As Dominant as Hurley Has Made the Program, the Road is still a Harsh Place

[Kitaman]

March 6th they play at Marquette. Could end this nonsense.

I notice you said 'Could' and not 'Will'. I think this article has us all spooked.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I am guessing that every team’s road record against ranked teams is pretty grim.

 

[OceanDoggie]

March 6th they play at Marquette. Could end this nonsense.

Lol, Shaka will have that team bleeding in the eyes for revenge. If we can avenge the Seton Hall and *only lose to Marquette, I will take it. If we're real national title contenders, our expectations should be winning the B.E. tournament. If those align Uconn can still be #1 overall seed.

 

[uconngb]

It’s an impressive, negative, headline for the media to get attention but realistically, it’s not like we get that many chances to beat a ranked team on the road. I’m too busy to do the research. Frankly, I’d rather be really good at neutral court games - in which we have thrived.

I’ll do it for you: we’ve had 20 since 2014

 

[NIT88]

This stat was almost as shocking as our record on BE opening games….and then we won 14 in a row. I’ll take 13 in a row now, because that will make us national champions.

I think this group will use this to refocus and get hungry for another run. The ‘07 Florida team was atrocious during their last five games, and then destroyed everyone in the tournament.

 

[UCan3]

Well, one thing I often wonder about it how worse the home cooking has gotten in college basketball. It doesn’t take much to influence a game from refereeing standpoint.

Last night there were many calls and non calls that left you wondering a bit - it this basketball or did we attend a Creighton exhibition?

Ie. We were starting to get on a roll first half and the refs decided to reverse what was at that point in time a irreversible call to give the ball back to Creighton on a a possession. That was cringeworthy.

Or a Creighton player landing on top of Diarra and he gets a call against him. Or the phantom 2nd call on Clingon?

You see this more and more in college basketball. Worst case this season so far was Northwestern at Purdue where there was like a 30 free throw differential.

So, I don’t really care as much about this Stat of us losing on the road. Ultimately the NCAA tourney is the great equalizer.

 

[Storrs South]

It's 21 straight but ESPN can't be bothered to get anything right at this point.

They've also won two National Championships during that period so it doesn't matter.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Everything is "one of those phenomenons."

Wait is that possible….. just sarcasm not directed toward you as I think that is where you were going with your post.

 

[jibsey]

Lol, Shaka will have that team bleeding in the eyes for revenge. If we can avenge the Seton Hall and *only lose to Marquette, I will take it. If we're real national title contenders, our expectations should be winning the B.E. tournament. If those align Uconn can still be #1 overall seed.

Yet to win the Natty we don't Have to be #1's top seed or even a #1 at all do we?

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Hopefully no 2009 Michigan State brackets.

Hope Arizona gets knocked out early

 

[OceanDoggie]

Yet to win the Natty we don't Have to be #1's top seed or even a #1 at all do we?

You completely missed my point. Half the board wants the Team in the East so that we can watch them in Boston.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I am guessing that every team’s road record against ranked teams is pretty grim.

This year especially.

I think I saw a stat that ranked teams' winning percentage against unranked teams is something like .400 this year.

Forget about playing at a ranked team.

 

[Tenspro2002]

It's embarrassing, but ultimately represents like 2 games per year over that span, many of which were the horrible parts of the KO era and its aftermath.

That said, if we want to cement our place as a dominant, feared program, we have to start winning some of these games. At Marquette will be a big one.

 

[Kolumbo]

As mentioned, yes, UConn was down for a portion of that time.
Key, number of opportunities. Right now only 3 Big East teams of 10 opponents are ranked so there are only 2 chances to beat a ranked team on the road.
Big 12 has 6 currently ranked teams so more chances.
19 road losses in 10 years. pfffffffffft.

 

[gtcam]

I just had a bad feeling after the game this weekend. It is not a trap game, but a let down, to say the least. One player did his job and the rest didn't. That is it

Newton was great on offense and poor on defense so his job was half done in my opinion.

 

[dennismenace]

This game reminded me of another time when we were playing pretty well and got annihilated by Louisville. Totally outplayed in every respect. Despite this we managed to win the NC with Bazz, Boat,
Giffey and Deandre & Co. That game was a total trashing and I never forgot it. I think it woke them up and gave them the motivation at the right time.

No. 19 UConn Falls to No. 11 Louisville, 81-48 - University of Connecticut Athletics

March 08, 2014 Box Score | USATSI Gallery LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Connecticut junior forward DeAndre Daniels (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored a team-high...

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[UCan3]

When we say the “road” is a harsh place - it is. No doubt. But I do think the home cooking has gotten worse over the years. We saw some last night at key moments in the game and then it snowballed. But other games this year like Purdue shooting 40+ FT to Northwestern 9, borderline ridiculous.

The NCAA tourney is the only thing that matters. It is the great equalizer, all the rest conference championship/BE Tourney/Road wins etc. eh, footnotes at end of the day.

 

[ninety-nine]

This game reminded me of another time when we were playing pretty well and got annihilated by Louisville. Totally outplayed in every respect. Despite this we managed to win the NC with Bazz, Boat,
Giffey and Deandre & Co. That game was a total trashing and I never forgot it. I think it woke them up and gave them the motivation at the right time.

No. 19 UConn Falls to No. 11 Louisville, 81-48 - University of Connecticut Athletics

March 08, 2014 Box Score | USATSI Gallery LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Connecticut junior forward DeAndre Daniels (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored a team-high...

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It didn't strike me quite the same, but it's because we lost to Louisville three times that season, all by double-digits. That one was the second loss, though by far the worst loss. (As many of you recall, we also lost decisively to SMU twice that year.) Creighton has UConn's number more than anyone else in the current Big East, but we beat them convincingly at home this season, and we should at least be able to hang with them at MSG if we meet again (most likely in the Big East final) next month.

