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#BeatUConn WAITE HOYT 2
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Our you in town?@GoBEARCATS
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Love those jerseys
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UC: 68
UConn: 53
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UCONN has no depth. They essentially play 5 guys for 30+ minutes a game. Injuries has obviously wrecked this team. I don't see them hanging with us for the full 40. Might be a struggled for the first half, but we will pull away in the 2nd half.
They turn the ball over a lot and don't cause many turnovers. Bad 3pt shooting team and not much better from inside the arc. Both these teams play a slow pace and rely on defense. Should be low scoring, but we will get some easy buckets in transition.
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Huskies- 52
They turn the ball over a lot and don't cause many turnovers. Bad 3pt shooting team and not much better from inside the arc. Both these teams play a slow pace and rely on defense. Should be low scoring, but we will get some easy buckets in transition.
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Man, I really wish UCONN was good this year, even a 16-6 type record maybe right outside the top 25 at the worst. Oh well, its going to be a fun atmosphere Saturday. I hope we beat them by double digits.
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On Paper this looks like a no brainer but this is UCONN. Certainly they have had issues but they still have some talent and would love to wreck our season. Hope the cats are focused and ready to go.
74 UC
63 UCONN
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This will be the year we turn this "rivalry" on its head. Cats trounce the Huskies and sourface Kevin Ollie.
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UCONN 59
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Some Quick Scouting on UCONN:
What they do well:
--Playing Defense: UCONN's defensive efficiency is ranked 43rd in the country. They have a tendency to make teams shoot well below their season average as their defensive eFG% is good for 16th in the country. They don't however turn teams over, so its mostly about playing good team defense and protecting the paint.
--Shot Blocking: Any team with Amidah Brimah is going to be in the top 10 of blocking shots. UCONN ranks second in the country in block % which equals to blocking over 16% of opponents shots.
What they struggle with
--Anything related to Offense Ive always though that Kevin Ollie was a pretty terrible offensive coach. His teams lack any motion on offense and always have trouble scoring. Obviously, with an injury depleted team, thats still the case. UCONN has an effective FG% of 47.5% which is ranked #288 in the country. They struggle with the 3 ball ( 32%) and from 2 (47.2%). Defensively, we should expect to hold them under 60 and maybe even 50.
--Rebounding: You'd think that when you have a 7 footer like Brimah and 6'10 Kentan Facey, you'd be at least good on one end of the rebounding spectrum, but Uconn is 175 in OFF Reb % and 200 in def REB%. We should attack the glass and do what we did to Xavier to UCONN.
Amidah Brimah: When he is in the game, he protects the paint like very few people can BUT his problem is staying in the game. Gary and Kyle might need to just be fearless and go right at him. He is so undisciplined that we could have him in foul trouble before the first media time out. They will at first make us want to live outside the 3 point line. Lets attack instead.
Vance Jackson A freshman forced into a starting role with the injuries, In the games I've watched of early season UCONN to now, I've watched Jackson and freshman Christian Vital get better and better. Jackson is a guy you want to pressure and not let get into a rhythm. He is a 6'8 shooter who just recently had 5 straight games in double figures before having a few slow games in 2 out of his last 3. He shot 50% from 3 against SMU and hit 5 3's against SMU's pretty stingy defense. He will be huge for UCONN next season when they have Larrier and Gilbert back
Kentan Facey Facey has been pretty underwhelming for almost his entire career at UCONN but his game has all the sudden developed in his SR year. Facing is average 3 times his average last year with 9ppg and 7rpg. And he comes into Fifth third arena on a 6 game streak of scoring in double figures including 23 against Temple and 20 against Tulane. He has always struggled being a consistent player but these last 6 games he is playing with more confidence than ever before and probably the best 6 game stretch of his career.
I didn't mention Jalen Adams or Rodney Purvis because I personally don't believe those 2 players alone can beat us. It would require a few of their role players and freshman to step up and just out play us.
That said, I know some people expect a blow out. I don't. This is a rivalry game. We are much better but it always seems to approach games different depending on the name on their jersey. IF we are shooting well from outside and Jarron does what Jarron does at home, we could win big, but if can't shots, it maybe a grind it out win.
UCONN will come in with a chip on its shoulder. The interviews at AAC media day showed they felt pretty slighted by not being picked to win the conference. They'd love to beat the #14 team in the country on our home floor.
