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Will Cooley have a surprise for Hurley on Thursday?

RayIsTheGOAT said:
If that’s Cooley’s big surprise answer to us, then he has thrown in the towel.

Or, rather, is about to put the towel around his shoulder (if you know what I mean).
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huskiemix said:
Cooley is the most overrated coach in the big east and possibly the country, no worries!
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I see we never learn. This was the kind of prattle we had going here when we were 14-1 heading into the Dunk and then got whopped.
 
If I remember correctly Cooley called UConn fans “arrogant and spoiled” and there will be a different outcome if we meet in MSG. Hope those actual quotes are on the bulletin board :)
 
ElGreco said:
The only possible change might be Floyd Jr starting in place of Locke. As many PeeCee fans are alluding to I’m hoping they are mentally and physically fatigued and perhaps there is some friction within the team and they don’t fully recover quickly. We may be in their heads too. I think we ran them ragged last game and remember their top 2 guards wearing down chasing Hawkins while being well guarded by our taller guards. In Hurley and staff we trust.
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LMFAO. If they do that I will breathe a sigh of relief especially if it means Locke's minutes go down dramatically. Noah Locke can absolutely get on fire and change the outcomes of games, he worries me a lot. Floyd Jr cannot at this point in his career, not even close.
 
August_West said:
I dunno, it may be an upgrade, seriously. Their defense has been in the dumpster at the guard position. Locke and Bynum cant guard anyone.
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Locke's defense isn't all that great, but his offense is way better than Floyd's. I would be absolutely relieved if Locke's minutes go way down. It's the same thing with Bynum and Alyn Breed. Breed is the better defender, but he is no where near the offensive threat that Bynum is. Bynum can absolutely take over games (i.e. win at Nova's home court in early Feb).
 
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August_West said:
No way. Providences' defensive woes are at the guard spots all are weak. especially Bynum and Locke. except for Carter who is exceptional. Hopkins is not defending well either, make him guard dont gift him with a 4 who doesnt play 4.
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Hopkins isn't a good defender at all and I am sure the scouting report on Jerome Hunter (Xavier) and KC Ndefo (Seton Hall) was for him to leave those guys to shoot from outside for fear of their dribble penetration. He overreacts to that and doesn't stand within 7 feet of them and they make their outside shots a 2 times. If UConn can design some plays early for Karaban to drive, not really his game I know, and Karaban scores or draws fouls on Hopkins this will open up Karaban's outside shot for the rest of the game-Hopkins won't play tight D on Karaban on the perimeter.
 
HailUConn said:
The key for us to win is Hurley and Andre don’t lose their head. Hurley is head of dog and Andre is the glue guy. No disrespect to Cooley and his team, they don’t matter.

UConn goes as they go.
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Add Newton to that. He doesnt have to be a rockstar but he cannot be a ghost. Those are the 3.
 
ElGreco said:
If I remember correctly Cooley called UConn fans “arrogant and spoiled” and there will be a different outcome if we meet in MSG. Hope those actual quotes are on the bulletin board :)
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One thing to remember.....

Cooley is coaching against Coach Hurley and the Huskies team.

He is not coaching against the fans.
 
gsmooth said:
Hopkins isn't a good defender at all and I am sure the scouting report on Jerome Hunter (Xavier) and KC Ndefo (Seton Hall) was for him to leave those guys to shoot from outside for fear of their dribble penetration. He overreacts to that and doesn't stand within 7 feet of them and they make their outside shots a 2 times. If UConn can design some plays early for Karaban to drive, not really his game I know, and Karaban scores or draws fouls on Hopkins this will open up Karaban's outside shot for the rest of the game-Hopkins won't play tight D on Karaban on the perimeter.
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Watch the highlights of our last game, Karaban definitely made drives on Hopkins and I’m guessing it was a coaching strategy to try to get fouls on him or just wear him out, make sure he’s working.

I’ve felt like Hurley has been coaching his ass off lately so I’m expecting us to come out crisp and hungry. If our shots don’t fall it’s anyone’s game but if we play like we have as of late, and hit shots, sorry PC but it’s over
 
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They are going to be a desperate desperate team. They will push, they will grab, they will flop, they will talk, they will whine, they will bark at Jonathon. We need to be mentally tough more so than anything they’ll do basketball wise to us.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
They are going to be a desperate desperate team. They will push, they will grab, they will flop, they will talk, they will whine, they will bark at Jonathon. We need to be mentally tough more so than anything they’ll do basketball wise to us.
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I expect us to be ready. PC has many issues at this point plus we are a matchup problem for them. In Hurley we trust. “We are New York” and we will have a new legend :)
 
The way I see it the best thing we can do is play an uptempo game early (as long as we maintain balance on defense) as we should start building a lead in the first half. Viewing how their past few games have gone, I can see them completely unraveling at some point if a) they are trailing and b) they start believing they are overmatched.
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
They are going to be a desperate desperate team. They will push, they will grab, they will flop, they will talk, they will whine, they will bark at Jonathon. We need to be mentally tough more so than anything they’ll do basketball wise to us.
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This 100%. Bottom line is, we're better, and this will be a great barometer for the NCAAs.
 
August_West said:
No way. Providences' defensive woes are at the guard spots all are weak. especially Bynum and Locke. except for Carter who is exceptional. Hopkins is not defending well either, make him guard dont gift him with a 4 who doesnt play 4.
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Yeah right, and while Hopkins is guarding Sanogo at the “4”, how does Cooley double up Clingan???? Even if they get lucky and manage to defend the basket that still leaves Newton or Hawkins open for a three. Good things happen when you can stretch the defense.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
I agree we figured Hopkins out from the first meeting. The answer to that wasn’t long stretches of Sanogo guarding him.
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Who says Sanogo has to guard Hopkins??? Especially when Clingan and Jackson are both on the floor too, along with Newton and Hawkins.
 
caw said:
God, I hope the refs at least call it both ways, if not well.
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Not taking PC lightly, but they seem to have lots of issues and you don’t just come out and immediately change. We are in their head and they don’t match up well with us. Let’s just say I have guarded optimism.
 
ElGreco said:
Not taking PC lightly, but they seem to have lots of issues and you don’t just come out and immediately change. We are in their head and they don’t match up well with us. Let’s just say I have guarded optimism.
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CONN78SEJ said:
Who says Sanogo has to guard Hopkins??? Especially when Clingan and Jackson are both on the floor too, along with Newton and Hawkins.
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Well presumably if Clingan and Sanogo are on the floor at the same time, Clingan would be guarding Croswell. If Jackson were to guard Hopkins, who would you have Sanogo guard? Carter?
 
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