Stanley Robinson & A.J. Price Stepping Up Their Games Since Jerome Dyson's Injury

There's been a lot of talk about UConn missing Jerome Dyson's scoring ability and that this is "not the same team" as it was before the injury. I took the time to break out how Stanley Robinson and A.J. Price have played since Dyson went down and it's actually quite interesting:

Stanley Robinson before Dyson injury: 19 games, 5.4 points
Stanley Robinson after Dyson Injury: 9 games, 12.4 points
Stanley Robinson last 3 games: 21.3 points, 27-46 FG (58.7%)

A.J. Price before Dyson injury: 23 games, 12.4 points
A.J. Price after Dyson injury: 9 games, 20.2 points
A.J. Price last three games: 26.7 points

It's pretty clear that Robinson and Price have stepped their games up and are more than making up for the 13+ points a game Dyson was giving UConn. In fact, you could argue that there was an initial adjustment period for both of these guys and it looks like things are really clicking for both of them now in the last 3 games. I'm not surprised that UConn struggled a little bit initially, but it definitely looks like they found the solution. Also, I love the in your chest defense of Kemba Walker at the other end of the floor, which has helped ease the loss of Dyson on that end.

If your still not convinced that UConn has enough offense to win it all, well then we should find out with their next two games just how good that offense is. They face off with Purdue tonight, who is ranked 5th in the country in defense and then if victorious they will face either Memphis or Missouri, who rank 1st and 10th respectively. If UConn does make it out of their region, well then I think the other three teams in the Final 4 should be extremely worried.

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