Baby Huskies learn to walk

Indiana 77 Connecticut 73


While the Huskies showed heart in this game, the second in a row, they again could not close out when they had the chance. Down the stretch, the Huskies did not convert from the stripe and handed the insane three point shooting Hoosiers the game.

These young players showed promise, improving their shooting and gobbled up the second chance points but the chances of advancing to the real post season are dwindling. They need to hold serve at home from here on out and need to get on track in conference play that means beating Louisville on the road and taking care of Providence at home. Winning cures everything.

I'd like to see Stanley Robinson and Marcus Johnson on the floor together. When they were in they created offense. Thabeet needs to be more assertive getting rebounds. We all know that his offense is not there yet but he only had 3 rebounds, not enough. Poor A.J., who lost his starting job to Wiggins and only had 3 points but he got lost in the offense at times. Wiggins had a good game, setting tempo and getting into the flow of the game with rebounds, jump shots and defense.

The Huskies offense still had to much dribbling but stopped the over-abundance of turnovers that had plagued them for the past seven games. They made key jump shots, ran crisp half court sets and attacked the glass.

The Defense had problems running through double screens which Indiana ran several times in a row and Wilmont hit three after three. When Uconn made their comeback they played tough perimeter defense without fouling and stopped second chance opportunities. Jerome Dyson made several steals and had an overall good game.

Maybe we all have to realize that it is hard to win in a competitive sport that is college basketball. We have been on an incredible run for the last six years and this is to big of a task that the great Calhoun can overcome. This team is improving and that is all we need to concentrate on at this point. Maybe we are headed to the NIT but this team has promise, has talent and has Calhoun.