Creighton Post Game Thread

[freshler40]

A couple sequences decided this game. It was really lost with around 9-10 minutes left in the second half. We had a 3-1 break and all Diarra had to do was make the simple pass to Clingan for a dunk. Then we had 3 straight possessions with a bunch of chances and no execution. We should've went up by 5 points there and we remained down by 1.

The other sequence that decided the game was under 7 minutes left Jackson makes a turnover with nobody guarding him trying to force it into Sanogo when Adama was right next to him, Jackson fouls right away on the other end, then Jackson shoots an airball 3. This all happens with Alexander on the bench.

Creighton didn't score a field goal for 7 minutes and their best offensive player was on the bench and they extended the lead to 6.

Karaban makes a huge three to keep us in the game only down 3 and then Jackson bricks a floater and bricks a wide open 3.

We know we're terrible in close games and terrible on the road, these are the sequences where we should be grabbing a hold of the game. When it's a one possession game with a minute or two left, our chances of winning are incredibly low.

I love Jackson as a person and love some of the things he can do on the court but he really hurts this team on offense, when the opponent can back 10 feet off a player the entire game you're playing 4 on 5 basketball on the offensive end and it makes life really difficult for the 4 guys who have scoring ability.

That thought in a nutshell!

 

[UC4L]

Fixed

Not sure how anyone can watch this game and wonder why Newton wasn’t very good. What’s his strength? Getting to the hole right. And where was Andres defender all day and I mean all day? He was in the middle looking to make a play, the smart play which was either double down on Sanogo to make the interior passes tougher or stop penetration or at least assist in stopping it. The reality is we should have been trying to get a few more open looks for Alex but we ran nothing.

The problem today was the inability to adjust the dare that McDermott threw at the Huskies. Basically we have zero concern that AJ can beat us so find another way. We didn’t, nothing new!

hard to consistently get to the rim when whoever is guarding jackson just camps in the lane

 

[my2cents]

Collectively was the worst game we played, enough blame to go around. However, the offensive funk that AJ is something I have never seen before.
Creighton played a man to man with no one guarding AJ, no one. He literally was at the three point line with his man standing 18 ft away in the lane. His shooting is horrible against zero defense. Could you imagine his shooting % if he was guarded? He needs to sit until he gets some semblance of confidence and shot.

 

[BigTenFan]

Crazy Creighton stat- Alexander only on the floor for 23 minutes - 10 minutes less than Sanogo but scores the same amount of points ... 17. UConn should be have been able to outscore Creighton when Alexander on the bench

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Collectively was the worst game we played, enough blame to go around. However, the offensive funk that AJ is something I have never seen before.
Creighton played a man to man with no one guarding AJ, no one. He literally was at the three point line with his man standing 18 ft away in the lane. His shooting is horrible against zero defense. Could you imagine his shooting % if he was guarded? He needs to sit until he gets some semblance of confidence and shot.

St. John’s game was a worse loss.

 

[1999GoodSon]

Collectively was the worst game we played, enough blame to go around. However, the offensive funk that AJ is something I have never seen before.
Creighton played a man to man with no one guarding AJ, no one. He literally was at the three point line with his man standing 18 ft away in the lane. His shooting is horrible against zero defense. Could you imagine his shooting % if he was guarded? He needs to sit until he gets some semblance of confidence and shot.

You said two things... It was collectively the worst game we played, then you blamed it all on one player. Nonsense.

Why don't we all look at the $4mil a year in suits we have standing/sitting on the sideline? This team is stacked. It's uneven performance is a direct reflection of the lack of leadership it has. These players are the same guys that have ripped teams to shreds. It's not them, they haven't forgotten how to ball. Whether it's not playing the guy with the highest ceiling on the team, or hanging Andre out to dry (when the whole world knows what will happen), there is a seriously maddening issue going on here. Why would a coach continually put one of his guys in that position? It's compounding the problem and it's been reported to be completely destroying his confidence, and certainly potentially his basketball career.

 

[my2cents]

You said two things... It was collectively the worst game we played, then you blamed it all on one player. Nonsense.

Why don't we all look at the $4mil a year in suits we have standing/sitting on the sideline? This team is stacked. It's uneven performance is a direct reflection of the lack of leadership it has. These players are the same guys that have ripped teams to shreds. It's not them, they haven't forgotten how to ball. Whether it's not playing the guy with the highest ceiling on the team, or hanging Andre out to dry (when the whole world knows what will happen), there is a seriously maddening issue going on here.

