Baylor Post Game Thread

[HuskyHawk]

Does HuskyHawk not realize Karaban didn't play tonight? I'm trying to make sense of why he made that Edgecomb post.

Look at the article posted a few posts up saying how we won without Karaban. I was merely pointing out that it wasn’t just UConn that was short handed. Some UConn fans probably didn’t know that. We all know Alex was out.

 

[BigTenFan]

Great win with Karaban in street clothes. First 10 minutes looked rough- but you could see the team come together to close out the first half.

 

[ctbro1999]

Honestly, it’s crazy for a guy that athletic and strong to be such a bad 1v1 defender.

Can Hurley and co fix him on defense?

 

[uh-no]

Look at the article posted a few posts up saying how we won without Karaban. I was merely pointing out that it wasn’t just UConn that was short handed. Some UConn fans probably didn’t know that. We all know Alex was out.

if only we had played Danny Wolf....

 

[Edward Sargent]

I’m glad to see the love affair of the next anointed one in Ross coming to an end. Dominating UNH is one thing. He is nothing but a bit player currently.

What Hurley should have been doing in those cupcake games is getting Nowell and Abraham some run. They at least appear to have upside and can play defense.

And Ball?? If he can’t learn to do something other than hit open 3s he is a MAJOR liability for us. Right now he is literally doing nothing else additive.

Abraham wasn’t good in his last game

 

[Seamus84]

Samson played a great game, several of his fouls were bs. Mahaney played great as well, hopefully this helps his confidence. McNeeley and Reed excellent as well. Ball can really shoot the 3, unfortunately he is an absolute liability on defense. He can’t stay in front of anyone. The stupid turnovers are an issue as well. Hassan needs to dribble and shoot less. Particularly from 3. Stewart is solid and excellent passer. He needs to improve his defense on drives. Ross still a work in progress but plenty of potential. Certainly not his best game. Still waiting to confuse him with Reggie miller

Sorry to say, but I just don’t see a role for Ross. Lot of energy and athleticism, but can’t put the ball on the floor, inconsistent shooter and not a plus defender. On offense he just camps out on the 3-pt line and doesn’t really get in the flow and on defense he’s always a step slow. Other than that, I see the Reggie Lewis comparison….

 

[ctbro1999]

Was Ball this bad on defense last year? Like in the UNC game, I don't remember him being swiss cheese on D. Did he regress??

 

[Candyman]

Read someone said Haas was solid. I thought he was awful in first half. Played decent down the stretch.

He was the reason we were down big. He came out and we went on the run. A bunch of times his guy beat him easily. Was not a bad game for him for about 30 minutes.

 

[CTBasketball]

Was Ball this bad on defense last year? Like in the UNC game, I don't remember him being swiss cheese on D. Did he regress??

Analytically he was one of the worst defenders in the Big East last year, this year he is a hair better. But more minutes magnifies his mistakes.

 

[RuffRuff]

Pinky swear.
Deal?

Deal - I’m Charlie Chaplin until Sunday.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Can Hurley and co fix him on defense?

No way that it's not on their mind, and it is their job. They certainly have film to work with, and it's very much in Solo's interest to develop as a multidimensional player.

Definitely a bounce back game for the coaching staff. Tune in to watch their progress, one game at a time.

 

[bendm]

The posters who insisted Samson is a PF waited a long time for tonight

 

[uconnbill]

nice to see a win against a quality team. They miss Karaban though and need him back soon

 

[How Sway?!]

Remember when we were all excited about that Hurley quote on Ross likely starting on game one if he wasn't hurt thinking we had two stud guards? Maybe Coach was trying to manage our expectations already lol

 

[businesslawyer]

Our fans gotta learn proper home court decorum, why are you chanting about the Baylor player fouling out when Diarra is shooting game clinching free throws? I swear I saw McNeeley look up to the crowd like wtf are y'all doing after Diarra missed the first one.

He absolutely did give the students the look. But our student body has done that at big times before. I’ve never decided if it’s a lack of intelligence or just not caring as much about winning as participating by making fun of your opponent.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

May just take a little time to work AMs confidence up for closing time. We could have certainly used his handle down the stretch and there is little drop off in defense from him to Solo.

I was surprised Dan Hurley made no adjustments on D during free throws down the stretch, to slow down Baylor offensively with the clock being the enemy.

Baby steps.

Dan Hurley took an early 11 point deficit, gained & then lost the lead before the half, but got to a 5-point lead with 12 minutes left and never gave it up.

Retained the lead from the 12-to-8 minute mark. Did the same for 8-to-4 (oops, wait, that reviewed offensive goal-tending call), and then hung on at the end when Wright kept running unimpeded to the basket.

This was a true close win.

Memphis and Colorado were fails.

Before the past two seasons, this was a major thing, so it was not an insubstantial win. Not fully elegant, but clearly what we've all wanted.

And this place would have completely freaked if it hadn't happened.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

This team needs Mahaney to play well if we have any hope of reaching the Final 4. Nowell isn’t the answer. Mahaney needs to be the answer.

 

[AidanFan20]

Seems a lot of people on here say this win was at least somewhat ugly. WTF?

Beating a ranked team while short a starting forward and having resilience when things didn't always go the Huskies' way?

Coach staying at least a little less maniacal on the sidelines?

The team overall playing with more poise?

This may not have been perfect or artistically pretty, but I think this was more than fine, especially after the nastiness in the Maui Classic just last week.

 

[housekeys]

Man if we could somehow get our perimeter defenders to just stop 50% of the dribble drives they let happen each game (mainly Solo, but they’re all guilty), we’d be cookin

Easy. Do some pregame game planning. Make them dribble to their left (if they like dribbling to the right) and visa versa.

Watch how often players get beat consistently to one side. Adjust.

 

[superjohn]

Abdou Toure was at the game sitting next to Karaban tonight.

 

[KemBuckets21]

Refs were great tonight

 

[housekeys]

Think to yourself, he’s not a Xmas carol.

He is probably a fan of the Xmas carol, The First Nowell.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Yes. Just saying both teams missing key payers.

And we WON.....

 

[UCTitleTown]

Abdou Toure was at the game sitting next to Karaban tonight.

Me likey.

 

[alphasigko]

Perhaps Hass should start wearing his headband again?

 

[TroyHall98]

Can Hurley and co fix him on defense?

This is the biggest question the rest of the season.

 

[jdb50]

Late in the game saw Hass and Ball each had one rebound. Hass then got that huge rebound in traffic up 2. We need more from our guards on all levels. People complaining about Mahaney's D need to watch Ball. Stewart really played a good game just doing what he could without pressing for shots. The refs blew the second half call when ball was shot then shot clock went off. We had the rebound and were on a break.

 

[aceboon]

Was Solo this bad on D last season before Steph's return/increased minutes? I don't remember it jumping off the screen the way it has this season, and that included playing 30 minutes vs a very good UNC team.

 

[superjohn]

 

[alphasigko]

Johnson's last foul was BS. Ojianuwa pushed him to get the rebound.

If SJ had turned to watch the ball after the shot to get the rebound then the foul would have been on Ojianuwa. SJ just kept his back to the basket and moved into Ojianuwa. It was an iffy call.

SJ just never thinks about trying to get into position for a rebound.