That's what I thought initially too, but after seeing the replay in slow motion, Brennan went up and grabbed the ball on the 4th Reed foul, while Reed was back peddling and flailing his arms hitting Brennan. Something tells me if it was the other way around UConn fans would not be criticizing. Reed just didn't play a smart game. It is on him.
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He is going to eat Smith's 6 minutes? OK
Yeah that really frustrated me today. No way Reed should be outplayed by Brennan. He's got a chance to get them back down in Philly.
62%. 71%. 72%. Those are the FT stats the last three games. 77% is an improvement, but is it good???? UNLV, Kansas and Kentucky were pummeling teams my brother. We are playing everyone close. I don’t need to tell you that in close games, FT’s are key. ‘And shooting in the low 70’s is not championship worthy. Against Georgetown we missed 7 in the last minute. Today we missed a bunch of one and one’s.
Have you heard of CTE? It is a horrible disease. NFL players are literally killing themselves due to repeated head trauma. It is fair to question this generation whether they are as tough as the old days, but I would rather be smart than tough. Sports are only a short season of life. Hope they are cautious with Mullins and that he comes back healthy.
The exception that disproves the rule???
I remember that team. Loved that team. If your stat is correct, are you telling me that this stat disproves my point that title contenders tend to be good FT shooting teams?
That screen by Brennan on Karaban near the end of regulation was awful. Clearly held and grabbed his jersey. One of the more glaring misses by this crew, as well as several missed over the back calls, embarrassing day for the refs.
So you’re not retracting your point, like you said you would? Oh well
He is not a top 10 UConn player in terms of talent, but in terms of contributions to team accomplishments, he is top 5 at least. He wasn't the best player on any of his teams, but he's been a major contributor from the start. Remarkable, unique, worthy of credit.
Wow tiger! of course they should be cautious. I am going to drop it because unless you are my age, you will not get my point. I was not trying to be callous or indifferent, because Mullins is our guy. I was making a generational comparison. The things that trigger head trauma nowadays is different. And by the way not every person who played in the 70;s and 80;s has CTE.
You're not being true to your word.
Calhoun always preached fast break, but Hurley is much more comfortable in the half court. Ideally we do both and are unstoppable. See last two championships.
And he has the first name for it too!
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Personally I feel it is a bad look complaining about the refs. Even when the calls don't go your way, better to put your head down and keep working. But to each his own.
Same, soon as I saw Silas twisting himself into a pretzel at the rim looking for contact when the easy layup was right there I said to myself I already know what type of day it was gonna be.
I think we have to be careful with what amounts to "doom scrolling" with a team that only lost once.
