Lowe could play Friday
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Only a RR poster would declare the season " over" on December 4th. Boy we gotta a bunch crybaby whimps on this board
Evenly matched? Yes. But looking at individual categories they rebound 38% of their misses on the season.
That's good for 29th nationally.
So UNC probably not the greatest team in the world this season but a very good offensive rebounding team.
Well they sure fought for rebounds and landed on the ground for them while guys like Oweh stood around watching too many times to count. This team can be very selfish and lazy at times and that's on Pope to clean up.
Yeah, I highly doubt she would be disappointed, lol
The issue cornbread won’t acknowledge is we probably don’t get beat on the boards like that if we weren’t missing our most valuable rebounder who happens to play the same position as their most valuable rebounder. We could play UNC 35 times and Caleb Wilson is going to outrebound Kam and Jelly probably 30-35 times. It has nothing to do with “trying harder”. I really wish fans were either more educated or honest and I’m not assessing whether the issue is dishonesty or lack of knowledge but it really gets to be infuriating when you can’t have an honest discussion about anything on here.
Lowe is never going to be good because he will be in and out all year
LOL! Anybody saying the entire season is already a wash either has an agenda or is just way way out there. Geez man.
This is why as frustrating as this season has been it's hard for me to really gauge what this team is until we are at full strength. JQ is a game changer.
And yeah Lowe isn't a great shooter but sometimes teams just play better with certain guys in. It reminds me of Lamont Butler the difference when he was in games vs not in games. We have no idea what kind of effect having Lowe out there will do.
Agree. I don't know how much Kriisa could have helped last season if he hadn't got injured - although I know he could have at least got the ball up the court and handled the ball in the half-court without having to dribble with his back to the defender - but once Butler got injured (and having no backup/Kriisa) that team was playing with smoke and mirrors. It was obviously better when Butler came back and basically played with one-arm, but the team was not close to the team with a healthy Butler.
Yep. Especially the PG position. Its essential to have a good PG.
I really wish Lewis had stuck around. He's been pretty good for Nova.
I was really high on Lewis as PG2 this season and PG1 his sophomore season. I didn't and still don't want an OAD freshman PG, but sign me up for a really talented freshman muti-year PG.
I'll gladly take a OAD point guard that's elite level. Put someone like Acuff, Thomas or Brown on this team and half our problems are solved.
Well anything is better than the PG situation we have now. But Acuff and Thomas are guys that you lose with. They make negative selfish plays - especially when it matters most. Great talents, will be good players (most likely in the NBA later if they're OAD or die) and make some tough shots, but not guys you can win a title with as freshmen. I'll give you Brown. He's a good one with some good upperclassmen around him to shoulder the load when it gets real I think he would work.
You can win titles with any of the 3 if you know how to coach them. Uconn just won one with Castle who was an elite OAD guard.
Just stop watching then. Use your free time to work on your spelling. I'll tell your mom to let ya know if things turn around.
Rodman worked harder than anyone. He had an instinctive talent for rebounding. But he didn’t rely on that. He worked too.
He studied like crazy too.
Offensive rebounding takes talent. Defensive does too but you can learn to defensive rebound with technique and learned skill.
We have either had a season+ of guys too dumb to learn or no one teaching them.
Looks like the latter.
I don’t think we are a bad rebounding team with our full lineup, but that remains to be seen. As much as Mo drives me insane, he’s an elite rebounder and so is JQ. Also, I’ll never chalk rebounding to stupidity. Sometimes athleticism is a big factor there. Love or hate Calipari, most of his teams were excellent on the boards because of supreme athleticism. It doesn’t mean it’s 1 to 1 and every athlete is a great rebounder, but a lot of boards in the modern game are long rebounds. Rebounding out of your area is a lot easier when you are strong, quick and have the stamina. I’m doing a deep dive in another thread detailing each play that UNC grabbed an offensive rebound. I included timestamps so that you can review each one and come to your own conclusions.
Gonna guess he needs some type of surgical repair, but is trying to see if he can play through it and get it fixed in the off season. Have to think if he goes down again, they just shut him down and get it fixed properly and try to ready him for next season. See if he can get a medical redshirt year.
Castle was the 5th option for UCONN most of the year. He wasn't the "stud" he was a role player for a team of upperclassmen. He did get better playing within their system as the year went on, as a good freshman with playing time should.
Lol, he was starter who averaged 4th in MPG. In the F4, he scored 21 and 15 respectively.
Also, he was the Big East freshman of the year.
I would say he was a pretty important player for them and was certainly a stud when it mattered.
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Anthony Davis scored 6 points in the 2012 title game. Also took the 5th most shots on the team. Not a stud.
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And despite the minutes Castle was 5th in points (barely double digits) while shooting a not good 25% from the perimeter. He did finish well, but he had some bad/non-existent games throughout the year – as freshmen do. If Castle had been the “stud” UCONN relied on they would have never made it near the finals. That doesn't mean he wasn't a good freshman player. He was one of the best freshmen that year, but the point is that even though he was one of the best "freshman" players he wasn't - as is generally the case with freshmen - one of the best college players that year. But he was used correctly by UCONN, since their goal was to win a championship, not a recruiting title and bragging rights about draft board projection.
I mean, Big east Freshman of the year, arguably Uconns best player in the F4 and championship. Was so good Hurley played him 4th total minutes. I would certainly say he was one of the better players nationally. Also good enough he was drafted 4th overall, ahead of his teammates and all college players except Reed Sheppard.
If he was all UConn relied on, sure, but he certainly was a major factor in their 2nd title and no guarantees they win it without him.