Houston and UCONN
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Houston with 7 made 3s (but only shooting 23% from the arc) and 0 turnovers.
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Yep. When the bottom of the league is +200 any loss by a top team to them hurts us. I hope the guys are able to stay focused on Thursday and avoid the upset.
The most important thing is the standings in the AAC. The more separation at the top, the better. Tulsa now has a three game lead over the 3rd place teams. Also I like Houston winning ...good for the league to have more balance. Just not Thursday.
This post was edited on 2/1 4:22 PM by I.I.
Im glad this happened.
Nice wake up call for our team. You knew stuff like this was going to start happening in Feb.
We have three trap games left. If we can avoid losses to UH, ECU and Tulane we are in good shape.
Nice wake up call for our team. You knew stuff like this was going to start happening in Feb.
We have three trap games left. If we can avoid losses to UH, ECU and Tulane we are in good shape.
Yes it does, plus it makes it harder for Coach Ollie to get them up for games as their season is starting to no longer matter.
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IMO this will be the most important week so far. We will play a revitalized Houston there and turn right around and host SMU. If we overlook UH, it could be disaster and if we aren't ready for a donnybrook with SMU . . . the same result. BIG WEEK!
Because other conferences top teams aren't being knocked off by teams that are 200+ in RPI. If the bottom of AAC won 65%+ of their OOC games then it wouldn't penalize the top.
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Phrased another way, the basement of the Big XII was 13-0 and 10-3 non conference. As one league example.
All of a sudden everyone is worried about @Houston on Thursday. Fact is, Houston is not very good at all. They play little defense and their half court offense is very "incoherent" if you will. Everyone is giving UCONN credit for the name on the from of the jersey instead of the players on the court. Fact: UCONN is not very good. Defensively they are pretty poor. Offensively they need Boatright to carry them and if he isn't playing well UCONN is pretty average. Brimah is big...that's about all I can say on him. Hamilton, IMO, is the next best player and then there is a large drop-off.
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UCONN absolutely folds when they get punched in the mouth. They start taking worse and worse shots, missing multiple defensive assignments, and committing abismal fouls.
I don't doubt we have a target and Houston will be amped to play us in an empty arena. Make no mistake...UCONN won the championship LAST year. They are not contenders in this league nor to make the NCAA tournament right now. They have holes everywhere that somehow were not identified in non-conference games. Their bench depth is pretty bad and they drop off significantly on defense when they bring anyone off the bench. IMO, Hamilton is the scariest player on the team...but he is still a FR and you can see that when he plays. Brimah is soft when it comes to being a 7-footer. He does not scare me at all.
I'm not unhappy UH won and expect the Coogs to be brimming with confidence. A good start by TU will take that confidence away quickly. And, the W over UConn should focus our guys on the task at hand. I expect a grind but a W.
