We are Flawed

[WrenchFan69]

How about not playing Karaban when he gets abused on the defensive end? For one. And two. Playing Clingan as long as Clingan can stay on the floor. Three. Screaming at the guard for ball watching on defense

Those for starters.

Hopkins cooked everybody he saw tonight and Jackson would have had even worse foul trouble if he had the assignment. We saw the hilariously weak post-position foul he gave up late. Nobody else could handle Hopkins, especially not while the officials were treating him like prime Melo

 

[Com'rGordon]

We need 1) Samson to come back to guard the guys Karaban can’t. And 2) Newton/Joey C to be worth something

 

[Chin Diesel]

Agree flawed at a couple of positions (PG and 4) At the end of the day (season), where are we? Are we a top 15-20 team? Better? Worse?

Karaban got best up on D but was the most consistent offensive threat tonght.

 

[UCan3]

I mean he made a pretty big change in playing Sanogo and Clingan together, and it wasn't even bad like I expected. The offense has just taken about 10 steps back

Our players including Sanago need to find Clingan underneath - he is open - sometimes early. In the set - but we don’t pass it, play around on the perimeter and then throw up bricks.

 

[UConnSwag11]

This was the glaring mishap imo

It shouldn’t have been. It’s been noticeable since the first 5 minutes of the nova game

 

[Valleyfan]

Was a bit surprising how many loose balls ended up in the Friars hands. How many second and third rebounds did they get? Got beat today by a team that wanted it more and played harder

 

[KingAG]

It shouldn’t have been. It’s been noticeable since the first 5 minutes of the nova game

Before that.

 

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Our defense at the 4 has been absolutely exposed. We can’t get stops in multiple possessions and it causes early fouls.

Sanogo has been quite frankly, terrible.

We can’t penetrate from the perimeter without Jackson.

Role players have been non existent last few games.

FTs differential has been the main problem.

We’ve looked soft and beta on the road

Lol funny how our best penetrator doesn’t like looking at the rim when he drives.

 

[Giddyup5]

We did not play well. But if Sanogo makes that bunny. We had a chance to steal one potentially.

He needs to dunk the god damn ball.

 

[KingAG]

Creighton is as must a win game you can have in January

 

[uconngb]

Hurley said pregame Hopkins was going to be a tough matchup for Karaban, which everyone knew would be a mismatch and then he stuck to that matchup for most of the game and let him drop 27. I don’t get it.

Because the next in game adjustment Danny boy makes will be his first. Good recruiter but man he can’t coach on the fly for crap

 

[scotty0330]

That Marquette game after Creighton ain’t gonna be no picnic either

 

[UConnSwag11]

We did not play well. But if Sanogo makes that bunny. We had a chance to steal one potentially.

He needs to dunk the god damn ball.

That one play doesn’t make a different. It’s not sanogos fault with that one bunny

 

[UConn990411]

There are some flaws in the backcourt that nearly everyone predicted, but there’s no bigger flaw than the in-game coaching.

Butler, George, Villanova, Xavier, and now Providence have executed similar defensive game plans, and there doesn’t seem to be an attempt at making any adjustments. Conference wins are always tough to come by, but it shouldn’t be this hard with a team this talented.

 

[hasheemthedream]

We have no guards that can score off the dribble and Newton has totally lost his shot. Our opponents really only have to front Sanogo and faceguard Hawkins and they shut us down with ease.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Bad game all around. Haven't played a good game since @ Butler.

 

[bendm]

It shouldn’t have been. It’s been noticeable since the first 5 minutes of the nova game

Who was supposed to guard Hopkins then? AJ is too small and sanogo is too slow.

 

[huskyfever34]

How about not playing Karaban when he gets abused on the defensive end? For one. And two. Playing Clingan as long as Clingan can stay on the floor. Three. Screaming at the guard for ball watching on defense

Those for starters.

You nailed it. Love what Karaban brings for shooting and spacing, but he is struggling to stay in front and moreso contest at the rim on defense

 

[KingAG]

Who was supposed to guard him? AJ is too small and sanogo is too slow.

AJ is not too small

 

[UncleSpliff]

Danny Hurley is incapable of winning on the road. He hasn’t in 5 years and it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen this year either. Oh well….

 

[husky429]

Hurley said pregame Hopkins was going to be a tough matchup for Karaban, which everyone knew would be a mismatch and then he stuck to that matchup for most of the game and let him drop 27. I don’t get it.

Preach. No help, no different matchup. Just have at 'em Alex... you can't do that to a freshman. Throw Andre on him

 

[UConnSwag11]

Who was supposed to guard him? AJ is too small and sanogo is too slow.

Worked out well when they did. Especially when we went Clingan and sanogo

 

[KingAG]

There are some flaws in the backcourt that nearly everyone predicted, but there’s no bigger flaw than the in-game coaching.

Butler, George, Villanova, Xavier, and now Providence have executed similar defensive game plans, and there doesn’t seem to be an attempt at making any adjustments. Conference wins are always tough to come by, but it shouldn’t be this hard with a team this talented.

I don’t think we played that well at Butler either. They just aren’t good

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Who was supposed to guard him? AJ is too small and sanogo is too slow.

It isn't that black and white. Sure, we have nobody that can be his initial defender, most teams don't. But there isn't a reason we can't play better help/team defense.

 

[UConnSwag11]

You nailed it. Love what Karaban brings for shooting and spacing, but he is struggling to stay in front and moreso contest at the rim on defense

Very good offensive player. High iq and hustles. But his body and knowledge on defense is a liability

 

[husky429]

Who was supposed to guard Hopkins then? AJ is too small and sanogo is too slow.

No he isn't. Andre is 6'6 210 and Karaban is 6'8 210. Hopkins is 6'6 220.

 

[UconnFanDC]

I can't remember the last time Connecticut has not had a guard that couldn't lead the team and shoot.

And all BE coaches are watching the style of play that defeated Uconn.

 

[Reality2021]

We don’t seem to have a killer instinct that wins close games on the road. We play tight. Love this team. Still have high expectations, but we don’t have it… yet.

It’s not. We don’t have bucket getters when the times get tough. Hawkins needs to run off 4 screens to get open because he can’t create for himself. None of our guards are at all effective in the half court.

Yup..exactly…guards can’t break down the defense, if their not hitting 3s their in trouble

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Worked out well when they did. Especially when we went Clingan and sanogo

Sanogo got cooked a couple times by Hopkins. He’s not quick enough.

 

[KingAG]

We put up just as much a fight as DePaul did. Embarrassing. This team is getting gut checked right now. We’ll find out a lot these next too games. Because right now it looks like they are amazing front runners