama got plenty of rest. He played less than the other big time centers I can think of- Kofi, Oscar, Dickinson, Kalkbrenner...
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Did you read the article in the OP?
 
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ucp990411 said:
Do you think Jamie Dixon wishes he had used the high hedge in the 2011 Big East tournament rather than switching? The high hedge is very effective. You need players that can switch if you are not going to use it and next year with taller guards we should be able to switch.
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Calhoun knew exactly what Pitt was going to do and therefore got the mismatch he desired. I think, while different, the same holds true with the high hedge. The opposition knows the mismatch that will result except there is more of a period of time where a player will be left totally unguarded. Don’t be fooled at the end of the play when the original defender gets back to their man (kind of), too often it results in a foul or too little too late. The recovery to the mess is what gets us in trouble against good teams and wears Adama out, so he can’t perform on the offensive end.
 
navery12 said:
We already have that guy on the roster in Samson Johnson. We haven't been connected to any bigs because we have 4 guys who could get minutes at the 5 (Sanogo, Johnson, Clingan, Springs) and 4 guys who could get minutes at the 4 (Johnson, Karaban, Jackson, Springs). We needs guards and wings
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Springs is really small for a 5 but we haven’t seen enough of him to say where he fits. He has pretty good form on his jumper in warmups.
The only kid that was more of a mystery was the kid who was going to give up his scholarship for Drummond. I may be wrong. but I don’t remember him ever playing or even dressing.
 
navery12 said:
Roughly 75 possessions for both Whaley lineups, 120 for just Sanogo, 530 for the one with both. The takeaway should not be Whaley was better than Sanogo, it should be we needed to play 1 big
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August_West said:
Yup, both the best lineups had one big.
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And, interestingly, Tyler Polley on the floor for spacing.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Springs is really small for a 5 but we haven’t seen enough of him to say where he fits. He has pretty good form on his jumper in warmups.
The only kid that was more of a mystery was the kid who was going to give up his scholarship for Drummond. I may be wrong. but I don’t remember him ever playing or even dressing.
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I don't think Richie is any shorter than Sanogo. I really hope he gets a little run next year. I've only seen him in short spurts and during garbage time but he doesn't seem overwhelmed or overmatched. Don't sleep on Springs
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I know efficiency is a per-possession stat, dips___.

I'm asking how big a sample size was used to arrive at those numbers.
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It's not just the sample size, it's situational. Sanogo mostly came out when the other team pulled their 5. So Whaley was often facing a backup when he was at the 5.

The defensive efficiency numbers are pretty interesting. Swapping Polley for Jackson had horrific results. That 4th lineup was as good as the starting lineup on D.
 
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AZHuskiePop said:
Springs is really small for a 5 but we haven’t seen enough of him to say where he fits. He has pretty good form on his jumper in warmups.
The only kid that was more of a mystery was the kid who was going to give up his scholarship for Drummond. I may be wrong. but I don’t remember him ever playing or even dressing.
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Michael Bradley. I actually think Springs is one of our better rebounders.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Our 3 best offensive lineups all had Polley in there.

Incidentally, those were also our 3 worst defensive lineups.
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But the largest positive spread between O and D efficiency in the one-big with Polley groupings.

The point being, as much as many on here hated to see Polley on the floor at all, he made the whole offense better even when not scoring much by spacing the floor for others. Sure, I'd rather a 3 sniper (several, actually) who was also grabbing rebounds and cutting his man out of the opposing offense or raising havoc with help D. But with the limited shooting threat from the rest of the team, the threat he posed caused defensive problems for the opponent.
 
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