I kept expecting us to come back last night, but we just couldn't hit a ton of makeable shots (though Spencer and Karaban weren't getting open looks at threes, to Creighton's credit). It never felt like we were coming back against Louisville in the 2014 massacre. They were in "name the score" territory.

 

[connVA]

I get comfort from the assumption that that post and stat makes Dan Hurley want to put his fist through the wall as competitive as he is. Beating Marquette at their place- especially since they’ll have revenge on their minds- may be like climbing Everest without oxygen but he’ll make sure his guys are as motivated as can be to kill that streak.

 

[Deleted at users request]

It's embarrassing, but ultimately represents like 2 games per year over that span, many of which were the horrible parts of the KO era and its aftermath.

That said, if we want to cement our place as a dominant, feared program, we have to start winning some of these games. At Marquette will be a big one.

KO has more ranked road wins than Hurley in the same timespan.

 

[BugsyCT]

Less than 24 hrs ago the hot stat was we tied the BE record for consecutive conference games won at 14, and we were unanimous #1. One bad game in a hostile environment against a top 20 team (that’s been our nemesis) and all of a sudden the hot stat is we haven’t beaten a ranked team on the road in 10 years. Whatever daily narrative the media needs to latch onto stirs the pot I guess.

Personally, I’ll take Nattys over regular season road wins against ranked teams in a heartbeat.

 

[Inyatkin]

This feels a bit like 1996, really. We were cruising that year, too, until we had a road game at Georgetown and Allen Iverson dunked all over us and knocked us down a few rankings.
Set us up nicely for a rematch in the Big East title game, of course.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

It's not crazy to think that the Big East might have 3 top ten teams to end the season. Kansas already has 5 road losses this year. It happens. My only goal is for Uconn to make the Final four and for AZ to not be there. (tickets and hotels would be insane if they make it).

 

[HooperScooper]

I am guessing that every team’s road record against ranked teams is pretty grim.

I saw a stat last week that ranked teams on the road this season against unranked teams were winning only about 40% of the time. Which was the lowest by far in the last 10 years (or something like that). Crazy stat which shows how hard it is to win on the road in college basketball. It was in a CBSSports.com article from Matt Norlander. I'll see if I can dig it up.

 

[HooperScooper]

I saw a stat last week that ranked teams on the road this season against unranked teams were winning only about 40% of the time. Which was the lowest by far in the last 10 years (or something like that). Crazy stat which shows how hard it is to win on the road in college basketball. It was in a CBSSports.com article from Matt Norlander. I'll see if I can dig it up.

O.K. I was off with the stats. But the premise is the same. It's tough to win on the road. This was from 3 weeks ago.

The updated numbers are as follows: after UNC's loss at Georgia Tech, AP top-10 teams are now 25-29 on the road against unranked opponents this season. That represents a winning percentage of 46.3, which is 27.0 percentage points lower than the historical average in such matchups and 15.7 percentage points lower than the all-time worst win-rate in such matchups. So if it feels like top-10 teams are losing road games to unranked opponents more often than normal, it's because they are.

College basketball rankings: North Carolina, Tennessee slip in Top 25 And 1 after upsets create chaos

The Tar Heels lost to Georgia Tech and the Volunteers were defeated by South Carolina on a wild night

www.cbssports.com

 

[willie99]

The only true road game come March Madness would be vs AZ in Phoenix

Final Four or National Championship, and that can't be avoided

 

[UConniki]

Blame it on my cats. We have a 6” white Christmas tree in a table in the foyer entrance way into our house and my wife woke me up to tell me that the tree got knocked over and a couple of irreplaceable balls were shattered ( we have over $2,500 worth of ornaments on the tree so it could’ve been worse). And I turned to my son and said “ oh shit….theres a game tonight and we put the tree back together and when DC picked up the second foul…. I just knew the outcome would be bad. We leave the tree up till the last game for both the men’s and women teams has been played.

 

[Tenspro2002]

O.K. I was off with the stats. But the premise is the same. It's tough to win on the road. This was from 3 weeks ago.

The updated numbers are as follows: after UNC's loss at Georgia Tech, AP top-10 teams are now 25-29 on the road against unranked opponents this season. That represents a winning percentage of 46.3, which is 27.0 percentage points lower than the historical average in such matchups and 15.7 percentage points lower than the all-time worst win-rate in such matchups. So if it feels like top-10 teams are losing road games to unranked opponents more often than normal, it's because they are.

College basketball rankings: North Carolina, Tennessee slip in Top 25 And 1 after upsets create chaos

The Tar Heels lost to Georgia Tech and the Volunteers were defeated by South Carolina on a wild night

www.cbssports.com

Top 10 vs. unranked being below .500 on the road is insane. With the exception of Seton Hall, we've actually done well to take care of business against the road against that middle tier of BE teams -- St. John's, Xavier, Butler, Nova.

 

[Chasm64]

Blame it on my cats. We have a 6” white Christmas tree in a table in the foyer entrance way into our house and my wife woke me up to tell me that the tree got knocked over and a couple of irreplaceable balls were shattered ( we have over $2,500 worth of ornaments on the tree so it could’ve been worse). And I turned to my son and said “ oh ….theres a game tonight and we put the tree back together and when DC picked up the second foul…. I just knew the outcome would be bad. We leave the tree up till the last game for both the men’s and women teams has been played.

That’s a lot of ornaments for a 6inch tree

 

[NEforceUConn]

The road is harsh, and I feel very good about our team. We could use this guy to suit up.

Maybe looks a tiny bit like AK. All AK needs to do is watch this movie and relax.