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Seemed a little like the West (left) side from TV cam was a tighter rim...so many of our first half shots were in and out. 2nd half we saw that some with Nova while the East side in the 2nd half we shot much better. Dunno if anything to it, but from a TV read it seemed that way.

Also, the foul against Mullins on the loose ball - he was directly ahead of the Nova player who used their left (off hand) to clock him with an elbow shiver to the face. Note the ball was on the other side and IMHO that was definitely intentional.
 
Chin Diesel said:
1. It's a win
2. Solo. Welcome back.
3. Karaban. Great second half and OT
4. Demary drives the bus for the team
5. Ross may start eating Malachi's minutes. Great D today.
6. How is it Brennan doesn't play for dook? He absolutely plays like a dookey big.
7. Damnit on Mullins. Sit him against PC. Hopefully he is good to go for Creighton.
8. Next
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He is going to eat Smith's 6 minutes? OK
 
Iluvsuebird said:
I have a feeling that this post will not be well received. But I owe it to all to be honest and true to how I am feeling. I no longer feel that this team is NCAA title worthy. We are certainly stout defensively, and our offensive sets safeguards us when we go cold, like today when we could not make bunnies from 3 feet. And I am aware that we are not always going to be hot from 3. But no team can win a title missing these many FTs per game. And after 3 months, this is who we are folks. Sucks because we are so solid elsewhere. If I am going to catch s—- for that take, I ask simply this: Name the team that went on to become champs in April that was a poor free throw shooting team. Answer that and I will retract my take.
The rebounds is another thing altogether. I alluded to this after the Georgetown game. Rebounding is about effort. About consistency. And seeing guards out-hustle our guards for lose balls just pisses me off badly. And this is a pattern now; this is not the first game this happens.
And better news, we have a Solo sighting. Without him we lose by 20. Great game by him.
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Ten seconds of internet research would tell you that the beloved 2004 national champion UConn Huskies shot 62% from the line for the season.
 
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Inyatkin said:
We’re at 70 percent free throws. I see a bunch of title winners lower than that. UNLV, Kansas, Kentucky.

Not sure what you’re talking abou Last week we missed 7 FT’s in the last minute. Today we missed a bunch
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Inyatkin said:
We’re at 70 percent free throws. I see a bunch of title winners lower than that. UNLV, Kansas, Kentucky.

Not sure what you’re talking about
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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.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
By the way, prayers to Mullins for a quick recovery. I will say this: i have no godly idea who we (people 50 and older) ever made it to adulthood. I remember when bike helmets had not been invented. Cars did not have seatbelts. And for those of us who played sports, getting your bell rung was a weekly occurrence. I don’t know what is happening to the human body, but this generation seems different. Like I said, don’t know how we made it to adulthood. But praying for this kid because he is a kid every parent would be proud of. Heal fast bud!
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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.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Ten seconds of internet research would tell you that the beloved 2004 national champion UConn Huskies shot 62% from the line for the season.
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The exception that disproves the rule???
BigErnMcCracken said:
Ten seconds of internet research would tell you that the beloved 2004 national champion UConn Huskies shot 62% from the line for the season.
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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?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Best part of the game:

Solo is back!

Worst part of the game:

The refs were horrendous.

Two of the fouls called on Reed should have been on Brennan. There were two additional fouls on Brennan (including a moving screen on the three very late in regulation) that were not called.

We got the W and showed a tremendous amount of fortitude. Hope Mullins doesn't miss any time.
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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.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
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.
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So you’re not retracting your point, like you said you would? Oh well
 
Smp7598 said:
Win another Championship maybe put his Jersey up there,but no. He is a good player. All time great?No
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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.
 
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Donyell 360 said:
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.
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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.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
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.
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You're not being true to your word.

You said you would retract your take if proven wrong.
 
Ant3411 said:
We need to play faster, push the ball when we have opportunities. Conference opponents have been making us start our offense so high and away from the 3pt line, pushing the ball up the floor and attacking a bit earlier when opportunity present itself will help open up the actual offense.
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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.
 
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navery12 said:
The refs were fine at best on those calls, they're weak fouls but if you want to justify those calls I don't have an issue with it. The issue is they ignored 3-4 very clear fouls on Brennan before those plays, all of which would have removed him for the rest of the game. That's why people justifiably think the refs had a rough game
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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.
 
Assuming it’s a concussion, how long we talking until Mullins can play? Perplexity is saying 1-3 weeks
 
Great game!

SB was the difference. Welcome back!
AK showed up late but in a big way. You just can't keep that man down!
TR didn't have a great game but boy do we need whatever he can give us. His best game is yet to come.
BM played ok until he got hit in the face. Hope he is ok.
SD was not great, but came up clutch at the end. He is our most important player and he didn't let us down.
JS didn't do a lot but he provides important intangibles
JR still struggling. Missed that 3 late but keep shooting JR! Huge block to deny winning shot in regulation. O/D switching with Ball late might be worth considering.
ER was decent
MS is terrible
 
superjohn said:
I knew it was going to be one of those games again when we missed the opening layup. Then we missed then next two layups.

It's really strange at this point. There's no reason for all these good offensive players to keep missing layups in these games.
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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.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
I have a feeling that this post will not be well received. But I owe it to all to be honest and true to how I am feeling. I no longer feel that this team is NCAA title worthy. We are certainly stout defensively, and our offensive sets safeguards us when we go cold, like today when we could not make bunnies from 3 feet. And I am aware that we are not always going to be hot from 3. But no team can win a title missing these many FTs per game. And after 3 months, this is who we are folks. Sucks because we are so solid elsewhere. If I am going to catch s—- for that take, I ask simply this: Name the team that went on to become champs in April that was a poor free throw shooting team. Answer that and I will retract my take.
The rebounds is another thing altogether. I alluded to this after the Georgetown game. Rebounding is about effort. About consistency. And seeing guards out-hustle our guards for lose balls just pisses me off badly. And this is a pattern now; this is not the first game this happens.
And better news, we have a Solo sighting. Without him we lose by 20. Great game by him.
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I think we have to be careful with what amounts to "doom scrolling" with a team that only lost once.

I remember one year where we lost by like 40 points.... was that team national title worthy?

Apparently they were!

Honestly, let's save the we're not good enough to win it all and focus on getting better which is all any team can do right now. It's still only January!
 
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Donyell 360 said:
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.
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CTE isn't caused by the big hit, it's the smaller repeated blunt trauma hits over time. Offensive lineman get it way more than the wide receiver that got knocked out because they're just butting heads every day, every play, over and over and over. Same with boxers. It's just repeated boom boom boom trauma to the head.
 
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