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UCfor3 said:
We have no point guard or 2nd scorer. Gonna be an issue all year if someone doesn't step up dramatically. BOUK cant drop 40 every game.
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And further, while there is still a ton to enjoy this season, assuming Bouknight goes pro, where on earth are points going to come from next year? There is nobody on the roster or coming in who can create a shot even close to what Bouknight does. They're going to have to get a whole lot better at making 3's.
 
Peacefrog said:
And further, while there is still a ton to enjoy this season, assuming Bouknight goes pro, where on earth are points going to come from next year? There is nobody on the roster or coming in who can create a shot even close to what Bouknight does. They're going to have to get a whole lot better at making 3's.
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The hope is for Diggins and Hawkins but that's too big a burden for 2 frosh right out of the shoot.
 
lange10 said:
Way too long of a leash on Adams. Some of his minutes today should’ve went to Jackson. Too many players not even looking for their shot on offense.

Our second best offensive weapon is Sanogo. He should’ve been in the game over Carlton in OT. However, if “Time will tell” Cole hits his FT it doesn’t matter.

Bad loss. Cole’s decision making is as frustrating as our last PG that we chased out of town.
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Seems like BA was in there mostly for his defense. But all those missed shots from him hurt us offensively. He needs to work to make his jumper more consistent.
 
I don’t want to hear about Cole ever again. I’ve been telling the yard since the beginning He isn’t that good.

Gaff despite not playing well made some winning plays when presented. Cole never makes good plays down the stretch.

PS: Polley needs to be our second scoring option
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Cole absolutely deserves blame for choking on the two FTs that would have iced the game, but this ending had trouble written all over it when our offense down the stretch was bad 1-on-1 contested shots for 4-5 possessions in a row.

We won the USC game only because they missed every single shot down the stretch, not because we showed any kind of ability to close a game on offense.
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UConn history, and the end of last season, isn't closing the game on offense.

It's taking the lead and not letting the other team catch up, usually by making the free throws. 19-24 free throws before Cole's misses.

Season 3, Game 4 against 9th ranked team, after a 17 day layoff. Frustrating like last year's losses, before they learned how to keep the lead.

I have no interest in assigning individual player blame at this point.
 
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UconnFanNVa said:
I can live with some missed fts, it happens to the best of them. But down the stretch he had alot of really really horrible shots that had no chance of going in. He isn't a pg period, and makes poor decisions.
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He doesn't know what to do because he's not used to playing at this level and he can't get off good shots on his own. That's not an indictment, really, but he has to learn what it's like to play against high-major defenses all the time. Teams are sitting on his left and it's bottling him up. He's not quick enough to beat guys off the dribble on his own. For now, when he puts the ball on the floor it has to be with the intent to pass until he's proven he can finish at this level.
 
Lefty2one said:
He doesn't know what to do because he's not used to playing at this level and he can't get off good shots on his own. That's not an indictment, really, but he has to learn what it's like to play against high-major defenses all the time. Teams are sitting on his left and it's bottling him up. He's not quick enough to beat guys off the dribble on his own. For now, when he puts the ball on the floor it has to be with the intent to pass until he's proven he can finish at this level.
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Exactly. It's like when it's super foggy out and heavy rain. You don't drive faster, you slow down your less aggressive. Cole is being more aggressive when he should be deferring more.
 
Huskymagic said:
I don’t want to hear about Cole ever again. I’ve been telling the yard since the beginning He isn’t that good.

Gaff despite not playing well made some winning plays when presented. Cole never makes good plays down the stretch.

PS: Polley needs to be our second scoring option
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I feel like his lack of height makes it hard for him to get his shot off against bigger rosters on high major teams.
 
I expected this team to be up and down early on this season, and they will be. If you told me this team would go toe-to-toe with one of the top 5 offenses in the country coming off a covid break, I would have said you were dead wrong. I am not a moral victory guy. You either win or you lose. That said, they looked much better than I expected.

