UConn Arkansas

[superjohn]

I like the matchup. Arkansas has a ton of talent with at least 3 NBA players on the team in Anthony Black, Jordan Walsh, and Nick Smith. Ricky Council is their leading scorer and Davis is having a big tournament scoring the ball. The team is incredibly athletic but really young with a lot of one on one scoring, using their athleticism for pull-ups and attacking the rim. They don't shoot it well at all from three.

Jordan Walsh is like Jackson with his athleticism and defense. He doesn't have any of the passing Jackson does but he's even longer and maybe even a better defender. He'll be on Hawkins.

Those 5 players I mentioned are in that 6'3-6'7 range. Once again they'll have no answer for Sanogo and Clingan, their big guys are the Mitchell twins who our bigs should feast on.

 

[UConnSwag11]

They don’t shoot the three well, right?

Their guys attack the boards and get to the rim. We’re going to have to protect the rim.

 

[auror]

They're the rare team with guards as big as ours.

Thankfully they cant shoot, so we should be able to just out-efficient them like Alabama did twice.

Clingan will be indispensable in this game guarding the paint.

 

[Fan1978]

I like the matchup. Arkansas has a ton of talent with at least 3 NBA players on the team in Anthony Black, Jordan Walsh, and Nick Smith. Ricky Council is their leading scorer and Davis is having a big tournament scoring the ball. The team is incredibly athletic but really young with a lot of one on one scoring, using their athleticism for pull-ups and attacking the rim. They don't shoot it well at all from three.

Jordan Walsh is like Jackson with his athleticism and defense. He doesn't have any of the passing Jackson does but he's even longer and maybe even a better defender. He'll be on Hawkins.

Those 5 players I mentioned are in that 6'3-6'7 range. Once again they'll have no answer for Sanogo and Clingan, their big guys are the Mitchell twins who our bigs should feast on.

Jordon walsh is not half the defender jackson is. He is long and robotic. I have seen most of their games. Uconn should handle arkansas easily. Very poor 3 point shooting and sloppy unforced turnovers. Very good matchup for uconn

 

[August_West]

They're the rare team with guards as big as ours.

Thankfully they cant shoot, so we should be able to just out-efficient them like Alabama did twice.

Clingan will be indispensable in this game guarding the paint.

We can’t foul on drives. This team is a 4x better St. John’s. They are going to try and kill us going to hole.

 

[EBonz30]

I like the matchup. Arkansas has a ton of talent with at least 3 NBA players on the team in Anthony Black, Jordan Walsh, and Nick Smith. Ricky Council is their leading scorer and Davis is having a big tournament scoring the ball. The team is incredibly athletic but really young with a lot of one on one scoring, using their athleticism for pull-ups and attacking the rim. They don't shoot it well at all from three.

Jordan Walsh is like Jackson with his athleticism and defense. He doesn't have any of the passing Jackson does but he's even longer and maybe even a better defender. He'll be on Hawkins.

Those 5 players I mentioned are in that 6'3-6'7 range. Once again they'll have no answer for Sanogo and Clingan, their big guys are the Mitchell twins who our bigs should feast on.

In about a half of the mock drafts Council is predicted to be drafted in the 1st round as well.

With all you said, I still like UConn’s matchup- a similar amount of talent between the two teams but UConn older, deeper, & take better shots.

 

[Greathusky]

Don't want to upset the mojo but I just booked a refundable hotel room and car in Houston.

 

[auror]

Jordon walsh is not half the defender jackson is. He is long and robotic. I have seen most of their games. Uconn should handle arkansas easily. Very poor 3 point shooting and sloppy unforced turnovers. Very good matchup for uconn

They've cut down on TOs in the NCAAs, which is a big reason why they've won these two.

 

[sdglast]

Would we consider pulling out the 2-3, packing it in and defying them to beat us from 3?

 

[UConnSwag11]

We can’t foul on drives. This team is a 4x better St. John’s. They are going to try and kill us going to hole.

10000% and get us in fouls trouble

 

[AntG168]

Revenge game. We’ve come full circle.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Would we consider pulling out the 2-3, packing it in and defying them to beat us from 3?

With double bigs, jackson, Hawkins, and Newton

 

[Purple Stein]

Would we consider pulling out the 2-3, packing it in and defying them to beat us from 3?

I would be surprised if we don’t run some zone in this game.

 

[sdglast]

I would be surprised if we don’t run some zone in this game.

I agree. Not against running some man, but I think a 2-3 zone needs to be part of the game plan. They are young and could get very frustrated if they are hitting shots again a packed in zone.

 

[jibsey]

Let’s not forget. We have Clingan.

 

[auror]

Let’s not forget. We have Clingan.

Someone do the "We have a hulk" Avengers meme with Clingan.

 

[SaeHusky]

Just play Shell Man - we shouldn't extend our defense too far out like we did tonight against a team this athletic. If we do it will open lanes for them to get to the rim and we will rack up the fouls

 

[mike012]

Their message board is an interesting bunch. Say UConn has good defense but lacks offense Also have Arkansas ranked 3 of the remaining 16. UConn’s was 12 on there list.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Someone do the "We have a hulk" Avengers meme with Clingan.

 

[AdamaNation]

Revenge game. We’ve come full circle.

I want alterique in the house for this one. We shall avenge you.

 

[Get a Job]

UConn favored by 3.5

 

[bigdog1002]

I like the matchup. Arkansas has a ton of talent with at least 3 NBA players on the team in Anthony Black, Jordan Walsh, and Nick Smith. Ricky Council is their leading scorer and Davis is having a big tournament scoring the ball. The team is incredibly athletic but really young with a lot of one on one scoring, using their athleticism for pull-ups and attacking the rim. They don't shoot it well at all from three.

Jordan Walsh is like Jackson with his athleticism and defense. He doesn't have any of the passing Jackson does but he's even longer and maybe even a better defender. He'll be on Hawkins.

Those 5 players I mentioned are in that 6'3-6'7 range. Once again they'll have no answer for Sanogo and Clingan, their big guys are the Mitchell twins who our bigs should feast on.

I've watched Arkansas quite a bit this year. If UConn plays well, they're going to beat Arkansas. If you can defend (defense includes getting the rebound and holding them to one shot), they're not going to make a lot of jumpshots.

 

[Hankster]

They don’t shoot the three well, right?

Their guys attack the boards and get to the rim. We’re going to have to protect the rim.

I agree. Even Saint Mary's scored well attacking the rim, making most lay-up's look easy.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Very confident bunch on their board. Most think Arkansas will win easily:

ST Mary’s v UConn

ST Mary’s v UConn

forums.hogville.net

Geez Ed in Vermont is some guy doing the naked hiking thing with a bag a chewables

 

[AntG168]

If Mojo is a thing. The Mojo over there is terrible. They must still think Alterique is running the point. Here’s a real quote:

“On a neutral court we are at least 15 points better than UConn”