UConn's glaring weakness was front and center last night at MSG and you can bet other Big East teams took notice. Defensively it is business as usual for the Huskies. They smother you with quick guards and block shots away with ease. They can score lightning quick in transition and switch sides of the court as quick as anyone.
The problem lies in when they don't turn the other team over.
Introducing John Scheyer and the Duke Blue Devils. Despite the lack of a "true" point guard, Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler handled the Husky pressure with a steady calm and forced UConn to defend them in the half court... Which they did well, bottling up Singler and forcing Duke into a FG% in the mid thirties.
The problem arose when they had to find a way to score themselves. Therein lies the flaw that prevents connecticut from being a serious Final Four threat. Gone is Jeff Adrian and AJ Price. They have no Ray Allen. No Rip Hamilton. No Ben Gordon. They have no one who is a dangerous threat to score from the perimeter and create shots. The eligibility of Mater Ajok in three weeks will give them even more formidibity inside; but the outside remains thin.
That leaves the Huskies on the outside looking in the April in Indianapolis.
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