UConn vs Texas Post Game Thread...

[UCann]

Im really glad the majority of our games aren’t on ESPN, not a fan of their production

Not only the production but the commentary seemed to be pro Texas. Wonder if it has something to do with them owning the SEC network. Either way glad we don’t have more ESPN games.

 

[lateralous]

A lot of it was probably the Karaban effect but Wednesday felt more like a gutsy, a lot of things went right, thank goodness it was at Gampel type win. This afternoon was the one where you can see this team will be really, really good by February, if not sooner.

He's still got a long way to go to round out his game but it was good to see drives to the basket and improved effort on the defensive end out of Ball while still hitting his usual quota of 3 pointers.

 

[HooperScooper]

I actually thought of Urkel when I saw the Texas coach.


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Especially with the shirt buttoned all the way up. And his body is similar. Uncanny resemblance.

 

[UC1995]

What I think is amazing is the fact that on any given night it could be any of our players that’ll make a difference. Too many teams are reliant on one or two guys and that is what’s gonna make us bulletproof for this year and beyond.

 

[UConnJim]

Tre Johnson has "Bad/Mediocre Team Superstar" written all over him. He is ferociously selfish, and he thinks nothing of running down a shot clock on breakdown attempts and then dumping the ball to a teammate to attempt a stat-killing contested shot-clock beater that Johnson caused by burning the shot clock on selfish play. He might get better, but right now he is the kind of player that makes all his teammates worse.

Kaluma has more self-control than I would in that situation where Tre Johnson got in his face.

I said the same thing to my buddy, but he pushed back saying Texas had no offense and if Johnson hadn't started playing ball hog, Texas would have been crushed.

 

[Devland]

Their Johnson shot 9-17.
Our Johnson shot 6-7.

Before Samson missed his last shot in this game, he had made 13 in a row. Per radio broadcast.

 

[UCFan1513]

I actually thought of Urkel when I saw the Texas coach.


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Nah, Gus Fring

 

[Edward Sargent]

He's been really bad on defense up until today and we want more out of him but the board has been way too harsh with him. He's averaging 13 ppg and shooting 46% from three on the season, he's already hit a lot of clutch ones. He averaged 3.3 ppg on 32% from three last season.

Sounds kind of Hawkish

 

[Pete78626]

Singare: He had no statistical production to mention, but he enabled the two bigs to sit for nine minutes in the first half without picking up a third foul, and also allowed Karaban to stay at the four and not have to move to the five. His contribution was enormous.

My son & I were at the game and we were talking about this exact point.

 

[Pete78626]

Great easy road win against a team that doesn't lose at home. UConn fans gonna flood MSG for the Zags on Saturday.

Total team win-
We have a two headed monster at center again if they can just stay out of foul trouble, which remains a major problem. They were both really good when they played. Hass and Karaban were great. Solo was a lot better on D, he drove some first half and he's an absolute sniper from three. Jaylin is still getting the short end of the stick on minutes.

This was the best ball movement and cutting we've had all season and the defense has been much better the past two games.

We were at the game, they took the crowd out of it early and kept them out of it for most of the game.

 

[cts]

Well said.

Our play kept the the fans sitting on their hands with closed mouths but it seemed like the crowd noise was muted at times by the telecast.

I was at Moody, and we did a great job of taking the crowd out of it. It got loud a couple of times, but we responded.

Dan had a great timeout in the second half to take the air out of the crowd.

Without the hot start, this could have been a much different game. Great win!

By the way, the Moody Center is nicer than any NBA arena. Spectacular facility. I was blown away.

 

[Dove]

Especially with the shirt buttoned all the way up. And his body is similar. Uncanny resemblance.

Urkel wore a sweater and henley tees. Big glasses, too. And, the suspenders. UT coach looks nothing like him.

Come back with a Carlton Banks and you'll have something.

 

[uconnfan68]

Despite his obvious talent he could be a drag on Texas. Hope their coach can make it work.

Meh, he’s gone soon. Kid’s a talent for sure, but he’s no team player.

 

[uh-no]

Im really glad the majority of our games aren’t on ESPN, not a fan of their production

Jay sounded like it was an inconvenience for him to be there. can't stand him.

 

[uconnfan68]

Not only the production but the commentary seemed to be pro Texas. Wonder if it has something to do with them owning the SEC network. Either way glad we don’t have more ESPN games.

Bilas is pretty neutral, and I think he respects our program. I’m sure they wanted a competitive game. We almost didn’t give them one.

 

[uh-no]

Bilas is pretty neutral, and I think he respects our program. I’m sure they wanted a competitive game. We almost didn’t give them one.

bilas tries hard to be neutral. he's just insufferable. complaining about whatever his thing du-jour is...refs, rules, the NCAA, scheduling...who knows.

 

[Mr. French]

I actually thought of Urkel when I saw the Texas coach.


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Urkel and/or Gus Fring.

 

[uconnfan68]

bilas tries hard to be neutral. he's just insufferable. complaining about whatever his thing du-jour is...refs, rules, the NCAA, scheduling...who knows.

He’s a lawyer.

 

[Leebo]

The weirdest thing to me was that if you only watched this game, you'd never think the two of them did play-by-play for two of the Maui games. They seemed to have no interesting insights from what they saw with their own eyes. Just very bland generalizations that anyone could make from the fact that Texas was struggling to score.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Nah, Gus Fring

Absolutely the chicken man for sure. Said it last year as well.

 

[navery12]

 

[uconngb]

Nah, Gus Fring

Great call

 

[uh-no]

He’s a lawyer.

which is incredible given how ill-conceived some of his positions are on air...like did you think this through, dude?

 

[Viet Vet]

Seith G. said Texas has won 21 Stright at home. This was a serious good win. KS lost again to a second unranked team. WOW.

21 straight against NON-CONFERENCE opponents at home.

 

[Mr. French]

Urkel wore a sweater and henley tees. Big glasses, too. And, the suspenders. UT coach looks nothing like him.

Come back with a Carlton Banks and you'll have something.

Urkel always buttoned his buttons all the way to the top, both with long sleeved dress shirts and polos.

Also...he looks kinda exactly like him when you include the glasses, etc.

Bit of a misstep on this one, sorry to say!