Alabama Post Game Thread

[dennismenace]

3 of 12 from three in the 2nd half!!!

The process of wearing their legs out. It gets to you in the second half. Well done guys!

 

[mauconnfan]

How does Roumoglou not pass to Hurley there for the dribble off at the end? If they don't win the title....

It is going to drive Danny nuts for the next two days.

The worst missed pass of the game was Newton late in the game with an easy oop to DC that instead he missed a runner. No one there to defend DC on the other side of the 2 on 1 couldn’t believe he didn’t toss it up!

 

[Sibeerian]

Sorry if this was obvious the mojo require me to watch the games on mute so I’m watching it with sound for the first time.

I would love to know how that became a thing for you.

 

[imno1]

I believe Castle could have a game like last night’s anytime we really need it.
There have been questions about whether Cam can dunk or not but did you notice how high he gets on some rebounds?
Donovan reminding me of a young Bill Walton
l felt Bama played as well as they could have and would have beat any other team in the nation last night.

 

[UCan3]

Alabama’s unreal shooting performance and tenacity around the rim up until 27 minutes in would have defeated just about every other team in the tournament - except us. They just couldn’t hang when 3 ball opportunities were taken away, and for the first time this season, couldn’t run their fast break.

While I congratulate Alabama for this performance, their message boards show this is the first time in FF 4.

Never seen such a group of whiners about the officiating and announcers. Didn’t expect to read this drivel on their boards…. Maybe a few post of course but they literally started off main thread with comments on stripes.

With their coach, I would not be surprised to see them back in FF 4, but hope by then, their fans mature a little bit too

 

[Tenspro2002]

This kid (really, this man, he's what, 24 now?) is so unbelievably savvy. The way he manipulates clock and defenders. He knows the possession arrow and the value of a held ball vs. a timeout in a given situation.

He's the kind of player who just puts you at ease as a fan.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

After poking around the Bama sites for the past few days to see what they were saying, I can definitely say I’ve never seen a fanbase hope for injury (and even dirty plays to injure opposing player) NEARLY as much as them. I’ve probably seen 10-15 posters actively hoping for that and not one poster telling them to calm down. Seriously classless group online.

Extra credit to them for all piling on the Hurley hate with a coach that has effectively the same personality.

 

[TheHorde]

This kid (really, this man, he's what, 24 now?) is so unbelievably savvy. The way he manipulates clock and defenders. He knows the possession arrow and the value of a held ball vs. a timeout in a given situation.

He's the kind of player who just puts you at ease as a fan.

He’s like a real life Billy Hoyle with super strong fundamentals.

 

[bendm]

After poking around the Bama sites for the past few days to see what they were saying, I can definitely say I’ve never seen a fanbase hope for injury (and even dirty plays to injure opposing player) NEARLY as much as them. I’ve probably seen 10-15 posters actively hoping for that and not one poster telling them to calm down. Seriously classless group online.

Extra credit to them for all piling on the Hurley hate with a coach that has effectively the same personality.

I’m not surprised at all. No class. Now as Barkley referenced, they can take their natty light and go home.

 

[temery]

Rewatched it. You are not correct.

I rewatched it. Now all three of us are laughing.

 

[bendm]

I am convincing myself that he is more than an adequate 5 for the future.

No way. Sure he’s better than olander and maybe nolan, but they were the only weak links among the starters on those teams. our core next year is Diarra/Stewart/Karaban… we need to supplement that with 2 elite starting transfers if we want to stay elite.

 

[JonnyRI]

I’m not surprised at all. No class. Now as Barkley referenced, they can take their natty light and go home.

Are you surprised?

I mean, last year their team whistled right past that whole murder thing like it was a parking ticket ……

 

[JonnyRI]

No way. Sure he’s better than olander and maybe nolan, but they were the only weak links among the starters on those teams. our core next year is Diarra/Stewart/Karaban… we need to supplement that with 2 elite starting transfers if we want to stay elite.

Samson can be a starter for us. This is really his first year of playing (ie game time) college ball.

Think of the growth last year to this year.

If anything close to the same size jump next year he is much better than just a serviceable center (ie Tyler or Phil).

 

[bendm]

Samson can be a starter for us. This is really his first year of playing (ie game time) college ball.

Think of the growth last year to this year.

