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Chenalex's avatar

I thought Cronins postgame comments about the players believing their own hype and needing to be humbled was accurate.

I want to single out Jaylen Clark. Earlier this week he was bragging about how the team beat the Toronto Raptors in a summer scrimmage and how they begged him for a rematch. just seemed unnecessary hot air when you’re 3-0 against cupcakes. Clark said last week that he keeps track of every shot someone he guards scored on him, and last night the guy he guarded dropped something like 9-10 3s. I still think he’s the best player on the team but the team hasn’t accomplished anything yet this season so let’s just table some of that hot air talk.

Last night also exposed a huge weakness which is there’s no go to offensive guy. I get that Tyger trying to be that guy but it’s clearly not his game. Jaime spent most of last night not really looking for his shot, Clark is more of a defensive than offensive player, and Baileys shot is just wild and all over the place. They need to find an answer for when teams go through offensive lulls. Illinois had one and in the prior game, that’s how Virginia hung on too, despite a huge second half stretch when their offense stalled

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Son_of_a_Bruin's avatar

It’s much better to have your teams’ flaws exposed in the preseason instead of the postseason. The team didn’t quit until the final bell and we all know we that Mick will get this fixed before conference play.

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