Butler Post Game Thread

[Fishy]

We don’t play very hard for most of the game - we basically won the game with the burst to 37-22 and then didn’t do a thing after that.

Offensive is occasionally spectacular, bogs down way too much. Hassan is so sticky with the ball at times. Guys just do not play as had on offense as we have over the past two years - we went from maniacal to meh.

Defense…is garbage. Complete garbage.

Tarris needs to get in the film room. He is off the page way too often. When he’s lunging at a shooter and poor Hassan is guarding the center, one of those guys has made a mistake and it was not Hassan.

Anyway, that was a terrible game against a terrible team and we were lucky not to lose. Whoever the patron saint of high ankles is, I hope we appease him this week.

 

[Scott2Tate]

It was a ugly win, but at least it was still a win

 

[UConnTrumbull]

No it’s not. It’s super entitled. If you are the best coach in college basketball there’s no need to constantly try to puff your chest out about it.

I can’t think of one great coach who would actually say that out loud to anyone, especially a ref. He has to get his head out his you know what.

Agree. It’s a bad look for Dan. I hope he apologizes. It’s a stressful job and he’s at the pinnacle of it. But he needs to let it be.

 

[TheHorde]

Great game by the centers.
28 points
12 rebounds
2 assists
2 steals
6 blocks

And 9 fouls

 

[bazz&boujee]

Solo Ball is allergic to assists but got dam that boy is a bucket. Wins ain’t easy!!

 

[Kemba15]

Hurley getting lambasted by national media.

Wow how will we ever get over the envious Internet personalities making fun of a coach for struggling a bit after winning 2 straight nattys with every tourney win by double digits?!?

 

[KingAG]

We can never complain about the refs again. We got a lot of 50/50 calls tonight.

Game was called decently both ways. They doubled our FT attempts. I’d hardly say the whistle was heavy in our favor.

 

[IndyLives]

It is what it is. Same recent mistakes: getting outscored by 10 on the line (19-9), cant execute down the stretch with a lead (some really bad shots)....

But, they gutted out a W in OT which was critical. Need McNealy back asap to take the pressure off. The 3-Peat Dream is alive!!!

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Better than a loss.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Our two best offensive players are guys that need 5 screens to happen before they can get a shot off. We have no one who can consistently create for themselves, and our only guy that can drive (Diarra) is inefficient and erratic.

That didn’t feel good. Butler is mediocre at best and we were home. We can’t close a game or keep momentum at all. Our guys are not tough, they seem to always give up position on a drive or a bad offensive rebound.

They thought that had something in Mahaney which they didn’t unfortunately, but this roster construction is really not good. A team full of finesse guys can’t work and the staff should know that.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Details?

From the interwebs, sounds like Hurley yelled at the refs that he's the best coach in this sport lmao

 

[HCCForever]

When Bizjack made that three off the glass I thought the game was lost.

Rebounds out of bounds and missed FT at the end are not the way to win. Fortunate to get the win. On to next game.

 

[Deleted at users request]

I mean you can always do root for someone else until Hurley leaves. We’d hardly know you were gone.

lol at telling a lifelong UConn fan to go root for someone else.

My family used to watch every single UConn game together when my grandparents were alive and we were together. When my aunts/uncle held holiday parties at their place and a game was on we’d watch it together. Man shutup talking about I should go root for someone else when you probably started rooting for them because you got accepted to the school.

The program is bigger than Hurley believe it or not.

 

[KingAG]

lol at telling a lifelong UConn fan to go root for someone else.

My family used to watch every single UConn game together when my grandparents were alive and we were together. When my aunts/uncle held holiday parties at their place and a game was on we’d watch it together. Man shutup talking about I should go root for someone else when you probably started rooting for them because you got accepted to the school.

I didn’t read this. Because I genuinely don’t care.

 

[TheHorde]

From the interwebs, sounds like Hurley yelled at the refs that he's the best coach in this sport lmao

I mean he is. But be humbler, Danny cmon.

 

[metsfan2323]

Game was called decently both ways. They doubled our FT attempts. I’d hardly say the whistle was heavy in our favor.

I agree, we aren't used to an evenly called game so it feels like we got all the breaks.

