Chief’s Briefs - Marquette Edition

[Chief00]

Donovan Clingan the star of the game. Dominant defense, 22 points and 16 rebounds. Stewart the next UConn star had 9 points on 3 for 4 from three. About Winnjng Tristen Newton had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Great second half by a great team.

Was the first half about poor offense or great defense? Probably both, but fortunately Marquette was in the same boat shooting 32% to our 30%.
In the second half Donovan has hit to finish and either Cam or Alex got to warm up their shot. They were 1/8 the first half.
I thought the officiating was good and Donovan look in really good form
on the FT line shooting 6-8 (75%).
Hurley may be happy with a 16 point win, but
he will need to explain to Andrea why their son did not play. Good luck Danny. lol

 

[Skiblets]

Thought the team did a great job with the high hedge in the first half. Kept Marquette in check until we started scoring. Great job by all the high hedgers Don’t think Marquette had an answer for all that high hedging

 

[CL82]

47 points in the second half. Great focus! Team never seemed worried even though refs let a lot of grabbing and holding on every play.

 

[RedStickHusky]

They planned to let Clingan get what he could and take away everything else. The guy they didn't have a scout for was Stewart.

 

[Dove]

It feels so good knowing we will all sleep well tonight.


St. Patrick's Day will be a good day.

 

[Fan1978]

Donovan Clingan the star of the game. Dominant defense, 22 points and 16 rebounds. Stewart the next UConn star had 9 points on 3 for 4 from three. About Winnjng Tristen Newton had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Great second half by a great team.

Was the first half about poor offense or great defense? Probably both, but fortunately Marquette was in the same boat shooting 32% to our 30%.
In the second half Donovan has hit to finish and either Cam or Alex got to warm up their shot. They were 1/8 the first half.
I thought the officiating was good and Donovan look in really good form
on the FT line shooting 6-8 (75%).
Hurley may be happy with a 16 point win, but
he will need to explain to Andrea why their son did not play. Good luck Danny. lol

Heading to Vegas for march madness fir 35th consecutive year. Except closed covid year. Any husky fans there would love to meet and buy you a drink, dinner, lunch or share a bottle of wine.

 

[giddyup]

Found their gear in 2nd half. Hard to believe they went over 70 after the first half. Stewart crushed them at a pivotal moment. Clingan was dominating in the second half after sleep walking through the first. Amazing how guys step up when others are just not on their game.

 

[Chief00]

Heading to Vegas for march madness fir 35th consecutive year. Except closed covid year. Any husky fans there would love to meet and buy you a drink, dinner, lunch or share a bottle of wine.

Have a great time in Vegas - I hope you have a National Championship to celebrate!

 

[Fan1978]

Have a great time in Vegas - I hope you have a National Championship to celebrate!

Would love to buy you dinner chief

 

[Dove]

Who is the Fox analyst to the right of Donny?

 

[RedStickHusky]

Can't be easy beating guys like Shaka Smart and Slick Rick three times in a season.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Clingan was dominating in the second half after sleep walking through the first.

When Clingan starts slow, he tends to stay on the court a little longer. Can't win in the first four minutes and you can't win sitting with fouls.

 

[uconn_jack]

Thought the team did a great job with the high hedge in the first half. Kept Marquette in check until we started scoring. Great job by all the high hedgers Don’t think Marquette had an answer for all that high hedging

Don't trigger Chief with talk about the high hedge.

 

[husky8273]

Who is the Fox analyst to the right of Donny?

Rob Stone from Simsbury

 

[Dove]

Rob Stone from Simsbury

To his on-screen right!

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

To his on-screen right!

Lavall Jordan. Former Butler coach

 

[RichZ]

Found their gear in 2nd half. Hard to believe they went over 70 after the first half. Stewart crushed them at a pivotal moment. Clingan was dominating in the second half after sleep walking through the first. Amazing how guys step up when others are just not on their game.

Clingan had 8 points and 4 boards in the first half. That's right about an average half for him.

 

[RedStickHusky]

To his on-screen right!

AKA his left.

 

[Hankster]

They planned to let Clingan get what he could and take away everything else. The guy they didn't have a scout for was Stewart.

That was the problem with scouting our boys. Go heavy on Newton, Cam and Karaban. Tough chore. Then there is the bench. How do you scout for them. What an advantage.

 

[Mister P]

Clingan had 8 points and 4 boards in the first half. That's right about an average half for him.

He had a double double at halftime.

 

[slepers]

Sleep walking was a nightmare for marquette

 

[huskyjawz]

They planned to let Clingan get what he could and take away everything else. The guy they didn't have a scout for was Stewart.

That was Joplin last year, 4 of 5 for 3 in 19 minutes

 

[MTHusky]

Clingan had 8 points and 4 boards in the first half. That's right about an average half for him.

Are you sure about your numbers? I think he had a double double in the 1st half

 

[AdamaNation]

Can't be easy beating guys like Shaka Smart and Slick Rick three times in a season.

No but I love that we have “alliances” in the league with the upper crust teams of Nova, Marquette and creighton and even the hall. The riff raff of PC and the like is great to let the world know who blows. Lots of respect among the top group here.

 

[Scottobot]

They planned to let Clingan get what he could and take away everything else. The guy they didn't have a scout for was Stewart.

Game plan was to not let Cam shoot any 3s and to grab him if he was going to get open coming around a screen. It seemed like Karaban had some good looks that normally would go in. The whole team was tight at the start. Winning this meant a lot to them and there was some pressure. They missed 4-5 close shots at rim in first 10 minutes.
It is probably too late now, but I would have liked to see Hurley experiment with given Romonglou some shots when the team is struggling from 3. His shot looks pretty good, and he is tall so can easily get if off.

 

[Chief00]

Thought the team did a great job with the high hedge in the first half. Kept Marquette in check until we started scoring. Great job by all the high hedgers Don’t think Marquette had an answer for all that high hedging

You realize Johnson played for just 8 minutes! Donovan played for 31. Yes, our high hedge was much better than the day before, since we did not use it much.

 

[Chief00]

Found their gear in 2nd half. Hard to believe they went over 70 after the first half. Stewart crushed them at a pivotal moment. Clingan was dominating in the second half after sleep walking through the first. Amazing how guys step up when others are just not on their game.

Stewart was unconscious or very confident? He hit the threes, even with a bank and he runs the court well. Tends to be in the right place at the right time.
I notice on the other hand Ball has been playing less. Part of that is the success of Spencer and certainly Diarra contributioning to winning runs and uptempo. But, I wonder if something else isn’t at play? Injury or something else?

 

[HHusky]

"Stewy" was both. Preparation allows his great performance. Stay focused, Stewy!

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Heading to Vegas for march madness for 35th consecutive year. Except closed covid year. Any husky fans there would love to meet and buy you a drink, dinner, lunch or share a bottle of wine.

Was there for 10 years straight in the earlier 2000’s. Spent a lot of time watching games at ESPNZone or the Golden Nugget. Great times!

 

[TerryBoyz]

Heading to Vegas for march madness fir 35th consecutive year. Except closed covid year. Any husky fans there would love to meet and buy you a drink, dinner, lunch or share a bottle of wine.

I’ll be there, more like

Heading to Vegas for march madness for 35th consecutive year. Except closed covid year. Any husky fans there would love to meet and buy you a drink, dinner, lunch or share a bottle of wine.

yeah!

Heading to Vegas for march madness fir 35th consecutive year. Except closed covid year. Any husky fans there would love to meet and buy you a drink, dinner, lunch or share a bottle of wine.

I’ll be there as well. I think about 8 years now. I’ll send you a message.