UConn vs Louisville: Game Thread

[James]

so what about his defense on brandon knight?

 

[The Boatyard]

Lamb's not helping at all either. We need to get Jeremy cutting to the hole with those floaters like last year, that shot was unstoppable down the stretch. All he's doing now is playing soft and settling for deep threes.

Agreed, that floater won games for us last year and earlier this year. I'm not sure what the issue is. It was understandable with Bazz playing point, cause he never saw the ball. But now that Boat's in, it doesn't make sense.

 

[4UConn]

Boatright has the potential, much like Kemba, to draw enough attention to allow Lamb to get some good looks. That Boatright Lamb chemistry is not yet fully developed

 

[sledog]

wrt bazz, what injury compells one to shoot BS 3s??

 

[Tenspro2002]

One where you know you're not getting shots by blowing by anyone, but still feel compelled to get your own.

 

[sledog]

[3s: 0-7, vs 4-11 = 12 pts!! Once again, ...

 

[Gurleyman]

Napier should at least give up a foul after his crappy 3 and not watch a layup. He's not vital any more, so his foul trouble isn't an issue.

If we're playing 3 guards, there's no reason whatsover that our bigs should be the ones continually getting the ball at the foul line. And the one time Lamb actually got it there, he was scared. Try Giffey in there a couple times - Roscoe (who played hard and deserves some minutes) had one blocked and shot another over the backboard.

And if we're playing 3 guards, we shouldn't be packing into the paint on penetration and giving up unguarded 3's over and over.

 

[RuffRuff]

Nappiers issues have nothing to do with an injury - all his blunders start from the neck up. In limited minutes last year when KW was the main ball handler and you saw him in limited sample sizes, it didn't seem this bad. And youd hope he grew into a bigger role. Now instead with him having to play big minutes, it just exposes his immaturity out there.

 

[RuffRuff]

Team comes out of the gates with no energy looking to fold - that Blaney half time speech must have been riveting.

 

[4UConn]

MAN, What is it about our second half starts...there's no excuse for it and it costs us games.

 

[HuskyFan32]

You're just annoying

You're just ignorant. Or an idiot. Or probably both. He blew the game. Up five now down 10 in five minutes. His plus minus is negative 20 tonihjt

 

[Gurleyman]

Olander with a complete pansy effort on the glass, Boat with a selfish 3 when we could have had a dunk with one more pass, and Lamb and Bazz standing in the paint ball-watching and not guarding anybody. Great job coming out ready boys. Brilliant.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I just don't understand it. I just don't understand how they can, without fail, ignore almost every single three point shooter. Every drive ends in five guys in the paint and a couple of wide open shooters.

 

[SouthTampaBill]

I just don't understand how we consistently leave these guys wide open for threes which is their #1 weapon.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out.

Why not play tough D on your man and screw helping out?

 

[RuffRuff]

Why do they even bite on Siva at this point - he never intends on finishing - have yet to see a Uconn team that makes fewer mental adjustments in game. They make a habit of repeating the same mistakes repeatedly. God they are a soft team - can one teams metal completely disappear with one guy?

Folding like a cheap tent. This one going towards getting ugly. Let's hope they can capitalize on the type games because I see no way that they beat good teams this year.

 

[SouthTampaBill]

I was looking forward to the Syracuse game earlier in the season but now it could be an embarrassing blow out.

 

[husky91]

Drummond shooting outside of 2 feet is a TO. Just a terrible offensive team.

 

[UCweCONN]

I guess Chieng's ankle made a miraculous recovery.....supposed high ankle sprain two days ago and he's spinning around guys and dunking. Blaney is just lost when the game starts getting out of hand. When they win with him coaching it is in spite of him. His facial expressions and body language don't instill confidence.

 

[4UConn]

These big guys need some pointers from Kevin Freeman...they are soft. Worse they're not boxing out.

 

[Gurleyman]

That was an embarrassing effort from Alex - letting a 3-point shooter kick his ass on the offensive boards. All he did was flail his arms around. Lamb stopping for a pullup 3 instead of attacking - his testicles have re-ascended. He has completely ruined his own game.

Now freaking Drummond shooting 16 footers because we flash him to the foul line. Can we flash a skilled player to that spot ONE TIME???? Just one?????

 

[BankShot]

No ONE on this team should be moving on to the next level. Including the overrated Jeremy Lamb, sorry but he's got along way to be mentioned among Ray, Rip, and Caron. His shot selection, lack of hustle, and terrible D, has gone from making fans angry to straight disappointing.

Next year we should be good, looking for moral victories from now

 

[GermanHusky]

WTF??? Our best perimeter defender is sitting the hole game on the bench and L-Ville is shooting from the 3 point land like free throws. BLANEY, where is NIELS????

 

[RuffRuff]

Shabazz Nappier with another air ball 3 - he has hit critical awfulness. Holy lord.

 

[4UConn]

To be fair, he was fouled.

 

[huskyniner]

Just stupid, stupid basketball. Almost unwatchable.