That is a problem, but also when he passes to AK and other wings they give him the ball back, even when clock is winding down; reminds me of what happened with Vitale and Gilbert as they had the ball so often because other players would give it back to them without making any offensive move 1st.
No, of course not because that's not what happened.
No just a standard foul. Basically they called a charge in effect. On X I ran it slowly and when Lewis used his right to try to control the ball his left arm was just down. As soon as Braylon is there the left arm comes up and if that isn't flagrant, I don't know what is.
There are those that will say it was a shoulder then there are those that will say it was an inadvertent nothing. Bulls###. The left arm was raised to head level and the hand smacked Mullins on the side of his forehead. Should have been at a minimum a flagrant 1. The ref was 6 feet away. Unreal. Letting something like that slide by with a "hey, no problem; it's just business as usual" attitude does nothing to improve BE basketball.
There is absolutely zero world in which that is a flagrant. Mullins reaching in is what causes the shoulder contact to Braylon’s head. It was unfortunate incidental contact and the no-call was absolutely correct. I truly don’t understand how this is even an arguable point after watching the replay.
There is no argument. It was not flagrant. Want to know the most conclusive evidence. Dan. Hurley did not complain in the moment. Dan Hurley did not complain in the postgame. Dan Hurley has not said a word since. Dan Hurley lets you know if he thinks a flagrant was missed, and is not shy about it.
Actually there was no foul call on that play. They called the ball out of bounds off Lewis when he lost his dribble and gave the ball to UConn after the turnover. Mullins actually got credit for a steal if you can believe that. See the play by play at this link. The play was at the 17:12 mark of the second half.
Can’t understand why they allow the players to sit in the bench after being diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury. Standard of care is a minimum of 24 hours with minimal physical or mental exertion then re-evaluation.
I swear some of our fanbase seems like they're watching basketball for the first time.
Umm, because he usually puts up a shot about 10 seconds after coming into the game on his first offensive set. Knock it off. Hes pounding the ball looking to beat his defender instead of looking for a good pass.
I think he can be all that. I think hes a terrific player as he has shown it but now he just looks out of it.
Yea that's absolutely not what's happening but that's no surprise coming from you
The over reactors never cease to amaze me hahaYea that's absolutely not what's happening but that's no surprise coming from you
There's a different tenor to the Boneyard than the old days.
We've been missing a lot of bunnies the last 2 years.
I agree about Tarris not going up strong enough, some of these plays should be dunks but he shoots the exact same percentage as Sanogo did his final season at UConn and he blows away Sanogo's finishing when Sanogo was a sophomore.
I think most people don't realize how unusual it is for a team to win one single title, ever. Great teams and programs have zero NCAA championships. Gonzaga, Wisconsin (basically), Illinois, etc. Whereas we put up another banner every couple years like it's no big deal.
We have a throw it down low when you need a bucket big. Enough shooters and a big lead guard and athletic glue guys off the bench. I do think we have enough but there are also so many elite teams this year it’s gonna be enough to get hot for 3 weeks you will need to beat some high level teams.
Well said. Like 3rd most all time!! Yet in under 30 years!!
I do remember Sanogo not being good at them earlier. He changed that Junior year. While I appreciate the stat about Reed being at the same % as Sanogo, I guess I'm just remembering Sanogo being a lot more efficient (i.e. creating his own offense when he actually got the ball down low). I thought Reed would be that player.
Refs make plenty of mistakes, some calls against us, and some for us. What I am contending is that there is no systematic conspiracy trying to make UConn lose on the part of the refs
Sanogo may have had the same %, but he did feel much more reliable when it was all said and done. I checked the TO numbers, Reed is 2.1/game versus 1.9/game for Sanogo, so really not that big a difference there either.
Its funny, one's perception can differ from the stats. I agree that 77% is not a bad stat for the game. My perception watching the game was colored by the fact that we missed several front end FT's that may have made the game out of reach sooner. And I wrote my commentary without looking at the stat line. But I will say this, making FT's on crunch time was a consistent thing for our 23 and 24 teams. Of course, less important with the 24 teams because we were obliterating everyone. Missing front-end FT's with less than five to go in a close game is not ideal, and we have done that several games running now. Maybe I should have said that!
I watched on TV (Fox broadcast) - seemed like our first half rim was tight with so many in-outs, and after the break we switch and they had some in-outs there too. Not to make too fine a point on this but just sayin'
Watch it frame by frame - Lewis brings the left arm up to do something to Mullins and not for any other reason. Seeing it live and seeing it in slow replay (have to be on X not see the video here thru X for slowed down) I took it as flagrant.
