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Long term I think MSU is the better team but glad Alabama won, MSU doesn't look nearly as good as they were when healthy and if UConn were to beat them, I don't think UConn would get much credit for it. Alabama will be a very good test.

They are a good team.
 
Awesome surprise. Maybe I have a bad memory, but I forgot the last time they really creamed an out-of-conference P5 team (Question: When was the last time UConn really creamed a P5 team?). I will temper my expectations for the time being though because Oregon isn't a very good P5 team. It could be the start of an amazing season or one really hot game. I will use this coming game vs Bama as a barometer for where I should place my expectations moving forward. Bama will serve as the first legit challenge of the season. I wanted to say Bama creamed UConn a few years ago under Ollie and it was time for revenge, but upon checking it was Auburn and Arkansas that did the creaming and Uconn got revenge vs Auburn. (115-109 2OT game). One prior game vas Bama which we all know about :).
 
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The defense is so strong and we have so many three pointers, I think we may make Final Four this season!
 
WhereistheDove? said:
This. We took 37 3s tonight and I can’t really remember any head scratchers. They were almost all good looks.
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17-37 I will take every single night, or similar types of percentages like 14/33 or 12/28.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
This. We took 37 3s tonight and I can’t really remember any head scratchers. They were almost all good looks.
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Wait, I mean it didn’t bother me considering time and score but Clinton’s was a bit of a head scratcher, no?
 
caw said:
Wait, I mean it didn’t bother me considering time and score but Clinton’s was a bit of a head scratcher, no?
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Clingan? No it was within the flow of the offense and we've expected he'd have range out to the 3pt line moreso than Sanogo. I think he needs more reps in practice to get the green light to bring that to games.
 
Can't overreact. Oregon was missing two starters and down to 7 scholarship players. BUT, this was the best team basketball a UConn team has played in quite some time. We have balance, depth, guys who can shoot on the perimeter, guys who can create their own shot, ball handling, exceptional ball movement, and of course, insane defense intenisty both individually and as a team. The defense has been exceptional and cant be overlooked, but honestly, Hurley led teams always play tough team defense. The difference has been offensively. Obviously, when you drain 3s, compliments come easy. To me, the ball movement has been incredible, the offense seems so much more fluid than in years past, and the boys seem to all have a relatively high basketball iq. Its rare we see a forced shot, the extra pass is almost always made, and more times than not we hit a wide open man with a great look at the hoop. When you play like this, UConn becomes impossilbe to guard. This is such a well- rounded group that no matter who is on the floor, they all seem to compliment each other so well. Its the most fluid and cohesive team we have had since 2014.
 
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djct1999 said:
Can't overreact. Oregon was missing two starters and down to 7 scholarship players. BUT, this was the best team basketball a UConn team has played in quite some time. We have balance, depth, guys who can shoot on the perimeter, guys who can create their own shot, ball handling, exceptional ball movement, and of course, insane defense intenisty both individually and as a team. The defense has been exceptional and cant be overlooked, but honestly, Hurley led teams always play tough team defense. The difference has been offensively. Obviously, when you drain 3s, compliments come easy. To me, the ball movement has been incredible, the offense seems so much more fluid than in years past, and the boys seem to all have a relatively high basketball iq. Its rare we see a forced shot, the extra pass is almost always made, and more times than not we hit a wide open man with a great look at the hoop. When you play like this, UConn becomes impossilbe to guard. This is such a well- rounded group that no matter who is on the floor, they all seem to compliment each other so well. Its the most fluid and cohesive team we have had since 2014.
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We also have a number of quick release shooters from the outside. The exception is Sanogo but he may be using his three point setup to sucker in his large defender so he can then drive to the hoop. Love the runs that this team can produce!
 
husky429 said:
Hurley's system was always just 1-2 shooters away from being great. We've got 'em now plus a talent upgrade and a deeper bench.
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And we’re getting better at the details. Now FT shooting… that wins or puts close games away games. Hurley knows what he doing. We have good players - this will be fun…
 
husky429 said:
I'm not sure Andre is even close to going to the league at this point. Hopefully another summer and he can build his shot a bit more.
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Not just directed at you but I am not as concerned about AJ’s play as others in this forum.

The kid gets injured before secret scrimmages and doesn’t get to even practice with the team until November 17th a total of eight days of trying to get back to game form counting the day of this game. And in several of those days his minutes were limited.