The other point, Hurley is not a good in-game coach. I call him Baby Squid. Great recruiter and PR frontman, but not a good tactician at all. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

I still believe this will be a big season for us. He will find a consistent number 2 and 3 scoring options, and Defense will continue to improve.
 
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This is a really disappointing loss, but it's wrong to put it all on RJ Cole. YES he shot the ball poorly, YES he missed 2 free throws to ice the game, BUT he also played great defense.

Jalen Gaffney contributed nothing.

Tyrese Martin had no offense, and apparently can't hold onto the ball?

Brendan Adam's was just running up and down the court.

What's up with Andre Jackson not even looking at the hoop to score?

Outside of Bouk's amazing play this team played extremely poorly on the offensive side of the ball.

Granted, I think this was a gritty game that we should have won, and will win down the line. We're gonna have a big run in March - when it matters - and if it takes till then go gain respect around the NCAA, so be it.
 
-Cole is not a PG at this level which isn't necessarily an indictment on him but it is a problem as far as the make up of the team as Gaffney has a lot of work to do if he's going to prove he's more than a backup. Going forward though Cole should hit open looks better than he did today so while his shooting, and obviously the 2 free throws, was the biggest reason we lost this particular game he should be better in that aspect going forward.

-Too soft defensively in the final 2 minutes of regulation.

-Concerning Jackson didn't play more since there were definitely minutes there for him today. Maybe a mistake by Hurley, maybe he's not ready, really no way to know right now. He's probably the player the shut down and lack of buy games has hurt the most.

-Bouknight was great and is going to need to continue to be, its hard to see where the consistent 2nd scoring option is going to come from.

-Overall not a bad effort given the circumstances, and missed opportunities for quality wins shouldn't be as killer as they used to be in the American. But obviously frustrating, and we're certainly past the point of being able to say "well, a few years ago we would have lost this game by 20"
 
husky429 said:
Bouk was obviously an animal. 40/74 of our points is just ridiculous. Effecient too. Best individual performance since Kemba? It's sad that his fantastic play will be overshadowed by the loss.

No one else was ready to play vs a top 10 team on offense. Our lack of experience in high level games compared to theirs showed.

RJ cannot go 2/13 from the field, he just can't. He hit some FTs we needed early on, but the 0/2 to finish the game was bad. Hurley needs to tell him to facilitate or have some kind of consequence... that was bad. So bad.

Gaffney is such a milquetoast player. Doesn't seem to do much of anything, but doesn't turn it over. What else? And he certainly can't go 0/5 from 3 and expect to compete at a high-major level.

I thought Whaley looked pretty good in his minutes... he just is limited offensively.

Carlton and Sanogo seem to be a wash this year. I can understand why Hurley went with Josh's experience late, but I hope Sanogo is able to get some more minutes going forward. He really could be a huge asset next year.

I like Martin's defense and rebounding a lot. He brings a done of toughness and that dunk was ridiculous. He needs to develop a simple catch and shoot 3 at 35% and the ability to hit basic layups when he gets a clean drive or we won't reach our potential in the coming years.

Jackson looked fine in his minutes. Coach doesn't trust him yet.

Adams was fine in a middling conference. His lack of ability to recognize his place in the offense, and what a good shot is, makes him nearly unplayable.


I'm worried about next year without bouk. we can't expect to have a transcendent player like him again. We're going to really need to rely on overall individual improvements to stay competitive in this league.
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Something about Martin that KILLS me is how often. He goes up with one hand to grab rebounds. Knocks it out of bounds or to the other team Led to a lot of second and third looks for Creighton today.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Something about Martin that KILLS me is how often. He goes up with one hand to grab rebounds. Knocks it out of bounds or to the other team Led to a lot of second and third looks for Creighton today.
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This would bother me more if he didn't have 10, 7, and 10 rebounds in his 3 games. A couple of them were one handed because he had to go over a guy and couldn't get there with both, too.
 
auror said:
This would bother me more if he didn't have 10, 7, and 10 rebounds in his 3 games. A couple of them were one handed because he had to go over a guy and couldn't get there with both, too.
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Think of how many he’d have if he went up with two hands!
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Something about Martin that KILLS me is how often. He goes up with one hand to grab rebounds. Knocks it out of bounds or to the other team Led to a lot of second and third looks for Creighton today.
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Yes there is a solution to that: AJacks. Play Jackson more and that won't happen.
 