Yeah, but the other players have an extra man they have to beat. AJ has NONE.

 

[NJHusky]

Don't understand why any team would bother guarding AJax, completely sag off him and leave him open and it's gonna muck up UConn's offense. I'd imagine that's going to be the gameplan for opposing teams here on out

It already has been

 

[Drfla]

You said two things... It was collectively the worst game we played, then you blamed it all on one player. Nonsense.

Why don't we all look at the $4mil a year in suits we have standing/sitting on the sideline? This team is stacked. It's uneven performance is a direct reflection of the lack of leadership it has. These players are the same guys that have ripped teams to shreds. It's not them, they haven't forgotten how to ball. Whether it's not playing the guy with the highest ceiling on the team, or hanging Andre out to dry (when the whole world knows what will happen), there is a seriously maddening issue going on here.

Collectively the worst game we played…really?

People complained about our defense when teams broke down our guards and shot near 50%. Our defense was really good today. Creighton shot 39% and Alexander made 3 last second on the shot clock baskets. Without those shots we win the game.

If we play defense like today I like our chances in the remaining games and tournament games, especially on neutral court in tournaments.

Just had a bad shooting game. Everyone below season shooting percentage, not just AJ. Sanogo had a good game but was well below 50% from the field like everyone.

Would have been nice to win this game but our recently improved defense and shooting at normal percentage going forward bodes well. There were positives to be taken from today’s game.

 

[Conndog]

He has no shot. Why hasn’t he developed a Jump shot? This has nothing to do with his lack of confidence. No one would be confident shooting the ball if they had his form from three and the ft line. Having to take an awkward runner from 15ft is embarrassing. He has to practice proper form and shoot 1k true jump shots a day during the summer. Don’t get it.

He can't just learn how by himself- he needs a shooting coach who knows proper technique, that coach can observe and give him corrections and feedback.

 

[uconnfan68]

How about someone on the staff tells Jackson DO NOT SHOOT THE BALL outside of 5ft.!!!!

Or ride the pine…

5’? Too far. Nothing but 2-handed dunks. I’ll let a one-hander slide IF it goes in. They threw away at least 4 points today trying for SportsCenter Top 10 plays. And they get to stay in the game! JC would have escorted them to the tunnel.

 

[uconnfan68]

How much do we win by today if Alleyne and Jackson swap amount of minutes played? 10?

28-24. Not 10, unless AJ does 18 and Alleyne does 34.

 

[Luna]

We are a good team..with a good record…like every team… we need to get hot going into March

 

[uconn_jack]

As frustrating as tonight was, I hope we run into Creighton in the BET. Of the top teams, I think we match up well with them and I don't think the team is scared of them anymore.

 

[mauconnfan]

Collectively the worst game we played…really?

People complained about our defense when teams broke down our guards and shot near 50%. Our defense was really good today. Creighton shot 39% and Alexander made 3 last second on the shot clock baskets. Without those shots we win the game.

If we play defense like today I like our chances in the remaining games and tournament games, especially on neutral court in tournaments.

Just had a bad shooting game. Everyone below season shooting percentage, not just AJ. Sanogo had a good game but was well below 50% from the field like everyone.

Would have been nice to win this game but our recently improved defense and shooting at normal percentage going forward bodes well. There were positives to be taken from today’s game.

Please don’t compare others shooting averages for this game with “not just AJ”. They are being defended, he’s not. If every other Husky has Scheirman guarding them 20 feet away their shooting averages would be better I promise.

 

[Giddyup5]

Newton in 26 minutes had 2 points 4 assists and zero rebounds, I wouldn’t give that ghost the keys to my lawn mower. He only had one foul, and he played only 26, because he couldn’t stay with Nembhard.

Then you try a few minutes of zone if you are concerned about Newton defensively. It also allows DC and AS to play at the same time.

Or when Alexander got his 4th put Hawkins on him defensively and stay in man.

Either way there is no game ever that I want Jackson playing more minutes than Newton.

 

[lrnltd]

And Newton a no show today after the triple double.

This was my biggest frustration of the game. Newton is a terrific shooter, scorer, but how often did he pass up a shot and passed to a wide open Jackson who admittedly lacks confidence in his own shot. Newton needs to shoot the 3 when open, drive to the basket when not open, for an assist to our bigs, a layup or to get fouled. He has been effective in the past when he aggressively looks to score, but dribbling around the perimeter and looking for Jackson is a losing strategy.

