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We Have A Top 10 Team

This was a fun game to watch tonight but lets face it Gtown stinks and Ewing needs to go. That program should not be in the state it is in 5 years after he arrived. We play Depaul next which should be an easy win. Everything i need to know about this team ill find out in February. The schedule gets real. Lets hope there is no more covid crap messing with the schedule. Best thing that can happen to this team is for a month of uninterrupted basketball against quality competition. Itll only make us that much more dangerous in March.
 
uconnfan68 said:
We have a much improved Adama Sanogo this year. If Martin, Polley, and Hawkins (and RJ) keep making outside shots we’ll be a very tough out.
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We have not had post play like this in years. I almost forgot what good post players looked like. Adama is a game changer on both ends of the floor. The last time we had a big man that effects both ends of the floor was probably Thabeet.
 
uconnfan68 said:
We have a much improved Adama Sanogo this year. If Martin, Polley, and Hawkins (and RJ) keep making outside shots we’ll be a very tough out.
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And we are missing a solid ball handler in Bouknight. Maybe we are better, but it's close as of now.
 
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I think Dan Hurley puts it best....every game no matter opponent we should either win or lose a close game. Does that make UConn top 10, we'll see.

To be a top 3 seed in Ncaa torney, which I assume is ultimate goal entering, need to beat BE teams tourney bound, so far just 1...plenty of those coming up though.
 
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Auburn put in a pretty lackluster performance tonight against a sub-.500 Missouri squad (Kenpom 131). They were actually down with under 5 to play. Thankfully for us they pulled it off, but didn’t seem like the worldbeaters we are making them out to be.
 
VAHuskyFan said:
Auburn put in a pretty lackluster performance tonight against a sub-.500 Missouri squad (Kenpom 131). They were actually down with under 5 to play. Thankfully for us they pulled it off, but didn’t seem like the worldbeaters we are making them out to be.
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Who cares, they won, on the road. They had a massive game Saturday, it was a natural let down spot. It is like you think unless you win by 20 a night you are average. Welcome to college basketball.
 
VAHuskyFan said:
Auburn put in a pretty lackluster performance tonight against a sub-.500 Missouri squad (Kenpom 131). They were actually down with under 5 to play. Thankfully for us they pulled it off, but didn’t seem like the worldbeaters we are making them out to be.
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They're the number 1 team in the country, and no one besides us has beaten them lmao
 
VAHuskyFan said:
Auburn put in a pretty lackluster performance tonight against a sub-.500 Missouri squad (Kenpom 131). They were actually down with under 5 to play. Thankfully for us they pulled it off, but didn’t seem like the worldbeaters we are making them out to be.
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Road games can be unpredictable and super freshman Jabari had an off night 2-15. Ultimately UConn needs to take care of own business in February though
 
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EnochRoot said:
I forgot there was a game tonight (been taking care of my sick wife all day).

Son of a...
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Hope she gets better quickly.

In situations like yours, only great husbands forget games. I feel ashamed knowing what I would have probably done.

If there are brownie points, I would be able to golf, fish, etc. anytime I wanted for at least 3 years if I did that. Of course she'd get sick of me constantly reminding her of my great sacrifice.
 
What I liked tonight (and have seen progressing over the last couple weeks) is how connected this team seems to be, how much they trust and seem to enjoy playing with each other, and how vested they seem to be in the team's success and not just their own.
 
Kitaman said:
Hope she gets better quickly.

In situations like yours, only great husbands forget games. I feel ashamed knowing what I would have probably done.

If there are brownie points, I would be able to golf, fish, etc. anytime I wanted for at least 3 years if I did that. Of course she'd get sick of me constantly reminding her of my great sacrifice.
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I appreciate the sentiment, and TBH, I've long-since felt the same way. Push comes to shove changes people.
 
NDakotaHusky said:
And we are missing a solid ball handler in Bouknight. Maybe we are better, but it's close as of now.
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We are much better this year, much.

This team really shares the ball and rarely gets caught at the end of the shot clock without a good look. As great as Bouk was, this team is balanced, cohesive and plays great D for the most part. Tonight we had 5 guys in double figures including Hawkins off the bench with 15. Our mix of talent and experience is way up. We now have 5 Warriors in RJ, Adama, AJ, Tyrese, and Whaley. 5 legit impact players. It's been a long time since we could say that.
 
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AntG168 said:
They have when other top big East teams are losing these games. We’ve already beaten Marquette at Marquette. Not saying we are it aren’t. But we’ve proven more than you’re letting on. But as you said, there’s still a lot of work to do
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Neither team was at full strength. Sanogo was just returning from injury and he was out of sorts and didn’t have his cardio. Daryl morsell didn’t play at all. I am glad UConn got the win and that matters, but that additional context matters when using that game as an example of a quality win.
 
gsmooth said:
Neither team was at full strength. Sanogo was just returning from injury and he was out of sorts and didn’t have his cardio. Daryl morsell didn’t play at all. I am glad UConn got the win and that matters, but that additional context matters when using that game as an example of a quality win.
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Road win tho.
 
uconn_jack said:
What I liked tonight (and have seen progressing over the last couple weeks) is how connected this team seems to be, how much they trust and seem to enjoy playing with each other, and how vested they seem to be in the team's success and not just their own.
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yes, you are starting to see some joy on the court. And that joy is for each other. Starting to see lots of smiles. And that's a good thing.
 
AntG168 said:
They're the number 1 team in the country, and no one besides us has beaten them lmao
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Auburn very nearly picked up a Quad 3 loss to a truly awful Missouri team. (Missouri is so bad that they got beat by a regional school within their own university system by double digits.)

And we beat Auburn in a thrilling game using the patented Ivy league first-round upset formula (58% from 3 for 45 points). Not something we can count on doing with any consistency in games against other top opponents.

We’re 5-4 against Kenpom 100 teams, so let’s settle down a bit with the Top 10 talk for now. February is our chance to show how good we are.
 
VAHuskyFan said:
Auburn very nearly picked up a Quad 3 loss to a truly awful Missouri team. (Missouri is so bad that they got beat by a regional school within their own university system by double digits.)

And we beat Auburn in a thrilling game using the patented Ivy league first-round upset formula (58% from 3 for 45 points). Not something we can count on doing with any consistency in games against other top opponents.

We’re 5-4 against Kenpom 100 teams, so let’s settle down a bit with the Top 10 talk for now. February is our chance to show how good we are.
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And the game before this they beat the #12 team in the country. Using 1 game samples as a way to try to justify your point is dumb
 
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