Cut this team some slack- the program has been shut down for almost 3 weeks and they came out and played a tough team shot for shot. UConn could have been blown out in the first half but they made some great adjustments. The future looks bright and UConn fans need to relax
 
Giddyup5 said:
When up 4 they let Creighton get 2 easy points in like 3 seconds. No contest at all on that play
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This really annoyed me. If you're up 6-7 points that's fine. Let them score and foul but you don't play matador defense up 4. It's not like there were 5 seconds left.
 
You know who we could really use right now? Jordan Hawkins, we need shooting and perimeter depth.
 
Huskymagic said:
I don’t want to hear about Cole ever again. I’ve been telling the yard since the beginning He isn’t that good.

Gaff despite not playing well made some winning plays when presented. Cole never makes good plays down the stretch.

PS: Polley needs to be our second scoring option
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You don’t want to hear about Cole again and then find something good to say about Gaff who besides his 2 FTs was absolutely awful. Winning plays? 3 on 2 fast break where his attempt at a shot didnt get near the rim then a couple wide open 3s zero. He can’t get to the rim anyway he’s doing nothing. He also missed a very big switch on D down the stretch when Zegarowski took Cole into gaffs guy but he didn’t hedge off and watched him drive home. He’s horrid for now, and this team just won’t be very good until they can get people to earn more minutes so we have a lot less minutes with Cole and Gaffney on the court together. Too many again in this game and when you add an Adam’s who’s not playing good it’s amazing we were even in this game.

Hurley needs to coach AJ up so we can be more flexible.
 
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I blame my girlfriend for this one, she walked into the room right as they went down 12 so I kicked her out, she had the audacity to come try to hang out with us up 2 with 2 seconds left, I didnt want to push my luck and try to kick her out again and then we lost. I love her but she might be bad for the team
 
GoDAWGS said:
I blame my girlfriend for this one, she walked into the room right as they went down 12 so I kicked her out, she had the audacity to come try to hang out with us up 2 with 2 seconds left, I didnt want to push my luck and try to kick her out again and then we lost. I love her but she might be bad for the team
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Dump her.
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
Hurley is now 1-6 in OT games. That’s a trend, not an anomaly.
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JC wins this game with same players. That’s the difference between a HoF coach and a guy trying to become a great coach. It’s more than recruiting and teaching. It’s in-game decision making with situational awareness, and giving your team the best chances to win. So many mistakes down the stretch. Hurley just isn’t there yet.
 
Dan Hurley has proven that he has the resources to be a great recruiter BUT that is only a part of the job.
I have huge issues with his game day coaching decisions
I guess its best to give him time but he seems to do the same questionable things on a consistent basis.
Can't believe if Bob Sr hasn't seen this but maybe he stays out of it.
 
Last season almost every close game was lost. This season we pulled out the win over USC and almost pulled this one out over Creighton. Let’s see how this season manifests. 1 game riddled with mistakes and sloppiness may not mean poor coaching just lack of game reps or unable to replicate tense scenarios in practice and being behind schedule.
 
GoDAWGS said:
I blame my girlfriend for this one, she walked into the room right as they went down 12 so I kicked her out, she had the audacity to come try to hang out with us up 2 with 2 seconds left, I didnt want to push my luck and try to kick her out again and then we lost. I love her but she might be bad for the team
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If that is the case, is she really worth it. My wife gave up on me during games. She knows I am in another world
 
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