 

[zls44]

This was my biggest frustration of the game. Newton is a terrific shooter, scorer, but how often did he pass up a shot and passed to a wide open Jackson who admittedly lacks confidence in his own shot. Newton needs to shoot the 3 when open, drive to the basket when not open, for an assist to our bigs, a layup or to get fouled. He has been effective in the past when he aggressively looks to score, but dribbling around the perimeter and looking for Jackson is a losing strategy.

Newton had a TRIPLE-DOUBLE on Tuesday against a top 15 team and did not show up yesterday. Yet Andre gets all the flak.

People just hate Andre. There's no other explanation. Its really sad.

 

[zls44]

KenPom has UConn at 23-8, which is probably a 5 or even a 6 seed depending on how Hurley does in the BET.

UConn would basically be a lock for a top 4 seed.

 

[Edward Sargent]

I'm not bothering to read this thread. I'm sure it's 80% octogenarians that only come out of the woodwork after losses.

Thankgoodness you didn't lay this thread at the feet of us septogenarians!!

 

[Edward Sargent]

I know who didn’t show up Clingan. Oh my bad he did but was pine driven.

And it’s coaching malpractice to NOT have him in the game for the last play to throw to at half court do he finds a shooter cutting from either side. Just amazing and to have a guy throw the ball in play on that play with an arm like Johnny Damon is also amazingly awful.

Lots of bad, will try to stay away.

Seton Hall home a must!

I think the two musts are St Johns and Nova away. We have to use those games to somehow find a way to win on the road. Right now I don't have a lot of hope

 

[Big Loubowski]

Newton had a TRIPLE-DOUBLE on Tuesday against a top 15 team and did not show up yesterday. Yet Andre gets all the flak.

People just hate Andre. There's no other explanation. Its really sad.

Not true. I like AJ a lot, and many others do. By all accounts, he is a great kid and who wouldn’t want him to succeed? I like Hurley as well, but it just hard to understand how you can continue to allow him to shoot at this stage. It is painfully obvious. Hope he can work on this and prove everyone wrong next year but right now the offensive side of the game is just tough for him.

 

[mauconnfan]

Newton had a TRIPLE-DOUBLE on Tuesday against a top 15 team and did not show up yesterday. Yet Andre gets all the flak.

People just hate Andre. There's no other explanation. Its really sad.

Lol the hater thing again really? No one does.
Not even throwing it on AJ there’s someone who’s pulling the strings not putting people in the right place to be successful at the right moments of the game. It’s not actually Andre getting the flak it’s the fact they aren’t guarding Andre, at all. Which in turn makes it much harder for Newton and Hawkins as well as others to be really good. It’s called clogging the lane with an extra guy. You’ve heard of the box-and-1 right? Well they did the opposite and McDermott dared us to adjust. And we scored 56, not sure we found the answer to his dare did we?

You tell me at 1:59pm yesterday afternoon we’re holding them to 59 I’m throwing this is the W column. But again, just some dreadful lineups being thrown out there.

No one hates AJ, hell no one hates Danny but I’m pretty sure no one likes being 5-7 in their last 12 games while losing any close game that matters. The pattern blows!

 

[zls44]

By all accounts, he is a great kid and who wouldn’t want him to succeed?

A lot of people do not want him to succeed.

 

[zls44]

Lol the hater thing again really? No one does.
Not even throwing it on AJ there’s someone who’s pulling the strings not putting people in the right place to be successful at the right moments of the game. It’s not actually Andre getting the flak it’s the fact they aren’t guarding Andre, at all. Which in turn makes it much harder for Newton and Hawkins as well as others to be really good. It’s called clogging the lane with an extra guy. You’ve heard of the box-and-1 right? Well they did the opposite and McDermott dared us to adjust. And we scored 56, not sure we found the answer to his dare did we?

You tell me at 1:59 yesterday afternoon we’re holding them to 59 I’m throwing this is the W column. But again, just some dreadful lineups being thrown out there.

No one hates AJ, he’ll no one hates Danny but I’m pretty sure no one likes being 5-7 in their last 12 games while losing any close game that matters. The pattern blows!

They're 4-2 in their last 6. But you deliberately brought in older data just to be more miserable about it.

Certainly a decision!