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We are Flawed

hasheemthedream said:
There is a bigger issue at hand in regards to making in game adjustments and that falls solely on Hurley’s stubbornness. We watched that kid from New Mexico State go for 30 last year and Hurley didn’t even consider sending a double team, going zone, or putting a different body on him. Tonight was another reminder of this. After Hopkins scored his first 20 it was time to start doubling him and make someone else beat us. Hurley sat back and watched as if he thought Karaban was all of a sudden magically going to stop him. I love Hurley’s tenacity and recruiting but he definitely lacks the in game adjustments that separate the good coaches from the great ones.
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Sometimes you need to go zone in these stupid NBE games. Especially against a team who is dictating the pace and mucking it up on defense with refs allowing them to get away with it
 
socal613ws said:
top recruits let this team down, again I've never been a believer in Hurley. I expect another 1st or 2nd rd exit in tournament
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Is this the guy that posted Hurley got in a fight with providence fans?
 
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socal613ws said:
top recruits let this team down, again I've never been a believer in Hurley. I expect another 1st or 2nd rd exit in tournament
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the cockroaches come out of the woodwork after losses lol
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
I be forgetting we have Springs. Is he really that bad to not get minutes in these matchups?

Phil Nolan and Charles Okwandu were useable players for us. Springs can’t be that bad.
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This player still puzzles me. Why is he still here yet called the best offensive rebounder on the team.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Every flaw that was predicted before the season has come out in very obvious fashion the last two games. We were hot for a couple big games in the early season, now regressing to what everyone expected. Could be a Sweet 16 team if things come together for the end of the year, though
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This team is loaded with exception of good guard penetration. Hurley doesn’t know how to maintain and tune his Ferrari for optimal performance. End of story.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
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.
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Every team in college basketball is flawed.

It’s a slump. Shooting slump by the guards, and they are in a bit of a funk on defense.

Road games in this stupid conference against good teams like providence, who take advantage of the home cooking officiating that pollutes these games has a way of making you look ALOT worse than you really are.

They are very good. They need another athletic big (that hopefully Johnson will be,) but they are very very good.
 
We need some type of high-low offense. The staff needs to stress to Adama that if he doesn’t pass the ball quicker when he gets in bad spots, he will be benched. Getting the ball to him can’t only end in a shot or a turnover.

The half court offense has always been a problem under Hurley. Hawkins is taking Polley’s place this year of the only guy who moves around. We need to incorporate more pick and rolls from the top of the key with Newton/AJ to get them going downhill, and scream at them to go to the hoop and draw a foul. This whole team is scared to death of contact.
 
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PG play has been horrible. Not going to win anything if this continues. In all our Title seasons, we were led by a PG to drive the train. This team is rudderless and looks like it's throwing up 3s instead of doing the work to get a much better shot. It starts with the PG.
 
husky429 said:
No he isn't. Andre is 6'6 210 and Karaban is 6'8 210. Hopkins is 6'6 220.
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Hopkins looked bigger than 220 to me. Either that or our guys are not 210.
3rdbass said:
Hurley didn't have his team up for this game and it showed on the court.
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We led for most of the first half.
3RingsCT said:
They didn’t learn anything from the Xavier loss. Not one damn thing.

Who’s fault is that?
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We played entirely different today than that game. Different lineups, different philosophy on offense. Attacked the rim much more. Lived in the paint. Didn't settle for 3s. Hit the boards harder. We fouled too much and missed shots.
 
husky429 said:
Defensively, I don't understand the lack of adjustment on guys that are going off on us. Hurley's done this for 5 years and hasn't gotten better at it. It was obvious since before tip-off that Karaban was going to get smoked by Hopkins. You can't throw your talented freshman in the fire like that and kill their confidence. Jackson needed to be on him as soon as he started going off.
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2 fouls in the first 4 minutes took away that option. Alex got schooled by a strong, skilled, and more experienced player who had a better sense of what he could and couldn't do...and shot particularly well today.
scotty0330 said:
That Marquette game after Creighton ain’t gonna be no picnic either
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It's the hardest 4-game stretch Dan Hurley has ever faced, and so far he's 0-2 on the road against two very good coaches.

In college basketball, the head coach moves up against his growing edge pretty much non-stop, forever.

16 games in, the team hasn't won a game where the victory was undeserved or surprising. Both losses remained winnable long after they'd become frustrating and angering to the caring, attentive, knowledgeable fans we think we are.