If anything close to the same size jump next year he is much better than just a serviceable center (ie Tyler or Phil).

You’re still ignoring the rest of the comment. Our returning guys aren’t on the level of kemba/lamb/smith/oriakhi or bazz/boat/giffey/daniels. for Samson to be a starter he needs to be surrounded by 4 stars and we have one currently in Karaban.

 

[Jim]

We started the game 0-8 from 3 while Alabama kept things close. Several of those were open shots we normally knock down. Might have been because of nerves, adrenaline, playing basketball in a football stadium, travel issues, whatever... But we finished the game 10 for 25, so we shot 10 for 17 near the end as we pulled away. When this team hits its 3's it is basically unbeatable.

 

[bendm]

We started the game 0-8 from 3

Thought castle made the first two 3s we took, and then we missed our next 8 or something like that

 

[husky429]

Samson is not starting material without an improvement great than the one we saw from Hilton. C'mon guys. He simply cannot rebound or defend well enough or close to it.

He had a good game. Let's not forget what he's done the last 39 games. Just enjoy the ride and get this W.

 

[Leebo]

Thought castle made the first two 3s we took, and then we missed our next 8 or something like that

Castle missed one on the first possession and then made one on the second possession.

 

[JonnyRI]

You’re still ignoring the rest of the comment. Our returning guys aren’t on the level of kemba/lamb/smith/oriakhi or bazz/boat/giffey/daniels. for Samson to be a starter he needs to be surrounded by 4 stars and we have one currently in Karaban.

Not ignoring it. To win a title you might be right, but I still think Johnson will be much better than just a middling big, he will be a high level starter.

I have a bit lower expectations for next year though than expecting us to be a top 3 team. But if shows some growth, Johnson is 100 percent a starter on the majority of top 25 teams, and probably even would have been this year. I think a lot of UConn fans are still sleeping on him a bit (insert Springs joke here).

 

[temery]

I know Anthony won it all. What about the other three?

 

[freescooter]

I didn’t think UConn played great in the first half. Kind of got lulled into playing Alabama‘s game, and let the Tide get some rebounds. But here’s the thing with this team. If they are not hitting you better grab a lead. Because if they aren’t playing well and still have a lead, you are in trouble. Plus I have not seen a team play team defense like this one doe in a very long time.

I thought the game was similar to Marquette game in that we were a little off and they stayed around but eventually we turned up the defense and started making plays. once that happened, Alabama, like Marquette, couldn’t hang with us.

 

[BugsyCT]

Alabama’s unreal shooting performance and tenacity around the rim up until 27 minutes in would have defeated just about every other team in the tournament - except us. They just couldn’t hang when 3 ball opportunities were taken away, and for the first time this season, couldn’t run their fast break.

While I congratulate Alabama for this performance, their message boards show this is the first time in FF 4.

Never seen such a group of whiners about the officiating and announcers. Didn’t expect to read this drivel on their boards…. Maybe a few post of course but they literally started off main thread with comments on stripes.

With their coach, I would not be surprised to see them back in FF 4, but hope by then, their fans mature a little bit too

Boo-hoo. They'll be long over it by next weekend when Bama has 55-60k at their spring game.

 

[Dove]

I was confident that UConn would win last night. But when Clingan blocked Bama's first layup...yeah...I knew the win was happening.

 

[bendm]

I have a bit lower expectations for next year

Expectations will be set Depending on who we get in the Portal

 

[UCan3]

Expectations will be set Depending on who we get in the Portal

Am I missing something. If we lose starting 6 w Diarra, aren’t we essentially starting over. I was thinking we‘d be a couple of year aways from making a serious run in tourney.

 

[uconnfan68]

Alabama’s unreal shooting performance and tenacity around the rim up until 27 minutes in would have defeated just about every other team in the tournament - except us. They just couldn’t hang when 3 ball opportunities were taken away, and for the first time this season, couldn’t run their fast break.

While I congratulate Alabama for this performance, their message boards show this is the first time in FF 4.

Never seen such a group of whiners about the officiating and announcers. Didn’t expect to read this drivel on their boards…. Maybe a few post of course but they literally started off main thread with comments on stripes.

With their coach, I would not be surprised to see them back in FF 4, but hope by then, their fans mature a little bit too

They seem to have a lots of bags of cash around.