March 15, 201511 yr Movement on offense in the 2nd half and the way they defended the final play come to mind... Still can't figure out why Shaq Thomas was on Brimah leaving Ellis on Hamilton on the last play. That allowed the big/small switch and gave Boatright the matchup to get the step back. And when Boatright came off the ball screen you had to jump him and double, Force the ball out of his hands and make someone other than their best player beat you. As far as UC's movement on offense, I'm a much bigger fan of good spacing rather than just movement for movement's sake. That said, this just in, UC is tough to watch offensively. Nothing new here. On the last play, Johnson did try to run at Boatwright, but after getting hung up on the screen, it was just too late. He has to get over the ball screen there if they were going to "jump" Boatwright, and I don't know if they were trying to or not. He may have lunged at him late just because he saw how much space Boatwright had gotten on the step back. Big time player made a big time shot. Hard for me to blame UC as much as credit UConn on the last play. UConn gets another win today and now play for the conference title. Playing on your home floor in a conference tournament is a good thing. At least it didn't cost UC a bid, it likely did cost Tulsa.
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