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Losing sucks. Tough to win on the road when we play badly and the whistle was tough to get.

On the bright side we no longer have to deal with these moron UConn fans and see their overgrown toddler coach throwing tantrums at ever call. Now Xavier can zip em up every year.
 
justinhub2003 said:
Home and neutral you can play Brannen ball but on the road, you better play defense because you don’t get calls, you won’t hit as many shots and you can’t rely on just scoring.

The only thing you can control on the road is your effort, rebounding and defense
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its a good thing we didn't just beat wichita state on the road, we're in trouble when we play that game.
 
cincyguy13 said:
Cronin has you brainwashed. There are other ways to play basketball. I'm sure Brannen isn't telling his guys to not worry about defense and effort.
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Nothing to do with Cronin.

We will lose a lot of games if we defend and rebound like this.


Guess what? Brannen knows it’s an issue. On the radio he literally mentioned the two stats that I did. 18 offensive rebounds and 11 threes Allowed.

They average 6 3’s a game.


How many games in the past have we won on the road and shot a whole lot worse than 41%


I personally felt a whole lot more comfortable on the road knowing we were going to defend the life out of the ball.
 
cincrulz11 said:
its a good thing we didn't just beat wichita state on the road, we're in trouble when we play that game.
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Lolol it’s hilarious because my takes regarding the concern for away games was based around the WSU and temple game.

In both those games 79 and 82 points

In both those games we defended like crap.

And in the WSU game we lost the rebounding war and allowed 12 offensive boards


To me your playing with fire if your counting on winning on the road by only out scoring your opponents.


You can win some games for sure. Especially when you hit shots.




And if his team thinks we’re gonna roll into ECU and kick their ass without trying to defend and rebound, we will lose as well.
 
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UConn rebounded 41% of their misses
Made 42% of their 3’s

Hmm where else did our defense fail us ? Oh yea Tulane on the road
 
justinhub2003 said:
Lolol it’s hilarious because my takes regarding the concern for away games was based around the WSU and temple game.

In both those games 79 and 82 points

In both those games we defended like crap.

And in the WSU game we lost the rebounding war and allowed 12 offensive boards


To me your playing with fire if your counting on winning on the road by only out scoring your opponents.


You can win some games for sure. Especially when you hit shots.




And if his team thinks we’re gonna roll into ECU and kick their ass without trying to defend and rebound, we will lose as well.
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So let me get this straight... you’re saying we need to defend well and rebound well and ultimately score more points than the other team to win? Seems like a good idea, you should let all the coaches know that plan cause I doubt they are trying to do that now.
 
Was Jarron fouled... yes... but we gave up 18 offensive rebounds.... not ideal, I don’t think this breaks our chances of getting in but it definitely sets us back.... again
 
cincyalum2014 said:
Was Jarron fouled... yes... but we gave up 18 offensive rebounds.... not ideal, I don’t think this breaks our chances of getting in but it definitely sets us back.... again
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Agreed. The 18 OREB is what did us in more than anything else. Justin you can speak about defense but that wasn't the problem. Giving up the offensive rebound so they got another chance was the problem.
 
Rebounding and defense in basketball is like line play with defense in football. Basic but major parts of the game that ultimately lead to ball control which is another way to win a game but your chances will always be better getting those two things done. Offense mostly happens with talent and unfortunately the talent Cumberland didnt have it today and Keith Williams flamed out in the end this game was very winnable. Would of loved to see brannen mix it up besides the Cumberland at the top of the key attack
 
justinhub2003 said:
Lolol it’s hilarious because my takes regarding the concern for away games was based around the WSU and temple game.

In both those games 79 and 82 points

In both those games we defended like crap.

And in the WSU game we lost the rebounding war and allowed 12 offensive boards


To me your playing with fire if your counting on winning on the road by only out scoring your opponents.


You can win some games for sure. Especially when you hit shots.




