UNC Post Game Thread

[Dove]

Spencer's sh1# talking got UNC shook. Love to see that

Got in Bacot's tete !!!

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Jay Bilas is a G. Love it when he covers our games.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Zags put up 111 on Ark PB tonight. Think we can top that?

 

[UConNick]

Insert comment about Solo Ball showing today he’s got two huge balls - hell of a performance for him, think the 3 will be nice and consistent going forward.

 

[Marat]

Spencer got some of that Napier anger/toughness.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Still amazed by the team’s rebounding effort. 39 boards, only 7 from the center position.

Great to see Solo finally put it all together, you could see his confidence soar out there.

Our guards are tremendous rebounders. Newton we knew. But Spencer really seems to relish mixing it up. Ball too. Castle too.

Hurley has a type.

 

[GameTime]

I really enjoy the attitude these guys display. We ain’t wilting to no one. Cam, he’s mean… love that… Tristen is mean…. Love that… AK says screw my taped hand still gonna have a career night….. and then Solo…

Husky nation is going to have a fun year.

 

[98Uconn]

How much do you despise Cam Spencer if he’s playing against your team!

 

[huskiesNhoos]

The new streak begins... (10+ pt OOC wins)

 

[husky429]

W/min

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Productive minutes for Diarra in hos homecoming. He's just too erratic for press breaking

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Agree w everything except the refs. They were flat out AWFUL. And I never complain about refs. For a 10 minutes stretch it was comical.

There was a foul disparity in the first half but UNC was also driving at guys and banging in the paint more. Didn’t really have an issue with the calls. That stretch to start the second half was BAD but once that settled down, I thought it returned to a nice flow that allowed a reasonable amount of contact. You will get no argument from me that the one stretch was very bad.

 

[Purple Stein]

I love how well we pass the ball. It’s a joy to watch even Clingan zip a back door pass.

This team has great vision.

 

[HuskyBoi]

We're good

 

[husky429]

25 assists on 34 buckets is astounding. Exactly what you do to punish a press.

 

[superjohn]

From a basketball obsessed outsider friend, "I think UConn may be better than last year. Smoother offensively, more depth, better discipline."

From another non UConn friend at the game, "UConn=really good. Pass, shoot, dribble, guard= 4 basic food groups."

He said it was 70% UConn fans all night and they were super strong during the game.

 

[Tenspro2002]

25 assists on 34 FG. Wow.

And 2-3 years ago the rap was that Hurley couldn't coach offense.

He just needed time to populate the roster the way he wanted.

 

[Palatine]

If we ever get healthy we should be pretty good.

 

[auror]

2 main things I posted in the chat but will reiterate here.

Our bigs rotation (and ironically foul trouble kept the guys pretty fresh) wore down Bacot as the game went on. Our offense forces opposing bigs to guard a lot of picks and keep moving for long shot clocks. There's not a lot of just sitting on the block with your hand on a guy's back. At the pace UNC plays and the minutes that Bacot played, he had no shot and lost his legs in the 2nd.

Our offense is like that Remember the Titans quote. "Just give it time, it always works." With the vision of our guys, the cutting ability, and the scheme, we just put teams in the blender. If your coach isn't Bill Self or close equivalent, we're just going to keep getting wide open 3s, layups, and/or dunks as the game progresses and focus gets harder as you get tired. It's really tough to outscore us when our shot quality is so high and our defensive backbone with Clingan/Johnson is so strong.

 

[Jumpman62114]

Great team rebounding. Loved AK being able to stay engaged even with a cold start. Breakout game from Solo. Even Diarra was great in his role today. Great opportunity to get healthy now before Gonzaga.

 

[husky429]

There was a foul disparity in the first half but UNC was also driving at guys and banging in the paint more. Didn’t really have an issue with the calls. That stretch to start the second half was BAD but once that settled down, I thought it returned to a nice flow that allowed a reasonable amount of contact. You will get no argument from me that the one stretch was very bad.

Yeah until the under-12 the refs were embarassing. After that, they were fair enough.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Zags put up 111 on Ark PB tonight. Think we can top that?

All I want against APB is a comfortable win where our kids get extended PT because everyone who is even slightly injured plays less than 20 minutes.

 

[UconnU]

When we get healthy we’re going to be scary. This offense is Hurley fully realized.

 

[HuskyFich]

Insert comment about Solo Ball showing today he’s got two huge balls - hell of a performance for him, think the 3 will be nice and consistent going forward.

Technically 3 balls

 

[WhereistheDove?]

25 assists on 34 buckets is astounding. Exactly what you do to punish a press.

Great job breaking the press and great job punishing them in the half court when UNC guys lost track of their man for a second. Hurley has this team on the same page.

 

[Poe]

We run one beautiful offense.

No one stands still, all 5 players are constantly in motion. Seems like a simple concept, but it’s easier said the done. Beautifully coordinated by Danny.

By the way, Cam is the ef’n man!