Not sure that having Clingan take an intentional foul with under 10 seconds in the half is a good decision. If it was all possible I would send in a sub to take the foul and protect Clingan. But what do I know?
I think that about covers it
Not a hint of it!
Yea, I agree on a few head scratching plays by Newton. But, I am not sure we get the "clutch" Newton, without the "crazy" Newton baggage that comes along with it. It is a risk reward that is working out nicely for us.
Agree. Nova really made UConn work hard in their half court sets. Gotta give them some credit. Maybe they could have tried to work it in the post a bit more, but when they did in traffic we turned it over, so they got a little skittish other than a few back cuts.
Seth Greenberg said we are playing a European style offense and that our offense is the best in the country.
Today’s word of the day is composed. That is what UConn was tonight.
You know it PMAC!
LOL not only does he calmly make them but he does it with a smile.
I called it out when he was jacking all those 3s instead of driving to the rim that it was going to come back to bite him and here we are. Still not a big threat from 3 and not really comfortable attacking the basket so he has nothing he can go to.
SJ has exceeded expectations. He's simply not a big body so he's going to get out muscled with some matchups and will need some help in the post. They'll need to pick up a bigger bodied 5 in the Portal next sesson and SJ will improve and get a little stronger as well. We'll be fine.
Well if we didn't play like trash on offense we would of blown them out.
I don't know but if we continue to get healthy we will be very hard to stop on neutral courts and teams unfamiliar with the many looks we have now.
Not a valid comparison, Joey Cak and Alleyne were experienced upper classman with a lot of experience. Ball and Stewart are freshman and don't provide the shot making, yet, that those two gave us last season.
That's because Nova not getting those plays with Jay Wright gone as another poster mentioned. In the past we'd see Colin Gillespie's version of "backing down" which was knocking people into left field.
I don't think Solo seeing less playing time has anything to do with his offensive performance though. Conference play started so the bench shortened, and Clingan + Castle are both healthy so there's less minutes available. Ball hasn't taken more than 1 shot in the last 5 games, and over that span he's averaging 6 mins a game, compared to the 25-30 he was getting during all of November and most of December.
Thanks. The whining is incessant.
Not as much as Seton Hall does.
Dyson was a killer injury.
I would agree he definitely exceeded expectations in the beginning of the season but he’s regressed against better competition. I don’t expect much on offense from him but the rebounding isn’t as good. We’ll need a starting 5 next year
Agreed on not trying to compare them. Alleyne was pretty bad offensively all season until tournament time though. And he still had the greenest light. Joey started off hot and cooled down during Big East play because he just couldn’t cut it defensively.
Agreed. There’s not many minutes for guys who aren’t making an impact in some way at this point. If Solo was better offensively he’d probably play more but right now all he does is defer to the upperclassmen. So there’s not much use for him.
Up to 29. What was it before the Creighton game? Wast it 49? So a few more games and they could easily be top 10 again.
The reason Solo is not playing is because of defense. I know Moore was a tough cover tonight but Ball pretty much gave him a free run to the left side of the hoop. He has this issue were he gets the person off his strong hand then gets beat because he does not react quick when his man goes toward his weak side. Ball would be playing more if he was defending better. He will get there. We need his shooting. The reason Alleyne played was because he played good defense. With the role players in Hurleys system they have to be + defenders. If they don’t defend they better be great shooters. Even Joey C had to play better defense to get consistent minutes. He figured it out and Ball has more to work with physically. Not sure he will ever be the shooter Joey was but he will be a good defender. Hurley and staff will get him there.
I think the bigger issue is that he played 3 minutes today and I can think of at least one instance of him getting blown by. He's just a guy who needs a little bit longer. You can see all the tools are there, he's just not at that point where he's playing instinctually at this level yet.
They should count "deterreds".