I’ll reserve judgment for at least three more weeks. All the more so because Hurley has been spot on his statements about the players and team this entire season and before Andre got hurt he and the coaches were raving about him.
 
MTBingNinja said:
That play where Newton went coast to coast and took it to the rim. He’s got great poise and a confident ball handler. He’s going to be out calming presence
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Newton's the blue pill, AJAX the red.
 
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We looked very good. We'll get a better test tonight. I saw three teams in Maui this week, probably three more in Portland that look to have final four potential. Still have to win the games you have to win and stay healthy. Could be a fun ride though.
 
While UConn played well that wasn't a complete Oregon team. But again, UConn played really well. Alabama is one of the four teams in the SEC good enough to be a 1 seed so excited to see how we look tonight. Going to be tough playing on less than 24 hours rest but that's one of the benefits of having 10 guys we could play (also helps that Alabama had to play even later). We have the chance for a couple of resume building wins tonight and Sunday.
 
Funny seeing the experts here downgrading the Oregon win. The Athletic ranked Houston 2nd this week, mostly because they won at Oregon: "That’s how good we think Houston is: If Houston travels across the country to your gym and you play a competitive game in which you dont get blown out, which Houston eventually wins by the gentleman’s 10 (66-56), we kind of automatically assume you must be pretty good. Again: It’s really hard to win on the road!"
 
Waquoit said:
Funny seeing the experts here downgrading the Oregon win. The Athletic ranked Houston 2nd this week, mostly because they won at Oregon: "That’s how good we think Houston is: If Houston travels across the country to your gym and you play a competitive game in which you dont get blown out, which Houston eventually wins by the gentleman’s 10 (66-56), we kind of automatically assume you must be pretty good. Again: It’s really hard to win on the road!"
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Everybody's entitled to an opinion... Nice thing about this one, I guess, is it makes a case for the Huskies being #1. My guess is the Athletic will be less impressed with wins over Oregon next week, but that's just my opinion, man.
 
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Waquoit said:
Funny seeing the experts here downgrading the Oregon win. The Athletic ranked Houston 2nd this week, mostly because they won at Oregon: "That’s how good we think Houston is: If Houston travels across the country to your gym and you play a competitive game in which you dont get blown out, which Houston eventually wins by the gentleman’s 10 (66-56), we kind of automatically assume you must be pretty good. Again: It’s really hard to win on the road!"
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To be fair, Houston had to go and win on that abomination of a basketball court at Oregon. That thing triggers migraines, vertigo, and nausea just watching on TV. Luckily, we didn’t have to play them on that embarrassment to basketball courts.
 
I want to win the game tonight but just make it competitive. Not worried about this team that much because we have a lot of talented players and many who can make the 3. You HAVE to have that to go anywhere in March and so many years we have been deficient in that. It becomes a chess match for Hurley to be able to have the right personnel who are hot that day. Defense is Hurley’s thing so that can keep you in games when cold. We also have a lot of disrupters, guys who can get their hands on the ball for turnovers. Fouls are a big issue because of the tight defense we play. Saw that last night.
‘Even with this roster bad games can always happen so I don’t want to put too much on tonight, no live or die game.
 
bigknight3 said:
Clingan? No it was within the flow of the offense and we've expected he'd have range out to the 3pt line moreso than Sanogo. I think he needs more reps in practice to get the green light to bring that to games.
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Stupid auto correct.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Not just directed at you but I am not as concerned about AJ’s play as others in this forum.

The kid gets injured before secret scrimmages and doesn’t get to even practice with the team until November 17th a total of eight days of trying to get back to game form counting the day of this game. And in several of those days his minutes were limited.

I’ll reserve judgment for at least three more weeks. All the more so because Hurley has been spot on his statements about the players and team this entire season and before Andre got hurt he and the coaches were raving about him.
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He is not playing well and turning the ball over way too much and he is still very obviously a net positive. He is not in danger of losing his starting spot and that strikes me as an insane take.
 
auror said:
1) Sanogo is an absolute freak worker. He's a machine.
2) Sanogo started from nothing and built a shot correctly. Jackson had an established shot, and it's much harder to tweak to make effective. He probably should have built from ground up, but it's really hard to unlearn. Takes more than a summer and we needed him to shoot asap (and he wants to make pros asap).
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2 Summers and lots of money on the line. It’s a shame.
 
Stinger92860 said:
2 Summers and lots of money on the line. It’s a shame.
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I remember after the first game, all the posters said that Hurley failed again to bring in shooters.
 
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