Clamps - The D is truly impressive. No easy shots.

[Huskybass]

The D is truly impressive. No easy shots.

 

[husky429]

Played our C- game vs a top 50 team away from home... won by 22

 

[CONN78SEJ]

The D is truly impressive. No easy shots.

Best game I’ve seen Sanogo play all season, I would say the scouts were impressed.

 

[housekeys]

Our depth is the key. Constant pressure, no let down when subbing. No team can match that. No team.

Teams will wear out on us. That is what we are seeing.

 

[aburks41]

Defense travels even when offense doesn’t. I just don’t know how you can beat this team. Would take a miracle at this point

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

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[Tenspro2002]

I said in the chat that our team defense is suffocating precisely because our individual defense is excellent. Our on-ball defenders rarely need help, or if they do, it's a simple double and relaxing off when the drive is shut down. There isn't a lot of rotation needed, switching, mismatches, or any of the situations that undress lesser defenses.

That's the sort of thing that's hard to beat with coaching, and what team is going to out-talent us at that end?

 

[Leebo]

 

[LIUCHusky]

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Please stop!!

 

[auror]

Butler had 2 FGs in the last 11:30 of the 1st half.

Butler had 1 FG in the last 9:30 of the 2nd half (none in last 7 min).

So 3 FGs in over half of game time. 2 of them were contested Manny Bates foul line jumpers.

 

[Skiblets]

Kinda felt like the natty in Indy

 

[Dibbie]

I think a team will need to be silly hot from 3 to beat us. Butler missed several open 3, but not enough to make a game of it

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Defense travels even when offense doesn’t. I just don’t know how you can beat this team. Would take a miracle at this point

Still very likely to happen at some point. Feels like it will take one of those games where the opponent is just unnaturally hot from 3, but would require UConn to be ice cold as well.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Kinda felt like the natty in Indy

With the larger margin I thought that game deserved.

 

[jibsey]

46 points is a ridiculously low number to hold a home team to especially when fouls are against the visitors.

 

[aburks41]

Still very likely to happen at some point. Feels like it will take one of those games where the opponent is just unnaturally hot from 3, but would require UConn to be ice cold as well.

That’s the thing though, we defend the 3 so well that it would take some insane shots to go in for it to matter

 

[Chin Diesel]

Played our C- game vs a top 50 team away from home... won by 22

It's weird. Your best player plays his A+ game. Alleyne plays a B+ or A game. Newton was solid throughout.

Defense and offense rebounding were elite.
Yet several other key contributors were average to below average.

I don't think you are off by more than half a letter to a letter.

Considering it was first road game, I go B-.

 

[AzHusky]

Interesting Chin you saying Newton was solid throughout, you should have been in the Chat room some people were calling for him to be benched.

 

[jleves]

It's weird. Your best player plays his A+ game. Alleyne plays a B+ or A game. Newton was solid throughout.

Defense and offense rebounding were elite.
Yet several other key contributors were average to below average.

I don't think you are off by more than half a letter to a letter.

Considering it was first road game, I go B-.

I think it's more like C- for 30 minutes and A- or A for 10 minutes. Not sure how you grade that.

 

[jrg23]

Butler had 6 points in the last 8:39. Elite D.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Interesting Chin you saying Newton was solid throughout, you should have been in the Chat room some people were calling for him to be benched.

The chat is the worst content from the main board condensed into a 2 hour scroll. I wouldn’t put a ton of stock into it. If a random person were to look at the chat mid-game they would assume UConn was losing by 40 no matter the actual score.

 

[auror]

The chat is the worst content from the main board condensed into a 2 hour scroll. I wouldn’t put a ton of stock into it. If a random person were to look at the chat mid-game they would assume UConn was losing by 40 no matter the actual score.

I'm a huge Newton fan. He was not very good today. Couldn't shoot a lick, lost his dribble at inopportune times (like he drove and gained an advantage and then had a high dribble so had to keep going through the baseline instead of getting a layup), Clingan threw a pass at his head and he just missed it.

Only thing he did well was clean up the d-boards well, but most of those he was just rebounding over our own guys. We'll see how he charts out on my re-watch, but my initial impression watching live was I thought it was one of his worst games.

 

[jake14mw]

Yeah, all teams have games where shots aren't falling like the first half, but the D overcame it. Amazing.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I think it's more like C- for 30 minutes and A- or A for 10 minutes. Not sure how you grade that.

I'd split the difference and call it a B-.

Mostly because the stretch when UConn took it from a 3 or 4 point game to a 20 point game was A+ in my opinion.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Interesting Chin you saying Newton was solid throughout, you should have been in the Chat room some people were calling for him to be benched.

The chat is the worst content from the main board condensed into a 2 hour scroll. I wouldn’t put a ton of stock into it. If a random person were to look at the chat mid-game they would assume UConn was losing by 40 no matter the actual score.

I'm a huge Newton fan. He was not very good today. Couldn't shoot a lick, lost his dribble at inopportune times (like he drove and gained an advantage and then had a high dribble so had to keep going through the baseline instead of getting a layup), Clingan threw a pass at his head and he just missed it.

Only thing he did well was clean up the d-boards well, but most of those he was just rebounding over our own guys. We'll see how he charts out on my re-watch, but my initial impression watching live was I thought it was one of his worst games.

Newton wasn't great but he was solid. Played 32 minutes, D was consistent, was off.

Like the rest of you, I'd love for him to tighten up his handle in the paint and have a better game plan in the paint but he was fine tonight.