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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 5229296, member: 11108"] The Big East two best teams are still dancing - St John’s and UConn. With Creighton still playing as well. Karaban and McNeeley shot a combined 2-13 from three, but you win shooting 24% from 3 when your opponent shoots 17%. Alex made some big plays late when they mattered most. The rebounding was by committee with all the starters and Reed getting 5-7 rebounds a piece. That combined effort made us lead Oklahoma in rebounds 41-34. We are still shooting ourselves in the foot with too many dumb fouls (25) and turnovers (13). Add that to the 24% (6-25) quick threes and we had some ugly stretches. However, when you shoot 10% FG higher it is a tough hole for our opponent to dig out of. Ball and Karaban combined for 50% shooting and were our two leading scorers with 14 and 13 points. Our two Centers once again played in a reactionary high hedge mode on defense, combining for 8 fouls. But, they also combined for 20 points (82% FG 9-11) and 13 rebounds. I think Hurley finally settled into an 8 man rotation with Reed, Stewart and Mahaney coming off the bench. Chief still thinks that Reed is needed as a starter against good teams since we can’t afford to fall behind early. But, Hurley won’t change so the current rotation is the horse we will be riding. [/QUOTE]