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Gottfried says some smart things, peppered with stupid things, along with the coach/analyst in the studio. It only LOOKS like UC isn't running offense, dolts. They have the green light to put shots up when they want, and much of what they do now is predicated on taking guys off the dribble so it ends up looking like one on one. But they ran plenty of sets, along with their new weave, and made UConn look silly on at least one in bounds play. Plus, UC excelled in the first half with Parker on the floor, but were more effective in the second half with JJ on the floor right after the Huskies made their initial 2nd half run. He switched defenders and took the white kid completely out of his game, and the players were extremely disciplined on defense from the 10 minute mark in. UConn is only in that game down the stretch because of freakish shooting by Napier and our best FT shooters inexplicably going cold.
What a tale of 2 seasons. The first 8 games were about as awful as Mick has ever coached, followed by the best coaching of his career for the past 7 weeks. I love a coach that is willing to admit his plan isn't working and set his ego aside for the betterment of his players and team. Things can change, but right now Mick is in the zone.
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