And if his team thinks we’re gonna roll into ECU and kick their ass without trying to defend and rebound, we will lose as well.
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and guess what, when you play mick ball and the other team is on fire, you lose those games too. you can lose with both styles.


its hard to win on the road when other teams are hot. its hard to win on the road when your star goes 1-11 with 6 turnovers. its hard to win when guys go 4-8 from 3 that are worse career 3 point shooters than tre scott.


a mick team probably doesn't beat a temple team raining in 3's on the road because his style doesn't allow for enough possession to win that game. (and out of the last 4 years mick had 1 great 3 point defending team, 2 atrocious ones, and 1 average one.)



you just sit and wait for us to lose so you can go on these rants. your posting goes way down when we win (unless mick won a game the night before, then its way up). after wichita state this place was dead. and even after that win you still pointed out bad things.


john brannen will be better for this program than mick. and i think deep down you see it and that pisses you off cause you know how wrong you were.
 
Alum2013 said:
Agreed. The 18 OREB is what did us in more than anything else. Justin you can speak about defense but that wasn't the problem. Giving up the offensive rebound so they got another chance was the problem.
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It’s called defensive rebounding for a reason tho. You don’t finish a defensive possession until you secure the rebound.


That said, yes, I’ll say it. UC needs to win out now.

Because it very much seems like the only tier 1 left on our schedule is Houston.

And they are giving work to WSU

If you guys wanna feel comfy on selection day with 1 tier win then be my guest.

One more loss and an auto bid is over

Weak bubble or not
 
I’ll say this too.

We need a grad transfer big in the worst way next year.


Otherwise next season maybe the worst rebounding team has ever had with Tre gone

Need a big body
 
cincrulz11 said:
and guess what, when you play mick ball and the other team is on fire, you lose those games too. you can lose with both styles.


its hard to win on the road when other teams are hot. its hard to win on the road when your star goes 1-11 with 6 turnovers. its hard to win when guys go 4-8 from 3 that are worse career 3 point shooters than tre scott.


a mick team probably doesn't beat a temple team raining in 3's on the road because his style doesn't allow for enough possession to win that game. (and out of the last 4 years mick had 1 great 3 point defending team, 2 atrocious ones, and 1 average one.)



you just sit and wait for us to lose so you can go on these rants. your posting goes way down when we win (unless mick won a game the night before, then its way up). after wichita state this place was dead. and even after that win you still pointed out bad things.


john brannen will be better for this program than mick. and i think deep down you see it and that pisses you off cause you know how wrong you were.
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👀 ok... Lets just calmn down
 
cincrulz11 said:
and guess what, when you play mick ball and the other team is on fire, you lose those games too. you can lose with both styles.


its hard to win on the road when other teams are hot. its hard to win on the road when your star goes 1-11 with 6 turnovers. its hard to win when guys go 4-8 from 3 that are worse career 3 point shooters than tre scott.


a mick team probably doesn't beat a temple team raining in 3's on the road because his style doesn't allow for enough possession to win that game. (and out of the last 4 years mick had 1 great 3 point defending team, 2 atrocious ones, and 1 average one.)



you just sit and wait for us to lose so you can go on these rants. your posting goes way down when we win (unless mick won a game the night before, then its way up). after wichita state this place was dead. and even after that win you still pointed out bad things.


john brannen will be better for this program than mick. and i think deep down you see it and that pisses you off cause you know how wrong you were.
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Lol haven't had to do too much sitting around for that this yr but they have been on a decent run lately
 
cincrulz11 said:
and guess what, when you play mick ball and the other team is on fire, you lose those games too. you can lose with both styles.


its hard to win on the road when other teams are hot. its hard to win on the road when your star goes 1-11 with 6 turnovers. its hard to win when guys go 4-8 from 3 that are worse career 3 point shooters than tre scott.


a mick team probably doesn't beat a temple team raining in 3's on the road because his style doesn't allow for enough possession to win that game. (and out of the last 4 years mick had 1 great 3 point defending team, 2 atrocious ones, and 1 average one.)



you just sit and wait for us to lose so you can go on these rants. your posting goes way down when we win (unless mick won a game the night before, then its way up). after wichita state this place was dead. and even after that win you still pointed out bad things.


john brannen will be better for this program than mick. and i think deep down you see it and that pisses you off cause you know how wrong you were.
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I haven’t mentioned that name once in this thread

Mods take note.

We have a thread trying to be derailed.

I’m not biting
 
This is a game thread. No one is going to read it in a week. I don't care if it gets derailed. Stop playing victim.
 

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