Baylor Post Game Thread

[AntG168]

2 biggest take aways:

1. Double bigs ability to guard the rim

2. Liam McNeeley’s defense was phenomenal

 

[Mister P]

How funny was it when a hyped up Hurley pretty much head butted Mahaney when Baylor called a timeout after Mahaney made his second first half 3. Thatvexpression is why players love to play for Hurley.

I’m sure someone can find and post that video.

Just found the clip.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/huskiestoday/3516082253655586982?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=dnV0ZTNocnBlMDNu

 

[Edward Sargent]

I wanted to see Nowell get some run going against Wright. I i,agine they had to have faced off a few times in the past.

He was too quick for who we had guarding him.

Wright was outstanding tonight. Met his Mom in the hotel on campus very nice family

 

[Kolumbo]

A young Liam Neeson? Tell me, tell me!!

Bingo! Both have a very particular set of skills

 

[Deleted at users request]

Yes. Just saying both teams missing key payers.

In fairness to you, they also lost Roach.

 

[Tdaley]

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.

You did.

 

[mauconnfan]

You are a VERY generous grader giving Ball a D. Especially when he is allergic to D

I see what you did there. I was being very nice as I didnt want others to call me negative Nellie!

 

[Edward Sargent]

Diarra had a sub par game but he is still a much better option than Nowell. The less Nowell plays the bigger his legend will grow. But in reality, he is a freshman feeling his way, nowhere near Diarra on the defensive end. And Mahaney was huge tonight. He gave the team a lift at critical moments in both halves. Nowell will get his chances but not in games like tonight.

I would have liked to see Nowell on Wright tonight

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Pinky promise?

Pinky swear.
Deal?

 

[Scottobot]

Winning ugly is still winning.
Pretty amazing win considering where they were at mentally and being down 19-8 early. They really needed that win to get their head straight.

SJ and Reed together actually looked pretty good. SJ could gamble and go for block and Reed their to get the rebound.

 

[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.