Can't figure this team out.

[3rdbass]

At their home, my bad. And those aren't bad teams.

Yeah fringe top 25 teams. No definite top 25 team in the bunch.

 

[HooperScooper]

How about Creighton, Oregon, Indiana, and Kansas being disappointed when they didn’t get the kid?

What does that have to do with what I wrote?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

What does that have to do with what I wrote?

 

[HooperScooper]

As Calhoun once said, "Don't roll your ----- eyes at me."

 

[CONN78SEJ]

As Calhoun once said, "Don't roll your eyes at me."

He said it to you? That’s great.

 

[HooperScooper]

He said it to you? That’s great.

You're strange. I'll leave it at that.

 

[my2cents]

We continue to beat ourselves with TOs. That will be our Achilles heel for the rest of the season. If we take care of the ball, we win.

Tarris and Stewart have to play more confidently and consistently for us to even have a chance to make a deep tournament run. We need them to combine for 20 & 10 every night (unless Liam wants to regularly turn into Larry Bird again).

Sorry, I've given up on Mahaney and Ross is too one-dimensional to have any tangible impact at this point in the season.

Boneheaded fouls by our bigs are our 2nd Achilles heel. I'm afraid if this hasn't been corrected by this point in the season, it never will be.

We've been spoiled the last two seasons. We're lucky if we get to the Sweet 16 IMO.

The dimension Ross and Mahaney are in, is sitting . Because they do so little.

 

[uconngb]

I don’t know if anyone noticed but some of the top ranked teams have lost to cellar dwellers in their conference this year. It’s just not us though we have done it more.

PUHLEASE

 

[uconngb]

It’s a good team. Not a great team. We are spoiled. Depending on matchups we can go on a roll. But let’s stop expecting a 3peat.

Who is expecting a 3 peat??? That may be the funniest thing I’ve heard all day

 

[NutmegDog]

Bubble team

And one-and-done if they do get in.

The fouling issues, the lack of a strong inside presence, the prevalence of long scoring droughts and.... of course....chronic inability to get the ball in safely. That all adds up to a likely 10-beats-7 result in March.

 

[TroyHall98]

Who is expecting a 3 peat??? That may be the funniest thing I’ve heard all day

Hurley should have never hyped a 3-peat at the start of the year. He knew the issues this time would have and he looked foolish when he started walking it back post Maui.

 

[Mike Honcho]

and McNeeley possibly hanging around.

lol

 

[jostar1]

Hurley should have never hyped a 3-peat at the start of the year. He knew the issues this time would have and he looked foolish when he started walking it back post Maui.

He was still talking about it two weeks ago.

 

[Travelman6]

Oh no all … Travelman6 “might check out”. As if losing to SH wasn’t bad enough, now we might lose a stalwart like Travelman6.

Good riddance to you and your weaksauce TM6.

Oh take a hike with your condescending nonsense. Everyone is upset.

 

[WiseWillie]

Getting ready for more of the same next year unless we pull a couple of true point guard transfers.

Didn't bother to listen to the post game presser, but watching this fiasco you realize there are more issues than just at the PG spot. A loss like that raises serious questions about many levels of the program. Poor at-the-moment coaching, inexcusable lack of taking advantage of the height difference, breakdown of execution (looked at times there were no plays being run and the ball had to be chucked up in the last seconds), complete laxity of defense especially dribble drives into the lane and to the basket, no fire at all, just going through the motions, and more. 3 peat? Not this year and best of luck to the loyal fans but who knows when another may happen.

 

[storrsroars]

Bubble team

They're gonna have to really screw up over the last six games and BET to find themselves on the bubble. There are 10-12 teams between UConn and having to sweat it out on Selection Sunday. Our concern should be getting off the 8-9 lines.

 

[mauconnfan]

I saw no progress on the continuing problems of inbounding under pressure.

No adjustments, none at all. Same ol throw it in the corner to get trapped. And with 9.1 seconds left when you catch the ball tell me why you need to even try to split a double team you don’t need to get it over half court? Hold on pivot and make them foul you. He got fouled yes he did but this game shouldn’t even be in OT if you can inbound the ball in regulation. Adjust please instead of showing your ring fingers to other fans!!!

 

[mauconnfan]

They're gonna have to really screw up over the last six games and BET to find themselves on the bubble. There are 10-12 teams between UConn and having to sweat it out on Selection Sunday. Our concern should be getting off the 8-9 lines.

We were on our way to closing in potentially on the 5 or 6 if they got the job done. But instead we now once again realize we are lucky to win against Nova, PC and SH never mind StJ or Marquette. I think the bubble is where we are closest.

 

[jibsey]

PUHLEASE

Texas is 5-8 in conference and just beat #15 Kentucky yesterday. I could go on and there are plenty of unranked teams beating top ranked ones.
Any home game in the BE is a crapshoot these days especially when refs swallow their whistles. UConn is not getting blown out, they have a ton of games that could have gone either way but didn’t.

 

[WiseWillie]

It’s a team w a hurt pg, an elite role player who is pressing trying to be someone he is not, a great shooter who does nothing else, two sophomores who never developed, a freshmen class we missed on, a transfer we missed on, a transfer who needs to play more, and a top 10 freshman in the country. That adds up to mediocrity. We really have no bench and depth just at the center spot, and even there both are average.

Sounds like recruiting has failed, needs a lot more attention and possibly totally revamped going forward.

 

[WiseWillie]

Karaban inbounding is like watching Daniel Jones try and find an open receiver on the Giants when he was there. We need a new inbounder.

A new inbounder would help but how about a new and fool proof inbounding setup? It's not rocket science. That's on the coaching. Plus there were no successful adjustments. The same old inbounding procedure time and again. Not too hard to defeat. It's almost comical to see how something so elementary can be totally screwed up and at the supposedly elite Div I level no less. Embarrassing.

 

[WiseWillie]

He was still talking about it two weeks ago.

The "3-peat" stuff in retrospect sounds like it was more for recruiting purposes than to play up to fandom. Anyway, like most things the results will speak for themselves. Good luck Dan Hurley with the recruiting.

 

[BigTenFan]

The whole NIL recruiting process is a crapshoot. You sign good players who may or may not fit into a system then fold in high school recruits. The opportunity to develop talent is pretty much over. Hurley and his staff did a fantastic job for two years and all the pieces fit perfectly. IU and Kansas spent piles of money this year and whiffed. Not sure how much St John's spent....probably not nearly as much.

The new system is like getting a job. Employers hire people with experience- Companies don't want to train and invest- they expect instant results.

 

[djct1999]

Sounds like recruiting has failed, needs a lot more attention and possibly totally revamped going forward.

Good news….. last I checked, recruiting seems to be back on track.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Getting ready for more of the same next year unless we pull a couple of true point guard transfers.

Thankfully we have some ridiculous Freshmen coming in next year too