71-63 UC
What they do well:
--Playing Defense: UCONN's defensive efficiency is ranked 43rd in the country. They have a tendency to make teams shoot well below their season average as their defensive eFG% is good for 16th in the country. They don't however turn teams over, so its mostly about playing good team defense and protecting the paint.
--Shot Blocking: Any team with Amidah Brimah is going to be in the top 10 of blocking shots. UCONN ranks second in the country in block % which equals to blocking over 16% of opponents shots.
What they struggle with
--Anything related to Offense Ive always though that Kevin Ollie was a pretty terrible offensive coach. His teams lack any motion on offense and always have trouble scoring. Obviously, with an injury depleted team, thats still the case. UCONN has an effective FG% of 47.5% which is ranked #288 in the country. They struggle with the 3 ball ( 32%) and from 2 (47.2%). Defensively, we should expect to hold them under 60 and maybe even 50.
--Rebounding: You'd think that when you have a 7 footer like Brimah and 6'10 Kentan Facey, you'd be at least good on one end of the rebounding spectrum, but Uconn is 175 in OFF Reb % and 200 in def REB%. We should attack the glass and do what we did to Xavier to UCONN.
Amidah Brimah: When he is in the game, he protects the paint like very few people can BUT his problem is staying in the game. Gary and Kyle might need to just be fearless and go right at him. He is so undisciplined that we could have him in foul trouble before the first media time out. They will at first make us want to live outside the 3 point line. Lets attack instead.
Vance Jackson A freshman forced into a starting role with the injuries, In the games I've watched of early season UCONN to now, I've watched Jackson and freshman Christian Vital get better and better. Jackson is a guy you want to pressure and not let get into a rhythm. He is a 6'8 shooter who just recently had 5 straight games in double figures before having a few slow games in 2 out of his last 3. He shot 50% from 3 against SMU and hit 5 3's against SMU's pretty stingy defense. He will be huge for UCONN next season when they have Larrier and Gilbert back
Kentan Facey Facey has been pretty underwhelming for almost his entire career at UCONN but his game has all the sudden developed in his SR year. Facing is average 3 times his average last year with 9ppg and 7rpg. And he comes into Fifth third arena on a 6 game streak of scoring in double figures including 23 against Temple and 20 against Tulane. He has always struggled being a consistent player but these last 6 games he is playing with more confidence than ever before and probably the best 6 game stretch of his career.
I didn't mention Jalen Adams or Rodney Purvis because I personally don't believe those 2 players alone can beat us. It would require a few of their role players and freshman to step up and just out play us.
That said, I know some people expect a blow out. I don't. This is a rivalry game. We are much better but it always seems to approach games different depending on the name on their jersey. IF we are shooting well from outside and Jarron does what Jarron does at home, we could win big, but if can't shots, it maybe a grind it out win.
UCONN will come in with a chip on its shoulder. The interviews at AAC media day showed they felt pretty slighted by not being picked to win the conference. They'd love to beat the #14 team in the country on our home floor.
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UConn is terrible this year and we blow them out of the gym at home, little payback for the Conference Championship last season.
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UConn - 65
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UConn - 65
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Uc-65
Uconn-57
Uconn-57
jacobkdoyle
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UC 75
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Much like Temple, we can't get caught up in UConn's grossness. That's their problem. We're capable of a much, much higher level than them.
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Final 4 reunion +
Sold out arena +
Coming off lackluster performance +
Rivalry game +
Payback for bs loss in last game together =
Woodshed time
UC - 74
UConn - 56
Sold out arena +
Coming off lackluster performance +
Rivalry game +
Payback for bs loss in last game together =
Woodshed time
UC - 74
UConn - 56
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Probably lower scoring than I would like, but not a super difficult win
UC 61
UConn 49
UC 61
UConn 49
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Final 4 reunion +
Sold out arena +
Coming off lackluster performance +
Rivalry game +
Payback for bs loss in last game together =
Woodshed time
UC - 74
UConn - 56
Love this perspective...and I hope its that. My guy tells me it'll be closer .
I'll say 70-64 Bearcats...hope its much much more of a beating though.
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For those that are going to the game and are autograph people. Looks like they will be signing from 2pm to 3:30 in the Lindner Center
Im not sure if its former players or current ones though?
Im not sure if its former players or current ones though?
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