 

[Chin Diesel]

This is a deeply flawed team. There’s no urgency, no killer instinct, no fight.

One of Dan’s worst coached games I can recall. He’s shown in back to back games an inability to deviate defensively from the initial game plan. The lack of timeouts during Butler’s runs is concerning.

The book is out on how to beat UConn. ISO ball and taking every single one of our terrible defenders off the dribble. Karaban gets skated by. Mahaney gets skated by, Stewart gets skated by, Ball gets skated by, Ross gets skated by.

This team is headed towards the bubble.

Just shut down this thread and pin this post.

 

[shazzketball]

Hurley needs to have a heart to heart with Diarra. Love his energy, effort, and everything he’s given the last 2+ years, but he is not a closer and should not take a shot at the end of games unless he’s wide open. Closest one he had in the last 4 mins was the half-court prayer. And then after we finally get AK and solo involved in OT we take the lead… not a coincidence

 

[Palatine]

If we score 70 in regulation we win. Another game in sixties in regulation. The offense was stymied for huge portions of the game. And we missed a ton of bunnies inside. Diarra was 1 for his first 8 and almost all were at the rim.

But I'm happy. An ugly win is a win. It it looks beautiful in the W/L column. Sleep well. I will.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Way too many of us are spoiled and arrogant in here. People seem almost mad after a big east win. Three years ago wasn’t that long ago.

 

[KingAG]

Way too many of us are spoiled and arrogant in here. People seem almost mad after a big east win. Three years ago wasn’t that long ago.

Someone said we’re headed towards the bubble. You can not make it up. We call the players soft but some of these takes are softer than cottonelle tissue. Tough BE win. Won’t be the last this season. Enjoy the ride. We roll!

 

[EastConn'er]

LOL - OT against a last place team at home? Come on. We've not played the top teams yet either.

 

[uconngb]

One of the least satisfying wins I can ever recall. From the coaches down to the last player, this whole program is clueless right now. And everyone thinks getting Liam back is going to change everything?? Not bloody likely

 

[uconngb]

The team is a huge mess right now, we had a lot of luck tonight, and the refs were our friends after a lot of games where they weren't. That was gross but we got the win.

We're even worse than I thought we would be without McNeeley. We need his ankle to heal this second.

He ain't the savior for what ills this team

 

[superjohn]

Hurley needs to have a heart to heart with Diarra. Love his energy, effort, and everything he’s given the last 2+ years, but he is not a closer and should not take a shot at the end of games unless he’s wide open. Closest one he had in the last 4 mins was the half-court prayer. And then after we finally get AK and solo involved in OT we take the lead… not a coincidence

Hass had a bad second half but that wasn't his fault at the end of regulation. Coach needs to draw up better stuff or have a counter when his play gets blown up. Samson ended up with the ball again with 5 seconds left on the shot clock at the ft line and when Hass got it he had to shoot.

Hass is the biggest reason we aren't losing more of these games with McNeeley out.

 

[Mister P]

And 9 fouls

Unfortunately, that’s typical. Reed had some lazy fouls because he was reacting to his own blunders.

 

[JMick]

Ok I saw the supposed lip read and I can't believe people are that offended LMAO drama queens.

 

[uconngb]

I mean he is. But be humbler, Danny cmon.

Um, no he isn't. This team requires coaching. He has done an AWFUL job. Much easier to coach two teams that sent 7 guys to the pros. Let's see what he's made of now, because this team needs COACHING badly.

 

[freshler40]

This is a deeply flawed team. There’s no urgency, no killer instinct, no fight.

One of Dan’s worst coached games I can recall. He’s shown in back to back games an inability to deviate defensively from the initial game plan. The lack of timeouts during Butler’s runs is concerning.

The book is out on how to beat UConn. ISO ball and taking every single one of our terrible defenders off the dribble. Karaban gets skated by. Mahaney gets skated by, Stewart gets skated by, Ball gets skated by, Ross gets skated by.

This team is headed towards the bubble.

Well, we won but troubling in many ways. Seems like a needed zone to prevent the dribble penetration, at times???

 

[Scoe]

Just execute the basics make layups, grab the basketball stop playing volleyball, stop being allergic to success. All the little things add up scoring when up double digits is a defense.