UConn vs. Xavier through 30 minutes

[Matrim55]

42-point lead
31-48 (64.6%) FG
12-19 (63.2%) 3FG
23 assists to 8 turnovers
32-20 rebounding advantage
11 combined steals & blocks
12 turnovers forced
14-47 (29.8%) FG allowed
12 personal fouls committed

Xavier's a decent team -- 34th in Kempom.

I've been watching UConn basketball for 40 years. This is as dominant a 30 minutes as I can remember us ever having. Ever.

 

[Deepster]

Nothing forced. A beautiful flow on offense. Extra passes. Great screens and cuts. A pure clinic.

 

[Huskybass]

Hurley has assembled an absolute force. Clingan looked fantastic and Tristen Newton simply gets it done. Hassan with some great moments including taking a charge, Castle a Man, 3s for the end of the bench guys. Countless great alums at the game including Emeka, as fine of a person as you will ever encounter. Fantastic day to be a UConn fan.

 

[GHSWolverines]

Nothing forced. A beautiful flow on offense. Extra passes. Great screens and cuts. A pure clinic.

 

[GHSWolverines]

28 assists

 

[NIT88]

42-point lead
31-48 (64.6%) FG
12-19 (63.2%) 3FG
23 assists to 8 turnovers
32-20 rebounding advantage
11 combined steals & blocks
12 turnovers forced
14-47 (29.8%) FG allowed
12 personal fouls committed

Xavier's a decent team -- 34th in Kempom.

I've been watching UConn basketball for 40 years. This is as dominant a 30 minutes as I can remember us ever having. Ever.

Can’t agree more. Besides being the most lopsided BE win since 2006, I don’t ever remember UConn clearing the bench with over 12 minutes left against a team with the caliber of Xavier.

 

[superjohn]

42-point lead
31-48 (64.6%) FG
12-19 (63.2%) 3FG
23 assists to 8 turnovers
32-20 rebounding advantage
11 combined steals & blocks
12 turnovers forced
14-47 (29.8%) FG allowed
12 personal fouls committed

Xavier's a decent team -- 34th in Kempom.

I've been watching UConn basketball for 40 years. This is as dominant a 30 minutes as I can remember us ever having. Ever.

The only ones that really pop out to me are UConn destroying #6 Oklahoma in 2004 and UConn destroying the Zags in the Elite 8 last year. In terms of just destroying a team from the opening tip in every facet of the game today takes the cake.

This team is ridiculously great when healthy, I don't know how you even gameplan for them. The Big East has the best coaches and I don't think they know what to do with us.

 

[Scrappy3]

first game all season we were truly whole


Clingan and Castle looked like high lottery picks

 

[tzznandrew]

42-point lead
31-48 (64.6%) FG
12-19 (63.2%) 3FG
23 assists to 8 turnovers
32-20 rebounding advantage
11 combined steals & blocks
12 turnovers forced
14-47 (29.8%) FG allowed
12 personal fouls committed

Xavier's a decent team -- 34th in Kempom.

I've been watching UConn basketball for 40 years. This is as dominant a 30 minutes as I can remember us ever having. Ever.

It was sort of like that Virginia game in the 1993-1994 season where an unranked UConn team with Donyell, Doron, Ray went into 12 Virginia in late November and mauled them 77-36.

Except basically Xavier could not stop us. We could have had 120.

 

[uconngb]

It was sort of like that Virginia game in the 1993-1994 season where an unranked UConn team with Donyell, Doron, Ray went into 12 Virginia in late November and mauled them 77-36.

Except basically Xavier could not stop us. We could have had 120.

I guessed the score in the chat…..I guess my memory isn’t quite dead yet, that’s the score I remembered!

 

[housekeys]

UConn could lose a physical game, on the road, to a good team, playing a great game. We are not perfect but we are the best team nonetheless.

 

[HooperScooper]

Except basically Xavier could not stop us. We could have had 120.

You're probably right. Hurley pulled the starters with like 10 minutes left. Not too many times you can do that.

 

[tzznandrew]

I guessed the score in the chat…..I guess my memory isn’t quite dead yet, that’s the score I remembered!

I didn't remember the score, but I remember that game because it was among the first my dad let me watch with him when I was young. I just always think of it as a paradigmatic beat-down.

The OU game was mentioned above, which is another great example—and that OU team was ranked 6 when we did that. As was the UNC game two years before. But none of those games had quite the combination of suffocating defense and unstoppable offense against a Top 50ish team.

