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Message: [QUOTE="UConnMike04, post: 5129721, member: 1643"] As others have said it’s a mix of things. No real interior presence (I do love Reed offensively), Mahaney is either a miss or being put in the wrong spot. Honestly, if he was brought here as the starting PG that’s a massive hole that can’t/won’t be fixed this season. SJ is a 10-15 min backup center at best, and that’s another hole that won’t be fixed as he was expected to be the starting C. Ball, Diarra, Nowell, McNeeley, Ross and Stewart will be fine as will AK. It’s going to take time, but I’m not entirely confident they’ll make the NCAAs as constituted. It’s too early to write them off, but they need to take 2/3 of the Baylor/Texas/Gonzaga games and finish Top 3 in the BE (if not Top 2). All of this is possible, but I’m adjusting my expectations right now to a 2nd wknd tourney team at best. Hope to be proven wrong. As for last night, I think it was a mix of Dayton being better than expected and no prep time, Dayton being up for playing us and us being just “over it.” End of the day these are 18-21 year old kids who after two back breaking horribly officiated losses mentally just had one foot on the plane back home. That falls on Hurley, and it shouldn’t be - but end of the day on your 3rd game after those two losses it’s only natural to think “let’s just get the hell outta here”. Let’s beat up on another cupcake Sat and get some confidence back. They’ve been humbled enough. [/QUOTE]

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