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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 3890820, member: 181"] McDermott has Danny's number...so far. Up 5 with less than 5 minutes remaining, UConn reverted to last year's "excruciating loss" pattern, which, astonishingly, proved more powerful than the UConn championship-winning formula of 1) Defensive stops 2) Limited turnovers 3) Made free throws Creighton was held UNDER 60 points UConn was 15-19 from the line UConn committed only 8 turnovers But RJ, in the perfect situation, drove the lane and took an unnecessary, ill-advised, and terrible-looking shot that was right out of what Alterique and CV did before the team 'figured it out' and went on its late season tear. RJ's shot resulted in a game-ending injury, Zegarowski immediately beating Gaffney, and UConn never making another field goal. Excruciation redux. And another thing: even if I agreed with what you wrote, I'd write, "They are better than we (are)." I credit McDermott for in-game adjustment, including engineering Adama's 3rd foul, when nobody else was close to foul trouble. It was as significant as Wright's moves to neutralize Cole by saddling him with fouls. Our Big East rookie coach got schooled by the top two elders, plus Anderson with the MLK Day small ball. First year, new conference, Hurley's growing edge. It was a worthy Big East semi-final, but a real fumble on the fundamentals of keeping a lead UConn style. [/QUOTE]