I thought they outplayed UConn by way more than a point. 2nd Half was really all Bearcats. It's a make or miss game and UConn stayed in the game with transition and hitting some really tough shots.
Our guys, I felt, executed offensively in the 2nd Half at a very high level. Dribble drives, working inside out, great diagonal passing and interior passing. For whatever reason, they couldn't finish the easy layups and dunks, and missed quite a few wide open looks from outside on good passing. 58 points with 12 assists could have easily been 70 points on 18 assists. Give some credit to UConn's interior D but I thought our guys executed very well.
Jacob is very good at the rim. Sometimes he's too content to settle for an 18 footer when an 8 footer has presented itself. Happened at least once tonight.
DeBerry is probably disappointed in himself tonight. Could have been a big night for him but he passed up on good looks with his man sealed and fumbled a pass on a very good dive to the rim. We will need him in the rematch.
Glad they made some plays down the stretch and gutted it out. How frustating it must have been to outplay a team by so much and struggle to finish down the stretch. They could've hung their heads and didn't. A big mental boost hopefully.
Get better Shaq. We need you for those faster paced games buddy!
The one thing that concerned me is that we started to shut things down with about 9 minutes left. Really went into tighten up mode. Little early for that at that point and our offense suffered. Played tough enough to gut out the win, but we gotta keep trying to score.
You're a shitty fan than.
Lol, get over yourself.
I've been saying on this board for 3 years that Shaq Thomas isn't a very good basketball player. I'm fine with him not playing for the remainder of the season because I think it gives Evans a chance to step up and I think there's a real good probability it makes us a better team.
Of course a part of me feels bad for the kid but I'm more concerned with us winning basketball games than the severity of Shaq's high ankle sprain. It's not like he suffered a life shattering injury last night so again, get over yourself.
Basically every game at UConn has played out the same way. The difference is this year UConn doesn't have a Napier, Boatright or Walker to hit that back breaking shot to push the lead to 5 or 6. Really cannot extrapolate the results of a UC-UConn game to the rest of the season. I thought we ran pretty good stuff and got the shots we wanted. Unfortunately there was a lot of questionable stuff going on at the rim both ways which hurt the scoring.
Basically every game at UConn has played out the same way. The difference is this year UConn doesn't have a Napier, Boatright or Walker to hit that back breaking shot to push the lead to 5 or 6. Really cannot extrapolate the results of a UC-UConn game to the rest of the season. I thought we ran pretty good stuff and got the shots we wanted. Unfortunately there was a lot of questionable stuff going on at the rim both ways which hurt the scoring.
Is Clark the go-to-guy? I want the ball in his hands. Caupain got stripped again late and had a 3-11 FG 8 PTS 0 AST 4 TO game overall. Cronin's first choice was Caupain last night...will that change next time?
Is Clark the go-to-guy? I want the ball in his hands. Caupain got stripped again late and had a 3-11 FG 8 PTS 0 AST 4 TO game overall. Cronin's first choice was Caupain last night...will that change next time?
Great win! Love to read the game threads about the ebb and flow of emotions afterwards. Different way to review the game afterwards. The only thing is there is no score on the bottom of the screen so we lose that perspective lol.UC guards 4-18
UC gets 5 quick fouls on UConn then stops attacking and starts shooting 3's
I was thinking the exact same thing. Hopefully that last strip sealed the deal on the ONLY play we have been calling to close games. I like Clark getting it because the D can collapse on him and he can still kick it out. Like when he kicked it to Troy for the 3 earlier in the game
They were deep shots. But even Mick said we didn't stay with them in transition. I think one of them started by a bad Troy 3 attempt . Not sure how the other one started . But I think they made five out of six in one stretch. The second half they kept them in very good check . First half They got ready in catch and shoot position, got confidence. We should not have let that happen. We have to stop acting like it was just the other team playing good. We should not allow it to happen.yeah that dude's comment is not good. we've given up one clean, open look - from the corner, and they clanked it. these last 4 were trash and had nothing to do with the defense.
Postgame, coach said they had tried Troy a few possessions earlier. That's the baseline play where the ball went out of bounds on the opposition. Coach said he wanted to try something different. So he is learning too. Troy would be ok also, but you can't do it every time. The defense is waiting for it. Also Troy needs to learn to stop at 7 feet. Don't go all the way into the trees where it can get blocked. Great win!Yes WH! You nailed it. Let's go in a different direction. We've lost too many games with that stupid play that we run religiously at the end of both halves. We rarely score at the end of the 1st half, and I think Caupain is 0-fer this year at crunch time, and seems to get the ball crammed back in his face 90% of the time.
Oh....and go Bearcats!!! Great win last night...we fought hard even though we weren't all that efficient. We played like men and didn't give up. The defense towards the end was awesome to watch!!
Really a team effort to be proud of. Lots of guys out there making plays. Even DeBerry's layup was huge. Johnson's kick to Evans, the steal and finish by Evans, Clark and Ellis protecting the rim, Caupain's block, timely shots by Cobb. Good stuff. We need balance like that.