YearoftheHusky
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Are we still saying Hurley doesn’t make any? The second half looked completely different than the first to my eye.
Why is it nonsense? Hurley has made adjustments in more than one game against butler. The boneyard creates narratives and then treat it as gospelYou do realize it's Butler and one game doesn't equal a trend? Stop soiling a nice win with this nonsense
Right. Sonogo showed something on some of those passes in the 2nd half. Still a bulldog but you can tell he's at least making a better effort to kick out / dish when needed. Only going to make him tougher to defend.We came out hitting the offensive boards hard after halftime, especially Martin. Martin also made his layups unlike in the first half.
That Sanogo high post passing to cutters was new in the 2nd half. In general we settled down a bit more in half court and ran more stuff.
Cole was 0-fer in 1st half and made those 2 early midrange jumpers which gave the whole team more confidence as we went on a run.
D was good both halves, but certainly stepped up another half notch in 2nd (led to a few more fouls, but you live with it if it's not extreme). By the last quarter, we were really hounding their ball handlers even several feet beyond 3pt line. It led to that Gaffney steal and the Jackson shot clock violation. Not sure how much the Thompson injury played into that in the last few minutes. Gaffney I thought specifically played good D in 2nd half.
Chuck Harris cooling off also helped. I think they were 1/7 on 3s in 2nd half.
Actually remarkable Butler folded faster than a lawn chair on the 4th of July after fireworks end. Jordan is a dead man walking and their terrible, obnoxious fans get what they deserve.To be fair this was a 3 point game with 4 minutes left in the contest before Butler ran out of gas and quit. Butler is a terrible team. They might not win another game the rest of the season but it’s good that we took care of business and on to 3 winnable games before we play Villanova.
Claps in agreementYou do realize it's Butler and one game doesn't equal a trend? Stop soiling a nice win with this nonsense
When Gaff plays like that it’s a nice lineupNo one has mentioned the largest decision that Hurley made last night. Permanent or not, he took away Akok's minutes, gave Polley far more minutes at the 4 than he's been getting when everyone is healthy, and used the increased minutes available on the wing (since Polley wasn't playing there) to let Gaffney play some alongside Cole.
Well, the largest decision other than using halftime to tell everyone to stop missing shots and start making them.
d- for paying attention in class.Ok. Credit to Hurley. But do you really think the adjustment he made was to tell the team at halftime to “get the ball to tyrese and get out of his way.” I mean, if that’s what coach said, he’s brilliant.
I also think the focused D on the top scorers from the first game was an adjustment as wellWe came out hitting the offensive boards hard after halftime, especially Martin. Martin also made his layups unlike in the first half.
That Sanogo high post passing to cutters was new in the 2nd half. In general we settled down a bit more in half court and ran more stuff.
Cole was 0-fer in 1st half and made those 2 early midrange jumpers which gave the whole team more confidence as we went on a run.
D was good both halves, but certainly stepped up another half notch in 2nd (led to a few more fouls, but you live with it if it's not extreme). By the last quarter, we were really hounding their ball handlers even several feet beyond 3pt line. It led to that Gaffney steal and the Jackson shot clock violation. Not sure how much the Thompson injury played into that in the last few minutes. Gaffney I thought specifically played good D in 2nd half.
Chuck Harris cooling off also helped. I think they were 1/7 on 3s in 2nd half.
We were +3 rebounding at halftime. +14 at the end of the game.