Creighton Post Game Thread

[RichCTBB]

Great D today. It’s nice when the whistles is used judiciously. We made Creighton look very ordinary without shooting particularly well and little to no bench production. Only 8 assists today.

 

[gsmooth]

Feels good to finally get that Creighton monkey off their backs I imagine, and to stop a 2 game skid at that! Down 59 to 53, cutting the lead in half I was hoping UConn wouldn't fold under the pressure and they didn't.

4 and 2 in BE play, on forth!

Close games are good for UConn sometimes as they need to know how to respond to that pressure.

 

[Palatine]

More relieved than anything. We haven't been clicking for a while. It still seemed like a C+ game. A case of us just wearing them out.

But a win is a win is a win.

 

[AntG168]

Creighton has an issue with McDermott, he got severely out coached today.

 

[Ctedgeman]

Good game all around. I think they did a great job of defending without hacking and reaching in. Sanogo dominated. Kind of surprised McDermott went with no double teams after watching tape of our last couple games.

One thing I would have liked is more time for Joey to try and get him back on track. We're gonna need him to be hitting big shots come tournament time.

 

[superjohn]

Great D today. It’s nice when the whistles is used judiciously. We made Creighton look very ordinary without shooting particularly well and little to no bench production. Only 8 assists today.

Refs still bent us over but the win was nice.

 

[gsmooth]

Is Sanogo still worse than Clingan? Or does this one not count?

Yeah exactl. I don’t know why people say that. I think Clingan needs to play a lot and depending on game flow one or the other should play more and sometimes at the same time. I. The Providence game I thought Clingan should not have been taken out at the 6 min mark when the lead was only 6

 

[Dibbie]

I admit, I didn’t watch much of the game. Every time I watched, they went in a scoring drought, so I did chores and kept up via the chat. Lame, I know, but that’s how I roll.

 

[gsmooth]

Good game all around. I think they did a great job of defending without hacking and reaching in. Sanogo dominated. Kind of surprised McDermott went with no double teams after watching tape of our last couple games.

One thing I would have liked is more time for Joey to try and get him back on track. We're gonna need him to be hitting big shots come tournament time.

Agreed Joey has been off since the GTown game and he hasn’t been close or online with his shots either. He missed 4 open 3s vs Providence

 

[Umami Zen]

Adama says-- Kalkbrenner came to Storrs to show me who should be POY.. He did not..

 

[gsmooth]

I admit, I didn’t watch much of the game. Every time I watched, they went in a scoring drought, so I did chores and kept up via the chat. Lame, I know, but that’s how I roll.

Nice job in taking one for the team

 

[superjohn]

Is Sanogo still worse than Clingan? Or does this one not count?

Sanogo dominated offensively all game but the game entirely changed when Clingan came in second half. Hurley waited too long to bring him in and didn't play him enough.

Clingan and Diarra had a huge impact on this game.

 

[HuskyFich]

Today was Karaban’s best defensive game by a country mile.

Didn’t do much offense but played very well.

 

[AntG168]

I think I see a correlation between teams shooting poorly and coaches getting out coached. We may have a new revelation in the game of basketball. Missed open shots make coaches look bad! I’ll look deeper into this and get back to you all.

 

[husky429]

Creighton is still #18 on kenpom. This is a solid win despite their 9-7 record.

 

[GameTime]

Pleasantly shocked McDermott stuck with playing Sanogo 1-on-1 for the entire game while Adama ate Kalkbrenner’s lunch over and over again.

Towards the middle of the second half the showed some pseudo double team, but it didn’t matter… “They thought that they could win, but they could not”

 

[Conquistador]

Going forward, we really need to get Joey C off the snide. When he’s scoring, that takes us another level up. (Double digit scoring margins).

 

[Umami Zen]

Bench may not have scored many points but they played great team D..hustle plays..50/50 balls.. Thought Donovan and Diarra did a great job keeping us in the game when Creighton was making their move early in second half..

 

[husky429]

I think I see a correlation between teams shooting poorly and coaches getting out coached. We may have a new revelation in the game of basketball. Missed open shots make coaches look bad! I’ll look deeper into this and get back to you all.

I don't think McDermott or Hurley were outcoached today. I thought they both brought their A- game at least. Really fun game.

 

[WheelerD92]

What a day to come down with COVID and miss the game. Clearly the Gampel was loud enough as Big Red’s chants let me know from this couch. Nice to see the team back to running their game while penetrating a bit more. Less desperate and more poised.

 

[AntG168]

I don't think McDermott or Hurley were outcoached today. I thought they both brought their A- game at least. Really fun game.

I think “out coached” is over used. Yet every time we lose there’s an “out coached” thread.

 

[F101Voodoo]

I must be bored I started watching Dukes vs BC and then realized that I hate” both teams. Where’s my remote?

 

[F101Voodoo]

I think “out coached” is over used. Yet every time we lose there’s an “out coached” thread.

Yes, getting tiring.

 

[Kemba15]

Sanogo dominated offensively all game but the game entirely changed when Clingan came in second half. Hurley waited too long to bring him in and didn't play him enough.

Clingan and Diarra had a huge impact on this game.

I love Clingan as much as anyone here but Sanogo won the game for us and that isn’t debatable

 

[Askgreek]

Bench may not have scored many points but they played great team D..hustle plays..50/50 balls.. Thought Donovan and Diarra did a great job keeping us in the game when Creighton was making their move early in second half..

I think the bench won us this game…starters were not very good at start of 2nd half or after they came back in in at around the 8 minute mark