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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4521811, member: 1414"]
Not going to worry about offense too much.  I think the team has mostly solved that.  Having Alleyne or Joey C make shots is really the only missing piece.

On defense, I think we are facing coaches that know exactly what we do on defense and have game planned to attack it.  Doesn't affect offense much, because even rudimentary scouting says "double Sanogo, stay close to Hawkins".  We saw the 2pt defensive issues in real time as there was a parade of guys having birthday parties at our rim.  Despite the "Sanogo doesn't protect the rim" crowd, that was caused by the way we failed to handle ball screens and the way we overplayed the 3, plus Sanogo not hedging.  Clingan not hedging had less an impact, because he's so big he impacts drives on his own.  Have we fixed that?  Not entirely.

Do Big East refs impact that foul rate on defense? Probably.  Seems that they call touches and reach fouls tighter, and call bodying more loosely than would be the case nationally.  Teams like PC thrive on that. St. Johns too.  It hurts UConn because, like it or not, this is a high skill, athletic but ultimately "finesse" squad. Outside of the center and PG positions (when Newton is in) opponents are mostly bigger and stronger.
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