UConn "Secret" Scrimmages

[Improviser]

Every year. And Lord help us on injury info. The Pope's medical records are more public.

Yeah, but he doesn't have to worry about Hipaa rules.

 

[CL82]

Uh, hey, Tom Sawyer, am I right!?

Well, they are modern-day warriors…

 

[phillionaire]

Don't worry, they will be in the limelight soon.

Hopefully the team has good enough Chemistry

 

[CTBasketball]

Ah it seems only a few small years ago we scrimmaged Providence and got our doors blown off.

 

[auror]

I’d rather the Good Guys secret scrimmage against real competition, like Harvard and UVA, than play exhibitions against a D2 team and a school that was known as an online university even before Covid reared its ugly head.

Virginia’s people haven’t released any information about the scrimmage, either. It’s almost as if that’s a completely normal way to handle it. I‘m glad people are excited, though.

As a fan, I want to be entertained. College basketball (in anything past a club level) exists solely because it is entertainment. Samson Johnson dunking on a 5'8 guy in an exhibition is fun. The new Euro guys bombing 3s with 7 minutes left up 40 is fun. In lieu of that, stats and tidbits from playing a mostly organized game against a top 25 team would be extremely interesting. Give the people what they want!

 

[8893]

Give the people what they want!

Yes, there are Better Things Back to Front, but when you Add it Up, we can take A Little Bit of Abuse if they Yo-Yo Around the Dial and keep it Predictable. Personally, I am an Art Lover, so I want Hawk to develop those Killer's Eyes and turn into a real Destroyer.

 

[Huskyforlife]

As a fan, I want to be entertained. College basketball (in anything past a club level) exists solely because it is entertainment. Samson Johnson dunking on a 5'8 guy in an exhibition is fun. The new Euro guys bombing 3s with 7 minutes left up 40 is fun. In lieu of that, stats and tidbits from playing a mostly organized game against a top 25 team would be extremely interesting. Give the people what they want!

This is the same argument I'd use for First Night. Give me my mindless basketball entertainment.

 

[Waquoit]

it’s a meaningless scrimmage but giving up 75 points to them is a bad look.

How is it a bad look? It's a secret.

 

[mauconnfan]

Hopefully the team has good enough Chemistry

They obviously don't, they just gave up 75 to Virginia. Oh damn, that's a secret. My bad.

 

[phillionaire]

They obviously don't, they just gave up 75 to Virginia. Oh damn, that's a secret. My bad.

Looks like you weren’t in on The Main Monkey Business

 

[Huskybass]

Yes, there are Better Things Back to Front, but when you Add it Up, we can take A Little Bit of Abuse if they Yo-Yo Around the Dial and keep it Predictable. Personally, I am an Art Lover, so I want Hawk to develop those Killer's Eyes and turn into a real Destroyer.

The problem is, they will be working out the Kinks until Andre Jackson returns.

 

[VA Blue Dog]

" ... a tale, Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing."

 

[zls44]

I got a little info from a UVA guy I trust, take it for whatever its worth, this could always be a Purple Monkey Dishwasher scenario (one for the Simpsons fans), but I trust him.

-confirming, Virginia won 75-69
-Kadin Shedrick was best player
-UConn and UVA did a 5 and 5 rotation so full first team then full second team, not the blended thing you see in the season
-UVA won both halves narrowly

 

[Huskyforlife]

I got a little info from a UVA guy I trust, take it for whatever its worth, this could always be a Purple Monkey Dishwasher scenario (one for the Simpsons fans), but I trust him.

-confirming, Virginia won 75-69
-Kadin Shedrick was best player
-UConn and UVA did a 5 and 5 rotation so full first team then full second team, not the blended thing you see in the season
-UVA won both halves narrowly

Did Alex play?

 

[zls44]

Did Alex play?

I don't believe so, but that's based on other stuff I've seen not a direct "he didn't play in this game"

 

[connjah]

providence’s new 5 seems to be really good

 

[Sphinx]

So here's what we know or surmise:

UConn played two nearly even halves against a Top 16 team (#4 seed in Lunardi's latest bracketology) and did so without AJ and probably without Karaban.

Virgina is a cohesive veteran team returning nine juniors, seniors and grads led by a 5th year point guard who
scored 25 points against Duke last year

UConn is a newly-assembled group of guys still trying to develop a team chemistry and still trying to identify its floor leadership.

All in all, an encouraging result.

 

[Waquoit]

All in all, an encouraging result.

So you aren't concerned about the look?

 

[Durks07]

View attachment 80224 providence’s new 5 seems to be really good

That's a division 2 team.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Virginia is also top 5 at kenpom before the season starts. Which I know doesn’t mean much, but they are supposed to be really good.

 

[connjah]

That's a division 2 team.

i know they still look good though .

 

[Umami Zen]

Without two projected starters ..AJ-AK.. To a top 20 team.. 6 pts.. Give me a break .. It could be a lot worse..Sign me up

 

[aburks41]

So here's what we know or surmise:

UConn played two nearly even halves against a Top 16 team (#4 seed in Lunardi's latest bracketology) and did so without AJ and probably without Karaban.

Virgina is a cohesive veteran team returning nine juniors, seniors and grads led by a 5th year point guard who
scored 25 points against Duke last year

UConn is a newly-assembled group of guys still trying to develop a team chemistry and still trying to identify its floor leadership.

All in all, an encouraging result.

Also, on twitter HurleyMania said that the scrimmage was starting 5 v starting 5, then second 5 v second 5. I’d be curious to know who was on each unit with no Jackson & Karaban.

Starters: Newton/Hawkins/Alleyne/Samson/Sanogo

Second: Diarra/Joey/Springs/Clingan/??? One of the Europeans?

We supposedly lost each half by 2-3 points. If we did that against Kenpom’s #5 team without one definitive starter (possibly 2), then we are going to be a top 10 team in the country.

 

[Waquoit]

Speaking of preseason games, does any video exist of the GOAT of UConn exhibition games? The 1989 game versus the Russian National Team. It was sick.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

The last 2 weeks has seen Time Stand Still. Can’t wait to see Hawk, AJ, & Sanogo show out so they can make the Big Money next year.