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Message: [QUOTE="Stymie, post: 4054187, member: 11176"] It might be possible that either UCONN didn’t have the depth (or Geno didn’t feel they had the dept) to play “ugly” basketball. Depending almost exclusively on the starting 5 ( I know, I know, several short breaks) and maybe giving meaningful minutes to two others off of the bench doesn’t leave much wiggle room for foul trouble. Was the end of the bench so inept, or performed so poorly in practice, that they deserved effectively NO minutes? Apparently yes. What other reason could there be for winning AAC games by 88-41 or being up by 31-13 at the end of the first quarter and 49-21 at the half? There may be some reason, but I can’t think of one other than the above. I often thought of the above mentioned scores as overkill and unrewarding to watch. Hey, I just a poor country Lawyer (not really) but I’ll tell you what I’d like to see this year. With UCONN’s depth, I’d like to see a smothering press more often than not. Crush the confidence and cohesion of the opponent. Then run the offense, build a lead, then integrate reserves into the offense to give them experience, confidence and meaningful minutes. Opponents want to bang? Go big upfront and let them foul out. Opponents want to run? Suffocating press won’t let them. Want to play a war of attrition? UCONN. Has the depth. I believe it is prudent to give this still young team a taste of real game pressure before they play in big, important and consequential games before a packed house in a nonpartisan atmosphere. JMHO [/QUOTE]

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