UNC Post Game Thread

[husky429]

Met Luke, he doesn’t feel like a collegiate head coach, could definitely see NBA like you said

He hasn't coached a millisecond in the league. He's college through and through. Guys who want to coach in the league don't work their way up through college ranks any more

 

[Edward Sargent]

My only criticism of the offense is that I feel like it takes us a bit too long to actually get into our sets. That should improve as the season goes on and the movement gets more instinctive for everyone.

Last year we had a ton of wrinkles designed to get Hawkins open looks that aren't there this year. The simplified sets should be easier to nail down.

I think the sets are more complex than last year as we have more shooters

 

[Excalibur]

I think the sets are more complex than last year as we have more shooters

Do we? Last year we had Hawkins and Calcaterra, Karaban, Newton, and Alleyne -- all guys with either reputations as shooters or who turned out to be good shooters. Sanogo could step out and make one as well.

This year I see a lot more sets starting with a high ball screen designed to get Clingan or Johnson diving to the rim.

 

[superjohn]

That's the point, we have a lot of colors so it's never going to stand out against a crowd where everyone is in one color like Carolina blue

There's that but HuskyHawk is right, there's a lot of people who wear whatever to our games without even a thought as to our colors. You'll see people with random brown, rust color, grey, green, black...

 

[UconnU]

What metric gauges quality of shots taken? I’d be interested to see those numbers. I Felt like we were getting open high % looks all night, just not consistently converting, while they were taking difficult contested shots.

 

[1999GoodSon]

We played some beautiful basketball last night, with a little playoff hockey thrown in. I'm feeling it all coming together man.

 

[yungdowork]

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

Seems like so many of his turnovers are from trying to make a big play right after he does a nice job doing the little things. The more he keeps making the easy play, the more and more I love seeing him out there

 

[UCTitleTown]

My only real negative takeaway is 7'3" DC needs to get more than 4 or 5 rebounds a game. He should not get outrebounded by our guards and small forward every game. With that said, we're winning despite of this so it's a real small criticism. We'll only be more dominant once he rebounds better.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

There's that but HuskyHawk is right, there's a lot of people who wear whatever to our games without even a thought as to our colors. You'll see people with random brown, rust color, grey, green, black...

Our experiences must be different because I don't see many people at UConn games wearing plain green sweatshirts.

Our colors don't pop..it's simple as that.

 

[UCann]

I was at the Garden last night. What a blast! I’d say 60% UConn fans. Unfortunately got stuck in a mostly UNC section near their bench. We played very well, nothing else to add that hasn’t been said. Their bench did not have the same energy as ours and it showed. We kept dashing any hope they had to win.

 

[HCCForever]

I was just thinking of that sequence where Samson missed a dunk but then ran back on defense for a block. Good hustle and athleticism.

 

[Matias]

Dan again refuses to win a close game smh

It's mind boggling that we haven't won a close game since February of 2022 and in between that we won a Natty. NUTS!

 

[warbler1055]

NC is a great team but UConn is better!!!

 

[navery12]

My only real negative takeaway is 7'3" DC needs to get more than 4 or 5 rebounds a game. He should not get outrebounded by our guards and small forward every game. With that said, we're winning despite of this so it's a real small criticism. We'll only be more dominant once he rebounds better.

As long as he's getting outrebounded by our guards and not the other teams players I have no complaints. We're #9 in the country at getting offensive rebounds, and #8 in the country at not allowing our opponents to get offensive rebounds, so whatever we're doing is working

 

[warbler1055]

Lay off DC. He knows he is not doing well. His is not 100% yet but he will get better. His FTs will get better too!!!

 

[Drame]

Was a great night.. Somehow got hooked up with great seats.. Basically sat next to the bench. Caught Samson Johnson's insane block and ended up in the locker room after the game. Oh and gave Emeka a huge bear hug when he cruised by. (not pictured)

 

[QDOG5]

A few thoughts
25+ minutes of Castle gonna be a problem. He does so much good basketball stuff
If DC shoots free throws early in the game he should step two inches back on his first free throw. He seems to consistently back rim his first free throw when he is fresh.
We are much better than UNC. Glad we caught them when they were ranked ninth.
Lots of minutes for the freshman vs MVSU please.
We look good so far. I have last years giving 8 points to this years team at this point in the season but I expect that to narrow when we get to full strength.

 

[tower1]

A really fun game to watch.

Love Solo Ball. I'm really seeing this team come together.

For practice, let's get Samson and Donovan more ready to catch lobs and alley-oops

Yes the alley-oops were awful ! Definitely need to practice them.

 

[husky429]

25+ minutes of Castle gonna be a problem. He does so much good basketball stuff

He has a real eye for rebounds, gets into the lane at will and seems to know where every defender is. Draws fouls, makes the right pass. As soon as his shooting catches up to the rest of his skills, he's an NBA starter.

 

[superjohn]

Our experiences must be different because I don't see many people at UConn games wearing plain green sweatshirts.

Our colors don't pop..it's simple as that.

The point is there's plenty of UConn fans at our games who don't wear our colors, they wear whatever they want to wear. There were multiple UConn fans I could see on the TV broadcast wearing green last night, one of them was in the first row or two wearing green Whalers gear.

 

[AllHusky]

He hasn't coached a millisecond in the league. He's college through and through. Guys who want to coach in the league don't work their way up through college ranks any more

Ok, thanks.

 

[tower1]

Cam Spencer had me hyped up. LOVE that energy.

It's exciting to watch him play with that energy. He keeps the team pumped up. Love that !

 

[tower1]

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

Last night he seemed to be a N. Carolina fan though .

 

[NEforceUConn]

I’m proudly wearing our colors down here in Greensboro. God bless Dan Hurley.

Thinking of possibly making the 45 minute drive to Chapel Hill.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Beyond that, college hoops is "older" this year with the last of the free covid year kids cycling through. Any freshman who is not a superstar is at a disadvantage.

Very, very true. Diarra, Spencer and Newton are all 23/24 and 4-5 years older than the freshman. That makes a BIG difference.