UConn Game Thread

[sedziobs]

Originally Posted by justinhub2003

And we need WSU to beat Houston today

No. We need Houston to be in the top 30 so the home game is Q1.

[cincyguy13]

Originally Posted by Bearcats92

Cronin ball is the only way to go. It leads to so many sweet 16s.

Cronin also claimed we would't be able to score on the road. We seem to be scoring fine. I think there is a middle ground that can be successful.

[Bcatfollower]

Losing sucks. Tough to win on the road when we play badly and the whistle was tough to get.

On the bright side we no longer have to deal with these moron UConn fans and see their overgrown toddler coach throwing tantrums at ever call. Now Xavier can zip em up every year.

[Bearcats92]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

Cronin also claimed we would't be able to score on the road. We seem to be scoring fine. I think there is a middle ground that can be successful.

I agree I just hate that people think Cronin is like coach k or something

[Quadri's #1 fan]

Originally Posted by Bearcats92

I agree I just hate that people think Cronin is like coach k or something

BUT he is

[cincrulz11]

Originally Posted by justinhub2003

Home and neutral you can play Brannen ball but on the road, you better play defense because you don’t get calls, you won’t hit as many shots and you can’t rely on just scoring.

The only thing you can control on the road is your effort, rebounding and defense

its a good thing we didn't just beat wichita state on the road, we're in trouble when we play that game.

[justinhub2003]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

Cronin has you brainwashed. There are other ways to play basketball. I'm sure Brannen isn't telling his guys to not worry about defense and effort.

Nothing to do with Cronin.

We will lose a lot of games if we defend and rebound like this.


Guess what? Brannen knows it’s an issue. On the radio he literally mentioned the two stats that I did. 18 offensive rebounds and 11 threes Allowed.

They average 6 3’s a game.


How many games in the past have we won on the road and shot a whole lot worse than 41%


I personally felt a whole lot more comfortable on the road knowing we were going to defend the life out of the ball.

[justinhub2003]

Originally Posted by cincrulz11

its a good thing we didn't just beat wichita state on the road, we're in trouble when we play that game.

Lolol it’s hilarious because my takes regarding the concern for away games was based around the WSU and temple game.

In both those games 79 and 82 points

In both those games we defended like crap.

And in the WSU game we lost the rebounding war and allowed 12 offensive boards


To me your playing with fire if your counting on winning on the road by only out scoring your opponents.


You can win some games for sure. Especially when you hit shots.




And if his team thinks we’re gonna roll into ECU and kick their ass without trying to defend and rebound, we will lose as well.

[justinhub2003]

UConn rebounded 41% of their misses
Made 42% of their 3’s

Hmm where else did our defense fail us ? Oh yea Tulane on the road

[Bcatfollower]

Originally Posted by justinhub2003

Lolol it’s hilarious because my takes regarding the concern for away games was based around the WSU and temple game.

In both those games 79 and 82 points

In both those games we defended like crap.

And in the WSU game we lost the rebounding war and allowed 12 offensive boards


To me your playing with fire if your counting on winning on the road by only out scoring your opponents.


You can win some games for sure. Especially when you hit shots.




And if his team thinks we’re gonna roll into ECU and kick their ass without trying to defend and rebound, we will lose as well.

So let me get this straight... you’re saying we need to defend well and rebound well and ultimately score more points than the other team to win? Seems like a good idea, you should let all the coaches know that plan cause I doubt they are trying to do that now.