UConn men snare huge win at Seton Hall behind Isaiah Whaley, Adama Sanogo, R.J. Cole
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Sound familiar?
Twenty years later, and just a few blocks down the road, Hurley added to his legend as a program-builder on Wednesday night at the Prudential Center. Behind Isaiah Whaley’s double-double and defensive dominance and strong efforts by a pair of Jersey Boys, UConn rolled to a 69-58 win over Seton Hall that clinched a third-place finish in the Huskies’ first year back in the Big East and Hurley’s third year at the helm.
“Looking where we were that March/April (2018) when we came in, being a 180 KenPom, the different programs we were sandwiched between, and now, in Year 3, going up in weight and having a chance to go 11-6 if we win on Saturday, and having us back in the NCAA tournament,” Hurley marveled, “we recruited the right guys, we’ve developed them, we’ve built a culture, the players we’ve inherited helped us build a culture. T
UConn men top Georgetown behind R.J. Cole, James Bouknight
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UConn hit six of its first seven shots of the game on Tuesday night, and also hit six of its final seven shots.
In between, there were stretches of poor shooting, sloppy turnovers and, in coach Dan Hurley’s own words, “doing bizarre things with the ball.”
Ultimately, there was enough James Bouknight and R.J. Cole to lead the Huskies to a 70-57 victory over Georgetown.
Bouknight, gassed after 36 minutes against Villanova on Saturday, certainly looked fresh down the stretch against the Hoyas. The sophomore guard finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while also connecting with Cole on a pair of alley-oop dunks and burying a late 3-pointer to all but settle UConn’s win at McDonough Arena.
5 observations from Seton Hall’s blowout loss at Creighton: Kevin Willard blames himself, Bryce Aiken injured again, Mamu snubbed for Wooden
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Seton Hall suffered its worst loss of the season Wednesday night, getting hammered 89-53 at No. 7 Creighton in a game that saw reserve point guard Bryce Aiken re-injure his right ankle.
The Pirates (8-5, 5-2 Big East) will now stay on the road and head to Chicago for Saturday’s tilt at DePaul (2 p.m., FS1).
Here are five observations on the Pirates going forward:
Kevin Willard blames himself
The head coach juggled the starting lineup by inserting Takal Molson as the starting power forward and playing Sandro Mamukelashvili as the center, bringing traditional center Ike Obiagu off the bench.
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Remainder of UConn men s schedule announced as Big East completes season slate
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The Big East Conference released the remainder of its 2020-21 schedule on Monday, completing UConn’s schedule in the process.
Write it all down in pencil, of course, as games can and almost certainly will be postponed or canceled altogether as the season progresses. Already, UConn has had to postpone its first three Big East games due to a positive COVID-19 test from a player, and has also had a pair of non-conference games canceled due to positive tests from their opponents. In fact, with that in mind, the league has a pair of built-in “make-up weeks,” where teams can make up games that have been postponed.