I don't expect the match ups against McDermott and Smart (in Milwaukee) to be much easier.
 
3rdbass said:
Yeah, not sure how we all of sudden we can't shoot but seeing Providence out hustling us for every loose ball is depressing. Hurley didn't have his team up for this game and it showed on the court.
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Hurley didn’t miss layups and every 3 they shot, he didn’t get out toughed, the players did and for me, I don’t care what the coach does, good or bad, I would NEVER let the opposing team out hustle or tough me, if you need a coach to have you up for the game then maybe you shouldn’t be playing at all but definitely at UConn
 
Every team has it's flaws. We obviously have our own. Apart from coaching and flaws in our personnel, we lost a majority of 50/50 balls because we had at least 2 players standing around while the ball is either on the ground or being tipped around. The only constant high energy guy was AJax and he can't do it alone.
 
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I thought we were onto something when AJax cruised to that ferocious slam, thinking that would be available as long as Sanogo was triple teamed. But never saw it again. Not sure why.
 
Everyone is flawed, and only one team can win
 
Candyman34 said:
Springs would have fouled out in 5 minutes guarding Hopkins. He hasn’t played all year and put him in to guard a beast like Hopkins. Nope.
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So be it. Gives us extra fouls to use instead of guys like Karaban and Jackson getting in foul trouble.
 
Nebraskan18 said:
This is what I’ll always think of with Cole unfortunately, though I do love him.
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He played hard for us which is something to love. He just realistically didn’t win anything here. With the opportunities to do so. Wasn’t a lot of games that mattered where he was the best player on the court.
 
navery12 said:
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
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Well, it seemed like the two bigs together held their own It was an interesting look at times. If Johnson returns soon, we could play that option, more.

We aren't built for a game that Jackson spends 16 minutes of the first half on the bench. Jackson was baited early, and he bit. Amazing that we were only down 3 points at halftime. The twin towers worked quite well and has to be defined more.

Perhaps we need to clearly give up one scoring aspect to the opponent like this letting them beat us outside but employing a zone from time to time. The crushing second half offensive of PC and all hands on the board rebounding killed us. The swarm did us in. Not only did PC hit outside shots but easily drove the lane and went to the line repeatedly. The refs respected that type of offensive and didn't call charges. All but one late game penetration by PC resulted in them making a layup and also going to the line for more candy. We had zero answers except for the Bristol Tower. Santago needs to stop his dribbling after an offensive rebound and just go hard to the rim. We did a great job in the first half inside but that was flipped in the second half by Coolie's X & O's. Nice job by him adjusting.

Adding to our woes are the poor shooting results in all three major categories. Our picks need to be held a bit longer giving the ball handler a choice of reversing his direction. Donavan does a good job here but other don't hold their pick on enough to free up our three-point shooters.

We have the pieces. Teams had adjusted their offensive schemes. We have to change and will or were toast.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
The roster is great. It’s Hurley’s in game coaching that is costing us.

Four games in a row and he hasn’t changed one thing
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This is such a tired narrative. We went 14-0 and I suspect Hurley made no in game adjustments during that streak as well? Sure, we are experiencing some growing pains. But Hurley made plenty of adjustments. Its amazing how quickly this board turns at any sign of adversity. Sad, actually. This team was never going 32-0. So we lost 2 consecutive games on the road against two of the most experienced and strongest teams late in second half. Its frustrating but seems logical. To blame Hurley is non sensical but then again, this is the yard and I guess haters are simply going to hate.
 
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4xChamps said:
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.
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and with AJ in foul trouble all game and out for the last 16 of first half, who was Hurley supposed to put on him? Rather than blame Hurley, why not ask where the hell was the help side defense?
 
UncleSpliff said:
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….
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Lets see how many good coaches win at Providence and at Xavier this year. Maybe this team has overachieved a bit at the start of the year and they are now experiencing some growing pains in two of the most difficult places to win in Big East. I don't know, maybe its that.
 
AntG168 said:
AJ is not too small
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AJ was in foul trouble all night and if he guarded Hopkins with thos refs, he would have had 4 by the 16 minute mark in second half. Hurlely literally had to take AJ off Hopkins to protect AJ.
 
AntG168 said:
I don’t think we played that well at Butler either. They just aren’t good
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Or vs Nova really. They have been in a a slump for a while now. Legs seem tired. Ball movement has dissolved. Help defense has evaporated. Its been a mess for 2 plus weeks.
 
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