By last March, Adama Sanogo was out of gas and this year he has energy to burn. thanks to backup center Donovan Clingan.
Clingan, a highly regarded top-50 prospect from Bristol, Conn., has shined in March, emulating his consistent regular season in giving UConn an inside duo few teams can deal with.Sanogo’s experience prepared Clingan for the Big East season, and Sanogo cited Clingan as important in his daily motivation.“Every practice he brings it to you,” Sanogo said. “He wants to fight. He wants your spot. … The thing is he helped me a lot.
Both are instrumental to the Huskies’ suffocating defense, combining to average 2.6 blocks per game — 1.8 by Clingan, an elite rim protector.“I think what makes it work so well is I tried to study a lot of [Purdue coach] Matt Painter, one of the best coaches in the country when he had [Trevion] Williams and he had the two-center attack [with Zach Edey],” Hurley said. “We really this summer tried to go to school on what … he was doing. And that was really helpful.
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