Butler Post Game Thread

[superjohn]

Once everyone realizes Liam is undoubtedly our best player this will all make sense.

I assumed everyone knew that by now. Karaban had a very good game tonight but the whole offense is a mess and the biggest reason why is because we don't have McNeeley loosening everything up with his dribbling/playmaking/getting to the rim and we instead have Karaban trying to gallop down the lane. Once Liam is back and AK is back in his proper role the offense will look way better. Hass is having to do way too much as the only point guard and only great ballhandler.

 

[uconngb]

Let's remember AK was a game time decision. You have to imagine that he played almost the full game tonight on a still sore ankle. So for tonight, anyway, I really don't want to hear any garbage directed his way.

Really want to drop a few curse words here for you overly entitled whining babies.

Glad you are thrilled with a two point OT win over one of the two worst teams in the league in a game we were favored by 12.5 and had a 15 point lead in. Yeah, rah rah

 

[UCan3]

Man, it’s disappointing that only Diarra and Karaban are the only guys trusted to make plays with the ball in the final seconds.

and they're not all that trusted - Karaban had that terrible turnover at top of key at the end of regulation - how does he lose that and not protect the ball?

 

[bazz&boujee]

Y’all need to grow up. That Feb 23’-April 24’ run ruined you, a pipe dream that was somehow reality. 19 ranked teams lost last week, a couple to teams worse than Butler. Be happy to be a near lock tournement team in January with help on the way. Ride or die. Cry babies.

 

[Deleted at users request]

This is the epitome of being a brat. Have some damn class man. I don’t care how right you think you are you don’t say stuff like this.

Did Coach K, Pop, etc. ever say stuff like this?

Man I’m a Michigan fan and Jim Harbaugh went to a Super Bowl in the NFL and never got remotely to saying stuff like this when Big Ten refs were bending him over when he first got there.

 

[Gurleyman]

Once everyone realizes Liam is undoubtedly our best player this will all make sense.

He’s also going to miss a month and come back with a bit of a bum wheel. That injury is tough for a shooter. You can’t practice your jump shot because that high ankle mechanism is how you get your lift.

Our next 5 games are at X, at Marquette, at Creighton and home against St. John’s. There’s a home game against DePaul in there as a gimme, but that’s what today was supposed to be.

On the plus side, there are chances for some big road wins there to help our metrics If we step up.

 

[uconn_jack]

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

I think it's pretty clear that he said "Don't turn your back on me", but not clear at all that he said he was the best coach in the sport after that.

 

[UCan3]

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

he almost blew it -missing that 1 on 1! that was hard to watch him miss his time to shine.

 

[KingAG]

This is the epitome of being a brat. Have some damn class man. I don’t care how right you think you are you don’t say stuff like this.

Did Coach K, Pop, etc. ever say stuff like this?

Man I’m a Michigan fan and Jim Harbaugh went to a Super Bowl in the NFL and never got remotely to saying stuff like this when Big Ten refs were bending him over when he first got there.

This guy.

 

[homunculus]

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!

Everyone in the spread thread was predicting this game would be way closer than it should be, and now that it was close, it’s somehow a disaster. We showed great resolve in this game. Matta is a good coach and once again, a team was playing their hearts out to beat the defending champs.

 

[blkknight1]

We all sad it when they beat gtown, instead taking the act out of the ball they should have used the opportunity to run late clock offense in real game situations. The last two games those have come back to bite us in the ass. Hass is not the man to take that last shot he either gets stuck on the outside or takes it too deep.

This team honestly seems to zone out at times during the game. Get a lead and think they have done enough and then the other team comes back. No energy just going through the motions they have nobody that's gonna kick the guys asses and keep that intensity. There is no Cam Spencer on this team. The basketball iq of this team is just not there, I know we wanna say the coaches need to coach them better but players have to be smarter as well.

The defense is what it is at this point the guys don't seem to understand so e of the most basic fundamental things they have to do to even play average defense like stay in between your man and the basket. I see guys over and over let guys get on their hips and turn corners when all they need to do is stay in front. Have tge guys never heard getting in guarding position and being in their toes so they are caught flat-footed.

 

[JMick]

I think it's pretty clear that he said "Don't turn your back on me", but not clear at all that he said he was the best coach in the sport after that.

And even if he did who cares.

 

[Scrappy3]

As far as I’m concerned we won by 40

 

[storrsroars]

A middling tOSU squad just took down a fully healthy #11 Purdue in their own house.

Conference games can be a biatch.

 

[UofCT]

The Ross experiment needs to end. He's a defensive stopper who isn't good at defense. His offense is atrocious too. I'm sure he's a nice kid but he isn't good enough right now.

 

[towerman]

Is there anyone on this team who can defend the dribble drive, anyone?

 

[The Viking]

Are the recruits coming in next year able to play any defense or are we going all offensive wizardry?

 

[Scoe]

This is the epitome of being a brat. Have some damn class man. I don’t care how right you think you are you don’t say stuff like this.

Did Coach K, Pop, etc. ever say stuff like this?

Man I’m a Michigan fan and Jim Harbaugh went to a Super Bowl in the NFL and never got remotely to saying stuff like this when Big Ten refs were bending him over when he first got there.

A fan of 2 different college teams smdh. Bandwagon UConn basketball and Michigan football fan.

 

[KingAG]

Everyone in the spread thread was predicting this game would be way closer than it should be, and now that it was close, it’s somehow a disaster. We showed great resolve in this game. Matta is a good coach and once again, a team was playing their hearts out to beat the defending champs.

We’re not as good as we were the last 2 years. As soon as we stop holding this group to those standards we’ll stop the crashouts. We’re probably not a top 8 team even with Liam. The team is limited. You know it happens once every couple of championships. Enjoy the ride and let’s get hot and catch some magic when it matters.

 

[Connecticut13]

Hurley needs to live in the moment. Stop talking about going for three straight. Stop talking about being the best coach in the sport. Stop talking about the refs giving respect to the defending back-to-back champs. And stop talking about looking at your championship rings after losses. Focus on getting this very flawed team into the NCAA tournament and in a position where maybe they can make some noise.

This doesn't look like a team that is well coached right now. Do I think Danny is a great coach? Of course I do. But he's not showing it right now. He needs to focus on fixing this and forget about the past.

The national media and the rest of college basketball would love to bury us. They'll forget about our back-to-back championships in no time. Focus on the present.

 

[UCTitleTown]

It pains me to say this given my disdain for Pitino, but St. John's has quietly become the classic of the Big East this year. I didn't think he could do it but he has.

 

[Sphinx]

Liam is our best player and possible lottery pick, get a clue, he makes a huge difference.

Indeed! With a healthy Liam, we are 16-3, 8-0 in conference, riding a 12-game win streak and probably ranked in the Top 5. Liam had become the engine of this team; it's offense rotated around him; its defense drew its energy from him. Everything changes when he returns.

 

[Deleted at users request]

A fan of 2 different college teams smdh.

lol for football. It must be mad tiring reaching for stupid things to try and discredit someone’s lifelong fandom.

 

[KingAG]

It pains me to say this given my disdain for Pitino, but St. John's has quietly become the classic of the Big East this year. I didn't think he could do it but he has.

Yea no. They’re a classic first weekend upset team. They can’t shoot. Some team from the sunbelt is gonna get hot, zone them up and beat em.

 

[CTBasketball]

Just get by for now, this team is on track to peak in mid/late February and March.

Seasons aren’t decided in Hartford in January.