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navery12 said:
Last year we shot 76%, so with our 20 FT attempts per game that we average that's an extra 0.6 points per game. If that's a significant difference to you then I don't really have anything else to say to you.

And our closing lineup of Newton, Diarra, Spencer, Castle, Karaban are 5 good to great FT shooters, which is really all that matters for the discussion
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We are shooting about 3% worse from the line this year. There’s not much to complain about with a team ranked first that’s on a very nice winning streak. But I don’t envision blowing people out in the tournament the way we did last year. It’s my opinion. You can disagree with it. The numbers are what they are.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Ball and Stewart gotta figure out how to contribute, our lack of depth could be the death of this team.
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It's not easy when getting such infrequent minutes but it would be a huge plus if they can learn to make plays with what little they're given.

Ball began to play very well just before Castle returned when he was getting rotation minutes.
 
TheHorde said:
I may have that wrong. But we are shooting 72.8% from the line this year. That is blatantly true. I really really really hope that does not come back to bite us in a nail biter during the tournament. Villanova shot almost 83% tonight. That’s more along the lines of what the 2022-2023 UConn team brought.
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But your original take about tonight was blatantly wrong.
 
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TheHorde said:
I may have that wrong. But we are shooting 72.8% from the line this year. That is blatantly true. I really really really hope that does not come back to bite us in a nail biter during the tournament. Villanova shot almost 83% tonight. That’s more along the lines of what the 2022-2023 UConn team brought.
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We shot 76% last year, not 80%+
 
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Cam's shot was off and he got burned badly a few times on defense but man for a guy who physically has trouble staying in front of people he makes a lot of big tough plays on defense. Whenever people in the chat start ragging on his defense he comes up with a big steal, he draws the offensive foul or he makes a play he has no business making helping out on a big man. He's such a good and tough player.
 
Referees save our bacon. I don't care how obvious those last offensive fouls were, they don't often get called in those spots.

Huge game from Newton picking up the offense. Only one to have a plus offensive game tonight.
 
TheHorde said:
We are shooting about 3% worse from the line this year. There’s not much to complain about with a team ranked first that’s on a very nice winning streak. But I don’t envision blowing people out in the tournament the way we did last year. It’s my opinion. You can disagree with it. The numbers are what they are.
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Nobody is disagreeing with the season stuff. It’s all about what you said about tonight. There were no missed front ends. That’s what everyone pointed out.
 
Kolumbo said:
He probably averages 6 points playing half as many minutes per game. Yes he can block shots. I just think it was too many minutes and he brain farted at bad times. I don't understand him playing twice his usual minutes in only his 2nd game back.
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So you’re going to die on the “I’d prefer the center with 2 rebounds who required help every time their big touched the ball” hill. Got it.
 
Well Newton came to play. Pretty much that and great D. Our offense was not good. Castle needs to learn to go to the basket more and drive and dish like he did that one time with Samson. It was a big road game and not pretty but i will take it. We played great D on Dixon which was key. We look a lot better with Clingan out there than Samson and it is even close. Was worried about Clingan at the end of the first half when they kept him in. He looked like he was going to collapse.
 
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Just win baby. Glad we hit some clutch FTs, Kling Kong got some conditioning in and TNew was BIIIIIGGGGGG
 
navery12 said:
If it wasn't clear before it is now, you have no idea what you're watching. The end of the 1st half foul was intentional and literally came straight from the coaches in the timeout. They had a foul to give and Clingan used it
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But he Justin Moore blew by him on a switch!
 
WhereistheDove? said:
He went 3/4 in 24 minutes in his second game back while being pretty dominant defensively. Whatever you expect from him, it’s unrealistic.
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He probably averages twice as many points playing fewer minutes per game. Yes he can block shots. I just think it was too many minutes and he brain farted at bad times. I don't understand him playing so many minutes in only his 2nd game back.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Villanova is good. Neptune is much more poised and impressive on the sidelines than he was last year. Villanova may actually do some damage this season.
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They run their isolations back-down offense with good success until they turned to see Clingan.
 
TheHorde said:
I may have that wrong. But we are shooting 72.8% from the line this year. That is blatantly true. I really really really hope that does not come back to bite us in a nail biter during the tournament. Villanova shot almost 83% tonight. That’s more along the lines of what the 2022-2023 UConn team brought.
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The 2003-04 championship team shot 62% from the line
 
Kolumbo said:
He let a couple guys waltz right past him for easy buckets and committed some bad fouls. Did you see the end of the first half? And why is he fouling a 3 point shooter, doesn't make sense. He cost them quite a few points, he's just not ready for 24 minutes yet.
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I agree he had some terrible plays but he shut down the drives when he was in there. If not for that we lose tonight. Thats a fact.
 
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navery12 said:
That I can agree with. All I'll say about that is that last year at this time Joey was unplayable and buried on the bench. So a bit early to write off those guys contributing on a March run. Especially Stewart who seems to be gaining Hurley's trust by the day, and feels like he's on the verge of breaking out offensively
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Yeah that’s basically what I’m getting at. They’ve both had games this year we probably lose without their contributions. If just one of them becomes more consistent in this second half of the season, we can breath easier if another injury happens.
 
Kolumbo said:
He probably averages twice as many points playing fewer minutes per game. Yes he can block shots. I just think it was too many minutes and he brain farted at bad times. I don't understand him playing so many minutes in only his 2nd game back.
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We needed all those 24 minutes to win this game. Maybe we could of played small but Samson was totally ineffective out there.
 
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