The defense was mind blowingly bad, it’s was bad enough thinking we were getting killed on pick and pops, but 1/2 way through the game I realized they weren’t even setting picks. Just replacements , and we were still chasing ball with both players!
I agree, That’s a ridiculous take. Fought hard, NBA-level talent has an off-night and within 1 open shot of a win. I’ll assume it was meant sarcastically.
Just not a full game.
Andre is the one that pushes normally. He didn’t play.
You expect your best defensive player to play defense without fouling. 5 fouls in 15 mins is on him.
I do. Warm seat doesn’t mean fire. I think he’s the guy for the team, he’s shown annual improvement, multiple tournament appearances, and is bringing us our best recruiting class in a long time that should keep us nationally relevant for years to come. I have full faith in Hurley. I think the sweet 16 is our floor this year
I think the Hurley question can be answered empirically next week. There’s people on both sides of the debate. It’s year 5 and while the team ostensibly gets better, there have been no results whatsoever yet, so we’ll see.
AJ played poorly. Didn’t shoot when he should have, and did when he shouldn’t have. Cheap fouls took him right out of the game. When he finally gets to the point where he plays within himself, we’ll be ok. Shooting remains a mystery for a few guys. Has to be a better scheme.
Corrected it for you dude.
Agreed, but there is no 'lighting the fire under them' due to a no-show today. At this point, they are who they are. They can be brilliant, but also inconsequential.
He was actually 4-17 and one them was a banked in 3
The first 5 minutes of the 2nd half cost us the game. Zero defense. 6-6 with Three 3s, 3 uncontested layups topped off by AS fouling a 3 point shooter in the corner. 18 points in less than 5 minutes.
Exactly. Again we play. C type game and lose to the 1 seed #6 team who will get a 2 in the dance. With the coach, player, and 6 man if the year. We lost by 2. Remember what Louisville did to us in 14? It was the final though.
This drove me crazy. Simple assignment defense was missing
Just another dumb statement. “Gave ourselves a chance to win” … “3 wide open looks” … yet you want to put Hurley on the hot seat. This is the reason blogs shouldn’t be allowed. Gives people like you a forum to produce horrible opinions. Hurley can’t make those shots. Like how can you honestly put those sentences together and think it makes sense?
A lot of angry chatter between the players and bad body language on all of those missed assignments (Sanogo throwing his arms up in the air in frustration, etc., etc.). Four defenders guarding three shooters on one side of the arc while paying zero attention to the fact that there was a single defender trying to guard two shooters on the opposite side, inevitably leading to a Marquette player basically taking a practice 3 from the corner. Repeatedly. From what I could tell, a lot of that ire seemed to be directed at Newton.
It was actually a fantastic play call by Shaka. Only ran it twice and it worked fantastically. Got Sanogo once and Karaban once. IIRC both were not run by Kolek. Just completely slipped the screen and took advantage of the hedge. They ran a similar play at the beginning of the game with their center diving to the rim
I don't know if no one wanted the last shot. From my vantage point they seemed to lack a sense of urgency on that last possession as if they didn't know how little time was on the clock. There was ample opportunity to get a good shot off and maybe get fouled, but alas it didn't happen. That was a real headscratcher for me.