Props to Zach Edey

[Conndog]

He was better than I expected, much more active too, especially in the first half. He isn't a lumbering 7'4 stiff. Even so, UConn still won, but I just wanted to congratulate him for a great game.

 

[Drame]

Kudos. He was a load to deal with.

 

[controlfade]

He was better than I expected, much more active too, especially in the first half. He isn't a lumbering 7'4 stiff. Even so, UConn still won, but I just wanted to congratulate him for a great game.

He’s much better than I thought . However, he gets away with sooo many offensive fouls it’s ridiculous.

Lived his passion in the 1st half as well

 

[businesslawyer]

He played a great game and left no doubt that he is deserving of being national player of the year twice. Unfortunately for him, his teammates were not up to being carried to a national championship.

 

[Chasm64]

You have to respect a kid who worked as hard as Edey did to come from where he was as a freshman to what he is now.

 

[Poe]

He was very good, but had no one to help him and ran into one of the best teams ever in the end.

 

[jibsey]

He’s a talented player and his team which was a top rated offense and 3 point shooting team didn’t look so against our D. His draft position should be improved?

 

[REB1094]

If I wasn’t a UConn fan, I’d say it’s a shame that a guy can drop 37/10 on 60% in the national championship game and still get blown out

He’s had an amazing career. It’ll be interesting to watch him work his way to the NBA. He was the single best player in the game last night, but UConn also exposed some of his flaws by making him move a lot which tired him out and let UConn pull away. And centers in the NBA have to move

Someone HAS to draft him, because he’s 7’4 and in great shape. Will be fun to watch how his game translates to the next level

 

[Horatio]

He showed up and delivered. I was surprised. Great performance. Kinda criminal not having a legit backup for him. Oh well. #6

 

[GiladKatzDeli]

I think he’ll be a good pro. To be 7’4” and be able to play the minutes he does, his touch around the rim, etc. I was impressed. Anybody that can score like that against Clingan has my respect.

 

[UConnSwag11]

He was very good, but had no one to help him and ran into one of the best teams ever in the end.

It’s not that he had no one to help. UConn played incredible defense. Also, painter didn’t have any other style of play. No adjustments

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Edey is a great college player and will be a good pro for whichever team gives him a chance. He had a monster game, fouled one of our centers out and got the other in foul trouble, but he didn’t have enough supporting cast.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Edey was exceptional. Unfortunately for him, his supporting cast belonged in the Horizon League.

 

[Cheddie]

He’s much better than I thought . However, he gets away with sooo many offensive fouls it’s ridiculous.

Lived his passion in the 1st half as well

He is a dominant player and had a great year. But his size and ability are helped by the refereeing. He constantly elbows and bumps his defender. Samson can only dream of getting that much leeway from refs.

 

[That Guy]

Call me crazy, but I honestly can see him being a poor man's Yao Ming in the NBA. Obviously the game has changed since Yao played, but I think with the right fit he could be a really good player.

 

[JMick]

Edey is a great college player and will be a good pro for whichever team gives him a chance. He had a monster game, fouled one of our centers out and got the other in foul trouble, but he didn’t have enough supporting cast.

He consistently got the most favorable whistles I've ever seen in college basketball. It was ridiculous all year and last night too.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Edey is a great college player and will be a good pro for whichever team gives him a chance. He had a monster game, fouled one of our centers out and got the other in foul trouble, but he didn’t have enough supporting cast.

Part of that was because we made it our strategy to eliminate the supporting cast and make Edey beat us himself. It wasn't enough despite Edey's 1-on-1 dominance.

Great game plan by Hurley and the staff, and great discipline by the guys to execute it.

 

[husky429]

He’s a talented player and his team which was a top rated offense and 3 point shooting team didn’t look so against our D. His draft position should be improved?

I kinda doubt this swayed scouts either way. He showed what he has all year

 

[SLY63]

Agree, he was better than expected, but overall we handled him well. He had a great start, with 16 points in the first 8 minutes, but then cooled down until garbage time when he got another 10 or so. From the 8 minute mark to last 4 minutes, we held him to around 10 points.

 

[UCan3]

The elbows to create space were fouls. He did it ~33% of his shots last night. There was apparently “player of the year” rules in place for him last night.

That being said, came away thinking he has sweet short range shot and is legit. He will have a long pro career.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Yes.... but also surprising how ineffective the rest of the team was. Surprised how easily they all were stopped.

 

[elmcityboy]

congrats to him. great player. he was terrifying in the first 10 minutes of this game.

that being said, it really felt like they were unprepared for a team to single-cover edey in the post all game long. how did they only attempt 7 threes???

 

[jibsey]

congrats to him. great player. he was terrifying in the first 10 minutes of this game.

that being said, it really felt like they were unprepared for a team to single-cover edey in the post all game long. how did they only attempt 7 threes???

We were glued to the front of their jerseys.

 

[RedStickHusky]

23 non-Edey points. Genius well executed.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Edey is a good or better than advertised. He is a great player. In the right NBA environment, he will be very good. Any player his size with his conditioning will be an asset to any team especially when he can play both offense and defense.

It is too bad the rest of his team isn't as good as Uconn.. Edey got his but the rest didn't.