 

[formerlurker]

42-point lead
31-48 (64.6%) FG
12-19 (63.2%) 3FG
23 assists to 8 turnovers
32-20 rebounding advantage
11 combined steals & blocks
12 turnovers forced
14-47 (29.8%) FG allowed
12 personal fouls committed

Xavier's a decent team -- 34th in Kempom.

I've been watching UConn basketball for 40 years. This is as dominant a 30 minutes as I can remember us ever having. Ever.

It was almost surreal watching live. They had 7 points and my nephew and sister in law went to go to the bathroom and get pulled pork sandwiches. Not a lie, they came back to our seats bitching abut the lines and Xavier still had 7 points.

 

[SCNCHuskie]

42-point lead
31-48 (64.6%) FG
12-19 (63.2%) 3FG
23 assists to 8 turnovers
32-20 rebounding advantage
11 combined steals & blocks
12 turnovers forced
14-47 (29.8%) FG allowed
12 personal fouls committed

Xavier's a decent team -- 34th in Kempom.

I've been watching UConn basketball for 40 years. This is as dominant a 30 minutes as I can remember us ever having. Ever.

I was going to come on and say that I felt this was the most complete performance I’ve ever witnessed against a quality opponent.

 

[SCNCHuskie]

It was sort of like that Virginia game in the 1993-1994 season where an unranked UConn team with Donyell, Doron, Ray went into 12 Virginia in late November and mauled them 77-36.

Except basically Xavier could not stop us. We could have had 120.

That is the first game I immediately thought of while watching this game. The funny thing about that game is I was in college at the time and was on TV blackout because I was taping the game to watch when I got home at 11 PM. However, I went into a convenience store and heard the score, and I was depressed all the way home, thinking it was Virginia who had the giant lead. Then I started watching a game and realized UConn was firing on all cylinders that night.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Spencer and Karaban two of our best offensive players don’t score in double digits and we still score 99. How do you game plan for that type of flexibility?

 

[RichCTBB]

Hurley has assembled an absolute force. Clingan looked fantastic and Tristen Newton simply gets it done. Hassan with some great moments including taking a charge, Castle a Man, 3s for the end of the bench guys. Countless great alums at the game including Emeka, as fine of a person as you will ever encounter. Fantastic day to be a UConn fan.

Quite a contrast from the yesterday’s sideshow in Providence.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

The only ones that really pop out to me are UConn destroying #6 Oklahoma in 2004 and UConn destroying the Zags in the Elite 8 last year. In terms of just destroying a team from the opening tip in every facet of the game today takes the cake.

This team is ridiculously great when healthy, I don't know how you even gameplan for them. The Big East has the best coaches and I don't think they know what to do with us.

Not same caliber of teams but Chattanooga in 09' first round of NCAA tournament

 

[Tenspro2002]

Didn't we get out to a 29-2 lead on DePaul last year?

Yes, I know, it's DePaul, and it wasn't the whole game, but still.

 

[formerlurker]

It was almost surreal watching live. They had 7 points and my nephew and sister in law went to go to the bathroom and get pulled pork sandwiches. Not a lie, they came back to our seats bitching abut the lines and Xavier still had 7 points.

That's a whole lot of clock time that doesn't include stoppages or TV timeouts. It felt like forever and XL crowd loved every minute.

 

[HooperScooper]

Didn't we get out to a 29-2 lead on DePaul last year?

Yes, I know, it's DePaul, and it wasn't the whole game, but still.

Yes, they did. It was 51-19 at the half. But you're right, it was DePaul so it doesn't count as much.

 

[Leebo]

Torvik gives a "game score" to each performance, out of 100 points. Previously we had 99 against Gonzaga and Creighton. Last night was the first 100 of the season.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

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That's a whole lot of clock time that doesn't include stoppages or TV timeouts. It felt like forever and XL crowd loved every minute.

I probably shouldn't ask but why do you keep pulled pork sandwiches in the bathroom?

 

[AdamaNation]

Spencer and Karaban two of our best offensive players don’t score in double digits and we still score 99. How do you game plan for that type of flexibility?

This is the scary part and just how unselfish we are. Can took like 4 shots all game. Not even sure he took a 3. Had like 4 dimes and 5 boards . Our best shooters didn’t even shoot any sort of volume. Anywhere. That’s another 30pts left off the board. What do you do??