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storrs15 said:
Exposed our weakness guarding 4s. Hurley can’t just keep Karaban in there for that long. It’s unacceptable. He will learn from this.
Exposed that we need scorers on the court. Diarra and Alleyne just can’t be out there together. Ever. The offense just stops in it’s tracks
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These things have been obvious for weeks.
 
Didn't Jackson get in early foul trouble guarding Hopkins in the first half?
 
3rdbass said:
He is a Fresman but I agree in this game we should had Jackson guarding Hopkins and Alleyne starting guarding Carter.
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Can someone explain to me why Jackson wasn’t on Hopkins from the start?
 
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uconnever said:
I don’t know about being out coached. The players just are always out toughed ALWAYS!. And no one drives to the basket to get fouled. And our entry passes are always a gamble or they do t happen when they should.
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He had Karaban guarding their best player and got destroyed all game. Everyone in the arena knew it. How didn’t Hurley?
 
YearoftheHusky said:
Who was supposed to guard him with Ajax on the bench?
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Sanogo. Or you don’t sit Jackson. You make those adjustments and see how it plays out or you keep getting dominated. Three games in a row
 
Creighton is back to playing like the team everyone thought they would be. They have a better starting 5 and a better coach who we haven’t beaten.

Sanogo struggles with their big and all they have to do is stick to Hawkins like glue and we don’t have any other scorers. Plain and simple. Maybe at one point everyone thought we had so many options but we really don’t. Joey C has come back down to earth, Alleyne is a foul machine who takes like 2 bad shots a game at the wrong times. Newton hasn’t been good against good teams. Karaban is a spot shooter who’s misses a lot of wide open threes. Jackson is no threat on offense.
 
on the bright side, at this rate it looks like Hawkins, Sanogo and Jackson will be back next year.
 
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storrs15 said:
Can someone explain to me why Jackson wasn’t on Hopkins from the start?
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Because we have a coach who has no idea how to game plan.

If you’re about to tell me he wasn’t aware how good Hopkins was, then he is not a good coach.

It’s simple.
 
karstenkibbe said:
Last few games Adama has looked eerily similar to that long stretch at the end of last season when he was missing bunnies, not jumping for rebounds, not providing help defense. Really concerning. Right now, he is not our best center.
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No excuses this year. We have a legitimate stud center to give him rest or to play along side him to give him some help. This is on Hurley for not adjust to how teams are playing him
 
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We need a killer guard who can take you off the dribble, drive, and create his own shot...ala Kemba, Bazz, Boat etc...

Our last 2 championship teams were lucky enough to have 2 of those each.

Teams now know to just chase our shooters around, get up in their face and to not let them have an easy shot (no need to worry about them driving past you).

I don't see how this can be fixed this year
 
A major problem is our inability to play defense without FOULING!!
Sure, a few were ticky tacky but most were legitimate against our being out of control, reaching in, slapping at ball and any other
plays that allow refs to call foul.
Maybe Hurley should make a new rule:
“ Any foul in first minute of game, perp sits for 5 minutes”.
This team cannot win many games by allowing opponents 25-30 free throws per game.
Ciao
 
navery12 said:
It's not but some people just can't wait to fire off these takes after a loss
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True, but I think it’s more how we lose rather than the loss. Anyone thinking we’d go undefeated is delusional
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Sanogo. Or you don’t sit Jackson. You make those adjustments and see how it plays out or you keep getting dominated. Three games in a row
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You don’t continue to play Ajax there because he is in foul trouble. And he abused Sanogo. You’ll see it when you actually watch the game.
 
BigFanCT said:
Because we have a coach who has no idea how to game plan.
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Or how to motivate his team for the big games. I hate Cooley and the ball his team plays but he gets them up for the big games. He was definitely touting UCONN as this great team to motivate his club and it showed on the court. Have to question what Hurley is doing with the team besides complaining. He definitely seems perplexed with how to generate offense on the court.
 
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Improviser said:
Joey C hasn't done much lately except for a few assists.

I guess the competition is better, and does a better job defending him, and he can't get the open looks he had against lesser competition. His shots look rushed.

Maybe better screening would help him.
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Joey C is in a little shooting slump it happens. Unfortunately a lot of the players are in a shooting slump at the same time.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
McDermott, Wright and Cooley have consistently outcoached him. The only time we have beaten Nova was with Kimani coaching, lol.

Miller just outcoached him too. So yes, a trend.
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So every loss he gets outcoached? And what did kimani do schematically different?
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
McDermott, Wright and Cooley have consistently outcoached him. The only time we have beaten Nova was with Kimani coaching, lol.

Miller just outcoached him too. So yes, a trend.
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This hurts because it’s true.
 
UconnAlum04 said:
We need a killer guard who can take you off the dribble, drive, and create his own shot...ala Kemba, Bazz, Boat etc...

Our last 2 championship teams were lucky enough to have 2 of those each.

Teams now know to just chase our shooters around, get up in their face and to not let them have an easy shot (no need to worry about them driving past you).

I don't see how this can be fixed this year
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We have that guard but he won't be on the roster until next year - his name is Stephon Castle
 
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